Movie studio

Can you buy an Oscar? Until this week, I wasn't sure. Film studios obviously throw cash at awards season, taking out ads in Variety and hosting cocktail bashes in support of fancied movies. But these lobbying efforts always seemed like...

In this article: Oscar, Orlando Bloom, Slumdog Millionaire, Hollywood, Avatar, Film studios, and Peter Jackson

...life into the studio and has been leading MGM's production efforts as chairwoman of MGM's Worldwide Motion Picture Group. Movie studios have been fighting tumbling DVD sales and a tougher environment to raise money for new film...

In this article: MGM, Quadrangle Group, Comcast, Sony, Reuters, and Cash flow

Walt Disney and the Art of WWII Propaganda During World War II, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse weren't just about entertainment. Film studios used animated characters to spread propaganda and educate Americans about their enemies. And the...

In this article: Walt Disney, Adolf Hitler, Donald Gets Drafted, World War II, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Tax, Daffy Duck, Democracy, and Bambi

...allowing customers to sign up instantly, without the need to pick up a DVR from the cable office or wait for a technician to visit. Movie studios, TV networks, and cable TV channels had argued that the service is more akin to...

In this article: Supreme Court, Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, New York, National Banking Act, Movie studios, Eliot Spitzer, Due process, and TiVo Inc.

...to record, store and playback recordings on computer servers maintained by Cablevision instead of DVRs owned by customers. Film studios and major broadcast networks opposed Cablevision's plans and filed a lawsuit in 2006 claiming the...

In this article: Supreme Court, Hollywood, All rights reserved, Trademark, Consumer Electronics Association, Film studios, Department of Justice, and U.S. Court of Appeals

...to sign up instantly, without the need to pick up a DVR from the nearest cable office or wait for a technician to visit. Movie studios, TV networks and cable TV channels had argued that the service is more akin to video-on-demand,...

In this article: Cablevision Systems Corp., Supreme Court, TiVo Inc., Movie studios, and Cable TV

...placement craziness and no more digital extensions! | Main | Jim Carrey and friends opt for consciousness-raising over Lakers » Movie studios like to operate in their comfort zones. Hey, who doesn't? So, Universal Pictures, which is...

In this article: Universal, Jonah Hill, Hasbro, Jim Carrey, Kristen Wigg, Wanted, and Movie studios

...Bogart on location for The African Queen in 1951 Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace which was filmed at Pinewood Studios Movie studios are where magic is made, where anything imaginable can be conjured into being, from the farthest...

In this article: Shepperton, The African Queen, Quantum of Solace, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Oscar, Pinewood Studios, Movie studios, Great Expectations, and Alien

Having barely recovered from a three-month writers strike, television producers have been rushing to get their series back on track. Movie studios, meanwhile, are hurrying to finish productions like Universal Pictures' "Land of the Lost" a...

In this article: Alan Rosenberg, Screen Actors Guild, The Bold and the Beautiful, Hollywood, DVD, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Movie studios, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and Los Angeles Times

...Time Warner and Comcast are pushing their faster broadband lines by promoting them as capable of delivering fast downloads. Movie studios are fighting back by taking a page from the Internet playbook. Indeed, the centerpiece of the market...

In this article: DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD, Toshiba, Sony, Spider-Man 3, Hollywood, and Cash cow