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Killer Films pacts with Arcady Bay (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film News: 'Terabithia' trio preps Paterson's 'Gilly Hopkins' -- Killer Films has struck a three-pic development deal with Arcady Bay Entertainment, the writing and producing trio behind Disney's "Bridge to Terabithia." |
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Paramount ups LeeAnne Stables (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Front Page: Exec VP to oversee global marketing alliances -- Paramount has upped its top promo-partner wrangler, LeeAnne Stables, to exec VP of worldwide marketing partnerships. |
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United Artists spies Surnow thriller (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film News: Martin Campbell to direct film -- United Artists and Lakeshore Entertainment have set "24" co-creator-exec producer Joel Surnow to develop a contemporary spy thriller that will be directed by "Casino Royale" helmer Martin Campbell. |
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Lionsgate's open to reality venture (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - TV News: Studio gets real with Hirschorn -- Lionsgate is making a splash in the reality TV world, forming a joint venture with the man who put "Flavor of Love" on the air -- VH1 alum Michael Hirschorn. |
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Par, Plan B addicted to memoir pair (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film News: Duo nabs film rights to 'Beautiful Boy,' 'Tweak' -- Paramount Pictures and Plan B have acquired pic rights to the David Sheff memoir "Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction" and the Nic Sheff memoir "Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines." |
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Dolans reportedly join Newsday fray (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Business News: Murdoch's deal complicated by third bid -- A handshake deal for Rupert Murdoch to acquire Newsday has been shaken up by reports of a third bid by Cablevision and the New York Observer's Jared Kushner for the Long Island newspaper. |
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Beloved (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film Reviews: Arnaud Desplechin's lovely, extremely heartfelt film helps redefine the term "homemovie" as the director examines the sad, multilayered life of his grandmother Therese, who died of tuberculosis at 36. |
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Of All the Things (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film Reviews: A long-delayed concert tour turns into a picaresque trip down memory lane for Dennis Lambert, one of the most successful songwriters and producers of the '70s and '80s, in "Of All the Things," a thoroughly engaging doc with enough appeal to reach beyond its presumptive target aud of nostalgic baby boomers. |
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Tribeca trots out 20 fellowships (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film News: Film Institute awards artists $35,000 each -- The Tribeca Film Institute has awarded its 2008 Media Arts Fellowships to 20 filmmakers and media artists, who each receive $35,000. |
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Outlook dim for SAG deal (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Business News: Guild, majors still far apart on key points -- In a development that will amp up strike fears, hopes for a SAG deal with the majors this week have nearly vanished. |
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Scarlett Johansson video premieres (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Music News: 'Lost in Translation' actress unveils 'Falling Down' -- "Falling Down," the first single off of Scarlett Johansson's debut album has hit the net. Check it out and tell us what you think. |
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Katzenburg urges action (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Front Page: Tensions mount over slow digital rollout -- After a year of wooing the industry and the press with positive words and big predictions, Jeffrey Katzenberg let out his frustration with the slow pace of the digital cinema rollout for the first time during DreamWorks Animation's earnings call Tuesday. |
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FX revs up 'Anarchy' for 13 episodes (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - TV News: Motorcycle drama will premiere in September -- FX has placed a 13-episode order for "Sons of Anarchy," a motorcycle drama from Kurt Sutter, exec producer of "The Shield." |
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Milosevic on Trial (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film Reviews: A stirring recap of the World Court's attempt to come to terms with a man whose single act of decency, it seems, was to die mid-trial, ending his attempt to twist civilization to his own legal ends. |
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The Serpent's Teeth (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Legit Reviews: Going under the collective title "The Serpent's Teeth," the two one-act ensemblers -- "Citizens" and "Soldiers" -- each run less than an hour, sharing a thematic inter-relationship and a double duty cast, but both plays have individual identities. |
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Lionsgate sets up 'Pencilneck' (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Web Exclusive: Benderspink will develop comic adaptation -- Lionsgate is launching development of crime thriller "Pencilneck," setting up the indie comicbook miniseries with Chris Bender and JC Spink at their Benderspink shingle. |
