Word: hollywoodism
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...Hollywood is not amused, and has filed two lawsuits: one against the makers of Replay, the other against the creators of Morpheus and two similar file-sharing services called Grokster and Kazaa. While it may be O.K. to copy a show for yourself on the VCR, "it's not O.K. to start sending it around and file sharing," warns Jack Valenti, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America. The first legal face-off begins March 4 with a hearing on the Morpheus case in federal district court in Los Angeles. The Replay trial is scheduled for August...
...Crossroads. Not only does she recite the lyrics of “Not A Girl...Not Yet A Woman” as a poem around a campfire to the Handsome Stranger, she also forgoes a career in medicine to audition to become a (gasp) pop star in Hollywood. Prancing from one scene to another, Spears displays a jaw-droppingly diverse acting range in her film debut: She smiles, she pouts and then she smiles some more—but with feeling...
...started their site to jumpstart Internet broadcasting. "The main reason this content is held back is because of profit," explains Tan. "Someone has to do something; we're not going to wait. We had to start the ball rolling. I believe (movie88.com) is a good steppingstone. We can force Hollywood and the movies studios and TV stations to do something (about putting more content on the web). Bill Gates was talking about doing WebTV a long time ago. But it never happened. Why? Because the companies refuse to release the rights...
...says Tan. "This is not like Napster because people cannot download the movies. We just want people to be able to watch movies online. These Internet movies do not compare to the quality you see in the cinema or the theater. We are not trying to get business from Hollywood. I don't like watching movies online. If I like a movie that I see on the site, I'll go buy the DVD and bring it home and watch it on my own super sound system. You watch it online, and if the movie is good you go back...
...Barriers like the Nashville system he found himself working for a decade later - interchangeable studio bands, string sections, and sparkly suits. In the '70s, while Coppola shook up Hollywood and Joey Ramone tore down rock n' roll, Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash were revolutionizing Nashville. These "hippies of country," as Jennings described them once, "just couldn't do it the way it was set up." Jennings played by feel, kept it simple and made a point - and a persona - of doing things just the way he wanted...