Today in show business news: Young people are going to the movies more these days which is a good sign for the industry, Seth Rogen will be directing another movie, and Meryl's daughter books another gig.
After some delays, the movie industry's home-brewed system to fight Internet pirates has finally arrived, and depending on their internet service provider, pirates may not have all that much to fear.
The Motion Picture Association of America has seen a big increase in the number of films asking for an appeal of their R or NC-17 ratings, but the group has no inclination to ever change its mind.
Furious over Congress' withdrawal of SOPA and PIPA, the MPAA head takes a swipe at lawmakers who take cash from his clients in Hollywood. So they really do want something in exchange for that money after all.
Not so long ago, we pointed out how Chris Dodd, the current chief executive of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), sounds like a bit of a despot when talking about Internet censorship, but lately, he just sounds hypocritical.
A billowing controversy pitting Will.i.am, his label Universal and the popular file-sharing site MegaUpload against each other looks like it could be the first battle on the front lines of Congress's war on piracy.
The chairman of the MPAA says Google can comply with the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act just like they have China's bans on Western websites.
Hilary Swank dropped by her PR agency over Chechen party appearance, Wendi Deng Murdoch screens her new movie in D.C., and Marc Anthony's midtown Manhattan confusion.
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