• Roger Ebert: 'There Are Only Two Meaningful Ratings: R And Not-R'

    By Germain Lussier December 13th, 2010

    The current controversy over the Motion Picture Association of America slapping Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine with an NC-17 rating, and then repealing it, has once again brought into question the usefulness of the MPAA as a whole. In fact, renowned film critic Roger Ebert goes so far to say that "there are only two meaningful…

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  • Jack Valenti

    Breaking: Former MPAA President Jack Valenti Is Dead

    By Peter Sciretta April 4th, 2014

    Jack Valenti, an influential American lobbyist and a long-time president of the Motion Picture Association of America, is dead. According to DHD, Valenti died after falling into a coma following a series of strokes. The former MPAA President checked out of Johns Hopkins University Medical Center earlier this week after being hospitalized since March after…

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