WASHINGTON — Movies and cigarettes have long gone together like Bogey and Bacall, but after years of pressure from advocacy groups, films will now get tougher ratings if their characters light up. The ...

Ninety-five years ago Monday – March 31, 1930 – the Motion Picture Production Code, a form of industry self-censorship also known as the Hays Code, was formed, but not enforced until 1934. It reigned ...

In an uncharacteristically transparent move, the Motion Picture Association quietly pulled back the curtain on its movie-rating system, offering parents a clearer view of what content goes into each ...

Beware, lovers of movie ratings: They might be next on Art the Clown's victims list. For decades, the commercial prospects of a film, especially those appealing to children, were closely tied to the ...

That cultural legacy came early in his stewardship of Hollywood's top trade group, when he established the movie-ratings system still in place nearly 40 years later. When Valenti, who died Thursday, ...

Valenti had a stroke in March and was hospitalized for several weeks at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore. He died of complications from the stroke at his Washington, D.C., home, ...

It looks as if the Motion Picture Association of America’s archaic and hidebound movie ratings system has dodged another bullet — but every fresh case highlights again the need to overhaul or even ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Parents Television Council called for an overhaul of the U.S. ratings system used in television and films on Wednesday, saying it does not accurately and consistently reflect ...