Dec 18 Sony emails reveal a studio with poor Internet security practices By Ted Bridis, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In the weeks before hackers broke into Sony Pictures Entertainment, the studio suffered significant technology outages it blamed on software flaws and incompetent technical staffers who weren't paying attention, even as hackers targeted executives to trick them into… Continue reading
Dec 17 Sony Pictures pulls the plug on release of ‘The Interview’ By Colleen Shalby Sony Pictures cancelled their planned Dec. 25 release of the film “The Interview" Wednesday, after four major theaters -- AMC, Regal, Cinemark and Carmike -- pulled screenings following threats of attacks on movie-goers and theaters that showed the film. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch clips from the 25 films inducted into the National Registry of Film By Justin Scuiletti Twenty-five films will be archived as the most culturally, historically or aesthetically significant works in cinema and join the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 7:57 Hollywood studios check security after hackers leak Sony’s salaries, embarrassing emails By PBS News Hour The hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment has exposed salaries, sensitive personal e-mails, Social Security numbers and health records of employees. Who’s the lead suspect in the attack and how does it affect business in Hollywood? Hari Sreenivasan gets background from… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Remembering Mike Nichols, legendary director of sophisticated crowd-pleasers By PBS News Hour Mike Nichols, a prolific figure in theater and film, directed numerous American classics, including “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “The Graduate,” a film known for its commentary and influence on American life. Nichols, who arrived in the U.S. at… Continue watching
Nov 20 Award-winning director Mike Nichols dies at 83 By Victoria Fleischer Mike Nichols, an award-winning director known for his versatility and genre-blending productions for film, TV and stage, died on Wednesday evening. Over the course of a more than five decades long career, Nichols, known for such hits as “The Graduate,”… Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch In ‘Rosewater,’ remembering humor and humanity after torture By PBS News Hour In 2009, journalist Maziar Bahari was held for months in solitary confinement in a Tehran prison after being charged with being a spy. He turned his real ordeal into a memoir, which has now been dramatized as "Rosewater," a new… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch From stutterer to star: How James Earl Jones found his voice By PBS News Hour James Earl Jones, the 83-year-old acting legend who recently made his return to Broadway in the play "You Can't Take It With You," discusses the highs and lows of his six-decade-long career, from his modest beginnings suffering from a stutter… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch For one of Sudan’s Lost Boys, telling story on film offers healing By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 01 What questions do you have for acting legend James Earl Jones? By Andrew Mach On Thursday, Oct. 2, PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown will sit down for an interview with actor James Earl Jones, currently staring in "You Can't Take It With You" on Broadway in New York City, and we want your questions. Continue reading