Top reps from Time Warner Cable and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association have met with the FCC to back the MPAA's bid for selectable output control.

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"There isn't any reason not to do it," the actress said during an appearance at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

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A report filed by a tipster claiming access to iTunes 9 says that it is "possible" the next version of Apple's media player will sport both DVD import and playback as well as Facebook integration, allowing users to advertise songs and playlists with their friends.

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Richard O'Brien gave the world The Rocky Horror Show. Now he reveals its secret origins for the first time

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Fox and Universal fear the upstart's $1 DVD rentals are digging into studio profits. In these brutal economic times, one huge hit has been kiosk retailer Redbox, which offers $1-per-day DVD rentals.

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Fox has ordered distributors to stop providing Redbox with new DVD releases, joining Universal in its attempt to prop up its ailing DVD business. Redbox is awaiting a ruling on its lawsuit against the studios over what the rental firm describes as their anticompetitive practices.

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Steven Spielberg, the master storyteller whose films Amistad, Empire of the Sun, and Schindler's List underscore the triumph of freedom over tyranny, will receive the 2009 Liberty Medal on Oct. 8 at the National Constitution Center.

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Summer blockbusters are often contrived, schlocky representations of the books on which they are based.

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Here is a list of the top 10 best social networks for film buffs to hang out, discuss movies, get information about that latest films and upcoming releases, and meet other cinephiles. Where do you go for your movie fix on the web? Let us know in the comments.

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But the speculation completely ignored the giant price needed to buy the Silicon Valley-based Netflix (NFLX)–well above its current $2.43 billion market cap, to be sure–which would be a big chunk of Amazon's $35 billion valuation.

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Los Angeles police say actor LeVar Burton was involved in a five-car accident but wasn't seriously injured.

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Netflix Inc. gained and bullish options trading jumped to the highest since January on speculation that Amazon.com Inc. may acquire the largest U.S. mail-order movie service.

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The MPAA has previously been critical of the negative effect it says BitTorrent has on the movie industry, but a recent experiment in a Norwegian movie theater shows that it might actually be of use to them.

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Karl Malden, who died last week, was never a household name - but he was one of the most brilliant supporting actors Hollywood has seen.

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'Star Trek' and 'The Hangover' fueled ticket sales early on but audiences have dwindled halfway through the season. There's lessons to be learned in the drop-off.

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With the success of the Star Trek movie, it's no surprise that someone is trying to make a movie out of one of Shatner's other major television roles. T.J. Hooker is being adapted for the big screen.

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Here's the idea: you're watching a movie in the theater and need to take a restroom break, but you don't want to miss the best part.

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A CLOSE friend of David Carradine and and ex FBI agent has claimed he was drugged and murdered by a brutal, flirtatious pair of Thai Lady Boys.

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To boldly go where no man has gone before, you'd need a really good starship - and to launch Star Trek, the pop culture phenomenon that entertained and inspired millions, you'd need a pretty darned good one! And that is exactly what the United Space Starship Enterprise delivered.

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David Carradine's family have expressed outrage at the publication of a photograph, first shown in a Thai newspaper and now circulating online, which shows his dead body.

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In a 2004 interview which may have foretold his death, Carradine said: "I remember one time sitting in the window of the third or fourth floor of the Plaza Hotel for about an hour, thinking about just tipping off.

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Carradine, 72, was in Bangkok to shoot his latest movie, Stretch, and stayed at a Suite Room 352 of the Park Nai Lert Hotel on Wireless Road since June 2.

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Peer-to-peer developer Vuze has commissioned a study that finds BitTorrent users actually spend more money on movies than the general Internet population does—they just don't spend it online. Vuze's CEO blames high prices and DRM.

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A Quebec court has ordered a cinema to pay $10,000 in damages after staff searched patrons' bags and turned up smuggled snacks and birth control pills -- and in the process violated their privacy rights.

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The BBC said "a script is in development" for a big screen version of the programme which observers believe would be a box office hit.

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