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Politics Or Porn? You Tell Me by The Hot Blog

I am pretty open about images. But there is something that screams "teen boy rape fantasy" about this image of Jessica Alba used for a site called Declare Yourself. There is another image that strikes me as simply stupid... a PETA-like effort...
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Best Of The... 60s by The Hot Blog

I just noticed the 275 comments on the Parmaount thread, mostly regarding great old movies of the 70s. So here are some places to play...
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What Does It Cost?!?! by The Hot Blog

Today, on "What Does It Cost?"... What does it cost a friendly studio to get a smear on another, less-friendly studio to cover their own financial troubles? A. Info About A Lunch That US Magazine (And Almost No One Else) REALLY Cares About Via...
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Did I Miss... by The Hot Blog

... a very serious discussion anywhere about the head of ICM being a board member on the company that runs the Los Angeles Times? I mean, Oracle's board... whatever. But an talent agency leader with a significantly influential position overseeing...
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Asserted - Peter Berg Is A Major Director In Process by The Hot Blog

One of the blog comments in the Hancock piece below suggests that I think that shaky-cam is somehow what makes Peter Berg an interesting director. No. Not close. My point is that any director of substance makes choices that have meaning to him. A director...
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Vamps? by The Hot Blog

Interesting NY Observer story on the heat around vampires in the teen chick lit business. The only movie to take advantage of it so far is Twilight , which was made by Summit and which, for now, they will try to self-distribute, starring Kirsten Stewart...
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Already Less Important? by The Hot Blog

So after making little progress in the last decade of discussing it, the studios finally did what they would inevitably have to... they created a holding company to handle the purchase, distribution, and maintenance of digital projectors, agreed to fund...
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Do You Sniffle In The Aisles? by The Hot Blog

Desson Howe's " Why We Cry At Movies? " made me think it was an interesting conversation for this room... I cry at movies. As the years go by, I find myself tearing up at things that are not on-screen emotion, so much as when I feel the...
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By Request: What Movie Would You Actually Like To See Remade? by The Hot Blog

Yes.... people hate the idea of remaking films. But Spacesheik reminded us that some people would like to see some films remade. My personal take is that film is now a mature enough art form that remakes can be, as in theater, something wonderful. Someone...
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Question Of The Day - Wither DreamAmount by The Hot Blog

How many errors of fact can you find in this very tardy L.A. Times article on DreamWorks vs Paramount? Okay... now how many events of spin can you find in the piece, which after a Brad Grey interview is interestingly willing to shove the blame on poor...
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A Teen-y Proposition by The Hot Blog

Inspired by Cad's apparent hatred of Superbad , it occured to me... If John Hughes was smart, he'd be getting his Apatow producer hat back on and finding the right filmmakers to remake his entire catalog, starting with The Breakfast Club with...
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The 10 Most Awesome Movies Hollywood Ever Killed by The Hot Blog

Cracked's list is certainly a conversation starter... 10. Halo 9. Unbreakable 2 8. Ghostbusters In Hell 7. Fletch Won 6. Rendezvous with Rama...
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