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  • Monday, Apr. 10, 2017
TV series on Branch Davidian shootout to film in New Mexico 
In this April 19, 1993 file photo, fire engulfs the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. A six-part television series covering a deadly standoff between the federal government and the Branch Davidians spiritual sect more than two decades ago will be filmed in New Mexico. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin, File)
By Susan Montoya Bryan
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) -- 

A six-part television series covering a deadly standoff between the federal government and the Branch Davidians spiritual sect more than two decades ago will be filmed in New Mexico.

Work on "Waco" will begin in mid-April and last through June, officials with the New Mexico Film Office said Monday. Locations will include everything from the rural reaches of Santa Fe County - standing in for the prairies of Central Texas - to urban office buildings and studios.

The series will star Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch and John Leguizamo and will premiere on the Paramount Network in 2018. It will be directed by John Erick Dowdle and produced by The Weinstein Co.

The series will explore the details leading up to and chronicling the 51-day standoff in which four federal agents were killed along with some 70 people inside the sect's compound in Central Texas.

Millions watched live television coverage of the fiery end of the government's More

  • Monday, Apr. 10, 2017
"Hidden Figures" author setting next book in Baltimore 
In this Dec. 10, 2016, file photo, author Margot Lee Shetterly attends the special screening of "Hidden Figures" in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
By Hillel Italie, National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

The author of "Hidden Figures" is setting her next book around two prominent African-American households in mid-20th century Baltimore.

Viking told The Associated Press on Monday that it had a two-book deal with Margot Lee Shetterly that will continue her quest to tell of African-Americans who have been overlooked by historians. The first book centers on the Murphy family, which owned a leading African-American newspaper in Baltimore, and the Adamses, who were influential philanthropists and investors.

"Shetterly will bring the history of Baltimore to life through the success stories of the Adamses and the Murphys, also showing the contrasting challenges faced by those left behind by redlining, lack of economic opportunity and urban decay," Viking announced. "In doing so, she will bring new understanding to the history of a city that represents both the upside and the shortcomings of the American dream."

The book doesn't yet have a More

  • Saturday, Apr. 8, 2017
Motion Picture Academy declares documentary series like "O.J." ineligible for Oscars
In this Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, Ezra Edelman accepts the award for best documentary feature for "O.J.: Made in America" at the Oscars in Los Angeles. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has ruled documentary series like the recent Oscar winner “O.J.: Made in America” will no longer be eligible for the Academy Awards. The academy on Friday announced a handful of rule changes, most notably that “multi-part or limited series” will not be admitted in the documentary category. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
By Jake Coyle, Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

In what has already been nicknamed "the O.J. rule," the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Friday declared documentary series ineligible for the Academy Awards.

The new regulation, announced as part of a handful of tweaks in Oscar voting, follows the Oscar win in February for Ezra Edelman's acclaimed 467-minute-long "O.J.: Made in America."

While few quibbled with its merits - "O.J." was one of the most acclaimed films of the year - some argued that it was better qualified for the Emmys (where it's expected to also compete) than the Oscars. Edelman maintained he conceived and crafted "O.J.: Made in America" as a long film. It ran in its entirety at film festivals and in a brief theatrical run, though most saw it in a five-part series on ESPN.

The academy specifically outlawed "multi-part or limited series." Questions of eligibility will be resolved by the documentary branch's executive committee.

The film academy More

  • Friday, Apr. 7, 2017
U.S. regulators accuse Google of underpaying female workers 
This March 23, 2010, file photo, shows the Google logo at the Google headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 

Government investigators looking into how Google pays its employees have accused the tech giant of shortchanging women doing similar work to men.

A U.S. Department of Labor official disclosed the agency's allegations during a Friday court hearing in San Francisco.

"We found systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce," Janette Wipper, a Labor Department regional director, testified, according to a report published by The Guardian.

Google said it vehemently disagreed with the charges, which the Mountain View, California, company said it hadn't heard until Wipper's court appearance.

"Every year, we do a comprehensive and robust analysis of pay across genders and we have found no gender pay gap," Google said in its statement.

Google and other technology companies have been trying to improve hiring practices that have historically doled out most of their technical jobs to white More

  • Friday, Apr. 7, 2017
MTV dumps gender-specific categories for Movie & TV Awards 
In this April 12, 2015 file photo, Mark Ruffalo, from left, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, and Chris Evans present Robert Downey Jr. with the generation award at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK -- 

MTV has scrapped gender specific categories for its upcoming Movie & TV Awards.

In place of the Best Actress and Best Actor categories, this year's awards will honor a non-gendered Best Actor in a Movie and Best Actor in a Show.

The move follows the Grammy Awards' decision in 2011 to dump gender distinctions between male and female singers, collaborations and groups.

