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Finke Has Hollywood Running Scared


Jul 17, 09 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Few people in Hollywood have ever seen the hermit-like Nikki Finke, but they fear her anyway, David Carr reports in the New York Times. Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily blog has become essential reading for tinseltown players, a source of scoops and gossip that afflict the powerful. "In... More »

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Hollywood • blog • entertainment industry • TV industry • new media • movie industry • Nikki Finke

 Cannes Prepares 
 for a Quieter Festival 

Economic woes put the breaks on Croisette craziness

May 12, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival opens tomorrow with a screening of the new Pixar film Up, but this year the glitzy two-week movie fest on the French Riviera may be a low-key affair, writes the Hollywood Reporter. Yachts have gone unrented, Vanity Fair has canceled its annual party, and movie execs... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • France • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Pixar • Ang Lee • French Riviera • film deal • movie industry • Pedro Almodovar • Jay-ZTV

New Orleans Builds on Hollywood-Friendly Rep

Films provide critical revenue to city

Apr 30, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie projects like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button have provided valuable revenue to beleaguered New Orleans, and new studio and soundstage developments aim to ensure the city has all the amenities filmmakers need to complete their projects. The city is getting 600,000 feet of soundstages—needed to shoot... More »

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entertainment • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • reconstruction • revenue • film studio • movie industry

Will Americans See Ledger's Last Film?

Distributors aren't exactly fighting over indie Parnassus

Feb 24, 09 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Heath Ledger’s highly anticipated last film, the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, is having an inordinate amount of trouble landing a US distributor, reports Steven Zeitchik in the Hollywood Reporter. Over the summer, Lionsgate, Overture, and others were lining up for the rights, but since then... More »

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Heath Ledger • Terry Gilliam • movie industry • movies • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus • indie film

(Newser) - The Oscars indicate who Hollywood thinks deserves a statue, but if you want to know what insiders really think about stars, start talking money. Forbes did just that, asking industry vets to rank talent based on their ability to make a project pop, from early hype to DVD sales.... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Leonardo DiCaprio • film • Johnny Depp • business • money • box office • Forbes • Will Smith • actor • movie industry

(Newser) - Julia Roberts is poised to step back into the spotlight with next month’s Duplicity, and Hollywood is hoping she can do again what none of her successors has been able to—pull boffo box office, the New York Times reports. “It’s just so clearly there,... More »

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Hollywood • film • Julia Roberts • box office • Clive Owen • actor • movie industry • new release • Danny Moder

Movie Remake Sparks Intergenerational Catfight

'I might be mad
if I looked like that
now too,' Duff says

Feb 4, 09 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Faye Dunaway is less than thrilled about her Bonnie and Clyde successor—and Hilary Duff is fighting back. "Couldn't they have at least cast a real actress?" asked Dunaway, 68, star of the 1967 original. The 21-year-old Story of Bonnie and Clyde star got in a dig of her... More »

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celebrity • feud • movie industry • Hilary Duff • Faye Dunaway • Bonnie and Clyde

OPINION

Critic's Confession: Seeing Oscar Movies Is a Big Pain

Getting to the theater a problem

Jan 2, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - There are 7 weeks left until the Oscars, and if you start now, and get to the theater every other day, you might just be able to see all the contenders. Hollywood has made being an Oscarphile tough work, writes David Carr of the New York Times. After months... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • movie industry • movies • movie theaters • Oscars • prestige movies

 Kidman to Play 1st Transexual 


Nov 10, 08 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Nicole Kidman has landed the plum role of the world's first post-op transexual, and Charlize Theron will play her spouse, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Kidman will also produce The Danish Girl, which is based on David Ebershoff's novel. It tells a fictionalized version of the true story of... More »

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Nicole Kidman • transexualism • movie industry • Charlize Theron • The Danish Girl • David Ebershoff • Einar Wegener • Greta Wegener

YouTube in Talks
to Show Full Movies

Could have service within 90 days

Nov 8, 08 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Full-length Hollywood movies will soon be streaming on YouTube, reports CNET. The site's parent company, Google, is in promising talks and could have offerings from at least one major studio online within a month. “It's going to happen,” said one executive with knowledge of the deal. “I... More »

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media • Google • YouTube • online videos • movie industry • Hollywood studios

 Web Eats Hollywood's 
 Hedge Against Recession 

Free online content elbows out movies, TV as consumers trim expenses

Oct 29, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rise of free online content threatens to tarnish Hollywood's long-held belief that it is recession-proof, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tinseltown thrived in previous downturns, but with escapism now just a click of the mouse away, thrifty consumers are cutting cable subscriptions and movie tickets from their budgets. More »

