Justin Long - FishbowlLA http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla LA Media News, Unspooled Copyright 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:59:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Working Towards a PhD in Hollywood Rom-Coms As New York-based media studies student and feministing.com editor Chloe Angyal (pictured) readily admits, pouring over Hollywood romantic comedies for a doctoral dissertation “sure beats poking at a petri dish.” The 2009 Princeton grad is currently working towards this very unusual PhD through the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, where she is originally from.

The trends Angyal is focused on include the well-noted move in recent years to expose more of the studio film genre’s male stars. Think Jason Segel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Justin Long, Ashton Kutcher, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Timberlake and several others. But what does this all mean?

They’re all white. They’re all lean and broad-shouldered. They’re all rather muscular. Some of them are toned and sculpted in accordance with superhero standards: Chris Evans was fresh off filming Captain America when he made What’s Your Number? and Reynolds made The Proposal right after he wrapped Wolverine. And, uh, it shows…

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]]> Richard Horgan http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/hollywood-romantic-comedies-male-nudity-jason-segel-chris-evans-ryan-reynolds_b63031#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/hollywood-romantic-comedies-male-nudity-jason-segel-chris-evans-ryan-reynolds_b63031 http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/?p=63031 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:30:24 +0000 The Art of Noise 0228_long_splash_275.jpgWe are endlessly fascinated with celebrity gossip sites — not because we care one lick about Antonella Barba, but because we’re in awe of how many words go into crafting the meringue-like confections of each individual blog post.

Take, for instance, TMZ.com’s recent posting about Justin Long. Basically, a reporter saw Long walk his dog down Robertson Blvd. yesterday. That’s it. Guy walks his dog. End of story.

But in TMZ’s capable hands, the “story” stretched to 83 words — including three puns and four pop culture references.

LAT, take note, we’ve seen the future of journalism. And it has you rolling over and playing dead.

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]]> Greg http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/the-art-of-noise_b3738#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/the-art-of-noise_b3738 http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/the-art-of-noise_b3738 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:08:31 +0000