Netflix, Hulu, Others Ink Deals That Will Fold Entertainment Into Facebook

Facebook’s latest update has large implications for entertainment. In the organization’sdeveloper conference f8 today, Boss Mark Zuckerberg revealed the bigger reason behind the web site’s recently revealed “ticker” feature additionally to some completely new one referred to as Timeline, and introduced a slew of content deals that will enable clients to latch to the tv shows, movies and music their pals are experiencing. The “open graph” media programs — which will includeHulu, Netflix, Spotify and IMDb –will allow clients to make a window within the ticker or Timeline to check out TV and movie content, or give consideration to tunes their pals have just required directly into. However, as Netflix can’t seem to trap a relaxation lately, you will discover complications: The business’s embattled Boss, Reed Hastings, also needed happens at f8 to go over the Netflix integration and mentioned that current U.S. law prevents Netflix clients from connecting in the intend to their Facebook account. Clients in many the business’s the areas hold the go-ahead, though. The Netflix blog released a plea due to its U.S. clients to request Congress to reverse a law that “creates some confusion over our capacity to allow U.S. people instantly share the television films and shows they watch utilizing their pals on Facebook.” While Facebook edges into entertainment portal territory, some clients are crying foul within the capabilities — many have expressed irritation within the ticker for the — and likening the renovated site for the one it usurped in social networking: Bebo. For Zuckerberg, the modifications are about connection and discovery.”We’re will reach assist you to interact with anything, the way you want,” he told the conference. Before Zuckerberg needed happens for his keynote, SNL‘s Andy Samberg folded out his impersonation in the Facebook founder:

Breakfast at Tiffany's at 50: We Need to Talk About Mr. Yunioshi

As delightful as it is to watch Audrey Hepburn flitting about NY in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, gazing adoringly at jewels and pretty things and falling in love as party girl Holly Golightly — the original Carrie Bradshaw — a shadow has loomed over that film for decades: Namely, Mickey Rooney’s cartoonish turn as Mr. Yunioshi, the buck-toothed, bespectacled and slightly pervy Japanese man who lives upstairs. The good news, circa 2011, is that after years of not knowing exactly how to address that ugly, embarrassing moment in classic Hollywood cinema — hindsight and all that — Paramount Pictures, releasing the 50th Anniversary Blu-ray this week, offers a concerted effort to make amends. It may seem like a small part of the slick and comprehensive new Blu-ray release of Blake Edwards’ 1961 classic, which comes packed with loads of commemorative special features celebrating Hepburn and the beloved film, but the 17-minute documentaryMr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective, released previously on the film’s 2009 DVD re-issue, is the single most important. Honestly, you can forget the daydream loveliness of “Moon River” and the escapist fabulousness of Holly Golightly’s very existence. No part of the film speaks louder about American life at the time (and what fantasies real Americans received at the movies) than Mr. Yunioshi. As played by Rooney, Mr. Yunioshi is shocking to behold. To say the character and performance don’t hold up today is an understatement; at the time the caricature may have been accepted and written off as merely colorful comedic slapstick, but many decades of social progression later, it’s clearly downright racist. “Miss Go-right-ry!” Rooney calls to Hepburn, affecting an outlandishly extreme “Asian” accent. With his gnarly prosthetic teeth, slicked back hair, Coke-bottle glasses and squinty eyes, he’s an uncanny personification of WWII-era anti-Japanese propaganda cartoons. He’s skeevy to boot; the film mines laughs out of his features, accent and behavior, not to mention Holly’s efforts to shrug off Yunioshi’s efforts to get her upstairs into his apartment for a private photography session. It may have been just another blip in a long history of movies featuring insulting ethnic stereotypes, but in the middle of an otherwise lovely film it became one of the more cutting examples of institutionalized racism in Hollywood. “It just made me cringe,” says actress Marilyn Tokuda, one of a handful of film and media pros interviewed in the documentary. You don’t have to be Asian or Asian-American to feel that cringe when watching Rooney in the film, or to notice the striking lack of Asians in mainstream media, let alone movies. But it’s not solely a matter of being woefully mis- or under-represented. Phil Lee and Guy Aoki of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, who also appear in the feature, patiently and painstakingly explain what “yellowface” is for those who don’t know, detailing how characters like Mr. Yunioshi (or Ming the Merciless, Mr. Moto, Lon Chaney in Shadows, or even Nancy Kwan in The World of Suzie Wong) reflect and perpetuate negative stereotypes that can seep off-screen into the public consciousness. When American audiences of the 1930s, 1940s and beyond are only exposed to evil Asian villains who are untrustworthy, for example, can you draw a correlation to the U.S. government then justifying the internment of Japanese-Americans on the basis that they can’t be trusted? That’s not to say that racism in movies causes racist behavior. The former perpetuates the latter, and for better and for worse Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a product of its time. Did filmmakers back then intend to offend? Probably not. Is their ignorance excusable nonetheless? I’d say no. We’ve made strides as a people, an industry and an audience to avoid lapses in judgment this damning, and we’ve seen the likes of Justin Lin, Jon M. Chu and Maggie Q proliferate in front of and behind the camera in recent years, helping to reverse the historic trend by normalizing the Asian-American presence in Hollywood with mainstream successes. Still, minority voices are in relatively short supply. So it’s worth remembering, as we soak in the blithe cheeriness of Holly Golightly and celebrate the 50th anniversary of her romantic escapades, exactly why her Japanese neighbor upstairs is so worthy of (not so) polite disdain.

