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E3 2013: Selling the Xbox One, PS4, Wii U in a tough climate

2013-06-15 08:52:52

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IMDb Pro helps young actors make breaks

2013-06-14 10:45:00

A newer version of IMDb Pro allows for more personal information, helping actors break into the industry and make connections that replicate some aspects of popular social media sites like Facebook and Google Plus. IMDb has been a launch pad for...

Pay-TV companies need to improve user experience, analyst says

2013-06-14 14:16:00

Netflix, Hulu,�Aereo and other new viewing options are making it so that pay-TV operators must improve their user experiences. That's a key takeaway from the cable industry's annual conference in Washington, D.C., according to industry analyst Craig...

Sriracha documentary: Everything you need to know about the fiery sauce in 30 minutes

2013-06-13 13:56:00

Huy Fong Foods Sriracha has become a condiment king over the last 30 years, and Illinois filmmaker Griffin Hammond wants to make sure everyone knows why. Hammond, 28, is making a 30-minute short documentary devoted to the fiery sauce and Huy Fong...

'House of Cards': Corey Stoll on sex, politics and going shirtless

2013-06-12 17:30:00

Corey Stoll dropped by The Times' TV studio to talk about his role as Congressman Peter Russo on Netflix's political drama "House of Cards." Stoll discussed the reception to the show's all-episodes-at-once distribution (he had a Facebook friend watch...

'House of Cards': Join a live chat with Corey Stoll today

2013-06-12 13:00:00

Join actor Corey Stoll and Times staff writer Glenn Whipp today at 2 p.m. PDT for a live video chat about Stoll's turn as Peter Russo, a doomed (but charming!) congressman and would-be governor, in Netflix's first-year drama "House of Cards." After...

Showtime Chairman Matt Blank takes shot at media

2013-06-10 09:22:00

WASHINGTON -- Showtime Chairman Matt Blank is tired of the entertainment and technology media fawning over new companies and platforms and saying traditional media are on life support. "Your favorite companies are companies with no revenue and no...

Cable industry to discuss challenges — and hear from Jennifer Lopez

2013-06-10 03:00:00

The cable industry’s annual gathering is usually a celebration of new technologies, popular programming and sunny projections for growth. But when top pay-TV executives gather in Washington�for the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn....

'The Purge' trounces 'The Internship.' Cable show kicks off in D.C.

2013-06-10 06:20:00

After the coffee. Before heading into humid downtown D.C. for cable fun. The Skinny: Made the mistake of standing still in a backyard in suburban D.C. on Sunday afternoon, and the mosquitoes�ate me up. Lesson learned. I'll be drenched in Off next time....

Quarterly mystery boxes try to make snail mail hip again

2013-06-09 09:00:00

Twitter, text-messaging, email, apps, social media and an ever-proliferating stampede of wireless devices have colonized pretty much every form of communication that can be digitized. Yet one contrarian Los Angeles company believes slow but steady snail...

'House of Cards': Join a live chat with Corey Stoll on Wednesday

2013-06-11 14:00:00

Join actor Corey Stoll and Times staff writer Glenn Whipp at 2 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday for a live video chat about Stoll's turn as doomed (but charming!) Congressman/would-be Gov. Peter Russo in Netflix's first-year drama "House of Cards." After...

Video game consoles are playing a big role at E3

2013-06-11 00:00:00

It has the hallmarks of a colossal clash between two gaming titans. Microsoft Corp. and Sony Computer Entertainment separately unveiled details about their new game consoles Monday, ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the big video-game industry...

Digital business will grow to 57% of revenue by 2015, according to an Ernst & Young survey.

2013-06-11 10:11:21

Videoland is open Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Joey Ertz, of Aberdeen, looks over the dvd selections at Videoland Friday. In the age of Netflix and Red Box, there are still loyal customers for video rental stores. photo by john davis taken 7/22/2011

2013-06-09 07:54:00

A welcome addition to the queue of lower expectations that is the Netflix streaming library, this film co-written by "Buffy" mastermind Joss Whedon is less of a horror movie than a piercingly dark comedy about horror movies themselves.

2013-06-07 17:31:40