"Like the Movie, Only Different: Hollywood's Big Bet on Broadway Adaptations." By Patrick Healy of The New York Times.
"Now Universal is turning “Animal House” into a musical, and “Back to the Future” and“The Sting” may be next. Twentieth Century Fox is eyeing “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Waitress.” Sony is developing “Tootsie.” Warner Brothers has “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” in London and is talking to producers about a possible musical version of the Channing Tatum flick “Magic Mike.” And once again this season on Broadway is dominated by screen-to-stage adaptations like “Rocky,” “The Bridges of Madison County,” “Bullets Over Broadway” and “Big Fish,” all of which have varying degrees of studio involvement. The musical “Aladdin” is coming this winter, adapted in-house by Disney, which has the biggest screen-to-stage hit of all : “The Lion King,” with its worldwide gross of $5.4 billion."
"What's the Right Way to Watch Breaking Bad?" Donna Bowman of AV Club has a theory.
"This volume features vintage footage taken from original TV broadcasts...It features the most memorable moments throughout the decades, a TV special of Johnny’s return home to Nebraska, the final two bittersweet Tonight Show episodes, the funniest stand-up comedian routines, laugh-out-loud animal visits and highlights from sixteen classic episodes of The Tonight Show, each with their own sidesplitting monologues and legendary guests! Episode 6 (The Final Show) and Episodes 9-24 have been edited from their original broadcast length when they were originally distributed on DVD."
The effects crew of "Ghostbusters" sets up a Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man shot. One of many amazing images from a Kickstarter campaign to make the entire run of Cinefex, the magazine of special effects, available for the iPad.
Brandon Nowalk shows how the directorial personality of Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, Far from Heaven, Mildred Pierce, et al) shows up strongly, even when he's theoretically just doing work-for-hire on HBO's recently cancelled comedy Enlightened.