The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector.

Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups.

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value.

Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that entertainers should feel cozy in emerging from the velvet underground.

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.