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'2012' breaks B.O. record in Russia
International News: Pic takes $30 million in two weeks for Sony -- Roland Emmerich's apocalyptic disaster movie "2012" has broken Russian box-office records for a foreign feature, taking $30 million in two weeks, its distrib Sony Pictures Russia said ...
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Austrian government bails out ORF
Weekly TV: Strapped pubcaster gets $240 million -- The Austrian government has come to the rescue of financially strapped pubcaster ORF.
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Niche success gives networks boost
Weekly TV: Series that play to narrower demos show value -- Adults 18-49 remain the grand ratings prize for broadcast television. But some primetime shows that don't win their timeslots in that holiest of demos still offer nifty consolation prizes for ...
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CNN aims for the center
Brian Lowry: Turner cabler works to make plan viable -- John King's promotion to weekday host comes on the heels of CNN solving what liberal activists had labeled its "Lou Dobbs problem,"
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Warren Miller films soar at 60
Weekly Film: Iconic ski films follow flourishing formula -- Warren Miller is one of the most durable franchises in film, seemingly impervious to the whims of the industry. And yet in all its high-flying glory, it retains an unmistakably grassroots ...
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Exhibs, studios war over windows
Weekly Film: Post-theatrical plans create friction in biz -- Many studio execs feel that film schedules need a breath of fresh air, but exhibs are determined to keep the window shut.
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Tiger Gate brands to launch on Now
Asia: KIX and Thrill to draw on 12,000 title library -- Lionsgate's Asian subsid Tiger Gate Ent. has announced that it will launch its pay TV channel brands, KIX and Thrill, on PCCW's Now TV platform in Hong Kong.
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Media giant loses appetite for Turkey
International News: Axel Springer backs out of Dogan Yayin deal -- German publishing giant Axel Springer has backed out of a deal to buy a 29% stake in Turkish group Dogan Yayin due to an ongoing tax dispute between the media company and the Turkish ...
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FilmSharks sells 'Desert' to France
International News: Company expects to close further sales soon -- FilmSharks Intl., a leading sales outfit in Latin America, has sold all French-speaking territory rights for Mexican drama "Desierto Adentro" (The Desert Within) to Paris-based Films ...
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Ventana Sur opens in Argentina
Americas: 'Famous,' 'Hiroshima,' 'Trip' added to event -- Three films from Latin American new talent powerhouses -- Esmir Filho's "The Famous and the Dead," Pablo Stoll's "Hiroshima" and Gerardo Tort's "Round Trip" -- have been added to screenings at ...
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Caetano prepares hitwoman thriller
Americas: 'Mala' to star Argentine actress Natalia Oreiro -- Prominent Argentina-based auteur Adrian Caetano ("Buenos Aires, 1977," "Francia") is prepping "Mala," a hitwoman thriller.
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Disney sells stake in U.K.'s GMTV
International News: ITV swallows early morning broadcaster -- Disney has sold its 25% stake in U.K. breakfast broadcaster GMTV.
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Lachlan Murdoch buys DMG stake
International News: Illyria pays around $96 million in radio deal -- Lachlan Murdoch has finally made his big media purchase Down Under -- albeit not the one the pundits were expecting -- taking a 50% stake in the DMG radio network.
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Nets flourish with fall crop
Weekly TV: New shows shine as reality, crime series fade -- The broadcast networks were on the ropes this television season even before it began -- months before.
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'New Moon' breaks another record
Web Exclusive: Online trailer draws 32.6 million views prior to pic's bow -- According to Visible Measures, the "New Moon" internet spot drew 32.6 million views since last Wednesday.
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Funimation gets Original
International News: Texas-based distrib to make its own toons -- Texas-based Funimation, a leading distrib of Japanese toons to the U.S., has launched Original Entertainment to produce toons.
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Barber, Crowley on Michael Caine
Award Central: Thesp captivates directors of his latest films -- "I like to look for the little movie in England, and I love to give new people a chance," Caine says.
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Caine makes it look easy
Award Central: Actor has enjoyed performing wide range of roles -- No British movie star of the past 50 years is more iconic than Michael Caine, with his golden hair, glasses and Cockney accent.
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Nominated helmers run the gamut
Award Central: Bifa taps into diverse range of Brit pix -- The directors of these films are a varied lot, including a few proteges of noted auteurs.
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Public money for Brit films
Award Central: Biz thinks producers should tap private cash -- This year's British Independent Film Awards confirm the crucial role that BBC Films, Film4 and the U.K. Film Council play in local production.
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Flocking to ‘Fela’
Legit News: Legit opening draws red-carpet crowd in Gotham -- Producers Will and Jada Pinkett Smith didn't show up to the opening of Broadway musical "Fela!"
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Stars align for Caesar
Web Exclusive: ‘Orson Welles’ preem draws a crowd in Gotham -- Gotham personalities packed the Gramercy Park Hotel rooftop Nov. 23 for the "Me and Orson Welles" premiere.
Mayer's 'Battle Studies' tops U.S. album chart
Music News: Singer's collection sells 286,000 in first week -- Singer-guitarist John Mayer's "Battle Studies" tops the latest U.S. album chart, leading half a dozen new titles into the top 10.
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Dubai honors Bachchan
International News: Bollywood idol to receive lifetime achievement award -- The Dubai Film Festival will honor Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan for his outstanding contribution to cinema.
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Pearce hops on to 'Hungry Rabbit Jumps'
Film News: Thesp will star opposite Nicolas Cage, January Jones -- Guy Pearce has signed on to star in the dramatic thriller "Hungry Rabbit Jumps."
