The numbers behind the industry.

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• The Hollywood Dick Dilemma Sumner Redstone's answer to the Pellicano affair.
  Edward Jay Epstein April 3, 2006
  
• Pushing the Pseudo-Reality Envelope How product placement will fund the future of movies.
  Edward Jay Epstein March 27, 2006
  
• Hollywood's Tokyo Godfathers How Japan enabled the re-invention of Hollywood.
  Edward Jay Epstein March 20, 2006
  
• Wal-Mart and the Shanghai Pirates Hollywood's newest business model?
  Edward Jay Epstein March 13, 2006
  
• Can You Clone a Movie Star? A report from Hollywood's digital frontier.
  Edward Jay Epstein March 6, 2006
  
• The Oscar Deception Art flicks make beautiful decoys.
  Edward Jay Epstein Feb. 21, 2006
  
• Northern Expenditure Why are so many movies still being shot in Canada?
  Edward Jay Epstein Feb. 13, 2006
  
• The End of Originality Or, why Michael Bay's The Island failed at the box office.
  Edward Jay Epstein Feb. 6, 2006
  
• The $6 Billion Man Why Disney paid a premium for Pixar's creative guru.
  Edward Jay Epstein Jan. 30, 2006
  
• Gross Hysteria Do the studios really overpay top talent like Peter Jackson?
  Edward Jay Epstein Jan. 23, 2006
  
• The Starlet's Dilemma The Golden Ageism of Hollywood.
  Edward Jay Epstein Jan. 16, 2006
  
• Hollywood's New Zombie The last days of Blockbuster.
  Edward Jay Epstein Jan. 9, 2006
  
• The Popcorn Palace Economy The thirsty moviegoer fuels the business.
  Edward Jay Epstein Jan. 2, 2006