Theaters are messing with your senses to make movies more real
Neuroscientist Poppy Crum was watching a video of a fire dancer when she had a distinct physical sensation — the flush of her body expelling heat. Her body reacted as...
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Louisiana scales back film tax credits, roiling the industry
Louisiana has long been one of Hollywood's star filming locations, attracting dozens of TV shows and movies such as "American Horror Story," "Jurassic World" and "Dawn of the Planet of...
Porn production plummets in Los Angeles
As Hollywood battles to keep movie and TV shows from leaving the state, another local industry — adult entertainment — is fleeing Los Angeles. At least that's the picture that...
Report: female screenwriters still lag behind male counterparts
Following a predictable script, female film writers continue to lag behind their male counterparts when it comes to earnings and employment, according to a new survey. In the film sector,...
A faster ‘Hobbit’
The studio has been running the test reel in hundreds of theaters from Los Angeles to Tokyo to Madrid to ensure that the theaters are ready for the rollout of...
Hurricane Irene: Wall Street planning to open Monday
The less-than-anticipated damage from Hurricane Irene came as somewhat of a relief to Wall Street. On Sunday, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq OMX Group issued statements saying they...
Some late-night laughs are cheap
"Beautiful day in New York City," David Letterman mused on the "Late Show" recently. "Am I right about that? A gorgeous day. It was so nice today that AIG gave...
Web tangles TV writers
A steamy new NBC soap opera, "Coastal Dreams," is coming to a small screen near you, but to the PC, not the TV. And it's not alone. CBS has a...
Disney retools planning division
The man known among executives of the Walt Disney Co. as The Enforcer took a hit on Friday. Chief Strategic Officer Peter Murphy, the rough-edged point man for Disney boss...
Next Disney CEO, Iger, has task of smoothing ruffled feathers
Bob Iger has a message for Steve Jobs: Let's talk. Yesterday, the day after he was named the next chief executive of Walt Disney Co., Iger said a top priority...