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Ansen named a.d. of L.A. film fest
9 November 2009, 7:57 am |
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Film News: Film Independent taps Newsweek critic -- Film Independent has tapped Newsweek film critic David Ansen as artistic director of the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival.
 
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'Football' scores win for NBC in ratings
9 November 2009, 7:16 am |
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TV News: Cowboys vs. Eagles game dominates night -- NBC's highest-rated "Sunday Night Football" sent some rival nets to season lows.
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NCR, MOD launch movie rental kiosks
9 November 2009, 7:00 am |
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Film News: Companies to test on computer memory cards -- With the home entertainment rental market still strong, two companies will begin testing digital downloads on computer memory cards.
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Peter Dunn named to top post at CBS
9 November 2009, 6:46 am |
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Exec Shuffle: Exec to top CBS Television Stations group -- Peter Dunn, head of CBS' flagship Gotham station WCBS, has been upped to prez of the entire CBS Television Stations group.
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Murdoch launches attack on BBC
9 November 2009, 6:43 am |
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International News: News Corp. chief alleges copyright theft -- Rupert Murdoch has ratcheted up the war of words between News Corp. and the BBC, hinting that he would sue the pubcaster for allegedly "stealing" material from his newspapers.
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Interview - Grant Heslov
6 Nov 2009, 12:19 pm |
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The Blind Side - Trailer
5 Nov 2009, 1:46 pm |
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Trailer
4 Nov 2009, 11:53 am |
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Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Disney's action-adventure, 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'
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Salt - Trailer
4 Nov 2009, 11:46 am |
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THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE - Trailer
3 Nov 2009, 1:18 pm |
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Tribeca Prods. partners Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro have made a two-year deal with CBS Television Studios. They are working on a trio of New York-centric projects for CBS and its sister networks, two of which have taken root under the CBS Television Studios pact.
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A Sony Pictures Entertainment release of a Columbia Pictures presentation of a Centropolis production. Produced by Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon, Larry Franco. Executive producers, Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, Michael Wimer. ...
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"Omarosa's Ultimate Merger" will star the now mono-named Omarosa (nee Maingault-Stallworth) as she attempts to choose a mate from a stable of 12 bachelors.
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Winona Ryder is in talks to co-star in Darren Aronofsky's supernatural thriller "Black Swan" opposite Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis.
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Music industry vet Michael Cohl has joined megabudget tuner "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" as the new lead producer, and thesp Reeve Carney has been cast as Peter Parker in the financially challenged show, which producers have confirmed is still expected to happen.
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After a season of twists, turns, trysts and trips (Roma anyone?), we're in the home stretch for what should be a momentous third-season finale for "Mad Men" on Sunday night.
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Presented by Chop Shop, Summit Entertainment and Atlantic Records. Reviewed Nov. 6, 2009.Performers: Death Cab For Cutie, Sea Wolf, Band of Skulls and Anya Marina.
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The channels have jointly picked up the basic cable rights to the off-network syndicated run of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
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Duncan Jones will direct and Mark Gordon will produce with Vendome's CEO Philippe Rousselet and Jordan Wynn. Production is slated to begin during the first quarter.
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While "Disney's A Christmas Carol" (in the widest 3D release to date) saw a muted opening domestically and internationally, Lionsgate's "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" scored a specialty record, with $1.8 million at only 18 runs in the U.S.
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"Twilight" thesp Ashley Greene is heading for a haunting -- she's in talks to star in "The Apparition" for Joel Silver's Dark Castle genre label.
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The Oscar for 'Slumdog Millionaire,' which was one-third in Hindi, with a Muslim hero, was just one omen that the kudos world was changing.
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New shingle for Sacha Baron Cohen
BFDealMemo: Thesp has formed Four by Two Films, his first production shingle.
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BLTv examines the state of television, including notable high- and lowlights, in addition to a couch's-eye-view of the media and the way in which it's covered.
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Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake are heading to Jellystone Park as part of Warner Bros.' live-action/CG animated "Yogi Bear."
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Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale "A Christmas Carol" takes on added dimension this weekend as the widest 3D release of the digital age.
