Paramount Pictures Corporation (commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, and formerly known as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) is a film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood. It is a subsidiary of US media conglomerate Viacom. Paramount is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). It has distributed several successful film series, such as Transformers, Mission: Impossible, the Marvel Cinematic Universe series (2008–11), Indiana Jones (1981–2008), The Godfather, Star Trek, Jack Ryan, Jackass, The Bad News Bears, Beverly Hills Cop, "Crocodile" Dundee, Paranormal Activity, Friday the 13th, G.I. Joe and Terminator. It is the world's fourth oldest continuously-operating major film studio, the third being Universal Studios, the two oldest being the French studios Gaumont Film Company and Pathé.
In 2014, Paramount Pictures was the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all its films in digital-form only.
In 2014, Paramount Pictures was the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all its films in digital-form only.
Those wishing to visit Paramount Pictures can take studio tours, which are offered seven days a week. Reservations are required, and can be made by visiting the tour website. The tour offers a behind-the-scenes look at the current operations of the studio, and what can be seen varies day to day. Most of the buildings on the tour are named for historical Paramount executives or the artists that worked at Paramount over the years. Many of the stars' dressing rooms have been converted into working offices. The stages where Samson and Delilah, Sunset Blvd., White Christmas, Rear Window, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and many other classic films were shot are still in use today. The studio's backlot set, "New York Street", features numerous blocks of facades that depict a number of New York locales: "Washington Square", (where some scenes in The Heiress, starring Olivia de Havilland, were shot) "Brooklyn", "Financial District", and others. Led by a guide on a golf cart, the tour takes approximately two hours.
by The Centurion December 14, 2014
"They invited me over to their dorm room to watch a movie, put something on Paramount, and then jumped all over me."
"They paramount and pounced me!"
"They paramount and pounced me!"
by fbmtoo November 17, 2021
AI Sponge followers: Time for some comedy gold
*Paramount takes down the AI Sponge stream*
AI Sponge followers: FUCK PARAMOUNT
*Paramount takes down the AI Sponge stream*
AI Sponge followers: FUCK PARAMOUNT
by NepgearAfficionado June 30, 2023
A slut; one who sleeps with multiple partners, often without any prior knowledge of who they are; named for the outrageous population of sluts enrolled at Paramount High School.
That girl is a huge paramount girl.
Dude, last night at that party I totally fucked that paramount girl!
Dude, last night at that party I totally fucked that paramount girl!
by themothershippilot July 1, 2011
1) Keeping Cincinnati, Ohio on the map since 1972. The Reds and Bengals don't cut it.
2) Home of the world's longest woody: The Beast.
3) The only place in the world where you can ride Lara Croft.
4) Better than Cedar Point.
5) PKI Breaks records too damnit.
2) Home of the world's longest woody: The Beast.
3) The only place in the world where you can ride Lara Croft.
4) Better than Cedar Point.
5) PKI Breaks records too damnit.
I went to Kings Island and realized it was better than Cedar Point after I rode the world's longest woody at night.
by zoomzoom November 30, 2004
A theme park in Doswell, Virginia.
Used to be good, before the Paramount took over, in the early '90s, taking away our precious Season Pass Holder gates, and putting gay restrictions in.
Used to be good, before the Paramount took over, in the early '90s, taking away our precious Season Pass Holder gates, and putting gay restrictions in.
by Leiko October 6, 2004
This is a theme park that is located about 20 miles Northeast of Cincinnati. Quite popular in the area, it is common to act as a hub for the teens, young adults, and families, as well as the local obese, smokers, rednecks, and white trash. The obese, however, are the rejects of the rejects at Kings Island. I have witnessed several instances of our unhealthily overweight friends being denied passage on the roller coasters due to seat size, and possibly maximum weight capacities. Then, instead of taking advantage of the opportunity to exercise by walking around the theme park, severely fat people rent mobility scooters instead. Wow. The smokers merely set the general aroma that is often associated with King’s Island. Rednecks always capitalize the “Take a friend Tuesday” offer that comes with a Gold Season Pass Upgrade, usually in the form of purchasing an average of 5 passes per family, then going to P.K.I. with the whole family every Tuesday. As for the white trash, just imagine a combination of the last three groups of people. That’s right. A 300 pound, 45 year old woman waving around a cigarette, donning a two piece bathing suit. “Things that make you go buhuhuh”. How are the rides? Well, before you ride the Son Of Beast, or S.O.B., as I call it, make sure that you are: A- under 5 foot 6, B- purchase a personal hydraulic system for your seat, and C- inject novocaine into your midsection. Top Gun, like a couple other rides, is over-rated. It’s about 15 seconds long. Drop Zone is a 200-somethin foot tower that, you guessed it, takes you up and drops you. Compare to smoking crack. If you are within spittin’ distance of this ride, wear a poncho. I didn’t, and I barely survived. All of the rides with lap-bars had seatbelts recently installed, so there is always some idiot that takes 5 minutes to open their lap bar, then they get all excited once they figure out how to open it, try and jump up, but realize their seatbelt is still on. The scariest ride in the park is Face Off. Like Top Gun and Drop Zone, it’s named after a movie. The seats face each other on a hanging train. What’s so scary about it? Well, you just might be stuck facing one of those fat women wearing a two-piece, and she just might puke skyline chili all over your paranoid ass, since remember, she’s facing you. Viking Fury is a must ride, but you are a pussy if you sit in the middle. Stay out of the pond that is in front of it; a 4-foot long monster fish lives in there. Overall, the park remains quite successful, though it doesn’t even compare to Cedar Point. If you don’t visit King’s Island very often, or never have, go ahead, spend some time there. If you are a local teen or young adult that has visited the place so many times that you can relate to most of this shit, there is a movie theatre only a half a mile down the road. Go there for a change.
A lugee falling 200-somethin feet from Drop Zone to land on my body was probability’s way of reminding me that I nearly spend too much time at the damned place.
by Paultheman June 27, 2005