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Elusive billionaire Philip Anschutz used to bemoan the lack of family-friendly movies. Not anymore.  Read More »

Stanford Legal Group Defends 'Expelled' Against Lawsuit

The Fair Use Project of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society announced Thursday that it would serve as legal counsel for the producers of “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” in their right to use a clip of John Lennon’s song “Imagine” in its pro-intelligent design documentary.  Read More »

An Interview with Andrew Adamson, Director of ‘Prince Caspian’

When you're trying to adapt some of the best-loved children's books of all time into big-screen movies, there will be plenty of naysayers and nitpickers, and Adamson fully expected it.  Read More »

DVD News

Be a Virtual Contestant on 'The Price is Right'

One of the most popular television game shows in history is now a downloadable try-before-you-buy PC game that looks, sounds, and plays like the real deal—but without Drew Carey or Bob Barker.  Read More »

Blu-ray Boom Not Enough to Rescue DVD Sales

Since Blu-ray Disc's victory in the hi-definition DVD format war, data have trickled in suggesting a sales boost for Sony's fledgling technology. But if the pace doesn't quicken, home video might not return to sustained growth mode for several years.  Read More »

Hulu Moving onto Mobile?

Could online video site Hulu be appearing on mobile phones any time soon? B&C reports that Hulu CEO Jason Kilar suggested that the NBCU and News Corp.-backed site could be developed for other platforms, including mobile phones.  Read More »

TV News

Mobile TV Gathers Momentum

Every day in Switzerland, 40,000 people watch a 100-second television news broadcast on their cellphones. In Italy, one million people pay as much as €19 a month to watch up to a dozen mobile TV channels.  Read More »

Miley Cyrus Photo Flap Prompts Calls for Action Against Harmful Media Messages

Miley Cyrus, the extremely popular 15-year-old star of Disney’s Hannah Montana, became the focus of a national controversy this week after photos of her appearing topless and covered only in a bed sheet were published in Vanity Fair magazine.  Read More »

For TV, it's Been a Strike-Shortened Season on the Brink

We assumed the strike would chase away viewers. The surprise is that the strike-induced break also, in too many cases, seems to have chased away good writing and good sense.  Read More »

Game News

'Grand Theft Auto' Simplifies Song Purchasing

The emerging effort to use videogames as a channel for selling music is entering its next phase with the recent release of "Grand Theft Auto IV."  Read More »

'Mario Kart Wii' is Familiar — In a Good Way

The E-rated “Mario Kart Wii” has all the things fans love about the family-friendly racing series, but there are some new tricks to learn as well.  Read More »

Disney Sweetens 'Narnia' Videogame

Disney Interactive Studios' videogame adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, will feature two exclusive live-action scenes shot by the film's cast and crew.  Read More »