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"Death of the Movie Star" http://bit.ly/aYzPS0 . Crumbling of empires in Hollywood....

Friday July 16, 2010 by Chef

Like it or not, technology is really good at blowing up walls, knocking down castles, and generally wreaking havoc in locked down industries.

Hollywood is no different and is now feeling the full effects of disintermediation.

From where we sit, this is a great thing!! Now the power to make or break careers is in the general market and your own individual efforts. No longer is someone holding the keys to the kingdom and forcing anyone to jump through their hoops.

Of course, there are still hoops to jump through but they are not "controlled" by a small, powerful group.

Articles like this one get us pumped up...democratizing the movie business, or the acting business, or the modeling business, is ultimately good for our talent!