WaterCooler

Before direct sound became a fixture in film and television shows, most non-U.S. TV programs were dubbed, even in the same language. Dubbing has always been an important element of (…)

Lillian Hellman, a declared Communist, is reported to have said that “Communism is good, but it doesn’t work.” Yet it took 67 years for the government of Cuba to discover (…)

By Dom Serafini

There are experts, like New York University professor Jonathan Haidt, who, in his book The Anxious Generation, argues in favor of social media regulations. Others, like Jacob Mchangama, (…)

By Dom Serafini — The Mastic-Moriches-Shirley Community Library on Long Island, New York, is frantically searching for a recording of the video I recorded during the July 4, 1976 parade (…)

By Dom Serafini

Last month, VideoAge reported that after a 33-year run, the end for NATPE Budapest had arrived. The market for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which started as DISCOP (…)

Series Mania, which takes place in the northern city of Lille, France, is divided between a TV Festival (that is open to the public) and a business TV section, or (…)

After the ousting of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro by U.S. armed forces, Venezuela is slowly attempting to return to normal under the guidance of the U.S. government. What follows is (…)

The fact that the Italian team beat the favorite Team USA at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournament was big news in the U.S. when it happened on Tuesday, March (…)

While major national newspaper groups in Italy (like those of the Agnelli family of FIAT fame), such as La Stampa and laRepubblica are being sold, smaller local daily newspapers, like (…)

By Dani Díaz*

Using Bruno Rosato’s recent Q&A in VideoAge‘s Water Cooler as a starting point, I’d like to explore how casting differs between Hollywood and Latin America. Not so much (…)