Friday, August 22, 2003

SMS blamed for summer movie flops

Hollywood is blaming bad box office performances for movies like Charlie's Angels Full Throttle and Gigli on...text messaging!

"The problem, they say, is teenagers who instant message their friends with their verdict on new films - sometimes while they are still in the cinema watching - and so scuppering carefully crafted marketing campaigns designed to lure audiences out to a big movie on its opening weekend."

Now that's good entertainment! ;)

More on this story from LA Times.