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Big News! The Commission has taken the unusual step of proposing a rule revision requested by broadcasters and of potential benefit to broadcasters, both TV and radio.
The President, in a speech addressing the grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the killing Michael Brown, said that there would be some "negative reaction" to the decision, which would make for "good TV."
The vampire at the heart of "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" neither sparkles nor sleeps in coffins. She's a chador-and-jeans-clad vigilante with a love of '80s dance pop and a vendetta against the male sinners of Bad City, the spaghetti western-style backdrop for this Iranian vampire love story.
Media agency Carat put together an African-American viewer index for broadcast network programming based on adult 18-49 demo ratings and the results are a bit of an eye-opener.
David Fincher's films always have interesting soundtracks, and "Gone Girl" has one of his most effective and engrossing. Indeed, the sound design and music are vital components of the storytelling and aids in ratcheting up the tension.
God is the holy grail of special effects. Sure, CGI wizards have mastered creating miracles from the diminutive; it's one thing to make Yoda or Gollum unlikely world beaters. But when you're talking about the Almighty, the effects have got to be, well, mighty.
The connected car concept is still very much a work in progress. Application developers are not only dealing with functionality; they are dealing with a very real limitation: distraction.