March 25, 2008–the Long Island-based Newsday announced that 36 newsroom employees took a buyout offer. Three of those leaving Newsday were the movie editor Pat Wiedenkeller, and longtime movie critics Jan Stuart and Gene Seymour.

March 12, 2008–As Warner figures out how to fold New Line Cinema‚Äôs operations into the studio, WB brass is courting New Line production prexy Toby Emmerich to run a scaled-down version of New Line.

December 24, 2007–Will Smith's “I Am Legend” dominated the international box office during the pre-Christmas weekend with $25.3 million in 15 markets.

New research suggests that the presence of other people may enhance the totality of the movie-watching experience. Movie-goers tend to influence one another and to synchronize their emotional responses. This mutual reaction also affects each participant's overall experience– the more in sync we are with people around us, the more we like the movie.

September 18, 2007–Most teens see movies within the first two weeks. One fourth (27 percent) say they go on opening weekend, and an additional 44 percent go in the first two weeks, according to a recent OTX (Online Testing eXchange), Teen Topix survey of movie-going behavior and preferences.