A report released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the National Endowment for the Arts found that the film industry and other creative industries account for nearly $504 billion annually — or more than 3 percent — of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Report: $500B Output From Hollywood, Arts Sector Eclipses Tourism Industry « CBS Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The U.S. economy should be singing “Hooray for Hollywood,” according to new data from the federal government.

Red, which also produced Russell T Davies's Queer as Folk, acquired by Studiocanal in deal valuing company at about £30m

Last Tango in Halifax producer sells majority stake to French company | Media | theguardian.com

Red, the independent producer behind hit shows including Last Tango in Halifax and Queer as Folk, has sold a majority stake to French film and TV company Studiocanal, in a deal thought to value the UK firm at about £30m.  The acquisition of Manchester-based Red, which is working with Queer as Folk creator Russell T Davies on two TV dramas about 21st century gay life for Channel 4, marks the French company's first foray into the UK TV production sector.

As Oscar Wilde says, “The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”

The IMDB Top 250: An Overview « The Boar The Boar



The major problem with trying to tackle a user-generated list is that it is constantly changing, so that by the time I finished, I had watched several more films than just the ones presently on the list. At times it felt like the closer I was getting to finishing the list, the more new films would get promoted. The other thing that is perplexing is the range, which runs from Bergman to Bollywood, French New Wave to Spaghetti Westerns. What makes TV series so compelling is knowing roughly what it is you are going to watch next based on experience of watching prior episodes. However, when working through films that sometimes have no relation to each other apart from being highly rated, this can be a daunting experience.

Dylan Neal, who plays Dr. Ivo on The CW’s Arrow, will be Anastasia Steele’s stepdad in Fifty Shades of Grey.

'Fifty Shades of Grey' casts Anastasia's stepfather | Inside Movies | EW.com

Dylan Neal, who plays Dr. Ivo on The CW’s Arrow, will be Anastasia Steele’s stepdad in Fifty Shades of Grey. Universal quickly confirmed a Deadline report that the 44-year-old Canadian will portray Bob Adams, the relatively new and well-grounded fourth husband of Jennifer Ehle’s Carla.  Neal will get right to work, beginning filming this week in Vancouver.

There are lots of ways to make an end-of-year movies list. For Film.com senior editor David Ehrlich, the way to do it is in a video montage, with highlights from all the year’s best films.

Best movies of 2013, a video countdown by David Ehrlich: Watch the gorgeous montage here, via Vimeo and Film.com.