Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Film News: Putin helps celebrate 100 years of cinema -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin celebrated his 56th birthday and the 100th anniversary of the country's cinema industry with a tour of Russian World Studios' $250 million complex on Tuesday.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Andy Brouwer links to an article which discusses the film industry of Cambodia.
BetaNews (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The legal battle between RealNetworks and the Motion Picture Association of America has led to Real temporarily setting aside its contentious product RealDVD while the proceedings are under way.
Bollywood News and Gossips (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) strike had not only affected the film industry but also TV shows.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Film News: Judge rules in favor of MPAA -- The MPAA won a victory in its battle against DVD-ripping software on Tuesday when a federal judge kept a temporary prohibition against the distribution of RealDVD in place.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Film News: Country aims for at least 25 features per year -- Norway will add $10 million more in coin to the domestic film industry to reach a total of $120 million in 2009, according to a government budget released Tuesday.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Winners Watched 57 Movies in 123 Hours Without Sleeping Oscar(R) Winner Susan Sarandon Delivers Final Movie NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Movie lovers Suresh Joachim and Claudia Wavra today emerged as the winners of the Netflix Popcorn Bowl event after 123 hours and 10 minutes of continuous movie watching. Hosted by Netflix (Nasdaq: ), the world's largest online movie rental service, the...
Twitch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Poor Tsui Hark. Once the man who rode high atop the Hong Kong film industry he’s fallen on hard times creatively, becoming a bit of a whipping boy for people disappointed in the quality of his last few outings. So what’s a guy to do? Change genres, of course, in this case making a loopy sex comedy. I actually had the chance to see an extended promo from this a good while back and I really liked what...
MacUser (Free subscription) | yesterday
We talked about Real’s RealDVD ripping software last week, and the fact the company had already exchanged lawsuits with the movie industry. To absolutely nobody’s...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jewish, Christian, Muslim leaders say film attempts to 'de-humanize' Muslims WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined dozens of national Jewish, Christian and Muslim interfaith leaders in condemning the distribution of the anti-Muslim film "Obsession" to 28 million households in presidential election swing states nationwide. A statement,...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Salute to the National Film Board of Canada WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, October 23, 2008, at 7 p.m., the National Archives hosts A Salute to the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) celebrating more than 50 years of Oscar(R)-nominated and winning animated short subjects produced by Canada's public film producer and distributor established in 1939. (LOGO: ) This...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Available Now! Everything a Man Wanted to Know But Was Afraid to Ask! LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- There are 4.3 million babies born in the U.S. each year but there's not one DVD for expectant dads ... until now. BEING DAD is a revealing, entertaining and inspirational DVD that offers invaluable advice and experiences for dads-to-be from fathers who have recently gone through the pregnancy...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
A summary of today's Hollywood happenings in the film industry.
The Guardian Technology blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Real Networks, Rob Glaser's baby, has pulled its sales of its Real DVD rip-and-burn-DVDs program following a court injuction by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Real Networks, Rob Glaser's baby, has pulled its sales of its Real DVD rip-and-burn-DVDs program following a court injuction by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) . The MPAA alleges that the program violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The lawsuit asks for damages and injunctive relief. Yes - it's all happening again, but this time with video rather than with music. Anyone...
