Summary: Set in the world of newspapers in London, it's past riven by hacking scandals, it's present at the mercy of the digital age and the 24-hour news cycle, it's future uncertain, this razor sharp and observant drama explores the current, turbulent media landscape and the ethical dilemmas that journalists and editors face each day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PRESummary: In the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst's media empire included 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations and 13 magazines. Nearly one in four American families read a Hearst publication. His newspapers were so influential that Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Winston Churchill all wrote for him. The first practitioner of what is now known as 'synergy,' Hearst...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CITSummary: July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper, ten cents per hundred, the newsboys, poor enough already, are outraged. Inspired by the strike put on by the trolley workers, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly organizes a newsboys' strike. With David Jacobs as the brains of the new union, and Jack as the voice, the weak and oppressed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2002
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS NEWSummary: Commodities trader Gary Hobson (Kyle Chandler) is losing it: his job, his home, and his brilliant attorney wife. He thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news? While his best friend Chuck (Fisher Stevens) sees the newspaper as a ticket to personal gain, co-worker...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV EarlySummary: This documentary chronicles the transformation of The New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk, as the Internet redefines the media industry by surpassing print as the main source of news. At the heart of the film is the burning question on the minds of everyone who cares about a rigorous American press, Times lover or not: what will happen if the fast-moving future of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PAGSummary: Cary Grant was the epitome of Hollywood elegance, a master of comedic timing, and one of the best-loved romantic leading men of all time! Trace his story from the streets of Bristol, to the Boulevards of Hollywood in this fascinating biography.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cobra Entertainment 2005
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Summary: Hitch is New York City's greatest matchmaker. Love is his job and when Albert Brennaman wins the heart of gorgeous society heiress Allegra Cole, Albert has Hitch to thank. So when tabloid columist Sara Melas decides to uncover the secret behind the relationships unlikely success, she's shocked to discover that Alex Hitchens, the charming young man she's been dating, is the legendary date doctor...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HITSummary: Penelope Wilhern is born to wealthy socialites. She is afflicted by the Wilhern spell that can only be broken when she finds love. Hidden away in her family's estate, the lonely girl meets a string of suitors in her parent's futile attempt to break the curse. Each eligible bachelor is enamored with Penelope and her sizable dowry, but only until her curse is revealed. Lemon, a mischievous and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Penelope 2008Summary: Join Elmo and his friends as they all learn about the wonderful people, places, and things on Sesame Street! With over two hours of Elmo's World shorts, preschoolers will find joy in everything their neighborhood offers!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SESSummary: "A star-studded cast in a stop-the-presses comedy that brings the fast paced, cutthroat, frequently hilarious world of newspaper journalism vividly to life"--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PAPSummary: A combination of percussion; movement; and visual comedy, Stomp can make music out of anything; anytime; anywhere. Now, see them live in one of the most successful stage shows of all time. This performance brings together performers from the West End, New York and Vegas for the very first time, to Stomp's home town and the theatre where many of the routines were originated; Brighton Dome.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2008
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC STOSummary: Citizen Kane: The story of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper tycoon whose life is investigated by a magazine reporter trying to discover the meaning of Kane's dying word: "Rosebud".
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CITSummary: From out of the shadows comes this final collection of hard-to-find noir classics: The Crimson Kimono (1959); The Lineup (1958); The Shadow in the Window (1956); The Long Haul (1957); Pickup Alley (1957); The Tijuana Story (1957); She Played with Fire (1957); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); and Man on a String (1960).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019