'This Means War' Gets PG-13 After Fox Trims Sexual Content

January 27, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Reese Witherspoon action-comedy "This Means War" lost an appeal of its R-rating on Thursday

  

Fox Loses Rating Appeal on 'This Means War'

January 26, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 weeks ago

The MPAA Classification and Rating Appeals Board upholds an R rating for the Valentine's Day release, which stars Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy

  

Anti-Piracy Victory: NinjaVideo Founder Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison

January 20, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 2 weeks ago

A rare win for the anti-piracy forces during a rough week

  

Anonymous Hackers Shut Down DOJ, MPAA Websites

January 19, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 3 weeks ago

Someone didn't like the Megaupload indictment

  

Sunk! How Hollywood Lost the PR Battle Over SOPA

January 18, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 3 weeks ago

Hollywood had Chris Dodd and a press release. Silicon Valley had Facebook

  

Hollywood's Anti-Piracy Campaign Runs Aground

January 17, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 3 weeks ago

With free speech advocates, tech companies and even the White House lining up against it, the industry may face a choice: watered-down legislation or none at all

  

Wyden, Issa Release Alternate Anti-Piracy Bill, But Hollywood's Not Biting

December 8, 2011 By Brent Lang 9 weeks ago

The new proposed bill goes farther to attract Silicon Valley support

  

Film Business Strikes Back at Google, Calls Piracy Act Fears 'Nonsense'

November 30, 2011 By Peter Voskamp 10 weeks ago

Executives for MPAA, DGA and IATSE come to the defense of the Stop Online Piracy Act

  

Feds Shut Down Zediva, Streaming Service Agrees to Pay $1.8M Damages

October 28, 2011 By Brent Lang 14 weeks ago

U.S. District Judge John Walter issues a permanent injunction over copyright violations

  

Chris Dodd: Hollywood and Silicon Valley Must Unite to Fight Piracy

October 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 15 weeks ago

The MPAA chief evokes Steve Jobs in his plea to get the creative and tech communities to put aside their differences

  

MPAA Taps Henry Hoberman Global General Counsel

October 5, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 18 weeks ago

Former RHI suit will oversee the lobby group's legal affairs and intellectual property protection

  

Children's Group Blasts 'Inappropriate' Ads for 'Captain America,' 'Green Lantern'

September 22, 2011 By Peter Voskamp 20 weeks ago

Children's Advertising Review Unit charged Paramount and Warner Bros. with placing age inappropriate ads for a trio of summer movies

  

MPAA Chief Chris Dodd Makes Top Level Appointments

September 15, 2011 By Brent Lang 21 weeks ago

Michael O’Leary has been promoted to senior exec VP, global policy and external affairs; Laura Nichols named exec VP, global communications

  

NinjaVideo Website Operators Charged in Federal Court

September 9, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 21 weeks ago

The government shut down the video download site -- which offered some movies before they were released -- in June 2010

  

From 'Potter' to 'Apes': How Much More Violent Can PG-13 Movies Get?

August 9, 2011 By Fred Schruers 26 weeks ago

The MPAA has set a rather loose guideline for studio tentpoles -- leave out the sex and coarse language, but cram in pretty much all the murder and mayhem you want

  

Federal Judge Slaps Injunction on VOD Service Zediva

August 1, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 27 weeks ago

Ruling effectively shuts down unlicensed video-on-demand service

  

MPAA Appeals Board: 'Dream House' Deserves R Rating

July 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 31 weeks ago

Morgan Creek Productions had appealed the rating of the Universal movie starring Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz

  

Bob Pisano Stepping Down From MPAA on Sept. 30

June 27, 2011 By Brent Lang 32 weeks ago

The lobbying group's COO cites a desire to spend time with his family as a reason for the exit

  

Bill to Crack Down on Foreign Internet Piracy Introduced in Senate

May 12, 2011 By Brent Lang 39 weeks ago

Hollywood hails legislation that would prevent sites from using U.S. internet service providers, payment processes and search engines

  

Diller, Emanuel Smackdown: Piracy Is 'the Cost of Doing Business'

May 4, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 40 weeks ago

Chairman of IAC contradicts chairman of WME, and says piracy has become a marginal issue compared to issues involving digital distribution

  

MPAA's Dodd: Hollywood's Blue-Collar Workers Hurt Most by Piracy

May 3, 2011 By Lew Harris & Cassie M. Chew 40 weeks ago

New chairman says it's not just the industry's elite that suffer; also dispels belief the industry is a technological dinosaur

  

Studio Marketers Target 11% of the Population

April 13, 2011 By Edward Jay Epstein 43 weeks ago

How Hollywood and its marketing departments read the latest numbers

  

Good Morning Hollywood, April 5: Watch Your Language, Bertie

April 5, 2011 By Steve Pond 44 weeks ago

"The King's Speech" opens in a cleaned-up version, but it doesn't clean up at the boxoffice

  

Congressional Leaders Pledge Bipartisan Support for Copyright Enforcement

April 4, 2011 By Cassie M. Chew 44 weeks ago

Politicians from both sides of the aisle pledged their support for legislation to better enforce copyright protection on Monday

  

Studios Sue Zediva, Charging Copyright Infringement

April 4, 2011 By Brent Lang 44 weeks ago

Streaming service claims it is analogous to a DVD rental chain and does not have to pay licensing fees

  

Hollywood Coalition Implores Congress to Beef Up IP Enforcement

March 30, 2011 By Cassie M. Chew 45 weeks ago

Group, which includes the MPAA, AFTRA and major studios, wants to work with Washington to strengthen piracy enforcement

  

Chris Dodd Tells CinemaCon: 'I'm a Piracy Fighter'

March 29, 2011 By Brent Lang 45 weeks ago

NATO chief John Fithian uses his part of Tuesday's keynote to warn exhibitors: "convert to digital or die"

  

Chris Dodd to Deliver CinemaCon Keynote

March 21, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 46 weeks ago

New MPAA chief will join NATO president and CEO John Fithian to deliver "state of the industry" address on March 29

  

Opportunity Knocks Loudly for Hollywood in China

March 6, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 48 weeks ago

China has doubled its screens in the last four years to 6,200, and will double them again by 2015. That's the sound of opportunity

  

Chris Dodd, Ex-Senator, Named MPAA Chairman

March 1, 2011 By Sharon Waxman & Brent Lang 49 weeks ago

The moguls have finally chosen the new chief of the Motion Picture Association of America. It is outgoing Senator Christopher Dodd.

  

Paramount's 'Rango' Has Lit Up a Smoking Controversy

February 24, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 49 weeks ago

Anti-smoking group questions whether animated critters in Johnny Depp PG-rated film should be lighting up on screen

  

MPAA: Global Box Office Reached Record $31.8B in 2010

February 23, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 50 weeks ago

Foreign market was up 13% to an all-time high of $21.2 billion, while the domestic market held flat at $10.6 billion; North American 3D sales doubled, but admissions fell 5%