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Matt Loeb Named New IATSE President

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 31, 2008 @ 7:11pm PDTTags: Guilds

UPDATE: The IATSE General Executive Board this afternoon unanimously named Matthew Loeb to be president after today’s retirement of Tom Short. (See my previous, TOLDJA! Tom Short Retires From IATSE.)

According to the IATSE … Read More »

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Wkd Prediction: ‘Mummy 3′ $50M (And Watch NBC-Uni Beijing Olympics Synergy)

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 31, 2008 @ 5:22pm PDTTags: Movies

For crissakes! Like TV viewers haven’t been bombarded enough with NBC promos about the August 8th start of the Beijing Summer Olympics, now moviegoers to sister company Universal’s product will be equally assailed. I’m told that the choice of setting The … Read More »

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LAPD Skips Today’s Confab On Paparazzi: Chief Blames Britney, Paris And Lindsay

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 31, 2008 @ 5:08pm PDTTags: Celebrity, Law, Media


UPDATE: News reports say today’s 10 AM Los Angeles City Hall meeting about proposed new restrictions on paparazzi included reps from West Hollywood, Malibu, the Screen Actors Guild, and LA County Sheriff Lee Baca. But no members of the LAPD were present at the hearing.  That’s because Chief William … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Tom Short Retires From IATSE

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 31, 2008 @ 1:27pm PDTTags: Hollywood

UPDATE: Matt Loeb Elected New IATSE President

As I first reported on Tuesday (see my previous, Is IATSE … Read More »

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How To Really Cure Stalkarazzi Plague

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 31, 2008 @ 1:27pm PDTTags: Celebrity, Law

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UPDATE: LAPD Skips Today’s Confab On Paparazzi: Chief Blames Britney, Paris And Lindsay

I consider this public obsession with celebrities in our culture to be a sickness. So … Read More »

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Greenlight For DreamWorks-Reliance Deal

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday July 30, 2008 @ 7:20pm PDTTags: Foreign, Media, Studios

I’m told that the DreamWorks financing deal with India’s media and entertainment conglomerate Reliance ADA — for at least $500 million – is almost completed and will be announced in the next week to 10 days. The Reliance people were in … Read More »

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New Line Panting For ‘Austin Powers 4′

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday July 30, 2008 @ 2:44pm PDTTags: Movies, Scripts

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UPDATED: I’m told that Mike Myers has started writing Austin Powers 4 which will be an homage to his late father. “It’s very personal with a father and son theme loosely based on his own life,” an insider tells me. … Read More »

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Ron Meyer’s Queen-For-A-Day Moment…

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 29, 2008 @ 5:24pm PDTTags: Magazines

The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual “Leadership” issue features Ron Meyer tomorrow — and the usual sycophantic gushing about his 13 years as prez/COO of Universal Studios all the while equating the release of Bruce Almighty with curing cancer. Geez, I always thought the 63-year-old former marine was one … Read More »

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Is IATSE Prez Tom Short Stepping Down?

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 29, 2008 @ 2:41pm PDTTags: Hollywood

EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that longtime IATSE president Tom Short may be leaving his position with an announcement coming as soon as this week. The union won’t confirm or deny, but below-the-liners are telling me they got word from their Union BAs … Read More »

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Universal Lands Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’ Despite Hatred Of Harvey

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 29, 2008 @ 1:08pm PDTTags: Movies, Studios

Coming… I’m only one person, remember… I’ve got lots of info to post on this story, and SAG-AMPTP, and Endeavor agency, and my Dark Knight contest winner…

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CAA Finally Gets Rid Of Partner Rick Nicita

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 29, 2008 @ 12:49pm PDTTags: Agents

After years of complaining about partner Rick Nicita, CAA’s original Young Turks have pushed him out of the agency and foisted him onto Morgan Creek where he’ll be co-chairman and chief operating officer. It must have been a desperate situation … Read More »

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007 DUET: Alicia Keys & Jack White (Of The White Stripes) Record Theme Song

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 29, 2008 @ 12:24pm PDTTags: Movies, Music


Their first choice was Amy Winehouse. But she was too busy doing drugs. Instead, the theme song for the latest James Bond movie Quantum Of Solace will be the first duet in 007 history of 22 films. Sony/MGM announced today that artists Jack White  of  the  … Read More »

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That Was One Big Long Earthquake…

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 29, 2008 @ 11:45am PDTTags: Disasters

UPDATE: Early reports peg it at a 5.8 5.4 at 11:42 AM. My phone service has been interrupted is back to normal (after I pulled out my Juno hamburger phone).
Send me any reports of Hollywood production interruption…

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New ‘Law & Order: CI’ Exec Producers

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 29, 2008 @ 11:00am PDTTags: Producers, TV


EXCLUSIVE: Talk about flattering. I’ve just learned that Warren Leight has been replaced by not one but two executive producers on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Sources tell me that Dick Wolf’s plan is to break the 16-episode season into two sets of 8 episodes each. Walon … Read More »

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Ken Turan & Sam Rubin: Together On TV

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 29, 2008 @ 10:40am PDTTags: LA Times, TV

While I’m on the subject of the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper is engaging in another bit of synergy with its Tribune-owned local TV station KTLA — this time about Hollywood. I’m told that LA Times chief film critic Kenny … Read More »

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Rocket Scientist New LA Times Publisher?

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 29, 2008 @ 10:18am PDTTags: LA Times

EXCLUSIVE: Reliable sources tell me that Eddy Hartenstein, the ex-chief of DirecTV, is under serious consideration to be the new Los Angeles Times publisher, replacing David Hiller who was fired this month. A deal for him isn’t done yet but he’s first choice on … Read More »

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DHD UPDATE: Posting Resumes Tuesday

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday July 28, 2008 @ 5:16pm PDTTags: Books, DH update

I desperately needed a day off. Or two. Lots of informative posts upcoming…
(and, yes, the Comic-Con coverage is finished…)

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COMIC-CON 2008: DC Comics

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday July 27, 2008 @ 7:11pm PDTTags: Advertising

(Regular DHD readers know I don’t do geek. But frequent LA Weekly film reviewer and comic book expert Luke Y Thompson does. He spends all year waiting for Comic-Con and this time he’s covering it for me. Here’s his latest report.) 

DC Comics’ Dan DiDio… Read More »

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COMIC-CON 2008: ‘Friday The 13th’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday July 27, 2008 @ 5:30pm PDTTags: Advertising

(Regular DHD readers know I don’t do geek. But frequent LA Weekly film reviewer and comic book expert Luke Y Thompson does. He spends all year waiting for Comic-Con and this time he’s covering it for me. Here’s his latest report.)  

FRIDAY THE 13TH Remake … Read More »

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