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The Long and Winding Road To A Bad Call On 'Piracy'

Art Brodsky | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Megaupload, Warner Bros, Pipa, Kim Dotcom, Paramount, Sopa, Piracy, Intellectual Property, Online Piracy, Entertainment News

It's time for the industry to start listening to what they have been told by their audience -- that there have to be new, better and more convenient ways to get access to content.

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"Super Tuesday" Isn't Super for a 19-Year-Old Cold Murder Case

Danielle Parker | Posted 05.06.2012

My life has never been the same since March 6, 1993. The day I lost the best thing that ever happened to me... 51-year-old, Gail Parker. My mother, my best friend, my heart and my soul.

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Smithsonian Honors Eastwood, Opens Theater On Mall

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Clint Eastwood, Warner Brothers, Video, Maltese Falcon, Smithsonian Institution, District of Columbia, Warner Bros, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, Dc Around Town, Casablanca, DC News

WASHINGTON — Clint Eastwood helped open a new movie theater on the National Mall Wednesday evening and the Smithsonian Institution honored the a...

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Steven Spielberg's Moses Movie? Director Nearing Deal For 'Gods And Kings'

Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Video, Gods and Kings, Steven Spielberg, Warner Bros, Steven Spielberg Gods and Kings Movie, Steven Spielberg Gods and Kings, Movie News, Entertainment News

Steven Spielberg may have been snubbed by the Academy Awards this week for Best Director, but that isn't stopping him from climbing back up the mounta...

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ABC Orders New Supernatural Drama

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Gabriella Pierce, The Vampire Diaries, Canada Tv, Warner Bros, 666 Park Ave., Gossip Girl, Abc, B, Secret Circle, Reality-Free, TV News

ABC has made a date with the Devil. The network has picked up to pilot "666 Park Ave.," an hourlong drama from Alloy Entertainment, the producers o...

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Common Says He Got His Mojo Back With His New Album

AP | MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Universal Music Group, The Dreamer the Believer, Common the Dreamer the Believer, Common, Warner Bros, Common Sense, Black Voices News

NEW YORK — Most people are excited before recording a new album, but Common didn't particularly feel that way. He says before making his ninth ...

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Madonna Signs Three-Album Deal With Interscope

Rolling Stone | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Rolling Stone, Madonna, Universal Music Group, Live Nation, Interscope, Warner Bros, Sticky and Sweet Tour, Fifty News

Madonna has signed a three-album deal with Interscope in which she will earn a base of $1 million per record. The pop star's pact with Interscope and ...

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YoungArts Comes to LA

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.29.2012

The level of professionalism from these young artists was both stunning and inspirational, and provided great hope for those of us devoted to the future of the arts in America.

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Imperfect Circle: R.E.M. Sums Up A Career In 40 Songs

Tony Sachs | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Mike Mills, Warner Bros., Velvet Underground, Rem, Athens GA, Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage, Automatic for the People, Music Retail, Bill Berry, Big Star, Alternative Rock, College Rock, Peter Buck, Alex Chilton, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., The Replacements, Indie Rock, Entertainment News

I can think of few other artists who have changed their sound so radically, so many times. "Gardening At Night," from 1982, doesn't sound anything like "Everybody Hurts," from 1992.

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Review: A Very Harold And Kumar Christmas 3D

Scott Mendelson | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Reviews, Danny Trejo, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros, Elias Koteas, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Kal Penn, Holidays Canada, Holidays Canada Entertainment, A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas, Chris Meloni, 3d, Entertainment News

A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas is not as aggressively bad as the first sequel, but mere mediocrity is not something to aspire to.

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07/16/99 - When Studios Blew the Best Chance to Legitimize the NC-17

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Mpaa, Stanley Kubrick, Shame, Warner Bros, Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Shut, Michael Fassbender, Tom Cruise, Censorship, Nc-17, Entertainment News

The NC-17 will continue to be a 'scarlet letter' until a major studio is willing to risk releasing a major genre film with that adults-only rating and basically dare chains like AMC, Regal, and Cinemark not to carry it.

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Blu Ray Review: Batman: Year One -- The Danger With Adapting Overly Literate Comics

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Catwoman, DC Comics, Dvd Reviews, Blu Ray, Warner Bros, BATMAN: YEAR ONE, Batman Year One Movie, Batman Year One Review, Batman Year One Film, Entertainment News

The ideas and concepts first found in Frank Miller's Batman: Year One have been so pilfered through over the last 25 years that it feels strange to see this work adapted for film without any narrative alterations.

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The First Ever Facebook Show

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Warner Bros, Facebook Show, Cambio, Facebook Tv Series, Facebook Series, Facebook, Social Media Television Series, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Warner Bros. is launching a Web series on Facebook that will personalize the show for viewers. The show is called "Aim High." It's a...

