Newswise — Hollywood movies directed by African-Americans are significantly more likely to include African-American characters with speaking roles than movies not directed by African-Americans, according to a report released today from USC Annenberg.
As Hollywood digs deeper for fresh ideas and moviegoers tire of filmmakers trotting out less-than-stellar sequels, the prequel has become a new way to reintroduce old products to audiences. many prequels have done little to spark new interest in a franchise, but several recent successful origin tales do come to mind.
By: Marinel R. Cruz Philippine Daily Inquirer
ABS-CBN is floored by the recent achievement of its movie, “In the name of Love,” which landed on the Associated Press list of top 20 highest-grossing movies for last month. the list was based on a Hollywood.com report.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Ryan Reynolds got into even better shape for his new film, “Green Lantern,” and it wasn’t easy.
YouTube is doubling the amount of movies for rent, adding 3,000 new titles from major studios NBC Universal, Sony, and Warner.
The announcement could help Google compete against Amazon’s instant video service, and give the company more video content for Google TV, which is on the verge of a refresh. it could also give Google an answer to iTunes for mobile devices — particularly tablets — based on Android.