DGA Honorary Life Member Jack Valenti, the longtime head of the Motion Picture Association of America, was remembered fondly by the Guild and its leaders after his passing on April 26 at age 85. DGA ...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted made the following statement on the passing of former MPAA Chairman and CEO Jack Valenti: "Nobody loved and defended film more than ...

This article was updated at 7:00 p.m. WASHINGTON — Jack Valenti couldn’t have received a better parting gift from Capitol Hill before he exits the Motion Picture Assn. of America. Sen. Orrin Hatch ...

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, ...

Jack Valenti, a onetime confidant of President Johnson who spent nearly four decades as Hollywood’s chief Washington lobbyist and helped devise the “G” to “X” movie-rating system, died yesterday at ...

LAS VEGAS — The movie industry had a disastrous past year with 11 theater chains declaring bankruptcy and lower turnout at the box office, Motion Picture Assn. of America president Jack Valenti told ...

When I first interviewed Jack Valenti 10 years ago, it was for a profile to be published as he faced a congressional battle involving the major movie studios and the television networks. The founding ...

LOS ANGELES - Jack Valenti, the former White House aide and film industry lobbyist who instituted the modern movie ratings system and guided Hollywood from the censorship era to the digital age, died ...

LOS ANGELES — Jack Valenti, the former White House aide and film industry lobbyist who instituted the modern movie ratings system and guided Hollywood from the censorship era to the digital age, died ...