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NEWS ABOUT: MGM

MGM stories: 10 news summaries

 Hollywood Heads Roll 
 as DVD Sales Plunge 

New studio heads place bets on 'branded entertainment'

Oct 8, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - In previous downturns, the corporate owners of America's movie studios would cut Hollywood some slack. Not anymore: these days, the corporate suites of LA look like the aftermath of a slasher flick, with old hands kicked out at Disney, Universal, MGM, and Paramount. With DVD sales down 25% and... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Disney • recession • Universal Pictures • Paramount • MGM • movie industry • firing

 YouTube to Offer MGM Movies, TV Episodes

Internet site to announce new partnership with studio

Nov 10, 08 2:43 AM CST
(Newser) - YouTube and MGM are about to announce a partnership in which movies and TV shows will be offered on the video-sharing website, reports the New York Times. The deal is part of a strategy by YouTube owner Google to cozy up to Hollywood in a bid to compete with rival... More »

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Viacom • YouTube • NBC • copyright • Fox • Hulu • MGM • American Gladiators • Digital Millenium Copyright Act • Bulletproof Monk • Magnificent Seven • Legally Blonde • Deloitte & Touche

 Cruise's Partner Quits UA

Actor's new role is trying to revive his own career

Aug 14, 08 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The next mission impossible for Tom Cruise may be reviving his own career, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Cruise's business partner Paula Wagner is quitting her job as CEO of United Artists just weeks after her husband, Cruise's agent Rick Nicita, left CAA. The changes likely reflect the star's unhappiness... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Tom Cruise • Claus von Stauffenberg • Valkyrie • DreamWorks • Paula Wagner • United Artists • MGM • The Last Samurai • Tropic Thunder • Rick Nicita • Morgan Creek • Mission: Impossible • Vanilla Sky

Weinsteins Sign 7-Year Deal
With Showtime

Films will replace slate lost when Paramount bailed in April

Jul 15, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Showtime and the Weinstein Company have inked an exclusive 7-year movie deal, giving the pay TV network a replacement for the slate of films it lost when Paramount, MGM, and Lionsgate decamped in April and teamed up to launch a rival network, Variety reports. Showtime had balked at what it... More »

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Hollywood • cable TV • Showtime • Paramount Pictures • Harvey Weinstein • Lionsgate • MGM • The Weinstein Company • Variety magazine

OPINION

 Dance
 Icon Cyd
 Charisse
 Dies at 86 

She was a frequent partner of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly

Jun 17, 08 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cyd Charisse, who gained renowned as a graceful dancer in the golden age of Hollywood musicals as a partner of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died today of cardiac arrest at age 86, Variety reports. Known for her beauty and long legs, the 5-6 Charisse gained acclaim in movies such... More »

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Hollywood • dancing • MGM

Movie Studios to Create Premium Channel

MGM, Paramount, Lionsgate joint venture would target HBO

Apr 21, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paramount Pictures, MGM Studios, and Lionsgate are creating a premium TV channel to compete with HBO and Showtime, reports the Los Angeles Times, which currently showcase their programming. The joint venture comes as those same channels look to pay studios less for movies and pursue production of their own content. More »

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television • Viacom • HBO • Showtime • Paramount Pictures • United Artists • MGM

 Warners Swallows New Line

Studio falls in latest Hollywood cost-cutting move

Feb 29, 08 3:06 AM CST
(Newser) - New Line Cinema, the studio that created the Lord of the Rings blockbuster franchise, will be folded into the Warner Brothers unit of Time Warner, reports the Los Angeles Times. It's a cost-cutting move and part of a trend that has seen DreamWorks swallowed by Viacom, and Miramax downsized... More »

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Viacom • Time Warner • Comcast • Sony • Disney • DreamWorks • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • Warner Brothers • Miramax • MGM • Austin Powers • Bob Shaye • Michael Lynne • Richard Bewkes

Tom Cruise's
United Artists Cutting Deal With Writers

Movie studio first
to break ranks

Jan 6, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - United Artists, the independent production unit of MGM controlled by actor Tom Cruise, is expected to soon finalize a deal with striking Hollywood writers modeled on the one made by producers for talk-show host David Letterman, the Los Angeles Times reports. United Artists will likely grant some key demands of... More »

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Tom Cruise • film studio • Paula Wagner • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • United Artists • MGM • movies

Things That Won't Shake
The Media World in 2008

BusinessWeek columnist takes a stab at '08 predictions

Dec 28, 07 7:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Overloaded with prediction lists, Business Week polishes the crystal ball and looks ahead to see what won't happen in the media world  in 2008.
  1. The writers won't win the current strike
  2. DreamWorks isn't going to leave Paramount after all
  3. Apple won't reinvent TV viewing
  4. "Juno" won't win
... More »

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media • Google • Indiana Jones • Katie Couric • Apple • list • Pixar • Disney • Fox Business Network • DreamWorks • Paramount • predictions • Hollywood writers' strike • Juno • MGM

Jackson to Helm Hobbit

His Rings lawsuit resolved, Jackson embarks on prequel

Dec 18, 07 5:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Peter Jackson has resolved his lawsuit with New Line and plans to helm two much-hyped Hobbit films, the first due out in 2010, according to an Entertainment Weekly interview with MGM chief Harry Sloan. Jackson will co-write and may direct one or both films—unless he and New Line's Bob... More »

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Peter Jackson • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • hobbits • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Screen Actors Guild • J.R.R. Tolkein • Metro Goldwyn Mayer • MGM • actor

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