Category: media

“The address is almost six minutes long. As it progresses, it becomes clear that the King’s frequent pauses are not just rhetorical, but the result of his stammer – overcome to a degree, thanks to the help of speech therapist Lionel Logue, but always threatening to gain control.”

“The estimated 29 million Americans who play in fantasy football leagues are helping the NFL’s TV ratings to a record year. That includes the 10 San Diego moms who call themselves the Hail Marys.”

“Even as digital supplants celluloid (and almost every film now involves some kind of digital processing), it can be difficult to gauge what has been lost or gained.”

“In our current state of affairs, especially in the entertainment business, we’re living in a time when we’re making — in my humble opinion — the worst movies in history.”

With big-screen simulcasts of the Bard from the National Theatre and the Donmar, and with a history of impressive televised adaptations of stage productions from previous decades, asks Michael Billington, “when will the BBC high-ups realise they are neglecting a cultural goldmine?”

“Yet after an initial flurry of mostly angry e-mails and calls in the wake of the Oct. 20 firing of Williams, the controversy waned quickly and has all but disappeared, station managers say.”

“The Globes are sort of the Hollywood equivalent of the New Hampshire presidential primary, which inspires a tsunami of media coverage, even though as a small state its voters represent a tiny fraction of the overall presidential voting public.”

“Russ Leatherman, better known as Mr. Moviefone, has struck a deal with the Elvis Duran Group to turn his online “6 Second Reviews” into a radio segment. The segment is exactly as advertised: movie reviews that last six seconds.”

The complete list, announced early Tuesday…

“When Antoine Dodson, a 24-year-old Alabama student, gave an angry TV interview about an attempted rape against his younger sister, he became a viral hit. When a video turned that rant into an auto-tuned song, ‘Bed Intruder Song,’ Dodson became a full-fledged Internet sensation.”