From prix winners to distribution deals, here are 10 Cannes-related items you may have missed over the past two weeks.
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Tags: Cannes, distribution, film festivals, international film market
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Although prolific filmmaker Steven Soderbergh claims the new HBO hit, Behind the Candelabra will be his last, the director has been busy at work setting the stage for his second act as a TV/stage director-painter-novelist-t-shirt entrepreneur and headphone designer-hyphenate.
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Tags: auteur, behind the candelabra, film, HBO, Steven Soderbergh
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Love-hated by many Smash fans though he was, the character of Ellis disrupted hegemonic thinking about sexuality by remaining undefined and uninterested in defining -- something unfortunately "corrected" in the second and final season.
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Tags: ellis, queer, smash
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The question I’m often asked by people afraid of the ephemerality of broadcast is: How do I record television? And how do I save what I’ve recorded for posterity? Here are my practical steps with relevant hardware suggestions.
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Tags: archive, archives, DVR, how to, teach hacks, television recording, TV tuner
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Apple, apps, Google, Hulu, Microsoft, Star Trek, Strongbox, Tumblr, Xbox, Xbox One, Yahoo, YouTube
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Some influential figures of the cinema world are tentatively exploring a loosening of bans on cell phones during select screenings, refueling the ever-controversial debate of movie theater etiquette.
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Tags: apps, digital media, exhibition, film, industry, movie theaters, smartphones, texting
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The imminent release of Man of Steel on June 14 begs a reflection of 1987's overlooked installment, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
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Recent episodes of Doctor Who and Supernatural take up the narrative of storyteller as God, raising questions about our fascination with the auteur.
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Tags: authorship, Doctor Who, Supernatural
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Aereo, Arrested Development, China, copyright, Deanna Durbin, Dreamworks, George Jones, Google Glass, IllumiRoom, Iron Man 3, Netflix, neurogaming, Ray Harryhausen, Steven Soderbergh, The Onion, Xbox, YouTube
Posted in Celebrity/Stardom, Celebrity/Stardom, Current Events, Film, Film, Games, Games, Global, Global, Industry, Industry, Internet, Internet, Music, Music, Politics, Politics, Technology, Technology, TV, TV, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Apr 28 – May 11
Within the context of network late night television, David Letterman's shaming of senators opposed to gun control is startlingly bold.
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Tags: David Letterman, Late night television, politics
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The female voices on The Great Gatsby's soundtrack channel the hard-won feminist power of past generations.
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Tags: Baz Luhrmann, Beyonce, feminism, film soundtracks, Florence + the Machine, Lana Del Ray, literature, pop music, The Great Gatsby
Posted in Celebrity/Stardom, Celebrity/Stardom, Current Events, Film, Film, Industry, Industry, Music, Music, Perspectives, Print, Print | 4 Comments »
The figure of the recently passed Deanna Durbin (1921-2013) is fascinating today because of how it embodies a sensibility within stardom: the cult of the child star.
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Tags: child star, cult, Deanna Durbin, fandom
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The culture of contemporary baseball card collecting is an excellent example of how creativity can serve as a satisfying replacement for traditional economic incentives.
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Tags: Baby Boomers, baseball, baseball cards, Generation X, Generation Y, sports, sports fandom, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros., The Baseball Card Blog, The Muppets
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