I'd say, 'Say it ain't so,' but it wouldn't be genuine. <p><strong>The Background:</strong> Jessica Rawden is Managing Editor at CinemaBlend. She’s been kicking out news stories at CinemaBlend since 2007 and joined the full-time staff in 2014. She oversees news content, hiring and training for the site, and her areas of expertise include theme parks, rom-coms, Hallmark (particularly Christmas movie season), reality TV, celebrity interviews and primetime. She loves a good animated movie. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Jessica has a Masters in Library Science degree from Indiana University, and used to be found behind a reference desk most definitely not shushing people. She now uses those skills in researching and tracking down information in very different ways. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She’s Into</strong>: A former soccer player and recent tennis addict, Jessica also enjoys running, both of the distance and sprint variety. When not at the movie theater or in a theme park, her other free time is spent in book clubs, hiking, drinking wine, binge-watching, keeping tabs on celebrity fashion and riding rollercoasters. Has a serious Hallmark habit and an even bigger record-buying habit. Will bake for compliments. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She’s Excited About Right Now</strong>: Hallmark Christmas movie season. Wearing socks to bed. </p>
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Here's a heaping dose of "yikes" for anyone worried about the future of independent cinemas and major studios' stranglehold on film distribution: The U.S. Department of Justice is moving to get rid of the Paramount Consent Decrees, a long-standing set of regulations that curbed the way major studios distributed their films. In a speech to the American Bar Association, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim said [via Variety] the decrees "no longer serve the public interest, because the horizontal conspiracy — the original violation animating the decrees — has been stopped." The Decrees have been in place since the 1948 …
Martin Scorsese's recent comments about the Marvel movies have certainly made an impression, and are simultaneously understandable and unjust.
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