Are We More Squeamish About Portraits of Naked Men Than Women?

Boys won’t watch girl heroines? Turns out that’s not true.

From "Dora" to "Korra" to "WordGirl," there are plenty of shows that have hit gender parity by featuring strong female leads and action-packed storylines. “We have sort of a framework for the development of female characters,” says Lesli Rotenberg, PBS’s general manager of children’s programming, explaining "WordGirl," the language-loving, crime-fighting action heroine. “We want to make sure that they are three-dimensional, that they’re inquisitive, that they’re funny, that they’re proactive, that they drive the plot.”

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Century City - One of the Worst Real Estate Deals in Hollywood History

Today, it is hard to imagine Los Angeles, and Hollywood in particular, without Century City.

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The real story of how Century City ultimately came to be is one little known in Hollywood history, and it began in 1956 with a nighttime phone call from then-Fox president Spyros Skouras ...

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