... sn’t some Hollywood apocalypse. It’s the plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, agent of the notorious bubonic plague. For most people, "the plague" conjures up images of the medieval Black ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-16
... deration, Hollywood trade publications reported. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced by the Academy in December before the final nominees list is unveiled in January for the March 4, 2018 awards ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-01
... decades. Hollywood is struggling to explain how one of its most visible figures could have gotten away with such behavior for so long. Woody Allen offered an important clue. Despite working with Wein ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-20
... bstandard Hollywood B-movies, was not averse to flexing his, and America’s, muscles when faced with combative or troublesome overseas rivals. Post-Vietnam and pre-Iraq, the US seemed invincible on and ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-17
... not even Hollywood can resist). But perhaps the most important criticism is a political one: in a world of challenged multilateralism, how would global ecological interventions be governed? Similar q ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-13
Apple Inc. is finalizing a deal to make 10 new episodes of Steven Spielberg’s 1980s science fiction anthology series Amazing Stories, landing a premiere Hollywood talent for its plunge into original T ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-11
An audit conducted for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has determined that Hollywood is being shortchanged by millions of dollars at China's box office, the Wall Street Journal report ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-04
... rest..." Hollywood writers found other words for it. In the film Little Caesar (1931) Rico says, "Money’s okay, but it ain’t everything. Be somebody….Have your own way or nothing." In A Star is Born ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-29
Hollywood was hurt badly by the credit crunch during the 2008 financial crisis. Then, online entertainment became a growing challenge. At about the same time, China was encouraging its firms to “go ou ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-07
So what could happen in 96 hours? In the Hollywood blockbuster Taken, the main character played by Liam Neeson succeeded in rescuing his daughter, despite enormous odds, from a bunch of human traffick ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-20
... “Oriental Hollywood” has been on the wane since the 1997 handover of sovereignty. Tides of vicissitudes In its 1980s heyday, Hong Kong cinema was not limited to the tiny home market of six million peo ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-14
... 5 "Access Hollywood" tape in which he talked about grabbing women by the crotch. Trump recently attacked MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski on Twitter, calling her “low I.Q. Crazy Mika” and saying she was "bl ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-14
... ctions to Hollywood productions. Another example is the banking and financial industry. For decades China's banking industry has enjoyed protection from foreign competition. Once the barriers for US b ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-05
... al media, Hollywood elites. And when they hit him, he's going to hit back," Sanders said. "I don't think it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire." -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-30
... to Plaza Hollywood shopping center at around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, when some of the steps of the escalator were damaged. The escalator came to a halt and MTR staff called for an ambulance to take the ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-27
Facebook is talking to Hollywood studios and agencies about producing TV-quality shows, with an eye toward launching original programming on its platform by late summer, the Wall Street Journal report ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-26
