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Steven Spielberg stories: 53 news summaries

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 A Look Back at 
 Movies of the '00s 

Which films will be remembered, and which ones deserve it?

Nov 14, 09 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The shifting sands of entertainment technology make a look at the past decade's movies a tricky proposition simply because standing the test of time means something different almost daily. "The possibility of a digital, on-demand afterlife guarantees at least a theoretically universal long-tail immortality to blockbusters and curiosities alike,... More »

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entertainment • Steven Spielberg • independent film • film • Coen brothers • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • Joel and Ethan Coen • movies • film criticism • indie film • 2000s

TELL-ALL

 Ex-Aide: Clinton 
 Got a Little 
 Too Close 

Here's a shocker: President Clinton liked the ladies, and the ladies liked him

Sep 29, 09 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Monica. President Clinton had his eye on another young political staffer, and she’s recounting at least one incident with him in her upcoming tell-all. During the 2000 G8 Summit in Japan, Clinton allegedly called Stacy Parker Aab, then 26, to his room and embraced her on the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Steven Spielberg • Bill Clinton • Monica Lewinsky • scandal • Kate Capshaw • Stacy Parker Aab

 Top-Earning 
 Celebs  
 Over 50 

Successful franchises pay out for their creators in 2008

Aug 13, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes ranks the entertainment industry’s top earners age 50 and older in the last year:
  1. Oprah, 55, $275 million. Viewership for her show may be waning, but Winfrey’s diverse enterprises, from a magazine to satellite radio to her Harpo production company, remain wildly profitable.
  2. George Lucas,
... More »

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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • Jerry Seinfeld • Oprah Winfrey • George Lucas • Star Wars • Madonna • Jerry Bruckheimer

(Newser) - Steven Spielberg pulled a rabbit out of his hat today and signed on to adapt the Pulitzer Prize–winning play Harvey as his next film, Variety reports. First put on the big screen in 1950 starring Jimmy Stewart, the film about a man's friendship with a giant, invisible bunny is... More »

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entertainment • Steven Spielberg • play • DreamWorks • adaptation • movie adaptations

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie has dethroned Oprah as the world's most powerful celebrity, says Forbes in its annual top 100 list. Oprah may make more money, but Jolie's constant media buzz and string of blockbusters give her the edge. Here's the top 10:
  1. Angelina Jolie
  2. Oprah
  3. Madonna
  4. Beyoncé
  5. Tiger Woods
... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Steven Spielberg • Kobe Bryant • Brad Pitt • Tiger Woods • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • Jennifer Aniston • Bruce Springsteen • Beyonce • Madonna • Forbes magazine

 Strange Movie Facts, Take 1  

Discover lists 20 little-known cinematic tidbits

Jun 3, 09 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Did you know film’s been around since 1887? Or that an IMAX projector is so bright, if aimed upward it could be seen from space? Discover lists 20 little-known movie facts:
  • Thomas Edison’s firm made the first motion-picture camera in 1891—but didn’t invent a projector.
... More »

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Steven Spielberg • film • Jaws • Thomas Edison • IMAX

Twitter and Facebook Come to Xbox 360

Microsoft console gets motion-sensor camera, Spielberg to show it

Jun 1, 09 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a bid to make its Xbox 360 more interactive, Microsoft is bringing Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm, a lightning-speed video service, and—brace yourself—a motion-sensing camera that knows who you are just by reading your face to the console, Ars Technica reports. The company even brought in Steven Spielberg... More »

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Paul McCartney • Steven Spielberg • Tiger Woods • Facebook • video game console • camera • Xbox 360 • Beatles • Xbox Live • Ringo Starr • Twitter

MLK's Kids Bicker Over Spielberg Biopic

Siblings plan to fight Dexter King's sale of movie rights to their father's life

May 20, 09 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sale of the movie rights to Martin Luther King Jr.'s life has revived the feud among his three surviving children, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Martin Luther King III and Bernice King say their brother Dexter—chief executive of the King estate—only informed them of the plans for... More »

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Steven Spielberg • DreamWorks • Martin Luther King Jr. • movie deal • movie rights • civil rights movement • Martin Luther King III • biopic • Bernice King • Dexter King

(Newser) - The first authorized biopic of Martin Luther King Jr. will be a Steven Spielberg production. The filmmaker's DreamWorks studio has obtained the rights from King's family, NPR reports. No word yet on whether Spielberg himself will direct or who will play the main role (Denzel? Jamie Foxx?). King’s children... More »

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entertainment • Steven Spielberg • film • DreamWorks • Martin Luther King Jr. • civil rights movement • biopic • Dexter King • American history

DreamWorks Nails Down
Disney Deal

Spielberg's studio to get financing, distribution for six films a year

Feb 9, 09 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks has secured a distribution deal with Disney, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the agreement, Disney will handle marketing and distribution for six live-action DreamWorks films per year and give Spielberg’s studio access to $150 million in financing. More »

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Steven Spielberg • Walt Disney Co. • Universal Studios • Disney • DreamWorks • Walt Disney • movie financing • financing

Spurned Spielberg Seeks Disney Deal

Universal scraps Dreamworks plan after demand for more cash

Feb 7, 09 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood's own financial crisis has left Steven Spielberg searching for a home for DreamWorks, the Wall Street Journal reports. Talks over a distribution deal with Universal collapsed yesterday after the studio balked at DreamWorks' request to double its financing commitment to $200 million. DreamWorks is now in talks with Disney,... More »

