Category: media

“In the past decade, female friends in romantic comedies have been taking on increasingly prominent roles, reflecting the fact that many women are delaying marriage until later in life. In these films, ‘female friendship supersedes heterosexual romance,’ says [media scholar] Leger Grindon.”

“Despite the newspaper’s big jump into video — more than four hours of live video per day, some 1,500 videos per month, accessible across 18 digital platforms like iPads, iPhones, desktops, YouTube, Apple TV, etc. — there’s still a hunger for more.”

“We still consume some TV content, but we consume it when and where we want it, and we consume it deliberately: In other words, we don’t settle down in front of the TV and watch ‘what’s on.’ And, again with the exception of live sports, we’ve gotten so used to watching shows and series without ads that ads now seem extraordinarily intrusive and annoying. Our kids see TV ads so rarely that they’re actually curious about and confused by them: ‘What is that? A commercial?’ For now, our type of household may still be in the minority, but we won’t be for long.”

“The deal means that for the first time, music video performers and choreographers will have nationwide guarantees for health and retirement benefits as well as guaranteed fair pay, safe working conditions, and reuse fees.”

“You didn’t need a secret decoder ring to decipher the message Bob Iger sent to Hollywood this week when he announced the hiring of former Warner Bros. studio president Alan Horn as Disney’s new studio chief: Disney is back in the movie business.”

It’s getting rough out there for a TV actor: “Starting with the 2013 awards, each category for outstanding actor in a miniseries or TV movie and outstanding actress in a miniseries or movie will have six nominees, equal to other performing categories. Previously, there were four movie and miniseries acting categories with five nominees each.”

“I really think the networks would be smart to start using web television as a farm system. A season of web television usually adds up to about the length of a pilot. If a motivated web audience finds a show and proves willing to keep coming back for the bits and the pieces of a pilot over a period of time, that might be a good indicator that a core audience exists for a show that a network can build on…”

“Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams is to refocus the network’s schedule on arts and culture which she said has been overshadowed by the recent emphasis on global political and economic uncertainties.”

“Literally, people will be able to create their own avatar and have it dance on the screen with Usher,” said Hamish Hamilton, who will be directing the concert broadcast.

Renzo Piano and L.A architect Zoltan Pali, the academy announced Wednesday, will team up to turn the 1939 May Co. structure, one of L.A.’s classic Art Deco landmarks, into a museum celebrating the history of the film industry.