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Keep stuffing those celebrity gift bags
Rico Gagliano Sep 1, 2007
No Golden Globes gift bags?! The Marketplace Players make a plea to save our favorite celebrities from a swagless awards season.
Actors' strike lacks drama, but it's closely watched
Steve McNally Sep 1, 2007
Television actors in Canada are on strike. It's a remarkably tame affair and no one has wallked off the job. But Hollywood is keeping an eye on it. Steve McNally reports.
Hollywood learns its consumer electronics lesson?
Bob Moon Sep 1, 2007
Once upon a time, the big movie studios battled to outlaw the VCR. But today the entertainment industry has a new way of looking at things, Bob Moon reports.
The end of musicals?
Stephen Beard Sep 1, 2007
British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber warns that the auction of a wireless spectrum in London could doom music theater in the city's West End. Stephen Beard explains.
When pay-per-view TV got its start
Stacey Vanek Smith Sep 1, 2007
This week back in 1951, television first dipped its toe into the world of pay-per-view programs. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports on the beginning of a television revolution.
Entertainment lessons of 2006
Sep 1, 2007
American Idol still rules. There are no movie-making rules. And everything's going to get faster in '07. Daily Variety's Mike Speier reviews the year in entertainment.
Making movie history
Stacey Vanek Smith Sep 1, 2007
This week back in 1895 Paris, the Lumiere brothers introduced the world to the film business. Stacey Vanek-Smith has the history.
Broadcast pioneer Frank Stanton dies
Sep 1, 2007
The man who helped build CBS Television into the "Tiffany network," has died at his home in Boston. Frank Stanton became CBS president in 1946 and remained at the helm for 26 years. He was 98.
A venue for the rest of us
Stacey Vanek Smith Sep 1, 2007
This week in 1932, New York City's Radio City Music Hall opened its doors. Stacey Vanek-Smith has the history.
The economics of A Christmas Carol
Stephen Beard Sep 1, 2007
A classic tale about the true value of money, author Charles Dickens rooted "A Christmas Carol" in the economic reality of Victorian England. A harsh reality indeed, reports Stephen Beard.
