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Blockbusters continued to dominate at the box office in 2018. Films such as “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” grossed hundreds of millions of dollars each. To...
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Hollywood is counting down the days until the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony, which is scheduled to take place on Jan. 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Calif. In recognizing the year’s finest...
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The Golden Globes stand apart from other awards ceremonies such as the Emmys and the Academy Awards in that they recognize achievements in both television and film. While these two mediums have...
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced last week the nominations for the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards. And while only 20 movies are up for awards themselves, the creative diversity...
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Downloading was hailed by many as the future of the music industry in the early aughts. And for a few years, it looked like it was. As recently as 2014, digital downloads accounted for 37% of U.S....
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The Golden Globes have been held since 1944 to recognize “distinguished achievements in the film industry,” according to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — the organization behind the...
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The wildfires that raged through Northern California this past November were an unwelcome reminder of the potential overwhelmingly destructive power of natural disasters. The fires – which were the...
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Today’s Hollywood blockbusters are big business. A major production can easily cost millions of dollars and employ a cast and crew in the thousands. To ensure success, Hollywood often relies on...
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The Golden Globes have been held since 1944 to recognize “distinguished achievements in the film industry,” according to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — the organization behind the...
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Streaming has become the most popular form of music consumption in the United States, accounting for three-quarters of industry revenue in the first half of 2018. About 1 million new subscribers sign...
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Long gone are the days of records and CDs. Even buying music online to download is increasingly a thing of the past. More and more, today’s music fans are relying on streaming to listen to their...
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Movie ticket sales in the U.S. hit a 25-year low of 1.24 billion in 2017. Unfortunately for theater owners, 2018 appears to be no different. Rising ticket prices – which topped $9 for the first...
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In addition to evaluating the artistic merits of movies, modern film critics are generally expected to help the average moviegoer wade through the endless film releases to find the very best...
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Some screenplays require actors to go above and beyond when it comes to delivering dialogue. The early films of Woody Allen or just about any episode of “Gilmore Girls” on television feature...
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One of cinema’s most attractive and unique qualities is its ability to capture movement in ways other art forms cannot. This advantage has led to the development of numerous motion-based movie...
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