News Organizations' Public Trust Challenged Amid Mixed Messages
This is one of those moments when the flow of news seems like an assault on the senses. Will our news media survive it?
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This is one of those moments when the flow of news seems like an assault on the senses. Will our news media survive it?
Does the New York Times truly want a quota system for artistic excellence? That’s the gist of Friday's piece by reporters Nicole Sperling and Brooks Barnes, “Female Filmmakers Slighted Yet Again.” With the Times’ approval, the art police are manning (oops, sorry) the perimeters, marking the limits of permitted creativity: "Some are also troubled by the large number of Oscar contenders that feature (white) men lamenting a changing world."
Jennifer Lawrence opened up about how she stripped for No Hard Feelings because it was 'hilarious.' Actors like Helen Mirren claim that nudity in films was very common in the 60s and 70s.
Variety looks back at the golden age of studio commissaries, what Walt Disney ate and Marilyn Monroe's big moment with Nikita Khrushchev at Fox.
With both Disney and Warner Bros. turning 100 this year, it’s a great time to remember the Golden Age of moviemaking. The business is changing at a precipitous rate, and recent studio mergers have forever altered the longtime map of Hollywood production. Actors and crew members, like armies, march on their stomachs, and since the …