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In 2012, George Lucas shocked the world by accepting to sell his empire to the Walt Disney Company for $4. 05 billion.

The Emmy nominations were announced this morning by the Television Academy Arts and Sciences and we congratulate all nominees. Fargo and Game of Thrones lead the field with strong showings by cable, premium cable and streaming services.

It’s been just over a year since famed film critic Roger Ebert passed away but his spirit remained very much alive at EbertFest, the namesake film festival he founded 16 years ago in his hometown of Champaign, Illinois. This year a stellar line up of film makers descended on the small town to honor the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, including Spike Lee and Oliver Stone both marking 25th anniversaries of their films, Do the Right Thing and Born on the Fourth of July.

We mourn the passing of Golden Globe winner (and three-time nominee) Bob Hoskins. The beloved British actor passed away at the age of 71.

The dismal performance of Johnny Depp’s starrer Transcendence at the U. S.

There is only one Mrs. Robinson in movie history: Anne Bancroft.

“Our mission is to make music that doesn’t *@!&k suck”, that matter of fact assessment delivered to a group of HFPA journalists by Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, might well be considered the understatement of the year by the band’s legion of fans. Linkin Park, one of contemporary Rock’s most successful bands by any measure, is about to release its sixth album The Hunting Party (due out in June) and is gearing up for a summer U.

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With the continued growth in serialized fiction and now the exploding diversification in digital and streaming platforms, the "television" landscape is literally changing under everyone's eyes. So much so that the industry in some respects is struggling to keep pace with the changing formats, genres and definitions.

Christopher Nolan’s films have earned millions of dollars for movie theaters, so it was no surprise that he was honored at a special luncheon at this year’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where theater owners gather to preview the studios’ slates for the coming year. Speaking at the event, the Hollywood director was reluctant to share much information about his latest epic Interstellar, which he co-wrote with his brother and habitual collaborator Jonathan, other than offering a most cursory plot-summary: “Using interstellar travel to go to other places you couldn’t reach beyond normal space travel.