Alfred Hitchcock

Popeye and Tintin enter public domain in US in 2025, but the spinach is still copyrighted

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Popeye and Tintin enter public domain in US in 2025, but the spinach is still copyrighted

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on January 1. That means they can be used and repurposed without permission or payment to copyright holders. The crop … Read more

5 Hollywood studio tours, from Disney to Warner Bros to Universal. Which one’s for you?

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5 Hollywood studio tours, from Disney to Warner Bros to Universal. Which one’s for you?

In a city that is too often unjustly stereotyped as favouring the new, the Hollywood studio reminds us of how much history – and, specifically, pop-culture mythmaking – is rooted in and around Los Angeles. There in these spaces, you might see a spot where US actor James Dean once stood, roll past the house … Read more