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A-Sides With Jon Chattman: Michelle Branch Plays Two From "West Coast Time" on the East Coast

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Michelle Branch Everywhere, Warner Bros, Michelle Branch, For Dear Life, Everywhere, Mtv, Hotel Paper, Loud Music, Game of Love, The Spirit Room, The Wreckers, Michelle Branch Loud Music, Total Request Live, Trl, Santana, Entertainment News

Later this fall, Michelle Branch will return to her rock roots with "West Coast Time," her first full-length solo album since 2003's "Hotel Paper."

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Brad Pitt Is Killing It

Vulture | By: | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: All You Need Is Kill, Brad Pitt, Warner Bros, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, All You Need Is Kill Doug Liman, Warner Bros Doug Liman, Brad Pitt Doug Liman, Doug Liman, Entertainment News

Paramount Pictures is over the moon -- and while that's so-so news for Doug Liman, it's great news for Warner Bros. Pictures....

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Crazy, Stupid, Love -- More Important Than the Title Might Suggest

Roger Wolfson | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Acting, Romantic Comedy, Directing, Romance, Warner Bros, Writing, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Dan Fogelman, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Movies, Emma Stone, Movie Reviews, Crazy Stupid Love, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Entertainment News

Spending almost two hours in the dark with Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, and Emma Stone is really so much fun that you're to be forgiven if you don't realize, by the time you walk out, that you've just seen a very important film.

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The Magic of Mentorship

Ryan Leslie | Posted 09.10.2011

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Mother Teresa once said "If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one." Mentorship, for me, is the embodiment of that charge.

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Anderson Cooper Talks New Daytime Talk Show

Posted 08.29.2011

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If there's one thing Anderson Cooper wants you to know about his new daytime talk show, it's that it's "not a news program." The "Anderson Cooper ...

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Huff Post Review: Green Lantern Not As Good As Hoped, Not As Bad As Feared

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Peter Sarsgaard, Martin Campbell, Warner Bros, Green Lantern, 3d, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Summer 2011, Reviews, Green Lantern Review, Green Lantern Reviews, The Green Lantern, Green Latern, The Green Lantern Reviews, Entertainment News

Green Lantern is a deeply problematic comic book adventure, with structural and character development issues that should have felled the film. But like its title character, it overcomes its own weaknesses and embraces its flaws.

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Movie Studio To Buy Rotten Tomatoes

AP | Posted 07.04.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Warner Bros. says it will buy Flixster, a movie-discovery service on millions of smartphones, and the movie-review site Rotten Tomatoes...

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YouTube Reportedly Planning Imminent Launch Of Major New Service

The Wrap Movies | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Google, Youtube Streaming Movies, Universal, Youtube Movies on Demand, Video on Demand, Warner Bros, Mgm, Apple iTunes, Youtube Streaming, Youtube Movie Rental, Lionsgate, Itunes, Apple, Youtube Videos, Kino-Lorber, YouTube Movie Rentals, Youtube, Movies on Demand, Subscription Video, Netflix, Disney, Fox, Streaming Movies, New Line, YouTube Movies, Paramount, Sony, Technology News

YouTube will imminently launch a movie-on-demand service charging users to stream movies off the world's largest video sharing site, TheWrap has learn...

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The Shot Heard Round the Industry... Studios' doomed plan for pre-DVD Video On Demand.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Sony, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Video on Demand, Universal, Warner Bros, Essays. News Commentary, Lionsgate, Disney, Business News

Fox, Warner Bros, Sony, and Universal have announced this week that they will begin offering 'first-run' theatrical features on Video On Demand through DirectTV just sixty days after their theatrical release.

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In Defense of Sucker Punch: Why the Flawed Film Is Worth Fighting for

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Sucker Punch, Gender Roles, Zach Snyder, Warner Bros, Politics, Sexism, Sucker Punch Movie, Sucker Punch Review, Entertainment News

Rarely have I spent so much effort defending a film I merely liked, but the seemingly willful misinterpretation of this film merits mention -- this is genuinely challenging movie-making and should be acknowledged as such.

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Social Media and the New Hollywood

Cedric Perrier | Posted 05.29.2011

As America's movie theater chains begin to fight the inexorable demands of cable operators to offer newly-released movies in the home just four weeks ...

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Brand New 'Batman' Series Reboot Being Planned Already

Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Christian Bale, DC Comics, Warner Bros., Christopher Nolan Batman, Superman, Batman, Movies, Justice League, Christian Bale Batman, Christopher Nolan, Entertainment News

This year, Green Lantern (starring Ryan Reynolds) is hitting the big screen. In 2012, both Batman and Superman will get their own feature films in whi...

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