“Emilio Portaluppi was an Italian artist who changed his travel plans to join the Titanic at the last minute. He traveled as a second class passenger, according to new archival research into the elusive Titanic survivor. And though he may not have had the charms of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster movie, Portaluppi was a romantic with first class tastes.”
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Past Time For An Oscar For The Actors Whose Faces We Never See
“If Jack Gill has his way, this will be the year that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally acknowledges stunt work at the Oscars.” Or are the actors and studios too worried about damaging actors’ reputations?
No Black Girls. What’s Up WIth That?
“The problem I have with [Lena] Dunham is that the vision of New York City she’s offering us in 2012 – like Sex and the City in 1998 and for that matter Friends in 1994 – is almost entirely devoid of the people who make up the large majority of New Yorkers, and have for some time now: Latinos, Asians and blacks.”
Archery’s Time To Shine (Onscreen, And Thus In Life)
Thanks to The Hunger Games, not to mention HBO’s Game of Thrones and the upcoming Brave, archery’s cool again – extremely cool. Plus, says a Walking Dead cast member, “Shooting doesn’t attract zombies.”
Does Cannes Still Matter?
“The truth is, Cannes is no longer a central hub for the worldwide traffic in film. The festival’s market accepts about 1,000 films. In 2009, Hollywood digital entrepreneur Chris Hyams, creator of software used by film festivals, estimated that there were 50,000 independent films produced worldwide.”
15 Steps To Making A Global Hollywood Hit
“Today, movies generate 70 percent of their revenue abroad. This has Hollywood studios playing to the tastes of viewers from São Paulo to South Korea–and employing all sorts of savvy new rules to build global box-office sensations.”
Wanted: A CBC With More Style
“What the CBC needs is an emphatic style of its own. And, by style, I mean an assertiveness about what it does well, a ferocious insistence on the importance of a small number of shows that stand out.”
Where Is Springfield In The Simpsons? Matt Groening Finally ‘Fesses Up
“Springfield was named after Springfield, Oregon. The only reason is that when I was a kid, the TV show Father Knows Best took place in the town of Springfield, and I was thrilled because I imagined that it was the town next to Portland, my hometown. When I grew up, I realized it was just a fictitious name.”
MPAA Joins With Obscure Gay Porn Website In Copyright Lawsuit
“The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which counts Disney, Paramount and Sony pictures among its members, is supporting a case brought by Flava Works, an adult-film studio that specializes in black and Latino productions with titles such as Raw Rods and Snow Ballerz. The case revolves around the ongoing argument fought by far bigger players than Flava – namely, whether embedding videos on a third-party website constitutes piracy.”
CBC Cuts Six Shows, 88 Jobs After Funding Cuts
“There will be six fewer series on the CBC television network, meaning 175 fewer hours produced, the network announced, but no specific programs were mentioned as decisions are still being made. The result of the cuts will mean more repeats in primetime and fewer specials.”