MTV's May ceremony will also include a nod to social activism by renaming its Best Fight category to Best Fight the System.

This the first year the MTV Movie Awards has been redubbed the Movie & TV Awards. They'll be hosted by actor and comedian Adam DeVine in Los Angeles on May 7.

  • Friday, Apr. 7, 2017
PBS acquires Steve James' "Abacus: Small Enough To Jail"
Vera Sung, Jill Sung, and Thomas Sung in a scene from "Abacus: Small Enough To Jail," a film by Steve James (photo by Sean Lyness)
ARLINGTON, Va. -- 

PBS Distribution has acquired the North American distribution rights to Abacus: Small Enough To Jail, directed by Steve James. PBS Distribution plans a theatrical release this spring starting in New York City at IFC Center on May 19, 2017 and expanding throughout the summer.

From acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Life Itself), Abacus: Small Enough To Jail tells the incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves--and their bank’s legacy in the Chinatown community--over the course of a five-year legal battle.

The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival More

  • Thursday, Apr. 6, 2017
Motion Picture Academy to launch talent development & inclusion program
Edgar Aguirre, the Academy's director of talent development and inclusion
LOS ANGELES -- 

In June, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will launch Academy Gold, a new entertainment industry-wide summer internship and mentoring program that will expand opportunities for students and young professionals from underrepresented communities.  This initiative will afford top film entertainment, technology, production services and digital media companies an opportunity to recruit and educate a nationwide pool of diverse talent.  The Academy also will build an alumni database to track the professional development of Academy Gold participants and provide a resource to connect alumni with one another upon completion of the program.

Several companies, including Deluxe, The Walt Disney Company, Dolby Laboratories, FotoKem, FremantleMedia, HBO, IMAX, Lionsgate/Starz, Panavision, Paramount Pictures, Participant Media, Sony Pictures, Technicolor, Twentieth Century Fox Film, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros., have already committed to More

  • Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2017
Amazon picks off NFL Thursday Night from Twitter 
In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, file photo, Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (82) is tackled by Minnesota Vikings free safety Harrison Smith (22) after making a reception during the second half of an NFL football game, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King, File)
By Mae Anderson, Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Amazon's new deal gives Prime Time football a whole new meaning.

The e-commerce powerhouse will stream NFL Thursday Night games this season via its Amazon Prime video service, replacing Twitter.

The live-streams of the games will be available to the estimated 65 million members of Amazon Prime, which costs $99 per year and also includes other perks like free videos, books and shipping.

That means that technically, the games won't be free to stream, but they will still be carried by broadcast networks CBS or NBC, as well as simultaneously on the NFL Network.

A person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it's a one-year deal worth close to $50 million. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced publicly.

That would be about five times what Twitter paid for the right to stream the games last year.

Twitter's reach last year for the 10 More

  • Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2017
Pepsi says it's pulling widely mocked ad 
In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, file photo, model Kendall Jenner has makeup applied backstage before the Michael Kors Spring 2017 collection is modeled during Fashion Week, in New York. Pepsi is not saying whether it will continue to run an ad, featuring Jenner, that is being widely criticized and mocked on social media for appearing to trivialize protests for social justice causes. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
By CANDICE CHOI, Food Industry Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Pepsi on Wednesday pulled an ad after it was widely mocked and criticized for appearing to trivialize protests for social justice causes.

"Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding," the company said. "Clearly we missed the mark, and we apologize."

It said it was "removing the content and halting any further rollout."

The ad shows Kendall Jenner, a member of the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" reality TV family, stepping away from a modeling shoot to join a crowd of smiling, young protesters. The protesters cheer after Jenner hands a can of Pepsi to a police officer, who takes a sip.

PepsiCo Inc. had previously said the ad was created by its in-house team and that it would "be seen globally across TV and digital" platforms.

It initially described the spot as featuring "multiple lives, stories and emotional connections that show passion, joy, unbound and uninhibited moments. No More

  • Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2017
Agreement bars ad firm from targeting women entering clinics 
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey
BOSTON (AP) -- 

A settlement with a digital advertising company bars the firm from using a technology called geofencing to direct anti-abortion messages toward women entering reproductive health facilities in Massachusetts, the state attorney general said Tuesday.

The agreement was reached after Attorney General Maura Healey investigated whether Copley Advertising or John Flynn, a Brookline man identified as the firm's manager and sole employee, was violating the state's consumer protection laws. Copley denied any wrongdoing.

Geofencing allows ads to be directed to the mobile devices of certain people when they enter a designated location. The technology also allows those devices to be tagged so the messages can continue to be sent to the user through apps or web browsers for up to 30 days after they leave the location.

Consumers often don't realize when they install an app that they are allowing it to disclose information about their location that More

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