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Hollywood • recession • Netflix • Hulu • online movie rentals • movie industry • financial crisis



 Crisis, 
 Schmisis: 
 Wall Street 
 Sequel Is on 

Michael Douglas
may be back as
Gordon Gekko

Oct 14, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Had enough of real-life Wall Street? Well, 20th Century fox has a sequel to the 1987 movie in the works, Variety reports. Michael Douglas hasn't officially signed on, but the story centers on his character, Gordon Gekko, as he gets out of prison. Charlie Sheen's Bud Fox won't make an... More »

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Wall Street • Hollywood • Gordon Gekko • movie industry • Michael Douglas • 20th Century Fox

 Blind to Protest Blindness Flick 

Activists claim it portrays blind as incapable

Oct 1, 08 11:47 AM CDT
(AP) - Blind people quarantined in a mental asylum, attacking each other, soiling themselves, and trading sex for food. Such a scenario, as shown in the movie Blindness, is not a clever allegory for a breakdown in society, says the president of the National Federation of the Blind. It plans to protest... More »

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film • protests • blindness • National Federation for the Blind • movie industry

 Disney Tailors Flick for Miley 

Notebook author Sparks commissioned to write screenplay for film starring Cyrus

Sep 17, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Disney has asked Nicholas Sparks, author of The Notebook and Message in a Bottle, to write a screenplay tailor-made to star Miley Cyrus in an attempt to sell the tween queen to a more adult audience, Variety reports. More »

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Disney • Miley Cyrus • film deal • movie industry • Nicholas Sparks

 Kidman Is Most Overpaid Actor 

Ex-husband makes the list, too

Sep 10, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With an ignominious 1:1 ratio of salary to receipts, Nicole Kidman snags the top spot on Forbes’ list of most overpaid movie stars. In other words, her films make a mere $1 for every dollar she’s paid, an average $15 million per flick. Ex-husband Tom Cruise is close... More »

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Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • film • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Cate Blanchett • Jennifer Lopez • Cameron Diaz • Drew Barrymore • Jennifer Garner • Nicolas Cage • actor • Will Ferrell • movie industry • movies • Jim Carrey

Hollywood
Movie Glut Wallops Indies

Many go straight to DVD as too many films vie for screens

Sep 3, 08 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A surplus of Hollywood movies is forcing many independent films off the big screen, and driving down box office takes for those that do make it, reports the Wall Street Journal. Mainstream films with bankable stars are being sent straight-to-DVD, as too many movies fight for too few theater slots... More »

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Hollywood • independent film • film • finance • movie industry • movies

 Summer Movies Smash Record

Blockbusters boost studios to record-breaking sales

Aug 28, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood studios are reeling in their highest-grossing summer ever, the Los Angeles Times reports. Domestic ticket sales stand at $3.9 billion, up from last year's record-breaking summer. A steady stream of smash hits—and higher ticket prices—accounted for the record take, more than making up for costly flops... More »

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Universal Studios • Disney • box office • The Dark Knight • Warner Brothers • Paramount • movie industry • movies • Hollywood studios • Iron Man • 20th Century Fox

 Jolie Takes Role
 Meant for
 Cruise

Spy thriller lead must undergo gender change

Aug 12, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - What Angelina Jolie wants, she gets. The actress is nearing a deal to play the lead in a spy thriller originally intended for Tom Cruise, Variety reports. The well-regarded script, Edwin A. Salt, is the story of a CIA agent on the run from espionage charges. Should Jolie seal the... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Tom Cruise • celebrity • movie industry

 Ex-Bush Aide:
 Swing Vote
 Stole My Story 

Talking head sues, saying he gave similar script to Grammer

Aug 8, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(AP) - An ex-Bush aide has sued Kevin Costner, Kelsey Grammer, and Disney, claiming the plot and marketing elements of the recently released movie Swing Vote were originally his, the AP reports. Bradley Blakeman, now a TV commentator, says in a federal lawsuit that he gave Grammer a screenplay that the Frasier... More »

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Walt Disney Co. • lawsuit • copyright infringement • movie industry • Kelsey Grammer • Kevin Costner • Swing Vote

 MTV to Remake Rocky Horror 

May add new tunes to cult classic

Jul 24, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - MTV will remake the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Variety reports. Lou Adler, the executive producer of the original film, will stick to the original screenplay, but the new rendition may include additional songs. There’ve been no casting or directing decisions yet, but Adler wants to... More »

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MTV • movie industry • movie remakes • The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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