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I Am Because We Are (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film Reviews: Little more than a longform PSA about the horrors of life in AIDS-ridden Malawi, one that asks many questions without providing answers. |
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Justice Dept. blocks Regal merger (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Business News: Cinema chain proposed $210 million pact -- The Justice Dept. has moved to block the proposed $210 million merger between Regal Cinemas and Consolidated Theaters, announcing that the deal could not proceed unless both companies divest movie theater assets in three North Carolina cities. |
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Goldfinger - 'Hello Destiny' (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Web Exclusive: Pseudo punk rockers-turned-animal activists Goldfinger return to stores with a disc that does little to distinguish the band as anything other than a Green Day knock-off with a love for God's four-legged creatures. |
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Dizzee Rascal - 'Maths + English' (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Web Exclusive: Disc, a mixed bag of style and continuity, is a sundry affair with danceable beats under hardcore lyrics and plenty of East End slang. |
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Tremblay to head WB Interactive (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Home Ent News: Ex-Vivendi topper to lead all studios, partners -- Warner Bros. has filled the long-vacant post atop its videogame operation by tapping former Vivendi Games worldwide studio topper Martin Tremblay. |
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Bart Got a Room (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film Reviews: A light, funny coming-of-ager set in the endearingly un-hip retirement community of Hollywood, Fla. |
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And All for Love (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Legit Reviews: Alison Lawrence's carefully researched look at the first two women to appear on the English stage. |
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A Nashville State of Mind (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film Reviews: An ambitious but undisciplined doc about the ongoing growth of the alt-music scene in a city better known for commercial country music. |
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Peter Bart gets RAAM Intl. Award (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Publishing News: Editor-in-chief honored for contributions -- Daily Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart, center, received the RAAM Intl. Award on Tuesday from RAAM Management's Rob Arthur, left, and Tony Meehan. |
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The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Legit Reviews: In downtown theater, Elevator Repair Service has long been dubbed an Important Company, earning an adventurous reputation with wild, literary-minded experiments like a 6½ hour adaptation of "The Great Gatsby." |
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Paramount to bow Blu-ray (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Home Ent News: 'Spiderwick Chronicles' will be first big release -- Paramount Home Entertainment, the last remaining HD DVD holdout among the studios, will bow its first Blu-ray discs next month and its first day-and-date Blu-ray release one month later with "The Spiderwick Chronicles." |
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Jonathan Fischer joins Groundswell (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Exec Shuffle: New COO/CFO replaces Peter Herzig -- Jonathan Fischer has joined Groundswell Prods. as the company's chief operating officer/chief financial officer. He will oversee the 2-year-old indie's day-to-day business and finance operations and strategic initiatives. |
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The Night of the Iguana (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Legit Reviews: As sunrise signals the weary end of "The Night of the Iguana," play's saintly surrogate stands outside a dilapidated Mexican hotel to pray that God let them all "stop now. ? It's so quiet here, now." |
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She & Him (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Music Reviews: When most thesps try their hand at warbling, they usually treat live performances like they're auditioning for the part of "Rock Star No. 1." More often than not, they display an unconvincing false bravado, a series of poses and attitudes that never quite add up. But not Zooey Deschanel, the winsomely adorable actress who is the She of She & Him (the Him being singer-songwriter and indie-rock utilityman M. |
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Were the World Mine (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film Reviews: With limited funds, debut features helmer Tom Gustafson expands his short "Fairies" into a full-scale musical in "Were the World Mine." |
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - DVD Reviews: ?The Diving Bell and the Butterfly? was overlooked at this year?s Oscars, where it received nominations for best director, screenplay, cinematography and editing. |
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Head Wind (Baad-e-daboor) (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film Reviews: An Iranian paradox: Officially, many things are not permitted, yet with Persian ingenuity, almost everything is possible. |
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The Objective (Apr 30 2008 02:59 GMT) - Film Reviews: A CIA man takes a special-ops team on a mysterious mission in Afghanistan just after 9/11 in "The Objective," from Daniel Myrick. |
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