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Steven Spielberg stories: 54 news summaries

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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

 Spielbergs Give $100K 
 to Bolster Gay Marriage 

Proposed ban is 'discriminatory'

Sep 24, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Spielberg has weighed in to the tune of $100,000 against the gay marriage ban on California’s ballot this fall, the AP reports. Spielberg and his wife join Brad Pitt—who gave the same amount last week—as major celebrity opponents of the ban. The couple says the... More »

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gay marriage • Steven Spielberg • Brad Pitt • Kate Capshaw

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

 Suit: Spielberg 
 Copied Hitchcock 

Copyright owner says Disturbia rips off Rear Window

Sep 9, 08 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Spielberg ripped off Rear Window when he made last year’s thriller Disturbia, a lawsuit filed yesterday alleges. The 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic was based on a 1942 short story, and the owner of the rights to the story has sued for compensation from Spielberg, DreamWorks, and Paramount Pictures,... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • Steven Spielberg • Paramount Pictures • DreamWorks • copyright infringement • Alfred Hitchcock

China's New Artist Policy Could Ban Spielberg

Director's Darfur protest stunt may run afoul of Beijing leadership

Jul 18, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Spielberg or his films could be banned from China under the new rules barring artists seen as a threat to national sovereignty, the Hollywood Reporter notes. Spielberg rankled Chinese leadership when he publicly withdrew from an artistic advisory board for the Beijing Olympics in protest of the nation’s... More »

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China • Darfur • Steven Spielberg • free speech • Sudan • censorship • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • artistic expression

 'Jaws' Visits Town 
 That Made Him Famous 

Beaches close as great white shark spotted (maybe)

Jul 11, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fears of a real-live great white shark gripped the island site of the film Jaws yesterday, closing two beaches amid unconfirmed reports of a sighting, the AP reports. A plane searched the waters around Martha’s Vineyard off Massachusetts but found no sign of such a beast. Great whites are... More »

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Steven Spielberg • Massachusetts • New England • Jaws • great white shark

DreamWorks Near Bollywood Alliance

Deal would speed Spielberg team's Paramount departure

Jun 18, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks venture is closing in on a deal with an Indian media conglomerate that could fund a break from Paramount Pictures, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mumbai-based Reliance, a conglomerate with stakes in telecom, finance, and entertainment looking to expand into Hollywood, could bring as much as $600... More »

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David Geffen • Viacom • Steven Spielberg • Bollywood • Jeffrey Katzenberg • DreamWorks • Paramount • Reliance ADA Group

 Indiana Jones Whips Up $311M 

 Blockbuster numbers in five-day opening

May 27, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has struck it rich, racking up the most lucrative international opening of all time and the second highest US weekend box office take ever in a blockbuster weekend for the Steven Spielberg epic. The film grossed $151 million domestically and $160... More »

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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • box office • Robert Downey Jr. • George Harrison • Harrison Ford • Iron Man • Memorial Day

Indiana Jones
& Raiders of
the Fat Fridge

Pediatrician slams
Indy film's
junk food tie-ins

May 21, 08 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indiana Jones has a new enemy. Pediatrician Rahul Parikh is irritated about Indy's marketing tie-ins to high-calorie foods like Burger King's "Indy Double Whopper" and Snicker's "Adventure Bar." Parikh has been enjoying the films of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg for decades, but he's also watching kids... More »

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obesity • Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • childhood obesity • marketing • George Lucas • junk food

10 Score Later, America Still Loves Lincoln

As bicentennial nears, an industry springs up around Honest Abe

May 19, 08 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Honest Abe may be gone, but an industry of books, debates, and a Spielberg biopic are all alive and well. With Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial coming next year, all three White House hopefuls have invoked his name, and the US Mint is issuing pennies to honor states where he lived. "... More »

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Steven Spielberg • America • publishing • history • Abraham Lincoln • history of democracy

MOVIE REVIEW

Indy's Still Kicking Butt in Crystal Skull

Seeing Indiana Jones 'is like meeting an old friend,' LA Times says

May 18, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who you calling old? It may be 19 years since Indiana Jones last donned a fedora, but Harrison Ford amply kicks Russian butt in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Kenneth Turan writes in the Los Angeles Times. The flick, opening in the US... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • Steven Spielberg • Cannes Film Festival • George Lucas • movie review • Cate Blanchett • Harrison Ford

NEW RELEASE

 Spielberg Launches
 Puzzle Game 

Boom Blox hopes to engage kids and adults alike

May 12, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - As if the release of the next Indiana Jones film wasn’t enough to keep him busy, Steven Spielberg launched a new video game for the Wii last week, called Boom Blox, ABC News reports. A puzzle game with cute characters and engaging animations, it was created with the intent... More »

