- 4/8/12 /
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Former MPAA Tech Officer Opposes SOPA and PIPA
Paul Bringer's time on the job led to him becoming a critic of the legislation.
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- 1/25/12 /
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Polone: Why I’m for SOPA, and How the Entertainment Industry Blew It
Instead of just politicking Congress, the MPAA should have publicly debunked four Internet myths about the anti-piracy bill.
- 10/26/11 /
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Teens Will Be Prevented From Experiencing Shame
That's what the MPAA says, anyway.
- 12/8/10 /
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Blue Valentine Gets Its R Rating
It is NC-17 no more. Harvey's will, it will be done.
- 11/5/10 /
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Harvey Weinstein Points Out That Blue Valentine Does Not Have a Coughed-Up Penis In It
"How did 'Piranha 3D' get an R and 'Blue Valentine' gets an NC-17? It’s ridiculous — a penis got coughed up in the movie by a piranha!"
- 10/14/10 /
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Weinstein Co. Officially Appealing Blue Valentine’s NC-17 Rating
Harvey Weinstein makes a statement.
- 10/11/10 /
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MPAA Now Specifically Warning Viewers About ‘Male Nudity,’ Thanks to Sacha Baron Cohen
"Parents requested specifically after the movie 'Brüno' that we provide such information."
- 8/12/10 /
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Weinstein Company Challenges Tillman Documentary's R Rating
Rating given based on "excessive language."
- 8/6/10 /
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MPAA Upholds Beastie Boy’s Holocaust Doc’s R Rating
"It's unfortunate that a film with real educational and historic value would be denied to [young people] ... "
- 7/28/10 /
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Mel Gibson’s The Beaver, Now Approved for 13-Year-Olds
The MPAA gives it a PG-13 rating.
- 7/7/10 /
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Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life Closer to Being Seen by General Population
It gets a PG-13 rating.
- 6/3/10 /
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Eat, Pray, Love Gets Rid of R Rating by Changing Absolutely Nothing
The ratings board is a crazy organization.
- 5/22/10 /
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Bob Kerrey Will Probably Be the New Head of the MPAA
The job is "his to lose."
- 5/7/10 /
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FCC Makes It Easier for You Never to Set Foot in a Movie Theater
Which is probably short-sighted of them.
- 6/8/09 /
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Blogger Escapes Movie-Piracy Arrest Thanks to Star of The Hangover
If you're going to attempt to pirate a movie, you'd better be best friends with one of the film's stars!
- 5/8/09 /
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PG-13-Rated Terminator: Salvation Scrubbed of Crucial Screwdriver Stabbing Scene
Explains director McG: "We thought, 'Well, that would be ridiculous to make it tough for kids to go see this movie.'''
- 4/1/09 /
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Hollywood Still Doesn’t Want You to Know About All the Money It Made Last Year
Hollywood's 2008 entertainment-industry financial report neglects to include entertainment-industry financial reports.
- 3/30/09 /
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MPAA Objects to Bruno’s Naked Hunting Trip
Like 'Borat' before it, Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming film has been hit with an NC-17 rating following its first submission to the MPAA.
- 3/25/09 /
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Hollywood Doesn’t Want You to Know About All the Money It Made Last Year
MPAA chairman Dan Glickman is delaying the release of 2008's entertainment-industry report, to downplay the record-breaking box office.
- 3/4/09 /
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Crappy Economy Threatens MPAA
Whatever will we do?
- 10/23/08 /
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‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Inexplicably Rated R
Was the MPAA scared by the sight of so many brown people?
- 6/20/08 /
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Kevin Smith Happily Battling MPAA Over ‘Porno’
Smith's new movie is allegedly in danger of an NC-17 rating, and we're sure he's thrilled.
- 1/11/08 /
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The Entertainment Business' War on Piracy Is Practically Won
Great news for content owners everywhere today as the Wall Street Journal reports that prosecutors are close to filing charges against the operators of Swedish BitTorrent hub the Pirate Bay with conspiracy to breach copyrights.
- 8/24/07 /
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Yo Joe!
Kevin Costner, Dallas, and a really dirty movie!