Science news articles about 'entertainment industry'

  • Digital threat prompts movie industry downgrade

    (AP) -- A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the entertainment industry Monday and slashed forecasts for its five major companies, saying digital downloads of movies and TV shows posed a huge threat ...
  • Great Ape Trust to provide home for entertainment orangutans

    ... s a home run." Rocky comes to Great Ape Trust as the most visible orangutan in the entertainment industry in the United States today, having appeared in numerous television commercials and magazine ...
  • IBM taps Hollywood for new ideas

    ... science for inspiration, now IBM researchers are looking to Hollywood for new ideas too. The entertainment industry has portrayed possible future worlds through science fiction movies - many created ...
  • FTC: Kids target of $1.6 billion in food ads

    ... Children are confronted with such a barrage of advertising for food and drink - much of it unhealthy - that the entertainment industry should take steps to tie popular TV and movie characters to more ...
  • Curtain Call For Hollywood's Orangutans

    ... seems to have reached a dead end following a recent transfer of the remaining orangutans in the entertainment industry from Hollywood. But the end is no where in sight for this species on the road ...
  • Apple's Iconic "1984" Ad, 25 Years Later

    In the entertainment industry, it was the dawn of the cinematic Super Bowl ad: Ridley Scott's award-winning homage to George Orwell that introduced audiences to the Macintosh computer.
  • Legitimate massage therapists get a boost from California law

    ... therapists can get their credentials to practice massage therapy without being associated with the adult entertainment industry. ¶ "In the past, when I applied for city permits, I got grilled as if ...
  • First live 'cloning' of faces challenges assumptions about human behavior

    ... respond with movements similar to those made when speaking to a man. It is also likely to have application in the entertainment industry where life-like animated characters might be required. " ...
  • Porn actress tests positive for HIV

    ... has tested positive for HIV, renewing county and state health officials' concerns that the adult entertainment industry lacks sufficient safety measures to prevent the spread of AIDS and other ...
  • Box office boost shows 3D is here to stay

    Once regarded as a quirky fad for nerds wearing cardboard spectacles, 3D films are enjoying a mainstream renaissance and this time the medium is here to stay, entertainment industry experts say.
  • Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay

    A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.

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