Via the Hollywood Reporter:
President Barack Obama praised the entertainment industry as an โengineโ for the economy on Tuesday at the DreamWorks Animation campus in Glendale, Calif., while joking that his ears were the inspiration for the studioโs Shrek.
He called entertainment part of Americaโs โdiplomacy.โ
โWe have shaped a world culture through you,โ he said, ticking off tolerance, diversity and creativity.
He said The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Will and Grace, Modern Family and other content add up to a โremarkable legacyโ for Hollywood. But with that comes โresponsibility,โ he said, and he lamented gun violence in TV shows and movies.
Yeah. DreamWorks will get right on that cutting down on gun violence in movies, just as soon as the Dreamworkโs gun-violent (and car-violent) Need for Speed makes a little cash for the company:





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