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• Networks are using subtitles to help viewers find their way
• Remembering Nathaniel 'Nate Dogg' Hale in video
• SXSW 2011: Day 1 brings Esben & the Witch
• Reel China: Hollywood tries to stay on China's good side
• SXSW 2011: Audience and jury awards go to Texan drama 'Natural Selection'
• On the Media: Patch.com's Newark plan smells of conflict
• Paging Don Johnson, Cybill Shepherd? 10 stars we'd like to see this pilot season
• Netflix controls 61% of movie streaming; stock jumps on upgrade
• Video: 'The View' goes off on Glenn Beck's 'message being sent' by God
• Justin Bieber's wax figure unveiled in London, Amsterdam, New York

Networks are using subtitles to help viewers find their way Posted: Networks are using subtitles to help viewers find their way amid the plot twists. At the beginning of the complicated legal thriller "Damages," a battered and bloody young woman named Ellen Parsons demands a lawyer from a seat in a police interrogation room. In flashbacks, this same brunet is shown fending off an attacker and then stumbling onto a gory scene of a butchered loved one.

Remembering Nathaniel 'Nate Dogg' Hale in video Posted: 16 Mar 2011 07:33 AM PDT Tributes from everyone ranging from longtime friend and collaborator Snoop Dogg to "Glee's" Kevin McHale poured in on the social network.

SXSW 2011: Day 1 brings Esben & the Witch Posted: 16 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PDT Welcome to a leaner SXSW music festival?

Reel China: Hollywood tries to stay on China's good side Posted: Without Beijing even uttering a critical word, MGM is changing the villains in its 'Red Dawn' remake from Chinese to North Korean. It's all about maintaining access to the Asian superpower's lucrative Without Beijing even uttering a critical word, MGM is changing the villains in its 'Red Dawn' remake from Chinese to North Korean. It's all about maintaining access to the Asian superpower's lucrative box office.

SXSW 2011: Audience and jury awards go to Texan drama 'Natural Selection' Posted: 15 Mar 2011 08:00 PM PDT A first-time filmmaker's story of a Christian housewife on a quest took the top prizes at the festival, including two of the three breakthrough performance awards.

On the Media: Patch.com's Newark plan smells of conflict Posted: The AOL hyper-local news operation, now under Arianna Huffington, enters a partnership with a New Jersey mayor that doesn't seem journalistically sound. Imagine if the San Francisco Chronicle beefed up coverage of the state capital and asked Gov. Jerry Brown which agencies deserved the most coverage. Or what if Fox News planned to take a closer look at the United Nations with the blessing of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?

Paging Don Johnson, Cybill Shepherd? 10 stars we'd like to see this pilot season Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:10 PM PDT What, no Tony Danza? What, no Tony Danza? It's looking a lot like the '80s on shows that are elbowing for slots on networks' fall schedules.

Netflix controls 61% of movie streaming; stock jumps on upgrade Posted: 15 Mar 2011 06:18 PM PDT Netflix now accounts for more movies watched on the Internet than all of its competitors combined.

Video: 'The View' goes off on Glenn Beck's 'message being sent' by God Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:40 PM PDT Beck elicited a tsunami-style TV response Tuesday from the women who host "The View."

Justin Bieber's wax figure unveiled in London, Amsterdam, New York Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:02 PM PDT The pop star's pre-haircut likeness was unveiled to a small group of fans in London and thousands more via the Internet. The pop star's pre-haircut likeness was unveiled to a small group of fans in London and thousands more via the Internet.

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