Become a digitalPLUS subscriber. $12 for 12 weeks.



Sony releases 'The Interview' online after much controversy Amid a swell of controversy, backlash, confusion and threats, Sony Pictures broadly released "The Interview" online Wednesday — an unprecedented counterstrike against the hackers who spoiled the Christmas opening of the comedy depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Helen Dekowski Mazzuca: Yes, am streaming it right now. Korea ain't stopping me! Victor Reynauld: The more this story changes, the more my cynical side believes the entire incident was a marketing ploy for a B-rated movie that, prior to the "controversy," wouldn't have been selling out crowds. ...