The Rite wins b.o. bragging rights. The New Line/Warner Bros. exorcism drama rakes in about $15 million to become the weekend’s top drawing film. Two and a Half Men production shutdown could cost CBS a bundle in lost revenue. The network says that’s secondary to star Charlie Sheen getting the help he so obviously needs. …

The Rite Stuff at the box office? New Line is hoping its PG-rated story of exorcists battling the devil will pull gross somewhere in the high teens (as in millions of dollars) this weekend. The movie, based on a book about a real-life exorcist, is receiving praise for treating treating faith with respect and priests…

“The opposite of pornography.” So proclaims the creator of MTV’s Skins in answer to the growing chorus of critics that compare the sexually-provocative scripted series (with a largely underage cast) to child porn. Bryan Elsley says “The show is the opposite of pornography. It isn’t us who are being provocative. I think that some of…

MTV’s Skins sheds viewers. Audiences join advertisers in dissing the sexually-charged show (featuring minors among its cast) currently caught in a storm of child porn allegations. Only about half its initial viewers returned for its second episode. Meanwhile, Hollywood Reporter notes that the ad flight is costing the network up to $2 million a show…

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