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Steven Spielberg • Nintendo Wii • Electronic Arts • video game developers • game development • video games

Spielberg to Shoot Lincoln Picture Next

He ducks rumor that Liam Neeson will portray prez

May 10, 08 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once he wraps up Tintin, Steven Spielberg will make a long-awaited biopic about Abraham Lincoln, the Los Angeles Times reports. The director spilled the beans while promoting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and said he wants to shoot the flick next year, Lincon's 200th anniversary—but... More »

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Steven Spielberg • film • biography • Abraham Lincoln • movies • Liam Neeson

 Hollywood Poised 
 to Engulf Cannes  

Big-time US films won't be competing, but sure to dominate headlines

Apr 23, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lineup at this year's Cannes Film Festival was unveiled today, and the schedule is packed with Hollywood films, Variety reports. Steven Soderbergh and Clint Eastwood both have films in contention, and the release of the new Indiana Jones movie, though not for competition, is likely to be the biggest... More »

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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • film • Cannes Film Festival • Clint Eastwood • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

 Indiana Jones' 
 New Treasure: 
 Cannes Debut   

John Hurt reveals premiere plan

Apr 7, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first new Indiana Jones movie in 18 years will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival before its May 22 release in the US, according to one of the movie's stars. But British actor John Hurt, who spilled the beans on BBC TV, is sworn to secrecy about details of... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • Cannes Film Festival • Cate Blanchett • Harrison Ford • John Hurt

 17 Best Peace-Loving War Films  

Stop-Loss latest in a long line of anti-combat movies

Apr 2, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stop-Loss is hardly the first blockbuster to take a hard line on war. Entertainment Weekly lists 17 of the best anti-war films of all time.
  1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930): One of the earliest anti-war films follows naïve German troops into battle in WWI.
  2. Paths
... More »

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Steven Spielberg • peace • Francis Ford Coppola • movie industry • movies • Robert Altman • Stop-Loss • Three Kings • Platoon • anti-war movies • Das Boot • M*A*S*H • Paths of Glory • All Quiet on the Western Front

 Mills' Haul Only No. 7
 of Top Celeb Splits 

Mills-McCartney low on list

Mar 18, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The $46.8 million settlement Paul McCartney has to shell out to divorce Heather Mills only ranks seventh on the Mirror's list of celebrity divorces:
  1. Michael and Juanita Jordan, 2007, $168 million: She filed for divorce once before, in 2002.
  2. Neil Diamond and Marcia Murphey, 1994, $150 million:
... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • Steven Spielberg • divorce • Michael Jordan • celebrity • Harrison Ford • Mick Jagger • Neil Diamond • Ted Danson • divorce settlement • Jerry Hall • Michael Douglas • Linda Hamilton • Cindy Silva • Melissa Matheson • Casey Coates • Diandra Douglas • celebrity divorces

Clooney Wound Up Over Omega Role in Olympics

Presses Olympic sponsor over Darfur

Mar 12, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actor George Clooney is pressuring watchmaker Omega, a key sponsor of  the Beijing Olympics, to speak out against China's involvement in Darfur. Clooney, a spokesman for the legendary Swiss company, is the latest Hollywood figure to use the upcoming Olympics as leverage against China, the strongest ally of Sudan, which... More »

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China • Darfur • Steven Spielberg • Sudan • 2008 Beijing Olympics • George Clooney • Omega • Joey Cheek • Tegla Loroupe

China Will Resume Talks
on Human Rights With US

Beijing trying to improve its image before summer Olympics

Feb 26, 08 6:07 PM CST
(Newser) - China said today it is ready to restart a discussion on human rights with the US that has been suspended since 2004, the Washington Post reports. The move, announced by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi after a meeting with Condoleezza Rice, comes as China looks to improve its image before the... More »

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China • Steven Spielberg • human rights • Condoleezza Rice • United States • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • human rights abuse • political freedoms • Yang Jiechi

Olympic Sponsors Targeted Over China-Darfur Links

McDonald's and others supporting 'genocide Olympics,' activists say

Feb 20, 08 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Activists are preparing to plaster college campuses with posters with charges like “McDonald’s: Proud Sponsor of the Genocide Olympics,” hoping to pressure multinational corporations sponsoring the Beijing Games into doing more about Darfur, BusinessWeek reports. Buying oil from Sudan makes China a sponsor of the region's genocide,... More »

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China • Darfur • genocide • Steven Spielberg • McDonald's • Sudan • General Electric • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Mia Farrow • Adidas • activist • Dream For Darfur • Save Darfur Coalition

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