The Journalist's Toolbox: Entertainment: Movies, TV and Music

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
Cars that explode on impact, visible laserbeams, and the staples of the silver screen that defy the laws of science. This is a fan?s site, so take it for what it?s worth.

AllMovie.com Plot Database
A cool tool for figuring out just what "Magnolia" was about.

iFilm.com

Critics.com
A collection of movie critics' links.

Drive-Ins.com
It's a fan site, but Entertainment Weekly calls it the most thorough and consistently updated database of open and closed drive-ins. The site allows you to search by zip code and includes weather reports, photos, driving directions and links.

ACADEMY AWARDS LINKS

Oscars.org
News from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

74th Academy Awards Press Kit
The site includes 22 fact sheets on various topics: History of Oscar Statuette, Persons Receiving Two or More Acting Awards, History and Structure of the Academy, Films Winning Five or More Awards. (.PDF files).

74th Academy Awards Timeline

Eligible Releases for Distinguished Achievements, 2001
They're available in html and .pdf.

Academy Awards Official Rules

OscarWatch.com
News, predictions, reviews and forums.

OscarWorld.net
A fan site, so be careful what you use. Full of offbeat facts and trivia.

Internet Movie Database
Great for fact-checking names and film titles.

Movie Review Query Engine
A searchable database of reviews so you can look up what various critics said about the Oscar-nominated pictures.

ShowBizData.com
A super site. Requires a log-in/subscription. Includes daily box office stats, box office top 10 and all-time top 100 box office.

Variety.com
Read what the trades are saying about the Oscar nominations.

Hollywood Reporter.com
Read what the trades are saying about the Oscar nominations.

Hollywood and Vine
News on all the entertainment industries.

Yahoo! Entertainment
Hollywood news and box office figures.

HSX.com
Hollywood Stock Exchange site covers industry news.

Hollywood.com
Hollywood news and box office figures.

Critics.com

Internet Archive: Movie Collection

Screen Source
A fan page with hundreds of TV and movie links, past Oscar winners.

GoldDerby.com
Predictions site for Oscars, Grammys.

Chicago Sun-Times Oscar Survey

TV INDUSTRY

Nielsen Ratings
Weekly and seasonal TV ratings.

TV Guide Listings

Federal Communications Commission
Places federal regulations on TV entertainment. The site offers handbooks, resources, press releases, bureau/office listings, contact information and more.

Screen Actors Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Producers Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Writers Guild
Another union site with lots of news.

TV Critics Association

NATPE: National Association of Television Producers and Editors

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

NBCI.com
NBC's entertainment division.

NBC.com

The U.S. Feed of the British Network

Association of Local TV Stations

National Cable TV Association

International Radio and TV Society

The Tonight Show Archives
JohnnyCarson.com has a library of 5,000 past episodes.

Washington Post Television Page
Updates on the TV industry from the Post's crew of media writers.

Chicago Sun-Times TV Columnist Phil Rosenthal

The Ad Critic
A mecca for popular TV commercials.

MUSIC/RADIO INDUSTRY

Recording Industry Association of America
Dozens of helpful links and resources for anyone covering the industry.

Billboard.com
Music news and track sales.

RollingStone.com
Site does a great job of updating daily music news.

SPIN Magazine
Movies, TV and music news.

MTVnews.com
Regularly updated music news.

VH1.com
See MTV description.

Sonicnet.com's Music Newswire
Stories from many music news resource.

NewsNow Pop Music News
Stories from many music news resource.

NewsNow Rock News
Site updates every five minutes.

Archive of Misheard Lyrics
You think you know what Michael Stipe is singing, but you don't. Lyrics are contributed by visitors, so take it for what it's worth.

The Beatles
Video, sound clips and more.

Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame

Association for Music Writers and Photographers
Links to dozens of helpful sites, directories of Web and print publications, membership directory and more.

ArtistDirect: Ultimate Band List
A good quick-reference site.

Library of Congress American Sheet Music Site

College Music Journal

RadioStation.com
A great database of AM-FM stations, locations, some TV stations as well. Find station information quickly.

Motown Records
Has performer bios and other corporation background information.

Sony.com
Artists' bios are good for checking facts.

ArtistDirect.com
Good for searching performer bios.

Christian Pirate Radio

THEATER AND DANCE

Playbill Online
Broadway news and notes.

American Theater Web
Eleven U.S. regions of news and reviews from local papers.

MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENT

Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture (IJPC)
A project of the Norman Lear Center, USC Annenberg School of Journalism. that launched in April 2002. Among the articles, books and research: "Fiction or Fact: Hollywood Looks at the News," a 26-page essay written by Annenberg Associate Dean Joe Saltzman and Loren Ghiglione, dean of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Entertainment Weekly Searchable Database
A searchable archive of 10 years of E-Weekly stories.

TVNow.com Stars Database
A handy tool for tracking what stars are appearing on which shows. Just type the name into the searchable database.

Yahoo! Picks Best Entertainment Sites
Links to many celebrity sites. Be careful with which ones you use; some are fan sites.

Who's Dead and Who's Alive Database
A celebrity you may have thought was dead isn't. See Abe Vigoda.

Celebrity Address Search Engine

CelebritySource.com
An agency that puts you in touch with celebrity agents. Used mainly for advertising, it could have some value to reporters.

Multimedia and Entertainment Law Online News (MELON)

Enewswire.com's Entertainment News
Updates every 15 minutes.

The National Endowment for the Arts
The organization's background and that of similar organizations nationwide.

Entertainment Humor Site

LA Times Calendar Section
Covers the big picture in Hollywood.

CNN.com's Entertainment Page
Good coverage of the business side of entertainment.

Entertainment Weekly
Updated news on all the industries.

Eonline.com
Hollywood news from E! network.

People.aol.com
News from People magazine.

FOX News Entertainment

Seeing Stars
Billed as "The Ultimate guide to Celebrities and Hollywood". Offbeat factoids about entertainment stars and shows. Info. on getting on game shows, award show seats, etc.

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