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OPINION: Weak economy puts pressure on Hollywood (Reuters)

 
Reuters - There's a huge sucking noise out there, and it's not the sound effects in "Iron Man" or "The Dark Knight": It's the sound of money being siphoned out of the U.S. stock market, and more quietly out of the maw of the Hollywood movie machine. (link)

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