Media Decoder: 16-Year-Old Gets His Way on a High School Film Fest

Adam Faze, a junior at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, created and organized The Loyola Film Festival, which will feature 72 films in four categories on Saturday.



Moviefone Will Add Broadcast and On-Demand TV Information

Type in any title, and broadcast times and on-demand viewing options will pop up, allowing viewers to turn on a television at the appointed time or click a button and watch immediately.

California Analysis Pours Cold Water on Expanded TV and Film Subsidies

The state’s legislative analyst’s office urged caution in expanding tax credits in support of film and TV production to match other states’ offers.



Author of the Book ‘Gravity’ Sues Warner Bros. Over Credit

The best-selling author Tess Gerritsen filed the suit, claiming the studio failed to give her a “based upon” film credit — and part of the profit — for her book published in 1999.



Home as Scene Stealer

When the script called for a trophy house, a property in Los Angeles played itself.

    



Los Angeles Film Festival to Highlight the City as Star

The Los Angeles Film Festival plans to celebrate the city’s moviemaking culture, which has receded as studios increasingly make movies elsewhere.

    

KCHUNG Gives Los Angeles Artists a Voice on the Airwaves

KCHUNG, a fledgling low-wattage radio station and art collective in Los Angeles, has a reach far beyond the range of its broadcast signal.

    



TV Stations in Los Angeles to Share a Channel to Free Up Spectrum

The experiment is intended to show the extent to which broadcast channels can be squeezed together on the electromagnetic spectrum without degrading signal quality.

    



Scene Stealers: Rupert Murdoch, Single Again, Seems to Need Dating Advice

Three marriages behind him, Rupert Murdoch is once again available, and the single women in Los Angeles have taken notice.

    



California Publisher Plans to Start a New Paper

Aaron Kushner, the owner and publisher of The Orange County Register, has already hired 200 employees for the daily paper he is planning for the Los Angeles area.

    



An Assist for Weinstein’s ‘Mandela’

Harvey Weinstein, a master at building buzz around his movies, walks a fine line in publicizing his new film, “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.”

    



Walt Disney’s Chicago Birthplace to Become a Private Museum

A couple from Los Angeles have bought Disney’s birthplace in Chicago and plan to turn it into a private museum.

    



As the Clothes Come Off, the Magazines Dress Up

In a sudden surge of upscale pornography, Treats is among several erotic publications that aim to titillate and provoke.

    

Dreamworks Animation Profit Falls, Though Shares Stay Strong

Executives worked hard during a call with analysts to focus attention on the company’s film pipeline and an aggressive expansion into consumer products.

    



Time Warner Cable Reaches Agreement to Distribute Al Jazeera America

The contract is vital for Al Jazeera because Time Warner Cable supplies television to millions of households in New York and Los Angeles, essential markets for cable channels.

    



Jury Clears Promoter in Death of Michael Jackson

The jury’s verdict saves A.E.G. Live, the world’s second-largest concert company, from paying what could have been huge damages.

    



ArtsBeat: Bruckheimer to End Deal With Disney

Jerry Bruckheimer, one of Hollywood’s most respected filmmakers, has been making movies with Disney since the early 1990s, when he was executive producer of “The Ref.”

    



Warner and J.K. Rowling Reach Wide-Ranging Deal

The studio said Ms. Rowling would become a screenwriter, working on an adaptation of her “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

    



Disney Infinity Game Has Strong Early Sales

Disney sold 294,000 starter kit units of the game in August, normally a slow sales month for video games.

    



Record Labels Sue Sirius XM Over the Use of Older Music

Sony, Universal, Warner and ABKCO, an independent label, said the satellite service used recordings from before 1972 without permission.