News Source: The Globe & Mail
| about 1 month ago
Hollywood studios are reportedly beginning to ban actors from talking about upcoming movies on Twitter and other social networks lest they give away plot secrets. Major entertainment institutions have been scrambling to develop Twitter policies,...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| about 1 month ago
DreamWorks and Disney are the first studios to clamp down on tweeting, with Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers among the first to be affected when they film the upcoming Shrek sequel. Influential trade publication The Hollywood Reporter revealed that new...
News Source: Truthdig
| about 1 month ago
There was a time when Hollywood studios kept their stables of stars on a short leash, keeping close watch over their public personas and even arranging their marriages. It is believed that Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers are among the first celebrities...
News Source: The independent
| about 1 month ago
If, like millions of fans, you've grown accustomed to following Hollywood stars via Twitter, you may soon need to find another way to keep up with their daily banalities. At least two major film studios are curbing creative staff's use of social...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 month ago
EDT Last updated on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 12:48PM EDT H ollywood studios, fearing loss of revenue or premature leaking of confidential details, are inserting language in contracts that prohibits staff – even big-name stars – from using social-...
News Source: Gawker
| about 1 month ago
Last week, we reported that Hollywood has begun taking steps to wipe out the first outbreak of free-speech showbiz has seen since the Hays Code, eradicating the threat of stars communicating directly and banally to the pubic via Twitter. Today, rumor...