Category: media

“In the world of extreme roller coasters where theming a ride with a few well-placed props and a color-matching paint job may do the trick, nowadays amusement parks are more likely to create entire experiences based on movie franchises.”

“Pop culture of all kinds, it seems, is banking on fairy tales as the official Next Big Thing, raising the obvious question: How did that happen?”

“The adults 18-49 demographic has served as the industry’s primary sales barometer for so long, we take it for granted. Moreover, the one broadcaster that dared second-guess those criteria, CBS, is enjoying enough success relative to its competitors as to voice doubts regarding the status quo less consistently and forcefully.”

“Japan doesn’t seem that phased by its lack of clout. Inside its borders, it’s getting on perfectly fine: it’s still (just) the second-largest film market in the world, buoyed by the teeming V-cinema circuit. The industry is in a far healthier state in the early 90s, when its own studio system, undermined by VHS and US imports, was teetering on the brink.”

If the courts don’t block the service, it “will ultimately destroy the advertising-supported ecosystem that provides consumers with the choice to enjoy free over-the-air, varied, high-quality primetime broadcast programming,” the broadcasters told the court.

“By this point, the festival has largely cleared out, save for journalist laggers and, of course, those winners who have stayed in town hoping for a callback to the evening awards ceremony. The market … closed Friday, and many journalists are already back home, where doubtless some will decide (as usual!) that this year really wasn’t as bad as it sometimes seemed.”

The BBC lets the secret Wales connections out – including a telling detail about the Church of Jediism.

This year, sort of: “Overall, women were responsible for 32 percent of the pilots produced in 2012. According to Swanson, this is a decrease of three percent from the highs of 2011, but represents solid growth after 2010’s low point of 20 percent.”

“The frenetic, high-drama preview promises sweeping shots of Jay Gatsby’s West Egg soirées, immaculate set design, and period-perfect costumes – but also what appears to be a hyper-stylized, extended-music-video treatment of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American classic,” set to Kanye West and Jay-Z.