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NEWS ABOUT: Hollywood studios

Hollywood studios stories: 15 news summaries

(Newser) - Studios used to spending August releasing movies from slightly out in left field, free from the pressure of early summer blockbusters, are finding this year more stressful than usual, the New York Times reports. A soft four weeks has put releases such as Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds under pressure to... More »

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Sony • box office • Warner Brothers • Paramount • movie industry • Hollywood studios • summer movies • Inglourious Basterds

Actors Board Narrowly Backs Contract Deal

Pact bumps pay 3.5%
but nixes bucks
for online reruns

Apr 20, 09 1:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A two-year contract narrowly approved by the board of the Screen Actors Guild board would boost pay 3.5% a year, but dodges payment for most online reruns. The pact, which would cover film and TV actors, was passed by just 53% of the newly elected moderate board, and now... More »

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television • Hollywood • labor unions • Screen Actors Guild • movies • Hollywood studios

(Newser) - Nearly 10 months after their previous contract expired, the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood’s major film and TV studios have a tentative agreement for a 2-year deal, the Los Angeles Times reports. Few details of the deal, which must be ratified by the union’s 120,000 members, were... More »

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television • labor • labor unions • contract • Screen Actors Guild • movies • Hollywood studios

YouTube Edging Closer
to Hollywood

Site to offer authorized Hollywood content, may start charging

Apr 16, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube's latest move to add Sony as a partner highlights the delicate balance it's trying to strike between Hollywood and its own roots in "homegrown video," writes Chris Snyder in Wired. The deals with Sony and others authorize the site—under pressure to curb unauthorized uploads—to show... More »

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television • Google • YouTube • video • TV networks • Hulu • Hollywood studios

 Nearing 60, 
 Streep Trumps 
 Hollywood's 
 Old Boys 

The anti-diva, a character actress at heart, is happy to play strong women

Jan 25, 09 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Meryl Streep wasn't surprised when Mamma Mia! took the international box office by storm, and remained equally unfazed at the amazement of execs who hadn't expected the ABBA musical to succeed. The "fellas" who decide what films get made, Streep tells the Independent, "usually make those... More »

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Meryl Streep • women in office • Hollywood studios • Mamma Mia! • Doubt

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

ANALYSIS

 Wall Street's 
 Falling Stars 
 Burn Hollywood 

Studios scale back films, lose capital

Sep 18, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Steven Spielberg is feeling a budget pinch, you know the financial crisis is bad. His hunt for financing on a new studio deal gets tougher with each day of bad news from Wall Street, Time reports. With credit as tough to come by in Hollywood as everywhere else, many... More »

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Wall Street • Hollywood • Steven Spielberg • credit crisis • subprime crisis • Hollywood studios • financial crisis

 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

Hollywood
Getting Its Videogame On

Disney, other studios see thumb-jockeys as new revenue stream

Aug 7, 08 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Videogames, once the bane of Hollywood studios, are making a comeback—and Disney appears to be leading the pack, reports Portfolio. Facing flat box-office sales, dwindling DVD revenues, and fickle TV audiences, the entertainment industry is seeking better ways to make a buck. That means revisiting the lucrative game market... More »

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Disney • video game developers • Hollywood studios • video games

ANALYSIS

 Dark Days Ahead
 for Little Movies 

Big money has bankrolled some bad small films lately; now it's pulling back

Jun 30, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - This has been a banner year for Hollywood blockbusters, but things look dour for explosion-free cinema, David Carr writes in the New York Times reports. Small movies have flooded multiplexes, choking each other out—a sign, producer Mark Gill says, of big-money backing meeting the ease of digital film-making. The... More »

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independent film • film • movie industry • Hollywood studios • art-house movies

 Studios Brace for Actors' Strike 

Production beefed up before contract's expiration

Jun 26, 08 2:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - TV and movie studios are scrambling to be as prepared as possible in the event of an actors' strike when the union contract expires Monday, reports the New York Times. Movie studios had long planned to finish projects by the deadline—and TV studios have been rushing productions... More »

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labor strike • Hollywood writers' strike • Screen Actors Guild • actors' strike • Hollywood studios

Sex Success Bodes Well for Chick Flicks

Fabulous turnout gets studios eyeing female demographic

Jun 7, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The studios were wowed by the huge turnout for Sex and the City, and a slew of sisterly imitations could follow, Variety reports. Movie executives have been leery of chick flicks in the past, and they still hold doubts about projects with slim crossover potential. But with four other... More »

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Hollywood • film • women • Sex and the City • film studio • Hollywood studios

Strike Fears Grow as SAG Talks End Without Deal

Actors' contract talks with studios shut down on bitter note

May 7, 08 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fears of another big Hollywood strike mounted yesterday after strained talks between the studios and the Screen Actors Guild ended without a deal, the Los Angeles Times reports. Negotiations closed on a bitter note after studio representatives walked away, calling the actors' demands unreasonable. "We wanted to stay in... More »

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contract talks • entertainment industry • Screen Actors Guild • actors' strike • AFTRA • Hollywood studios

Absent Original Scripts, Studios Reel in Lit

Post-strike surge doesn't materialize, so execs tap books, mags

Apr 18, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Movie execs counting on a flood of scripts after the writers strike wrapped up in February are snug and dry and turning to books and magazine articles instead, Variety reports. Plump with new fiscal-year budgets, studios are snatching up literary pieces faster than in years past; prison escapes, sunken-ship salvage,... More »

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Hollywood • film studio • movie deal • Hollywood producers • movies • Hollywood studios

 TV Actors Guild
Splits from SAG

More moderate sister union will negotiate on its own

Mar 30, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a move that will complicate upcoming negotiations between actors and Hollywood studios, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists split yesterday from the Screen Actors Guild, its sister union for 27 years. AFTRA shares more than half of its members with SAG, but its more moderate contract goals... More »

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Hollywood • Screen Actors Guild • Hollywood producers • AFTRA • American Federation of Television and Radio Artists • Hollywood studios

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