entertainment

LiveMansion: An Unfortunate Attempt at a Movie

Tue Mar 20, 2007 at 11:16 AM

Last night I went to an event hosted by Ckrush, an entertainment company, at Pressure Bar near Union Square. The company is developing a horror movie, LiveMansion: The Movie, using the American Idol model of doing business. While in ...READ»

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Why the Music Industry Needs A Makeover

BY Lynne d JohnsonWed Mar 7, 2007 at 12:27 PM

A recent article in Crain's New York Business (subscription required), titled "Music Labels' New Leaders," explores the music industry's shift to hiring the hippest hitmakers to man the helm of many top -level positions in the ...READ»

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Need A New Wardrobe? Shop TV

BY Tamara SchweitzerThu Mar 1, 2007 at 3:50 PM

I am a self-professed "Grey's Anatomy" junkie and every week I look forward to that Thursday night fix when I'll find out what will unfold next in the show's thrilling plot. I'm certainly not alone when it comes to having a primetime ...READ»

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SpiralFrog: Is it Over Before it Begins?

BY Lynne d JohnsonWed Jan 24, 2007 at 10:30 AM

SpiralFrog, set to launch in Q1 2007, was supposed to be a new model of digital music distribution. The plan is an advertiser supported model, where users get to download music for free -- as long as they watch advertising. It ...READ»

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Dick in a Box

Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 4:28 PM

Can you say that on T.V.? How about on the Internet? It's the chorus to Andy Samberg's most recent mock music video, which aired last week on Saturday Night Live, and has been all over the Internet ever since. Samberg, the comic ...READ»

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Kramer's Racist Remarks Not Funny

Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 4:18 PM

Michael Richards, best known as Seinfeld's Kramer, entertained sitcom audiences for ten years as a zany, outspoken character who would do or say pretty much anything. This weekend at a famous Los Angeles comedy club, fans were ...READ»

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What We Want From Movies

BY David LidskyTue Oct 10, 2006 at 1:05 AM

The number-one movie in the country this week is Martin Scorsese's The Departed, which is based on a 2002 movie from Hong Kong called Internal Affairs. For a remake--and of such a recent movie--the public and critical response could ...READ»

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The Earning Power of Star Power

Mon Aug 28, 2006 at 5:03 PM

The New York Times today examined the effect of big-name movie stars on the box office success of their films. The question was inspired by Paramount Pictures’ decision last week to cut ties with that high-earning, bad publicity ...READ»

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Brands the New Record Labels?

BY Danielle SacksWed Aug 16, 2006 at 1:28 PM

It's no secret there has never been a more empowering moment for musicians. Instead of the old model where The Strokes wannabes aspired to have a major label come salivating to them with a record deal (only to sign away most of the ...READ»

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MTV has a Race Problem

BY Lynne d JohnsonThu Aug 10, 2006 at 11:10 PM

MTV2's broadcast of an animated version of rapper Snoop Dogg accompanied by two bikini-clad black women in neck collars and chains squatting on all fours and defecating on the floor has drawn the ire of leading African-Americans and ...READ»

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Google Games

BY Kevin OhannessianThu Aug 10, 2006 at 4:18 PM

With all of the Google Maps mash-ups being made, it was just a matter of time until someone created games. The link being shared lately is for Goggles, a simple flight simulator that uses satellite photographs to create ...READ»

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"The Long Tail" Exists Beyond Amazon

BY Greg SpottsWed Aug 9, 2006 at 4:48 PM

Author Chris Anderson is building an empire from one clever catchphrase, The Long Tail. According to Anderson, the unlimited shelf space of Internet merchants like Amazon and iTunes allows a broad product offering that generates ...READ»

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Disney's Mad Mel Dilemma

BY Chuck SalterWed Aug 2, 2006 at 7:10 PM

Amid all the sturm und drang over the drunken, anti-semetic MELtdown in Malibu last weekend, Disney, which is supposed to distribute Mel Gibson's next movie, "Apocalypto," has been conspicuously silent, according to the L.A. Times. ...READ»

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Gold on a Dead Man's Chest

BY Greg SpottsMon Jul 10, 2006 at 1:41 PM

With the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel grossing approx $132 million over the weekend, Disney's doing just fine in the post-Eisner era. Perhaps a media company can be run without a mega-ego at the helm. Not long ago, industry ...READ»

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Digital Music's Fickle Fans

Tue May 16, 2006 at 4:29 PM

Tomorrow, MTV and Microsoft unveil their new digital music contender, Urge. MTV is digging deep into its vault to capitalize on its strengths, adding original live performances to its inventory along with an onslaught of celebrity ...READ»

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Crowds: Not As Smart When It Comes to Hollyweird

BY David LidskyMon Mar 6, 2006 at 11:21 AM

So I think commenter Richard E. Smallman summed it up in the comments to my last post, when he wrote, "Well Dumbass, u got 1 right.Better luck next year if u still have a job." (Of course, my corporate overlords have seen fit to cut ...READ»

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Fearless Oscar Predictions

BY David LidskyFri Mar 3, 2006 at 5:34 AM

The Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday night, and for many people, this is their Super Bowl. The hype and speculation, even in a year that's signaled major change for Hollywood, have been immense. One voice we haven't ...READ»

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An Olympic Effort

Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 4:00 PM

With headlines from the Winter Olympics popping up left and right on every news site I happen across, it's hard to avoid knowing who won what when. As an avid winter sports enthusiast, though, I still want to see how it went down. ...READ»

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Mark Cuban: He's everywhere

BY Scott KirsnerTue Dec 20, 2005 at 9:47 PM

At Dallas Mavericks basketball games, team owner Mark Cuban sometimes attracts attention with his histrionics. But in the movie business, he's attracting a very different (and more positive) kind of attention: he's one of the few ...READ»

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Must-Have TV

Fri Oct 21, 2005 at 12:58 PM

Congress, according to the New York Times today, has now mandated that all TV sets must be digital-capable by April 7, 2009 (which, for you sports fans, is one day after that year's NCAA basketball championship game). What the heck ...READ»

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The Long, Fat Tail of Content

Wed Oct 19, 2005 at 12:27 PM

So USA Today technology columnist Kevin Maney opines today that Barry Diller is no idiot. Duh. He's talking about Diller's recent speech at a technology conference, when he remarked that real talent is rare, which makes the ...READ»

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Hello, I Must Be Blogging

Tue Oct 18, 2005 at 5:37 PM

Hi everybody. I'm John Bitzer, a new editor here at fastcompany.com. I suspect I'll be blogging quite a bit in the coming days and weeks, so you might as well know who I am. That way you can put my opinions in context -- and I do ...READ»

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Apple/ABC Deal: The First Ripple

Mon Oct 17, 2005 at 2:45 PM

To the surprise of no one, the new deal between Apple and Disney -- which enables iPod users to download popular ABC TV shows such as "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" as soon as the day after airing -- is causing a commotion. A ...READ»

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High Def Anxiety

Wed Aug 24, 2005 at 7:45 PM

It's war! A format war! At least that's what seems to be coming down the pike, now that talks have broken down between Sony and Toshiba in their attempts to merge their two competing high definition DVD formats. Just to sum up: ...READ»

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IPOD instead of AAPL?

Sun Feb 27, 2005 at 9:08 PM

Watching the Oscars here, and the best line of the night so far didn't come from Chris Rock, but from Robin Williams, before announcing the winner for the best animated feature. Although "The Incredibles" did go on to win the award, ...READ»

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