Lester Holt Altering Ann Curry on Dateline NBC

Lester Holt Lester Holt remains named the completely new anchor of Dateline NBC, the network introduced Monday. Holt, who was simply formerly a Dateline correspondent, will replace Ann Curry, which has absorbed Meredith Vieira's perfect Today. Holt can be a staple at NBC News, also anchoring for NBC Nightly News and co-anchoring Today just for fun on saturday. Have a look at our fall preview for galleries, scoop, premiere calendars plus much more! "One of the most difficult working males on television, we are so pleased that Lester has added Dateline to his portfolio," mentioned NBC News Leader Steve Capus. "Lester joins a amazing lineage of reporters who've embellished the anchor desk within the last 2 decades and that we are actually excited to check out while he makes his mark round the award-winning newsmagazine since it is constantly tell great tales." What is the news happens the heels in the announcement that NBC has acquired John Williams' newsmagazine, Rock Center.

9/11 Anniversary: How the Music Industry Was Impacted

Like nearly all forms of entertainment, the music industry both felt the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and made its own.our editor recommendsSeptember 11 News Coverage Collected in Internet ArchiveCyndi Lauper Flubs National Anthem at 9/11 U.S. Open Semi-Finals (Video) September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday, the day when music stores typically receive new releases, and several big titles were on deck, includingJay-Z'sThe Blueprint.The week after the terrorist attacks, music sales dropped 5%, while the New York metropolitan area suffered a 16.2% decline, according to Nielsen SoundScan (worth noting: six weeks earlier, N Sync's Celebrityalbum sold a staggering 1.8 million units its first week out). But soon thereafter, music would play an important role in the process of grieving and healing and the eventual return to normalcy. As the world remembers the events of a decade ago, The Hollywood Reporterruns down how the music community was affected and how it reacted. • More than 165 songs are banned: In a memorandum sent to hundreds of Clear Channel-operated stations, more than 165 songs were listed as "lyrically questionable." At first, the radio conglomerate denied the existence of such a list, but after industry insider site Hits Daily Double published it, a clarification was made: that the songs were more of a suggestion than an outright ban. Among the songs on the reported list: AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Cheap" and "Highway to Hell," Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal, Neil Diamond's "America," Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly," Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young," Judas Priest's "Some Heads are Gonna Roll," Dave Matthews Band's "Crash Into Me," Queen's "Another one Bites the Dust," R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It," and Drowning Pool's "Bodies." The Beatles "A Day in the Life," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da," and "Ticket to Ride" were also temporarily deemed to be in poor taste. STORY:9/11 TV: 5 Specials Worth Watching • The Strokes, Dave Matthews remove sensitive tracks from their albums: RCA Records was home to The Strokes and Dave Mathews Band, both artists who took it upon themselves to remove songs with sensitive subject matter, in light of the recent tragedies. For The Strokes, it was the track "New York City Cops" off of their debut album Is This It, which repeated the chorus, "New York City cops / They ain't too smart." For Matthews, it was "When the World Ends" from the album Everyday. • Tours are postponed and benefit concerts organized: Terrorism fears caused many tours to cancel or postpone shows, including U2, Madonna, Aerosmith, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson, who later called off the entire European leg of her All For You trek citing safety issues. The Latin Grammy Awards, scheduled for the evening of Sept. 11, and annual music conference CMJ Music Festival, which was due to kick off on Sept. 13, also had to be rescheduled. But the music community soon banded together to help victims of the attacks, participating in the September 21 telethon America: A Tribute to Heroes, which raised $150 million for United Way and featured performances by Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, U2, Faith Hill, Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi and Dixie Chicks. A month later on October 20, Jay-Z, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Billy Joel, David Bowie, Destiny's Child and others took the stage at Madison Square Garden for a star-studded benefit concert. In the crowd were surviving members of the New York police and fire departments and other emergency services and families of those killed in the attacks. STORY:9/11 Anniversary: The Touching Story Behind Showtime's New Paul McCartney Documentary In December, a compilation of performances from The Concert for New York City was released with proceeds from the two-CD set going to the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which helped lower-income New Yorkers and families of rescue workers affected by the terrorist attacks. See a clip below. • Songs are inspired by 9/11: Albums by Jay-Z (The Blueprint), Bob Dylan (Love and Theft) and Mariah Carey (Glitter) were all scheduled for release on that day, but they would not be the soundtrack to September 11. Rather, songs like Springsteen's "The Rising," released the following July, and Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," recorded two months after the attacks, were born, providing renewed hope for healing. An all-star version of Marvin Gaye's classic "What's Going On" featuring Bono, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefanialso came together, but perhaps most poignant were previously released songs that took on new meaning -- like Five For Fighting's 2000 hit "Superman" and Enrique Iglesias' "Hero," which arrived at stores on September 3, 2001. STORY:Fox, NBC and HBO Will Not Air 9/11 Specials on Sunday • The music business suffers its share of casualties: On September 11, Backstreet Boys set carpenter Daniel John Lee was on American Airlines flight 11, headed from Boston to Los Angeles, where his wife was due to give birth. Former Walt Disney consumer products svp Carolyn Beug was also on that plane, which would hit the North Tower. Jane Simpkin, a member of ASCAP's Northeast music licensing team, was a passenger on the plane that hit the South Tower, while Matthew O'Mahony, the husband of then-Island Def Jam svp of publicity Lauren Murphy and a trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, was in the North Tower, as was Michael Andrews, the brother of then-Billboard circulation director Jeanne Jamin. By the end of September 2001, the music industry had collected more than $170 million to aid families of 9/11 victims. With reporting by Sophie Schillaci Related Topics Elton John Jay-Z Mariah Carey Billy Joel Bruce Springsteen 9/11