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Steven Spielberg • Universal Studios • Disney • DreamWorks • credit crisis • movie financing • Mukesh Ambani • Reliance ADA Group • Disney Studios

 Hollywood Reeling 
 From DVD Slump 

Disappearing profits threaten movies, star deals

Jan 16, 09 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood studios are faced with huge losses because of a 21% slump in DVD sales and the fallout from the crisis on Wall Street, reports the Financial Times. Studio heads have been forced to cut back on the number of new movies in production and are preparing to trim the... More »

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Hollywood • Viacom • Steven Spielberg • NBC Universal • DVD • Sony • Paramount • studios • News Corp • Blu-ray • recession depression

Spielberg Pays Bills for Ailing DreamWorks

Credit crunch forces director into personal bailout for studio

Jan 15, 09 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Perhaps for the first time, Steven Spielberg is using personal funds to pay half of a $26.5 million bill his company, DreamWorks, owes ex-partner Paramount so it can keep 17 film projects under its wing. Due to cash shortages, the studio has already lost the rights to as many... More »

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Hollywood • Steven Spielberg • recession • DreamWorks • credit crisis • Paramount • Hollywood producers • JPMorgan Chase • financing • financial crisis • Reliance

 Hollywood Shells Out 
 for Obama's Big Day 

A-listers fork over $50K for events

Dec 31, 08 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A blackout hit Barack Obama’s Hawaii vacation home last week, but his inauguration next month will be lit up with plenty of star power. Hollywood A-listers have been shelling out top dollar to help pay for the president-elect’s big day, Politico reports. Donors include Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hollywood • Steven Spielberg • Tom Hanks • inauguration • political donations • President Obama • Inauguration Day

More Banks, Celebs Losers
in Madoff Scam

BNP Paribas, RBS join charities of Spielberg, Wiesel as Ponzi victims

Dec 15, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme, which federal investigators say cost investors $50 billion, continues to claim more victims, reports the Wall Street Journal. Spain’s Grupo Santander and France’s BNP Paribas said yesterday they’re on the list, as are charities involving Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and director... More »

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Steven Spielberg • Royal Bank of Scotland • UBS • SEC • BNP Paribas • HSBC • Banco Santander • Ponzi scheme • securities fraud • Mortimer Zuckerman • Nomura Holdings • Frank Lautenberg • Bernard Madoff • Elie Wiesel

 Hollywood Remaking 
 Sci-Fi Classics 

New takes on Ghostbusters, Terminator among flicks already in production

Nov 27, 08 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood is looking backward with an eye on the future, reports the Los Angeles Times. Plans to launch remakes of 12 sci-fi flicks from the last millennium are already under way:
  • When Worlds Collide, an update of the apocalyptic 1951 film, will hit theaters next year with Steven Spielberg
... More »

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Hollywood • Steven Spielberg • Arnold Schwarzenegger • list • Christian Bale • science fiction • Seth Rogen • movie remakes • Ghostbusters

 Leo Corrals 
 Star Pals 
 for Get-Out- 
 the-Vote Video 


Stars can't bear to tell public 'don't vote'

Oct 29, 08 4:46 PM CDT
(AP) - Leonardo DiCaprio brings out the big guns for a get-out-the-vote video with an A-list cast including Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, and Justin Timberlake. Leo produces and appears in the spot, in which Spielberg directs the actors to use reverse psychology to get young people... More »

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Steven Spielberg • Leonardo DiCaprio • Julia Roberts • Justin Timberlake • vote • Harrison Ford • Election 2008

 Spielberg 
 Strikes Huge 
 Universal Deal 

Universal Studios to distribute up to 6 films a year

Oct 14, 08 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Spielberg is returning to the Hollywood studio where he made his classic blockbusters Jaws and ET.  Spielberg's DreamWorks, backed with $1.4 billion in new financing, has struck a seven-year distribution deal with Universal for as many as six new releases a year, according to the Hollywood Reporter.... More »

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David Geffen • Steven Spielberg • Universal Studios • Jaws • DreamWorks • Stacey Snider • Paramount • E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

 Marcia: 'I Traded Sex for Drugs' 

Brady Bunch darling reveals struggle with addiction, depression

Oct 14, 08 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The actress who played the nation's perky darling Marcia in the wholesome Brady Bunch TV family once traded sex for drugs during years in the abyss of depression and drug addiction, reports E! Online. Maureen McCormick, now 52, reveals her very un-Brady life in her new memoir, Here's the Story:... More »

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Steven Spielberg • drug addiction • cocaine • Steve Martin • Maureen McCormick • Marcia Brady • Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice. • Barry Williams • Quaaludes • Sammy Davis Jr. • Playboy Mansion

Spielberg, Paramount Split DreamWorks Projects

Divorce accomplished without years of litigation, projects divvied up

Oct 6, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may be one of the most amicable Hollywood divorces in history. Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks announced a division of 200 movie projects in development as golden-touch producer Steven Spielberg leaves to launch a new company, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The unexpectedly easy split comes in defiance of Hollywood... More »

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David Geffen • Viacom • Steven Spielberg • Tintin • Transformers • Paramount Pictures • DreamWorks • Lincoln • The 39 Clues

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