NBC's Hurricane Sandy Telethon Draws $23M in Pledges
NBC's benefit concert for Superstorm Sandy victims drew nearly $23 million in donations to the American Red Cross, the network announced Sunday.New Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi and...
View ArticleInside Lucasfilm's Tangled Web of Rights: What Disney Bought for $4B
The Walt Disney Company will have to untangle a complicated multi-studio web of rights in order to fully exploit its massive purchase last week of George Lucas' most memorable characters.The Mouse...
View ArticleCrowdfunder Indiegogo and JuntoBox Collaborate to Fund Filmmakers (Exclusive)
JuntoBox Films, a social platform that seeks to connect films, fans and funding, is joining forces with the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to help filmmakers looking to get their projects made, the...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable Misses Q3 Earnings Projections on Lower Demand
Time Warner Cable Inc, the second largest U.S. cable operator, reported a quarterly profit that missed estimates as a continuing decline in video subscribers offset rising demand for its high-speed...
View ArticleLionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns Signs New Long-Term Contract
Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns has signed a new long-term employment agreement extending through October of 2017, the company announced today. Burns joined Lionsgate's board of directors in 1999...
View ArticleNetflix Shareholder Rights Plan Designed to Stave Off Hostile Takeovers
Netflix has adopted a "shareholder rights" plan designed to defend the company against takeover attempts by the likes of Carl Icahn, who last week acquired a 10 percent stake in the company after...
View ArticlePresidential Election: Rupert Murdoch's Guessing Game (Updated)
Rupert Murdoch seems worried that the election will go to President Obama. For the last few days, the News Corporation CEO and voracious Twitter opiner has been flooding his feed with messages warning...
View Article6 Hollywood Guilds Urge Members to Vote 'No' on Prop. 32
Six entertainment-industry unions urged members to vote against Proposition 32, legislation that would prohibit guilds from using payroll deductions for political purposes. The Directors Guild of...
View ArticleSlate Is (Mostly) Voting for Obama
Slate's editorial staff will vote almost exclusively for President Obama on Tuesday. The online magazine's top editors and producers disclosed their presidential picks in a post on Monday morning, and...
View ArticleRatings: Fox Animated Comedies Take Hit as NBC Wins With Football
Fox's Animation Domination slate returned after four weeks to an an across-the-board slide in the ratings Sunday night, while "Sunday Night Football" rose to give NBC a ratings win, according to...
View ArticlePGA to Honor J.J. Abrams With Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
The Producers Guild of America announced it will honor award-winning television and film producer and director J.J. Abrams with the 2013 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television. The award will be...
View ArticleCBS Strikes Deal With Hulu Plus to Stream TV Library
CBS and Hulu have reached a licensing agreement to stream CBS's television library, including "Star Trek," "Medium" and "CSI: Miami," on Hulu's Hulu Plus subscription service, CBS said Monday. The...
View ArticleWar Widow's Lawsuit Says Nat Geo, Fox Depicted Dead Husband's Body, Aired...
An Army staff sergeant's widow says in a lawsuit against National Geographic and Fox that a documentary from the companies depicted her husband's dead body and showed a private family photo she...
View ArticleOscar Buzz Pushes David O. Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook' into Early...
David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," an early Oscar contender, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, will debut a week early in select markets, The Weinstein Company announced...
View ArticleMTV Launches Fundraiser for 'Jersey Shore' Site Ravaged by Sandy
"Jersey Shore" might be wrapping up its run, but the spirit of goodwill and humanity that the MTV reality hit has inspired will carry on. MTV will air a one-hour fundraising special to help out Seaside...
View ArticleMarlee Matin Calls 'SNL' Deaf Signing Skit 'Dumb' (Video)
Marlee Matlin criticized a "Saturday Night Live" sketch that imagined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie working with a sign-language interpreter brimming with Jersey attitude. The Oscar winner says it was...
View ArticleWhy 'Skyfall' Will Be Biggest Bond Ever at the Box Office
The sky isn't falling! The sky isn't falling!In fact, releasing "Skyfall" to foreign audiences 10 days ahead of its domestic release is a ploy that will pay off nicely: It will help make the first Bond...
View ArticleWriters Guild East, The Black List Form Partnership
The Writers Guild of America, East has partnered with the Black List, which produces an annual list of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood as chosen by industry executives, the union announced...
View ArticleCBS's 'Elementary' Gets Prized Post-Super Bowl Slot
CBS's freshman Sherlock Holmes drama "Elementary" will get a big boost in February, when it airs following Super Bowl XLVII, the network said Monday. The series, which stars Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy...
View ArticleThai Thriller '6ixtynin9' Acquired for U.S. Remake
Submarine Entertainment's genre label Torpedo Pictures has acquired the English-language remake rights to the Thai thriller, "6ixtynin9," the filmmakers announced on Monday at AFM. The original film...
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