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Emmys 2011: 'Glee's' Gwyneth Paltrow Wins Best Guest Actress inside a Comedy Series

Gwyneth Paltrow acquired the Emmy for outstanding guest actress inside a comedy series Saturday on her role in Glee. Paltrow performed substitute teacher Carol Vacation in the Fox series on three episodes.our editor recommendsEmmys: How Screen Time Affects Guest Actor RacesRelated Subjects•Emmys In comparison, Cloris Leachman, who had been also nominated within the category, made an appearance on every episode of Raising Hope. Paltrow has revisited the Carol Holliday character off camera on multiple occasions throughout the Glee! concert tour a year ago. She's carried out in character alongside the Glee touring cast to sing the Cee-Lo Eco-friendly song "Forget You." A lot more than 350 stars and stars posted themselves for consideration in guest actor groups with Paltrow's win, her insufficient overall time onscreen didn't modify the results of the race. actually, Paltrow had among the cheapest screen time rates of her peers within the comedy series category, as noted below: Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock (NBC) Episodes: 23 // Made an appearance In: 6 (26%) Us dot-Marie Johnson, Glee (Fox) Episodes: 22 // Made an appearance In: 11 (50%) Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope (Fox) Episodes: 22 // Made an appearance In: 20 (91%) Shelley Lengthy, Modern Family (ABC) Episodes: 24 // Made an appearance In: 1 (4%) Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee (Fox) Episodes: 22 // Made an appearance In: 3 (14%) Gabourey Sidibe, The Large C (Showtime) Episodes: 13 // Made an appearance In: 7 (54%) Related Subjects Glee Gwyneth Paltrow Emmys 2011

