Hollyblogs
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Dear Hollywood, Here’s How to Protect Your Content From Hackers and Digital Pirates (Guest Blog)
“As several recent high-profile security hacks in Hollywood make clear, the protection of any creative content is only as good as the weakest link,” writes MPAA EVP Dean Marks
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5 Things Every Indie Filmmaker Should Know: Beware of Crowdfunding and Free Tickets for Grandma (Guest Blog)
Writer-director Joe McClean, whose second feature “The Drama Club” debuts on Amazon and iTunes June 9, offers tips on managing microbudgets
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Actor Curt Lowens’ Biggest Legacy Is Offscreen, as Holocaust Survivor and Rescuer (Guest Blog)
“He set us off on a path of activism as we tried to leverage his example to make a difference in our world,” Stellar writes of Lowens, who died Monday at age 91
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Writers Strike Could Hit Late-Night Comedies When America Needs Them Most (Commentary)
Can we afford to lose Stephen Colbert at a time like this?
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Why Virtual and Augmented Reality Are Primed for an Explosion in Acquisitions This Year (Guest Blog)
Major corporations are actively honing their strategies on where and when to buy in this emerging market
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Tim Merel -
What Every Woman Can Learn From Beyonce’s ‘I’m Not Sorry’ Strut (Guest Blog)
“We are conditioned to see leaders a certain way — and that way is very alpha male,” Wendy Sachs writes in an exclusive excerpt from her new book “Fearless and Free: How Smart Women Pivot and Relaunch Their Careers”
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10 Things ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ Teaches Us About WWII History (Guest Blog)
New Jessica Chastain movie retells the story of a real-life Polish couple who saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazis
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Matthew Stefanski -
Gorsuch Filibuster? This Might Be the Best Reason for Dems to Oppose Him
How one of his rulings empowers religious bigots to discriminate
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Susan Seager -
Is There a First Amendment Right to Hire ‘Buxom’ Weather Reporters?
In a debate that ranges from local newscasts to “The Bachelor,” networks are using the First Amendment to justify hiring decisions
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Wants to Cut Program That Nips Hate in the Bud (Guest Blog)
During a time of rampant anti-Semitism, proposed budget cuts in public education could kill a program uniting Holocaust survivors and school kids
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Richard Stellar -
Lawyer Posts Free Porn Online, Blackmails Viewers for $6 Million
How John L. Steele made porn, gave it away, and made a fortune from porn downloaders afraid of being exposed
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Susan Seager -
Mexican Journalists Feel Sorry for Trump-Battered US Media, Voice Their Solidarity (Guest Blog)
Mexican branch of PEN International issues open letter “at this time of an unprecedented, relentless assault on the free press of the United States”
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‘Romeo Killer’ Case Is Bad News for Projects Based on a True Story
A case involving a Lifetime movie about Chris Porco, whom the network dubbed “the Romeo Killer,” raises troubling legal questions about adopting true stories
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Free Speech Is for Everybody, Even Movie Studios (Guest Blog)
Anti-SLAPP statutes like California’s help make sure that filmmakers can tell their stories as they see fit, MPAA VP of legal affairs Ben Sheffner writes
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‘See You in Court’: These Legal Issues Could Kill Trump’s New Travel Ban
One of Trump’s biggest challenges? His own public statements
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Susan Seager