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Woody woos Bruni
Film News: French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife to appear in pic -- France's first lady Carla Bruni will appear in Woody Allen's Gaul-set film, due to shoot next summer.
Granada docks at StarHub
TV News: ITV Studios Global Entertainment bows web in Singapore -- ITV Studios Global Entertainment will launch a general entertainment web in Singapore on Tuesday.
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Telco nabs pay tv stake
International News: Spain’s Telefonica takes 21% of Prisa’s Digital Plus -- Telefonica has acquired a 21% stake in Prisa's pay TV platform Digital Plus for $705 million.
Slaves in Their Bonds
Film Reviews: An aristocratic Corfu family propels itself toward rack and ruin the adaptation of Konstantinos Theotokis' classic novel.
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Taylor Lautner to host 'SNL'
Twilight: NBC sketch series taps 'Twilight' hunk -- "New Moon" star Taylor Lautner will host the Dec. 12 edition of "Saturday Night Live," NBC has announced.
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Zero
Film Reviews: Debuting writer-helmer Pawel Borowski attempts an audacious juggling act in "Zero," an intensely thesped criss-crosser that introduces 24 different plotlines intersecting over a 24-hour period. While there's much to admire visually, the ...
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'Heaven' won't budge at Soho
Legit News: Producers spar over venue for 'Jones' transfer -- Producers of "Made in Heaven" said Wednesday they don't intend to give up their berth at Off Broadway's Soho Playhouse -- the venue recently announced as the home of the upcoming transfer ...
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I Saw the Sun
Film Reviews: Turkey's foreign-language film Oscar submission, "I Saw the Sun," is an unsubtle meller centered on two families of Kurdish refugees.
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'Dancing,' 'NCIS' duo top Tuesday
TV Ratings: ABC victors in adults 18-49 demo; CBS tops overall viewers -- ABC and CBS were neck and neck in key categories on the final Tuesday of the November sweep, with the former riding the two-hour "Dancing With the Stars" finale and the latter ...
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Diablo Cody to attend Noir event
International News: Michael Caine expected to join 'Harry Brown' -- Oscar-winning U.S. scribe Diablo Cody will be the guest of honor at Italy's Noir in Festival dedicated to movies and books broadly belonging to the noir genre, where "Jennifer's ...
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BBC may sell stake in Worldwide
Europe: Broadcaster mulls sale of part of commercial arm -- The BBC is understood to have held discussions with financial advisers about the possibility of floating part of BBC Worldwide, its commercial arm.
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Swiss grants bail to Roman Polanski
Film News: Justice Ministry to keep director in jail for now -- A Swiss court has approved Roman Polanski's bail offer of $4.5 million to be released from prison and kept under house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet.
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Swiss court grants bail to Polanski
Film News: Justice Ministry to keep director in jail for now -- A Swiss court has approved Roman Polanski's bail offer of $4.5 million to be released from prison and kept under house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet.
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'Welcome' wins European Lux prize
International News: Lioret film wins $131,000 for subtitling, prints -- "Welcome" by French helmer Philippe Lioret has won the European Parliament's Lux film prize.
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Rohfilms enters 'Mysterious World'
International News: Rizoma produces Moreno black comedy -- Argentina's Rizoma Films, producer of commercial and fest hits like "Who Says It's Easy" and "Gigante," has inked with Germany's Rohfilms to make the next pic from Rodrigo Moreno, helmer of ...
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Hungary's T-Home trials Ozone, Life
International News: Cable channels look at green, health issues -- T-Home, the cable provider for the Magyar Telecom Group, is piloting two pioneering channels in Hungary that tap into growing concern in the country for the environment and healthier ...
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Anima to co-produce CGI pic 'Gaturro'
International News: Deal is part of 3-pic pact with Illusion, Anima -- Mexico's Anima Estudios has inked to co-produce animated feature "Gaturro," which is lead produced by Argentina's Illusion Studios and Toonz Animation India.
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Washington Post to close U.S. bureaus
Publishing News: New York, L.A., Chicago offices to shut -- The Washington Post will close its remaining U.S. bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year to save money and will focus news efforts on covering the nation's ...
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'It' is 3D's lost opportunity
Music News: Jackson docu a big what-if in industry -- Michael Jackson's death, followed by the success of Kenny Ortega's "This Is It," has made the cancelled London concert one of the great what-ifs in showbiz history.
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Beck Media taps McAlister
Technology News: BNC alum to head corporate tech team -- Tom McAlister has joined Beck Media and Marketing as head of its corporate technology team.
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Fox promotes tech trio
Exec Shuffle: Dery, Belston and Peretti promoted -- Pam Dery and Schawn Belston have been upped to senior VP at Fox Filmed Entertainment.
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Pool ((Puru))
Film Reviews: The graceful presentation, detached humor and Buddhist milieu of "Pool" allow life lessons to just float into view.
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Victory Day
Film Reviews: One part "Bourne Identity," one part "Lilya 4-Ever," one part "Death and the Maiden" and a whole lot of Sean Ramsay.
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Bidding to begin on MGM
Front Page: Investment bank to open Lion’s books to bidders -- MGM's murky future should start coming into focus by the end of the year.
Grammy adds to Hall of Fame
Music News: Satchmo tunes jazz up 2010 roster -- The Recording Academy announced 25 additions to its Grammy Hall of Fame on Tuesday, adding to a roster of timeless tunes that now includes 851 titles.
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