The Screen Actors Guild declared that it opposes the California ballot initiative that would ban marriage between same-sex partners, the Associated Press reports. “No actor should have to disclose his or her sexual preference in order to get health and…
HD programming picks for Oct. 30-Nov. 5: Election coverage, “30 Rock,” “The Game Plan” Election 2008 (Various). Tues., Nov. 4. The trials and tribulations of the campaign trail lead to the first Tuesday in November, and various networks will be…
Number of Blu-ray Releases Growing The number of Blu-ray titles released or scheduled to be released has surpassed 1,000, the Hollywood Reporter says. There are 841 Blu-ray titles on the market currently, with 185 being prepared for sale. The latest…
Netflix is making the jump to high definition with the soft launch of streaming HD titles on the Xbox 360. On Nov. 19, Microsoft will roll out the Xbox Experience, an update to the Xbox 360’s control panel that also…
Joining the rest of the 24-hour news pack, MSNBC is making the leap to full 1080i high definition starting next spring, the network announced this week. “As viewers are making the transition to HD more and more every day, we’re…
MTV is expected to announce Thursday that it is developing a Beatles version of its hit video game Rock Band, the New York Post says. The company issued a media advisory late Wednesday that pitched an “exclusive agreement to develop…
Video search companies are looking for ways other than metadata to help users find the clips they’re looking for, the Wall Street Journal reports. Video Surf is using technology that searches the video content using “computer vision algorithms,” Google’s YouTube…
Former “Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli is enjoying sporting a mustache and a sideburns these days as a New York cop in 1973 in ABC’s new drama “Life On Mars, he tels the New York Times. “When this came along I…
DVD rental and streaming service Netflix and TiVo have struck a partnership that will bring Netflix’s movie-streaming component to TiVo’s set-top boxes, the Wall Street Journal reports. The two companies are expected to begin testing the service Thursday and it…
Galgos Entertainment has acquired the film and TV rights to “Shoe Addicts Anonymous,” the New York Times bestseller by Beth Harbison, the Hollywood Reporter says. The novel follows four footwear addicts and support-group members whose lives become intertwined. Galgos’ Mark…