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‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ Had Its Own Consigliere … 
Black List 2013: Full Screenplay List 
John Krasinski, Oren Uziel Sell Spec To Warner Bros; Ben … 
CAA Signs Blue Collar Comic Jeff Foxworthy 
OSCARS: 289 Feature Films In Contention 
Robert Ludlum’s ‘Sigma Protocol’ Gets … 
OSCARS: 75 Original Songs In Contention 
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Eyeing ‘Sandman’ As … 
Danish Film Critics Undress & Swoon In … 
Simon Cowell: ” ‘The X Factor’ Will Be … 
Hot Short Film: Shia LaBeouf Takes On Film Critics In … 
UPDATE: Overseas Box Office: ‘The Hobbit: The … 
Producer Seeks ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Movie … 
BOX OFFICE FINAL: Weather Impacts BO But Attendance Up … 
Open Road Promotes Elliott Kleinberg COO, Re-Ups CFO Steven … 
Black List 2013: Managers Scorecard 
Black List 2013: Agency Scorecard 
Sofia Coppola To Co-Write ‘Fairyland’ For … 
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$3.3 Million Worth Of Christmas Shame
Oh, by the way, MGM/Dimension’s slasher pic Black Christmas did $3.3 mil in 1,278 theaters. You may remember I was apoplectic when I saw the Christmas Day release date, and the promos … Read More »
Top 10 Christmas 4-Day Weekend Films
Here are the 4-day Christmas weekend totals, since you’ve been asking:
#1 Fox’s Night At The Museum $43.4 million)
(12.8 mil Monday)
#2 Sony’s Pursuit Of Happyness $23.1 mil)
($8.1 mil Monday)
#3 MGM’s Rocky Balboa $17.6 mil)
($5.3 mil Monday)
#4 Universal’s The Good Shepherd $14.3 mil)
($4.3 … Read More »
Dreamgirls Scores $8.7 Million Surprise, 3rd Best Christmas Day Box Office Ever
TUESDAY AM UPDATE: Well, the answer to whether Dreamgirls could do crossover biz has been answered now that it did a whopping $8.7 million from only 852 theaters on Christmas Day. The movie scored 2nd place among the holiday’s top … Read More »
Ben’s ‘Museum’ Holds #1 Holiday Wkd; Will’s ‘Pursuit’ No. 2, Sly’s ‘Rocky’ No. 3
TUESDAY AM UPDATE: Dreamgirls Scores $8.7 Million Surprise, 3rd Best Xmas Day Box Office Ever
FCC vs CBS: No To Janet’s Super Nudity
The FCC late today defended its decision to fine 20 CBS owned and operated television stations $550,000 for airing that Janet Jackson boob shot. According to Reuters, the agency said in a brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third … Read More »
NYT vs LAT Over Geffen’s ‘Dreamgirls’
So David Carr, Oscar blogger in The New York Times, today accuses his Left Coast rival, the Los Angeles Times and its awards sycophantic The Envelope, of cozying up to Dreamgirls … Read More »
‘Museum’ Matinees ‘Very Good’ Today; Forecast No. 1 Ben, #2 Will, #3 Sly(?)
FRIDAY AM: Fox’s new Night At The Museum starring Ben Stiller is scoring “very good” matinees today playing in 3,685 theaters, I’m told. It’s certain to be the No. 1 movie at the box office … Read More »
Now MTV Ruins Rolling Stone Mag’s Rep
As if the series starring Seventeen magazine aspirants verbally abusing one another wasn’t embarrassing enough, here’s the video promo for the new MTV reality show that kicks off January 7th and … Read More »
Vet Lawsuit Against Michael Moore Tossed
According to Reuters, a U.S. federal judge in Boston has thrown out a lawsuit by an Iraq war veteran who claimed filmmaker Michael Moore used the veteran’s image without permission in Fahrenheit 9/11. … Read More »
Remember Joe Bob Briggs, B-Movie Fan: Did He Miss The FearNet Boat?
I knew him in Texas when he was just plain John Bloom. But there was a time when Bloom, as alter ego Joe Bob Briggs, was the god of B (as in bad, … Read More »
UPDATE: ‘Rocky’ Opens With Knock-Out; Tracking Giant ‘Museum’, Great ‘D-Girls’
UPDATE FRIDAY AM: Rocky Balboa made $3.4 mil for Thursday, a respectable drop of -45% the day after its opening. Cume now is $9.6 mil.
Thursday AM: I’m told MGM’s Rocky Balboa started fast with a $6.2 million mid-week … Read More »
What Tony Scott’s Stellar NYT Review Really Means For Clint’s ‘Iwo Jima’
Everyone’s talking today about A.O. “Tony” Scott’s rave review in The New York Times (published in tomorrow’s edition) of Clint’s Letters From Iwo Jima. “Utterly original… strikingly intimate… close to perfect.” It’s also, in part, a re-review of Flags Of Our … Read More »
Finke/LA Weekly: 2007 Orgy of Sequels
My latest 
column, Orgy Of Sequels Climaxing In 2007, takes a snarky look at next year’s knock-offs. Will the public get off? Or is it just studio masturbation? (Yes, I saw today’s Los Angeles Times‘ marathon piece about 2006′s … Read More »
Here’s Hook For Next ‘Survivor’ Season: Life Of Luxury vs Left With Nothing
So CBS unveiled details of its 14th season of Survivor (aka “I’ve got two naked guys in the hot tub”) set in Fiji. And the new Mark Burnett-conceived hook (13th season’s was race based, remember?) is once again going to cause controversy, though not necessarily with advertisers but surely with … Read More »
See Promo For Seinfeld 2007 ‘Bee Movie’
Jerry Seinfeld is fascinated by animation, and technology in general. His most recent DVD “Season Six” boxed set included animated versions of some of the more memorable episodes of his sitcom Seinfeld … Read More »
Details About Spielberg Reality TV Show
Here are more details from Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett talking about their 2007 reality show (see video). (In case you didn’t know it already, Spielberg is a Reality TV mega-fan, especially of Burnett’s Survivor.) … Read More »
Sony Pics Boasts Record-Breaking 2006
Look, I hate it when a Hollywood studio has a good year. Where’s the snark in that for me? So it greatly pains me to regurgitate the press release that Sony Pictures Entertainment had a humongous … Read More »
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