Michael Jackson Physician Jury 30-Page Survey Is Released

La, Calif. -- Jury selection inside the trial of Michael Jacksons physician is continue 145 prospective jurors removed for additional questioning after reacting for an in-depth questionnaire probing their sights in regards to the King of Pop as well as the criminal situation against his physician. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor made a decision Friday that there has been sufficient prospective jurors available to look at the following factor in-court questioning on Sept. 23. The 30-page questionnaire, which seeks extensive personal data, challenged prospective jurors to discuss their feelings in regards to the dead celebrity and with the fact that his famous family people will probably be in the courtroom each day for testimony. They were asked for whether they have been seen the posthumous Jackson concert movie, Here You Go, and whether they have been bought Jackson Dvds, Digital video disks or memorabilia. Perhaps you have considered yourself interested in Michael Jackson or perhaps the Jackson family? they were asked for. They were required to specify simply how much they understand about the involuntary wrongful dying situation against Dr. Conrad Murray, which has pleaded not liable in Jacksons dying from an overdose in the anesthetic propofol. Among the questions: Have potential jurors read newspaper tales in regards to the King of Jumps dying? They've adopted coverage of legal developments? Did they watch the funeral or memorial service for Jackson who died on June 25, 2009, or did they fight to visit the assistance personally? The form also gave prospective jurors a reminder that publicity in regards to the situation will probably be heavy and so they must neglected. You will notice cameras, reporters people in the Murray and Jackson families, the ones in the public included in the court room, mentioned one question. Would the presence of cameras which individuals affect your responsibility being completely fair and impartial to each side inside the situation? One question already clarified in the courtroom was that every part of the jury pool is familiar with our prime profile situation. The questionnaire incorporated all of the 27 drugs like the anesthetic propofol. Potential jurors were asked for whether they stood a understanding from the substances, whether they or anybody they do know has already established them and whether they have been ever suffered anesthetic for surgery. Murray is billed with gross negligence within the control over Jackson and prospective jurors were asked for regarding attitudes toward doctors. The prospects were asked for once they adopted media coverage on much spoken about cases including people of O.J. Simpson, Robert Blake, Phil Spector and Casey Anthony. Perhaps you have form any opinions in regards to the criminal justice system consequently of following these cases? the form asked for. They are asked for to condition when they have produced a point of view on Murrays guilt or innocence. Just like a previous address the judge gave on their behalf personally, potential panelists were informed concerning the questionnaire to avoid Internet coverage in the situation including posts on Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Among the 113 questions asked for of prospects was whether they believe stars receive special therapy inside the criminal justice system. Lawyers will begin looking in the questionnaires through which participants also disclose their abilities and knowledge of Jacksons career. Some may be overlooked once they expressed extreme prejudice inside the situation. Pastor lectured the jury candidates earlier inside the day on the value of jury serviceand their duty to insulate themselves from outdoors particulars concerning the trial. The electronic age is here now, mentioned Pastor, and you'll find numerous mechanical items for obtaining information. He reiterated concerns the ultimate jury selected for your trial will probably be unable to address the lure on the internet. Many people cant avoid talking about our ideas getting one fourth from the million people each day, he mentioned in the reference to the social networking. We trust them but we now have no clue what their agenda is. Pastor also stressed the loyal duty of jury service. Which he'd everyone rise and face the flag so to speak of silence in observance in the approaching 9/11 anniversary. Murray could face four years jail time and losing his medical license if billed. The trial, prone to last about five-days, will concentrate on the Houston-based cardiologists actions inside the final several hours of Jacksons existence. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Mel Gibson Intends To Produce Film On Jewish Hero

La, Calif. -- Mel Gibson, who apparently made anti-Semitic remarks throughout a drunken driving arrest 5 years ago, has become creating a movie concerning the existence of Jewish hero Judah Maccabee. Gibsons publicist, Alan Nierob, told The Connected Press Friday that Gibson is focusing on an offer with Warner Bros. to build up the film through his company, Icon Productions. What Gibsons exact role is going to be whether he may direct as well as star within the film hasnt been determined. Warner Bros. would really like him to direct, Nierob stated. He's the very first option for the studio to direct it, but until there is a offer place along with a script thats finished, it will likely be his choice whether to direct it or otherwise. Joe Eszterhas of Fundamental Instinct and Flashdance fame is writing the script. No timetable is within place for this to become completed as well as for production to start. But Gibsons participation with getting Maccabees story towards the screen in all forms has angered some Jewish leaders. Maccabee, whos acclaimed among the finest players in Jewish history, assisted inspire the celebration of Hanukkah. We'd have wished that Warner Bros. might have found someone much better than Mel Gibson to direct or possibly even star inside a film about the existence from the Jewish historic icon Judah Maccabee, Abraham Foxman, national director from the Anti-Defamation League, stated inside a statement. Like a hero from the Jewish people along with a universal hero within the struggle for religious liberty, Judah Maccabee warrants better. Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founding father of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, stated: Casting him (Gibson) like a director or possibly because the star of (a movie about) Judah Maccabee is much like casting (Bernard) Madoff to become the mind from the Investments and Exchange Commission, or perhaps a whitened supremacist as attempting to portray Martin Luther King Junior. Its simply an insult to Jews. The American Gathering of Holocaust Children as well as their Descendants stated: Holocaust children are aghast that the major Hollywood studio would join with Mel Gibson within this venture and examine it as being an affront to any or all sufferers of anti-Semitism, intolerance, and sexism. Nierob rejected to reply to the backlash from Jewish leaders. Warner Bros. hadn't responded by Friday mid-day to some request discuss the project itself or even the negative reaction it's attracted. Gibson, the Oscar-winning director of Braveheart, has defended themself against accusations of anti-Semitism since his 2006 drunken driving arrest, where a deputys report revealed Gibson made Jewish and sexist slurs during custody of the children. Recently, he arrived at a $750,000 settlement together with his ex-girlfriend, Russian music performer Oksana Grigorieva, and decided to continue supplying housing and financial support for his or her youthful daughter to solve a bitter legal fight that adopted sexist, racist rants credited towards the actor. His last project was The Beaver, a drama by which he starred opposite director Jodie Promote like a guy who sinks into this type of deep depression, he is able to only communicate via a beaver hands puppet. Gibson gained strong reviews for his performance however the film itself, which arrived on the scene in May, only made about $6.4 million worldwide. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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