What is the name of the American television and movie review company launched in 1998 that took their name from a practice used to show disapproval of poor stage performance and gave Jet Li's movie "Fist of Legend" a 100% rating?
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Jet Li filmography Considering US box office statistics, the most successful Jet Li American film as of August 2010 is "Lethal Weapon 4", which grossed over 130 million dollars domestically, while the second is "The Expendables" with over 103 million dollars. "Hero" is the third most successful foreign language film in the US, and one of the best critically acclaimed Li movies. "Fearless" is the sixth most successful foreign language film of all times in the US. From a critical point of view, the best acclaimed Li movie is "Fist of Legend" (Rotten Tomatoes: 100%) and the worst is "" (Rotten Tomatoes: 13%).
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Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by Senh Duong and since January 2010 has been owned by Flixster, which was, in turn, acquired in 2011 by Warner Bros. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. From 2007 to 2017, the website's editor-in-chief was Matt Atchity, who left in July 2017 to join "The Young Turks". The name "Rotten Tomatoes" derives from the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes when disapproving of a poor stage performance.
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Blockbuster LLC Blockbuster LLC (formerly Blockbuster Entertainment, Inc., also known as Blockbuster Video or just Blockbuster) was an American-based provider of home movie and video game rental services through video rental shops, DVD-by-mail, streaming, video on demand, and cinema theater. Blockbuster became internationally known throughout the 1990s. At its peak in 2004, Blockbuster employed 84,300 people worldwide, including about 58,500 in the United States and about 25,800 in other countries, and had 9,094 stores.
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Shen Yun Performing Arts Shen Yun Performing Arts is a performing-arts and entertainment company formed in New York City. It performs classical Chinese dance, ethnic and folk dance, and story-based dance, with orchestral accompaniment and solo performers. The Shen Yun website translates the phrase "shen yun" as "the beauty of divine beings dancing".
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Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT, formerly known as Columbia TriStar Television) is an American television production and distribution studio. Based in Culver City, California, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures Entertainment and a unit of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.
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American Repertory Theater The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is a professional not-for-profit theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1980 by Robert Brustein, the A.R.T. is known for its commitment to new American plays and music–theater explorations; to neglected works of the past; and to established classical texts reinterpreted in refreshing new ways. Over the past thirty years it has garnered many of the nation's most distinguished awards, including a Pulitzer Prize (1982), a Tony Award (1986), and a Jujamcyn Award (1985). In December 2002, the A.R.T. was the recipient of the National Theatre Conference's Outstanding Achievement Award, and in May 2003 it was named one of the top three theaters in the country by "Time" Magazine. The A.R.T. is housed in the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard University. The A.R.T. houses the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University and the Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club.
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Forbes Forbes ( ) is an American business magazine. Published bi-weekly, it features original articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. "Forbes" also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. Its headquarters is located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Primary competitors in the national business magazine category include "Fortune" and "Bloomberg Businessweek". The magazine is well known for its lists and rankings, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400) and rankings of world's top companies (the Forbes Global 2000). Another well-known list by the magazine is The World's Billionaires list.
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TMZ TMZ is a celebrity news website that debuted on November 8, 2005. It was a collaboration between AOL and Telepictures Productions, a division of Warner Bros., until Time Warner divested AOL in 2009. The name "TMZ" stands for "thirty-mile zone", the historic "studio zone" within a 30-mile (50 km) radius centered at the intersection of West Beverly Boulevard and North La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.
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Florida Film Critics Circle The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) is a film critic organization founded in 1996. The FFCC comprises 30 film critics from Florida-based print and online publications. At the end of each year, the FFCC members vote on the Florida Film Critics Circle Awards for outstanding achievements in films released that year. The organization also awards the Pauline Kael Breakout Award, named after film critic Pauline Kael, and the Golden Orange Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film. The FFCC membership includes film critics from "Miami Herald", "Miami New Times", "Folio Weekly", "Bloody Disgusting", "WJNO Radio", "WTVT", "The Daytona Beach News-Journal", and "Tampa Bay Times".
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Rush Hour (film series) The "Rush Hour" franchise is a series of three Chinese-American martial arts/action-comedy buddy cop films created by Ross LaManna, directed by Brett Ratner, and distributed by New Line Cinema. All three films center on a pair of police detectives: a Hong Kong Police Force inspector and an American LAPD detective (portrayed by Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker) who go on a series of misadventures often involving corrupt crime figures. The films were released theatrically between 1998 and 2007, and have achieved commercial success and incorporate elements of martial arts, humor, and the buddy cop subgenre.
