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It's been a banner year for Saturday Night Live, which has enjoyed record ratings since Tina Fey first teased her hair, donned a bracelet-sleeve blazer, and started dropping her g's in a parody of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin ...
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In a deal with Media Rights Capital, the independent film and television studio, M. Night Shyamalan is poised to make the jump from master of suspense to mini-mogul. Under the partnership struck in July, Shyamalan and Media Rights Capital ...
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It's safe to say that Jon Feltheimer, C.E.O. of Lions Gate, is having a bad week. Lions Gate stock, though up from a low of $6.05 last week, has plunged to territory not seen since 2005. Yesterday, Nikki Finke reported ...
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A male movie star in the angst-ridden lead role. A gimmicky central conceit. A near-constant threat of torture or death. The formula worked for Fox, which turned 24 into a smash hit when it debuted in 2001. It's on shakier ...
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W., the man -- a.k.a. George W. Bush -- sees the world in black and white. W. the movie, Oliver Stone's two-hour-plus portrait of the 43rd president of the United States, paints things more in shades of gray. As ...
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With his inevitable self-deprecation, Paul Newman once said that the downside of his successes with his Newman's Own line of foods was that "my salad dressing is out-grossing my films." In reality, his box-office draw showed an enviable growth ...
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Think of all the producers or directors who have the pull to plunk down at the studio of his choice and make any film he pleases. It's a short list, even in the best of times. Steven Spielberg would ...
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Ed Harris was editing his new movie, Appaloosa, in February when he was interrupted by what sounded like very bad news: The studio producing the film, New Line Cinema, was being absorbed into Warner Bros. Worse, Harris's sponsors, longtime ...
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As gushers of new money pour into Hollywood from India, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, we offer the newcomers a little heads up about the ways of the Wild West ...
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The stellar performance of superhero movies again this summer is enough to make you wonder if the film industry has figured out a way to bottle zeitgeist. You need look no further than the summer's two tallest action-figure tent ...
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The current financing woes of MGM and United Artists chief Harry Sloan serve to remind us of the principle that it's seldom a good strategy to sort of be in the feature film business ...
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Director Paul W.S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt have quietly made over a half-billion in box office; now can their Death Race beat a law suit? ...
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All was bright hope when Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner left Sumner Redstone's Paramount to plant a new flag at UA--but word came today Wagner is leaving ...
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Woody Allen's five-decade career made him a legendary New Yorker--now, thanks to an infusion of European dough, he's largely decamped ...
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Actor/comedian Bernie Mac, though recently reported to be stable after a bout with pneumonia, has died at 50 in a Chicago hospital ...
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Storied manager and producer Bernie Brillstein knew how to discover and nuture talent--and also how to maximize the earnings that talent could bring him ...
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Ben Stiller wrote, directed, produced and stars in Tropic Thunder--but his portrayal of a quote, "full retard" in the film is stirring controversy ...
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His upcoming Pineapple Express will show just how tight Judd Apatow is holding Hollywood's makhers by their most delicate parts ...
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Directors such as Apatow, Smith and Snyder have become brands unto themselves and don't want to lose that to the corporate side of the movie business ...
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Transformers and Indy 4 star Shia LeBeouf was booked on suspicion of D.U.I. following a late-night crash in West Hollywood ...
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