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Something the critics don’t know – Movie critics are scratching their heads and wondering why a movie like “Sex and the City 2” was set in a Muslim country like Abu Dhabi, but if you read Anne’s Diaries regularly, YOU know the answer: It’s an extreme example of product placement! We need your help, folks, so If you love Anne’s diaries, support this site: Subscribe today!

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There’s a science of show biz! Twitter may be a tool that can not only predict which films will be hits (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show), but one which may actually be able to create an audience for a movie. Word of mouth builds an audience: Movie makers have long known that while advertising and major stars may create a big first weekend, no film has “legs” unless people tell their friends about it.
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Mathematicians dissect movies & TV shows – Hollywood’s “golden age” seems to have ended in the 1950s. Up until that time, everyone went to the latest blockbuster and discussed it afterwards, but today, with so many choices at home (such as video games, the internet and cable TV), people are choosy about what they pay money for a ticket to see. But some mathematicians think it has to do more with the WAY films are made today than their content.
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Is 3-D TV next? – Not all the news is bad (some of it is just strange): The movie “Avatar” has created a return of 3-D and starting in 2010, ESPN will broadcast some sports events in 3-D. PhysOrg.com quotes Chuck Pagano, ESPN vice president for technology, as saying that the network is preparing for a “3-D tsunami.” But who has a TV that can pick them up? The answer: Major TV manufacturers are creating these new 3-D sets as fast as they can. Maybe this will be the final end of the recession.
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