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Open Fist Theatre Company The Open Fist Theatre is both a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre company and 99-seat theatre facility in Theatre Row Hollywood located at 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. The name of the Open Fist Theatre Company comes from two principles: the notion of an open spirit and the fist - a sign of determination and force.
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New Tang Dynasty Television New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD, ) is a television broadcaster based in New York City with correspondents in over 70 cities worldwide. The station was founded in 2001 by Falun Gong practitioners as a Chinese-language broadcaster, but has since expanded its language offerings. The company retains a focus on China in its news broadcasts, and frequently covers topics that are censored in Mainland China, such as human rights. Its self-proclaimed mission is to "promote uncensored information on China; to restore and promote traditional Chinese culture; and to facilitate mutual understanding between the East and West".
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Appreciation Index The Audience Appreciation Index (AI) is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public's appreciation for a television or radio programme, or broadcast service, in the United Kingdom.
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Crackle (company) Crackle is a video streaming distributor of original web shows, Hollywood movies, and TV shows. Founded in the early 2000s as "Grouper," and rebranded in 2007, Crackle is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The service is free with commercials on all supported platforms.
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Star Magic ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts Inc. (d/b/a Star Magic and formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center) is the training and management subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. It was designed to assist young talent in the Philippines. Star Magic talents undergo training in acting, personality development and physical enhancement before being cast in the television shows of ABS-CBN and the films of Star Cinema, as well as other film projects in the Philippines, commercial projects and corporate events.
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MGM (TV channel) MGM Channel was a 24-hour global-based network that was launched in 1999 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that airs movies from MGM's celebrated library – the second film library in the world, including "West Side Story", "Midnight Cowboy", "The Terminator", "The Manchurian Candidate", "The Black Stallion", amongst many others. The network has access to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library of films, comprising approximately 4,000 titles, and over 10,400 episodes of television programming.
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Hollywood Film Awards The Hollywood Film Awards are an American motion picture award ceremony held annually since 1997, usually in October or November. The gala ceremony takes place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The 2014 ceremony, broadcast by CBS, were the first to be shown on television. The 2016 ceremony, celebrating its 20th anniversary, took place on November 6 and was hosted by James Corden.
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Online Film Critics Society The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is an international professional association of online film journalists, historians and scholars who publish their work on the World Wide Web. The organization was founded in January 1997 by Harvey Karten, an early online critic who discovered that membership in the New York Film Critics Circle was open only to journalists working for newspapers and magazines. Online critics have generally found it difficult to gain acceptance for their work, and one role of the OFCS is to provide professional recognition to the most productive and successful online critics.
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Ovation Awards The Ovation Awards are a Southern California award for excellence in theatre, established in 1989. They are given out by the non-profit arts service organization LA STAGE Alliance and are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. They have been called the "...highest-profile contest for local theatre..." by "The Los Angeles Times".
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American Choreography Awards The American Choreography Awards was a ceremony and show that honored outstanding choreographers in the fields of feature film, television, music videos, and commercials. They were first known as the L.A. Dance Awards (1994–95), then as Bob Fosse Awards, and a.k.a. Fosse’s (1996–97), and eventually the American Choreography Awards (1998-'04). Each year in the fall, they were held at a different location in Los Angeles, California. These include places such as the Orpheum Theatre, El Capitan Theatre, Alex Theatre, Wilshire Ebell Theatre, The Hollywood Palace, The Museum of Flying, The Century Club, and Club Tatou.
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LA Weekly Theater Award LA Weekly Theater Award was an annual critics' award system established in 1979, organized by the "LA Weekly" for outstanding achievements in small theatre productions in Southern California. Nominees were typically announced in January for Equity 99-seat productions from the previous year, with awards handed out in March or April. The 35th annual awards ceremony was held in April 2014. In December 2014, the "LA Weekly" announced that it was discontinuing the awards, citing the publication's desire to focus on events that would promote its profitability.
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Movieclips Movieclips is a company located in Venice, California that offers streaming video of movie clips and trailers from such Hollywood film companies as Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company (newer titles), 20th Century Fox (some titles), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. (including content from subsidiaries New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment) , Sony Pictures Entertainment (including content from subsidiaries Millennium Films, Destination Films, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Sony Pictures Classics, and Triumph Pictures) and other studios such as Lionsgate and DreamWorks. In 2014, Movieclips was acquired by Fandango/Comcast, which is owned by NBCUniversal.