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Inception Gets Rare Chinese Release

Chinese audiences will now have the opportunity to have loud, unceasing debates over the ending of Inception too....  read more

Do Public Funds for Movies Mean the Government Gets to Censor Art?

The standard has taken on colloquial life in the axiom that no state should approve a movie you couldn't take the governor to see...  read more

South Park Censors Episode Following Death Threat

What would you do if faced with a radical Islamic group’s death threats? If you’re South Park, you’d go ahead and air an episode featuring Muhammad, but censor it to pieces by bleeping out any time a character says the words “Prophet Muhammad.” Plus, the prophet character himself would be covered by a black box labeled “censored.” That’s exactly what happened last night....  read more

Maine woman will do jail before returning "dangerous" book

Acting on a tip from an anti-abortion league, a Maine woman has checked out copies of a sex-education book from two libraries and refuses to give them back. The Lewiston and Auburn Public Libraries have pressed charges.  ...  read more