Hollywood, D.C.
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Senate Committee Approves Bill to Make Illegal Streaming a Felony
Industry unions hail legislation aimed at closing a loophole in intellectual property law
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Bill Introduced to Stop Tech Companies From Stalking Smart-Phone Users
Senators Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal propose law that would keep companies like Apple and Google from obtaining and sharing user GPS data without permission
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Chris Dodd: ‘China’s Movie Market Is a Success Story in the Making
Delivering the keynote at the Shanghai Film Festival, MPAA chief makes expected overtures to open Sino market
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Bloomberg to FCC: Comcast Discriminates Against Our News Show
Wants Bloomberg TV put in the cable giants “news neighborhoods” in 35 major markets
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Alec Baldwin’s Possible Mayoral Bid Gets Animated, Taiwanese-Style
The political aspirations of the “30 Rock” actor get parodied
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Appeals Court: Terrestrial Loophole Should Remain Closed
NCTA and Cablevision challenged the FCC’s authority to regulate satellite TV programming — especially when it comes to withholding local shows
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Was Alec Baldwin’s Huffington Post Essay About Anthony Weiner Satire?
The ’30 Rock’ actor took to HuffPo Thursday with surprising thoughts about Weinergate — but was it a joke?
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J.J. Abrams to Interview Michelle Obama
On Monday, they’ll discuss how the entertainment industry can more realistically portray military families
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Welcome to the Sexting Age, Rep. Weiner: Tweeting Dick Pics Is Cheating
Like Rep. Chris Lee, the New York congressman has derailed his political career by forgetting that the Internet is a public forum
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Michelle Obama Hitting Hollywood to Support Military Families
First Lady will call on the guilds to tell the stories of veterans in films and TV shows
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Weinergate: 3 Things Rep. Weiner Should Never Say Again
Why can’t he just argue that someone found a perfectly innocent crotch-shot on his hard drive, manipulated it to make the bulge bigger, and tweeted it to make him an international sex symbol/ruin him?
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John Edwards Indicted; What Does It Mean for Sorkin’s ‘Politician’?
Will the writer integrate courtroom drama into his planned directorial debut?
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Anti-Piracy Bill Passes Committee; Senator’s Objections May Derail It
The PROTECT IP Act is designed to crack down on foreign sites that offer illegal downloads
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Geena Davis: Too Many Women Serve as Eye Candy Onscreen
Actress formed an institute to get to the root of gender inequality in media
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Charge: Congress Ignored FCC Commissioner’s Comcast Gig
Free Press says congressional hearing on reforms to the commission should have addressed Meredith Attwell Baker’s controversial departure