Hollywood Studios

Counterfeit Democracy

Robert Weissman | Posted 09.15.2008 | Business


Robert Weissman

A new draft global trade treaty may interfere with fair use of copyrighted materials, require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to monitor all consume...

Major Studio Film Shoots Grind To A Halt In LA

LA Times | Richard Verrier | Posted 08.26.2008 | Business


If not for an epic struggle between alien robots, the streets of Los Angeles might be devoid of major studio drama. Filming of big-budget movies has ...

Where Are the Women Directors?

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

Things suck for women directors, but nothing changes and things are actually getting worse. While most people believe that we are post-feminist, and post-organizing, and post-activism, I think the only way to make change is to agitate.

The Rent-a-Girl

Nina Burleigh | Posted 03.15.2008 | Politics


Nina Burleigh

She chose to rent her own flesh, and for that, she has been amply and now publicly rewarded.

WGA Strike Losses Top $1.5 Billion

MSNBC | Michael Ventre | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business


Now that the Directors Guild of America has reached an accord with Hollywood studios, the striking writers have returned to the bargaining table in th...

Studios Set To Lose $1.9 Billion

Variety | ADAM DAWTREY | Posted 11.12.2007 | Business


The Hollywood studios will make a loss of $1.9 billion on the movies they released in 2006, according to the first report from Global Media Intelligen...