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Alphabet tops Family Television nods (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: ABC's 'Lost,' 'Jim,' 'Makeover' earn kudos -- ABC earned top family-friendly kudos Wednesday night, scoring three nods -- including the drama prize, for "Lost" -- at the seventh annual Family Television Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton. |
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Helmers take hold of Premieres docket (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: Big names bow at Sundance -- Seventeen features will headline the Sundance Film Festival's newly streamlined Premieres section, which includes world bows of films by such directors as Terry Zwigoff, Michel Gondry and Nick Cassavetes alongside features by vets including Jonathan Demme and Wim Wenders. |
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Pangs do their part for 'Darkness' (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: Vidgame publisher Majesco also developing a game -- Platinum Studios and Blue Star Pictures have hired the Pang brothers ("Bangkok Dangerous") to direct "The Darkness," based on the comicbook series from Top Cow Prods. |
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Tube dominos fall (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: Rivals sked around 'Idol' -- Now that Fox has decided what it's doing with "American Idol," the other nets are scrambling to finalize their midseason plans. Fox on Tuesday ended weeks of speculation about its scheduling strategy for "Idol" by deciding to do ... pretty much what it said it would do in May. |
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Fremantle taps Endemol program exec (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: Young gets creative for 'Idol' -- Endemol USA exec Eugene Young is leaving that company to take on the newly created role of chief creative officer for "American Idol" producer FremantleMedia North America. |
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'Idol' spinoff now a reality (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: Pact gives cabler original companion skein -- "American Idol" is expanding to cable, with Fox Reality closing a deal for an original "Idol" companion skein to air in conjunction with the show's upcoming fifth season. |
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Weir to steer Depp pic (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: WB taps helmer for 'Shantaram' -- Peter Weir will direct "Shantaram," the Warner Bros. adaptation of the Gregory David Roberts novel that will star Johnny Depp. Weir will develop the script with Eric Roth. WB hopes to begin production late next year. |
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Duo 'Map' Henson course (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: Zeltser, Bickley to adapt Hodgson novel -- The Jim Henson Co. has set Yuri Zeltser and Cary Bickley to adapt Barbara Hodgson suspense novel "The Tattooed Map." Deal reunites the writers with company principal Lisa Henson, who produced with Janet Yang the Fox/Regency pic "High Crimes," which Zeltser and Bickley scripted. |
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Fox sitcoms simple enough for Richie (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: 'Life' star pacts with net for TV deal -- "The Simple Life" star Nicole Richie is pondering the sitcom life, signing a talent deal with 20th Century Fox TV. Under the pact, 20th will look to develop a show around Richie or cast her in a pre-existing project. |
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Miramax goes with Jones (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: Sr. VP worked with topper Battsek at BVI -- Miramax has begun to fill out its exec ranks, naming Kristin Jones as senior veep of production, international development and acquisitions at the Disney specialty arm. |
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IFP honors to 'Capote' (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Exclusives: Gotham Awards will air Dec. 6 on NYC TV -- Sony Pictures Classics and helmer Bennett Miller's "Capote" took the top honor as best pic at the Independent Feature Project's 15th annual Gotham Awards on Wednesday night. Miller walked away with the breakthrough director award. |
Agenda do Samba & Choro
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(SC)Dia Nacional do Samba em Florianópolis (Dec 01 2005 15:59 GMT) - Para comemorar o Dia Nacional do Samba a cidade acorda em festa a partir das 7h, quando o Terminal (de ônibus) de Integração do Centro, se transforma no Terminal do Samba - Ticen. Durante toda a manhã os grupos Bom Partido e Número Baixo vão lev... |
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US Military Propaganda in Iraq: Subverting Democracy in Iraq & at Home (Dec 01 2005 15:57 GMT) - OK, so I wasn't completely surprised to hear NPR report that the Pentagon has been paying a Washington, D.C.-based firm to produce positive stories, translate them into Arabic and have them placed as legitimate news in Baghdad newspapers; still, the kind of arrogance it takes for Donald Rumsfeld to simultaneously claim that the "free press" is flourishing in Iraq amazes even me. But wait! |
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Yet Another MSIE Security Hole (Dec 01 2005 15:57 GMT) - TrojanDownloader:Win32/Delf. DH exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer to download a trojan horse to Windows computers. The vulnerability was reported all the way back in May, but Microsoft has yet to patch it. Everyone who's shocked, please raise your hand. |
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