Category: media

“Hollywood studios for many years have farmed out basic visual effects and animation work to India and other countries to take advantage of a pool of low-cost workers skilled in software engineering and computer graphics. But well-heeled foreign companies such as Reliance are no longer waiting for work to be parceled out to them from thousands of miles away.”

As the once-again-hot actor-director says now about his low-water-mark, “People bring up 2003, and I get it. Jennifer Lopez, and Gigli, and all this shit just kind of blew up. But, you know, in 2003, Barack Obama was a state senator in Illinois! OK?”

A quarter-century ago, who would have suspected that, for instance, a cartoon could have the impact that The Simpsons has had on American culture?

As Scotland gains more and more independence, including TV license freedom, Scottish viewers may find themselves cut off from (or paying for) programs they’re used to getting for free.

Sure, it was the highest, longest, and fastest skydive – but Felix Baumgartner’s death-defying leap broke another record: Most livestream viewers on YouTube, topping out at more than 8 million as he broke the sound barrier.

Parents freak out after the kids’ station Nick Jr.goes for the Fifty Shades of Grey sweet spot with a few racy shows in the evening.

If you don’t know it well, don’t worry: Watch this 1935 screwball comedy delivery by actor Charles Laughton, and you’ll savor it even more.

Director Ava DuVernay and other creators of African-American contemporary dramas don’t just look to John Singleton and Spike Lee as examples – they’re altering what black (and white) audiences think about movies.

“If PETA existed in [the game world of] Unova, our motto would be: Pokémon are not ours to use or abuse. They exist for their own reasons. We believe that this is the message that should be sent to children.”

“The give-and-take has brought new attention to the public financing of television and radio and has elevated it to an election issue, much to the dismay of PBS and local stations that say they are nonpartisan and would like to stay that way.”