Motion Picture Association of America

$1.5M of counterfeit goods seized from Dundalk flea market

2013-03-13 18:34:00

Baltimore County police seized $1.5 million worth of counterfeit merchandise after a raid at a Dundalk flea market last month, the department announced Wednesday. Charges are pending against 19 people who rent space in the market, not the flea market...

Baltimore County police raid Plaza Flea Market for counterfeit goods

2013-02-16 12:50:00

As regulars perused handmade jewelry, discounted bedsheets, slightly-worn stuffed animals and other knick-knacks, dozens of Baltimore County police officers swarmed into a bustling Dundalk flea market Saturday morning to bust vendors allegedly selling...

John Waters has mellowed, but his humor remains twisted, his sensibilities bizarre

1998-04-19 12:57:00

Wholesome little Appleton, Wis., slips past the passenger window without arousing any visible interest in tonight's guest lecturer. A shop selling sewing machines. A Christian bookstore. The Martin School of Hair Design. Not very promising. The...

Exclusive: EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations

2013-05-18 00:27:03

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines. European Union Trade...

UK's Cameron urges "everything on table" in U.S.-EU trade talks

2013-05-13 11:00:05

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday said a proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and United States should cover all sectors, drawing a contrast with France, which wants to leave out sensitive cultural...

Zanni: City ready for hacker threat

2013-05-08 01:04:02

Mayor Stephen Zanni said Methuen IT workers are on alert after the hacker activist group Anonymous attempted to infiltrate city and school computers in retaliation for last week's terror-threat arrest of a high school student. "We're keeping on top of...

'Iron Man 3' Launches Spanish-Dubbed Blockbuster Movies In Bloomfield

2013-05-02 11:30:00

People who go to Digiplex Bloomfield on Monday night to see "Iron Man 3" may need to answer a question at the box office: Are you here to see "Iron Man 3," or "El Hombre de Hierro Tres"? On May 6, the cineplex at 863 Park Ave. in the Wintonbury Mall...

As Opposition to N.C. Film Credits Mounts, MPAA Claims 'Iron Man 3' Created 2,000 Jobs

2013-04-30 11:41:03

Apr 30 (TheWrap.com) - As opposition to film tax incentives intensifies in North Carolina, the Motion Picture Association of America is using the upcoming blockbuster "Iron Man 3" to make the case that film production is a shot in the arm to the states...

N.C. lawmakers attend special 'Iron Man 3' screening

2013-04-29 00:54:04

How did U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., spend his weekend? Catching up on Iron Man and Iron Man 2 with his son, Stephen, so they would be prepared for Sunday's screening of Iron Man 3 at the Regal Mayfaire Cinema 16. "We had to keep pausing it so...

Harvey Weinstein: Paying Royalties Won't Break Google

2013-04-26 17:00:04

Apr 26 (TheWrap.com) - Harvey Weinstein unleashed a biting attack on Google on Friday, telling a Washington audience that Google's failure to compensate performers and content providers for YouTube videos amounts to stealing and is making technologists...

Hollywood yielding to China's growing film clout

2013-04-24 05:37:00

Coming soon to a theater near you: China's Communist Party. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood...

5 Things Learned at CinemaCon: Fading A-Listers, Killer Comedies, Where Are the Minorities?

2013-04-19 11:07:02

Apr 19 (TheWrap.com) - CinemaCon, the annual lovefest between movie theater owners and studios, is always rigidly on message. People love the communal movies and the cinemas will never go away, studio chief after studio chief announces with barely a...

Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America Christopher Dodd and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt attend An Artist At The Table, a benefit for the Sundance Institute during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

2013-01-18 11:49:00