The Parents Television Council (PTC) has released a new report detailing the nature and extent of Hollywood's obsession with sexualizing teenage girls.

The report -- "Tinseltown's New Target: A Study of Teen Female Sexualization on Prime-Time TV" [PDF] -- is based on a content analysis of the most popular primetime broadcast shows among 12- to 17-year-olds during the 2009-2010 TV season. PTC says the results from the report show Hollywood's "eagerness to not only objectify and fetishize young girls, but to sexualize them in such a way that real teens are led to believe their sole value comes from their sexuality."

Melissa Henson, PTC's director of communications and public education, explains one of the basic findings detailed in the report...

A Hollywood screenwriter says it is no accident that Christians are often portrayed in a negative light in movies and television shows.

Andrew Klavan has worked with well-known actors such as Clint Eastwood and Michael Douglas. The screenwriter is also a bestselling author who is often called on by major media outlets to comment on pop culture and entertainment, and he notices that many of the most popular shows and movies have a negative portrayal of Christians and patriots...

GENEVA — The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he is wanted for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss authorities said Friday.

The Justice Ministry said in a statement that Washington filed its formal extradition request late Thursday. The 76-year-old filmmaker has been in Swiss custody since his arrest Sept. 26 as he arrived in Zurich to attend a film festival.

The request has been forwarded to Zurich authorities, who will hold a hearing on an unspecified date to decide whether Polanski should be sent back to Los Angeles...