Tag Archives: Video

USA Today lists the five entertainers who they say had the worst 2002: Whitney Houston Defining moment: ”Crack is whack.” Recap: When Whitney Houston said those words to Diane Sawyer on national television, it became one of the next day’s most repeated phrases. Houston was saying she didn’t use crack, …

In our holiday lassitude we have failed to honor the contributions of the great director and Entertainer George Roy Hill, 81, who died Friday of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was the first “adult” film I can remember seeing – at the drive-in with my …

Sony has a unique perspective on the consumer-creator rights conflict being a manufacturer of computers, CD burners, DVD recorders and portable media players, in addition to owning a movie studio and a record company. The LA Times interviewed Kunitake Ando, Sony’s president and chief operating officer, on the prospect of …

Despite TV, cable, computers, DVD, cell phones, terrorism, blogs and yo mama, more people went to the movies this year than any since 1959: By some estimates, admissions could climb more than 10% over last year’s record levels, with folks flocking to theaters more than 1.5 billion times. When the …

Ascending up from the broadcast pit of hell, there are reality shows, daytime talk shows, prime time news shows, the news. You expect crass exploitation down at the bottom, but I still have it in my mind that actual news shows should be different. Often, however, the morning talk shows …

We have been following the entertainment industry’s attempts to wrestle Kazaa to the ground using the courts, the way they shut down Napster and Madster. The Washington Post has a fascinating look at Kazaa, the attempts to shut it down, and how they have thus far been thwarted, causing the …

Big day over here: Associated Press’ Anick Jesdanun has written a story on the DMCA exemption request process, including Blogcritics’ support role in the request put together by brilliant Lawmeme editor Ernest Miller. Deepest thanks again to Ernie for including us in his thinking and allowing us to take part …

The Library of Congress adds 25 films to the National Film Registry – and the winners are: Alien (1979) All My Babies (1953) The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Beauty and the Beast (1991) The Black Stallion (1979) Boyz N the Hood (1991) Theodore Case Sound Tests: Gus Visser and …

If TV was any more self-referential, it would disappear up its own sphincter: ARSENIO Hall is returning to host a rival version of “American Idol” for CBS. Hall, who hosted “The Arsenio Hall Show” for six years and co-starred on “Martial Law,” will host CBS’ “Star Search,” an updated take …

It is this simple: consumers should be able to make copies of their own DVDs. Period.