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Clooney’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Looks Like a Historic Box Office Catastrophe

“J0hn Carter,” “Jupiter Ascending,” “Speed Racer,” Cowboys and Aliens,” “The Wolfman,” and … “Tomorrowland”? Unless something supernatural happens in Brazil and Japan, the only two territories where director Brad Bird’s left-wing “Tomorrowland” has yet to open, Disney’s Global Warming screed

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Google Revamps YouTube Streaming with Focus on Gaming

Google recently added compatibility for 1080p/720p video streaming at 60 frames per second (FPS) to YouTube. Users can stream content at 60 FPS in Elgato Game Capture HD, XSplit Broadcaster, and XSplit Gamecaster, establishing YouTube as a viable alternative to Twitch for streaming video games.

Brett R. Smith

Comicon and the Mythical War on Women

As I mentioned in a recent article, I was interested in attending Comicon because from the outside I saw some interesting similarities and differences. This piece is about one similarity in particular: how the media portrays Comicon and the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) relationship with women.

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NYT: Hollywood Reporter Nikki Finke Banned from Online Journalism for 10 Years

With a combination of tenacity and intimidation, Ms. Finke generated scoop after scoop on the entertainment industry at Deadline, the website she started in 2006. Mention of her name still elicits a blend of terror and fascination from the coterie of agents, executives, stars and others who were her sworn enemies or closest allies, depending on the day.

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Box Office: ‘San Andreas’ #1, Another Down Weekend Overall

After Hollywood’s disastrous Memorial Day weekend, the final weekend of May also appears to be pacing well behind this same weekend in 2014 when Disney’s “Maleficent” bowed to $69.4 million, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” enjoyed a second weekend haul