"Back in April, the only real player in the kid-centric terrestrial radio space, Radio Disney, which started life on the airwaves 25 years ago this week, quietly wound down. … Today's Tedium looks back at the many attempts to sell kids on radio." - Tedium
Studios have long had a reputation for promising actors or writers a percentage of a movie's profits, then using accounting tricks to show that the film made no profit, no matter how large the grosses. Bohemian Rhapsody screenwriter Anthony McCarten has had enough. - The Hollywood Reporter
The release made no mention of Rowling when listing those participating in the retrospective. While Harry Potter remains a beloved franchise, Rowling sparked backlash from the trans community after saying that transgender individuals should be defined by their biological sex. - The Hollywood Reporter
The plan’s ultimate goal, however, is to build China into a “strong cultural power” by 2035 — one that can only be achieved, it says, by “adhering to the Party’s total leadership over film work.” - Variety
Let’s be clear: Netflix’s bigger bucket of Top 10 lists, even if they’re independently verified, is ultimately self-serving — designed to promote its most popular titles. - Variety
Talk to some of the skilled professionals who do the translating, however, and it seems this is yet another case where there's not a labor shortage, there's a pay shortage. And yes, quality is suffering. - The Guardian
"The membership of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has voted to ratify a new three-year agreement, ending the threat of the first national strike in the union's history. The vote was unusually close." - Variety
One librarian explains, "There's an interesting sort of equity piece to DVDs. ... They're popular with people who can't necessarily afford the paid subscription services or don't necessarily have the equipment at home or the internet connection to be able to stream." - CBC
There's the popularity of K-dramas, for one, but also, "originally intended to help those with hearing problems, subtitles have become an essential aid for following a show for many people - especially if other distractions and devices are competing for their attention." - BBC
Foley is what makes things sound real onscreen - "incidental sounds such as the squeak of a chair, the chink of bottles in a fridge door, the swish of clothes or a swinging handbag. And footsteps, lots of footsteps, both human and non-human." - The Guardian (UK)
The movie, based on Nella Larsen's 1929 novel also called Passing, isn't just about Black women supposedly passing as white. Director Rebecca Hall: "The big trick and turn of the whole story is that it’s not actually about the woman who’s passing. It’s about the other one." - Washington Post
As projections of nuclear fear themselves recede into memory, new fears (of global warming, environmental collapse) have come to replace them, locating such films within the wider context of apocalypse culture. This suggests that we have indeed entered an age of complacence. - PopMatters
Is this a potential long-term income source or an big old asset bubble? Opinions differ, but the studios aren't letting even a short-term chance at monetizing their existing intellectual property slip by — and using yet another way to keep fans (literally) invested in their franchises. - Variety
Disney+ growth slowed for the fiscal fourth quarter, adding 2.1 million subscribers to hit 118.1 million. That’s 10M less than it added in the prior quarter. - Deadline
