Jun 12 Watch 7:47 Hollywood bets on familiar reboots and female-centric summer movies By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 19 Quiz: Match the critic's snark to the Oscar-nominated film By Joshua Barajas Ahead of the 87th Academy Awards this Sunday, can you guess which Oscar-nominated film these critics' reviews praised or bashed this past year?… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 7:08 How the Oscars' lack of diversity reflects who runs Hollywood By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 15 The 2015 Oscar nominations are in By Joshua Barajas, Victoria Fleischer "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Birdman" led the pack of Oscar nominations, nabbing nine each, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Thursday morning. Check out the full list of nominations. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 6:27 Does Sony's kibosh on 'The Interview' set a bad precedent? - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 2:18 White House, Hollywood respond to 'Interview' controversy - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
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 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
Oct 15 Watch Sitcom creator Norman Lear talks dangerous television, 'Family' inspirations By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Could the celebrity photo hack happen to you? By PBS News Hour A slew of intimate celebrity photos have surfaced this week after several celebrities’ personal online storage accounts were hacked. Though it is not clear who hacked the accounts or posted them, Apple said that the breach on its iCloud server… Continue watching