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Oscars Draw Record-Low TV Audience

In addition to the low box office numbers for most of the films nominated for Academy Awar...

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DeGeneres Breaks Writers’ Strike

Daytime syndicated talk show hostess Ellen DeGeneres has decide to return to work, defying...

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American Gangster, Bee Movie Open Big; Anti-Bush Films Continue Free-Fall

American Gangster, the story of a 1970s crime lord (played by Denzel Washington) and the u...

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Hollywood Writers Strike Begins

The Hollywood writers went on strike as planned at 12:01 a.m. EST today. Writers Guild of ...

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Hollywood Writers to Strike

The Writers Guild of America—the union representing oppressed professional screenwri...

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Hollywood’s Antiwar Investment—Wasted!

Here's a big non-surprise: the spate of antiwar films Hollywood has begun to release in re...

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Fired Actor Plays Race Card

Fleeing headlong to the last refuge of a particular type of scoundrel, actor Isaiah Washin...

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Why Movie Characters Smoke So Much

In a comment on our entry on Hollywood censorship of smoking, Lars Walker points out that ...

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Hollywood to Censor Smoking

 The Motion Picture Assoociation of America has announced that portrayals of smoking ...

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Why the Oscars Don’t Matter at All

The AP story recounting last night's Oscar ceremony goes right to the heart of why the Aca...

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Mr. Capra Goes to Hollywood

Turner Classic Movies is showing a five-movie tribute to director Frank Capra tomorrow beg...

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Demise of Studio 60: The Social Reality Behind It

In a comment on yesterday's report on and analysis of the ratings woes of NBC's Studio 60 ...