The share of Hollywood films with women in the lead role fell last year, new research showed Thursday, despite standout successes like "Barbie."
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2024
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Popular culture plays an important role in shaping society's perceptions and attitudes around gender roles. We are fed images and stories through television, film, music and social media that can both enhance or challenge ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2023
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Morgan Freeman has given many powerful, memorable performances. His role as Mr. Clark, a New Jersey-based high school principal known for dispensing authoritarian discipline in "Lean on Me," is certainly memorable, but that ...
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2022
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Watching meaningful films—those that we find moving and poignant—can make us feel more prepared to deal with life's challenges and want to be a better person, a new study found.
Social Sciences
May 10, 2021
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Tom Cruise will film his next Hollywood blockbuster on location—250 miles up in the air and orbiting the Earth once every 90 minutes.
Space Exploration
May 6, 2020
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A study published recently in Environmental Communication has revealed the dual and conflicting messages in commercial films for young audiences about pivotal environmental problems and their potential resolution.
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2015
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"The best and the whitest" was how host Neil Patrick Harris described the Hollywood elite being honored at the Feb. 22 Academy Awards ceremony.
Social Sciences
Feb 26, 2015
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The head of China's leading Internet conglomerate wants to bring American movies to China, along with other U.S. products.
Business
Oct 28, 2014
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Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple's new mobile payment system had over 1 million activations in the first three days after it became available, and is now more widely used than any competing payment system.
Business
Oct 28, 2014
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With the Golden Globe awards newly announced and the Academy Awards soon to be presented, chatter around the water cooler is likely to include speculation about Hollywood stars: Was Jon Voight the oldest ever Golden Globe ...
Economics & Business
Jan 23, 2014
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