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New Midwest Powerhouse? Iowa Public Radio To Take Over Licenses Of Six University Stations

IPR began managing broadcast operations at the stations in 2007 and now the Board of Regents of the universities will decide on a proposal that would have the group take ownership of the stations. - Inside Radio

An Excellent Year For Women At The Berlin Film Festival

Female artists won six of the nine categories in the Berlinale's main section, including the Golden Bear (Carla Simón for her Catalan film Alcarràs), the Jury Prize, both acting awards, best screenplay, and, for best director, Claire Denis, taking her first major festival honor in 26 years for Fire. - Variety

Viacom and CBS Change Name to Paramount

CBS is a foundational name in broadcasting — the Columbia Broadcasting System launch dates back to 1927 and the early days of commercial radio. The Eye name will endure on the broadcast network and other existing assets. - Variety

Why Do The Oscars Organizers Seem Determined To Self-Sabotage?

The Academy is coming off as “the absolute most insecure girl at the party.” Babe, you’re the Oscars. You should be the most confident person in the room. Why do you keep doing yourself like this? - The Daily Beast

Are We Witnessing The Decline And Fall Of Sex Scenes?

"Have reports of the death of the sex scene been greatly exaggerated? And, considering that just about any kind of erotic behavior can be viewed with a click, what do we still want from a sex scene, anyway?" Four New Yorker critics puzzle it out together. - The New Yorker

Family Of Cinematographer Shot On Set Of “Rust” Sues Alec Baldwin

"The family of Halyna Hutchins … has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin, the film's production companies, its producers, and other members of the crew. Hutchins was fatally shot last October during a rehearsal … when Baldwin practiced a draw with a revolver and fired the weapon." - CNN

What Can Be Learned From A Hollywood Union’s Attempts To Diversify?

The story of what happened when costumers tried to instigate reform is a tale of the frustrations and barriers to progress that exist in many Hollywood unions. But it also offers glimmers of hope. - Los Angeles Times

Workers Aren’t Returning To The Office, But They’re Slowly Going Back To Movie Theatres

The return rate to movie theaters in the first week of February was 58% of what it was before the pandemic. Restaurants were nearly three-quarters as full as they were before Covid-19, and air travel had recovered to about 80%. - The Wall Street Journal

After Three Years With No Hosts, This Year’s Oscars Will Have Three Of Them

Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes — "an all-female team with broad appeal and comedic chops" — are in final talks to serve as emcees for the 2022 ceremonies, several sources have indicated. - Variety

Romance Isn’t Only For Twenty-Somethings

Let filmmaker Nancy Myers show Hollywood the way: "Rom-coms typically suggest that thrilling courtship is for people in their 20s and 30s." They fall in love and get married; the end. "In these films by Meyers, though, both protagonists delight in their divorced lives." - The Atlantic

This Year’s Super Bowl Ad Theme Is Certainly Not Joy

The bad, the good, and the deeply joyless — or, ad agencies have all of these creative people, and this is what they came up with? - Washington Post

The French Director Who’s Relieved That Netflix Asked Him For A Movie

Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of Amélie who wouldn't bow to Harvey Weinstein, loathes the pressure of theatrical openings. But "with Netflix, half a billion people can see it. ... Even if just 1 percent of those people watch Bigbug, it would be huge." - The New York Times

If You Love Toshiro Mifune In Kurosawa Movies, Add These To Your TBW List

The actor made 170 movies, only 16 with Kurosawa. "Mifune might not have been working with his favorite director, but watching these, it’s clear that he still brought his expressive physicality, his quicksilver emotion and his unparalleled charisma to the set every day." - The New York Times

What Reality TV Shows Us About How Very Limited People Are About Motherhood

We've got an issue with mothers, and let's note that "the idea that they should be constantly emotionally available to their children, monitor them fully, and occupy them with organized activities is a modern, Eurocentric ideal." - The Atlantic

The New MoviePass Wants In On The Metaverse

What does that mean? Well: "You don’t need fake popcorn; you don’t need tomatoes; you don’t need other things that are in there. And that’s where we’re looking at it, and it’s something we’re taking seriously that we feel we will have a presence in." - The Verge

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