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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 
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OSCARS: 75 Original Songs In Contention 
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Danish Film Critics Undress & Swoon In … 
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BOX OFFICE FINAL: Weather Impacts BO But Attendance Up … 
Open Road Promotes Elliott Kleinberg COO, Re-Ups CFO Steven … 
Black List 2013: Managers Scorecard 
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SUNDAY 8 AM UPDATE: This over-hyped movie ended up being more trick than treat. Sources tell me the domestic numbers for Michael Jackson’s This Is It … Read More »
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H’wood Hardly Visits Obama White House
The Obama administration did a Friday afternoon news dump of the names of 500 visitors to the White House spanning the time period from January 20 to July 31, 2009. And almost no one from Hollywood showed … Read More »
TOLDJA! About Who’s Not Hosting Oscars
October 29th, Variety: No Oscars For Jackman: “While speculation is running high on who’ll host the Oscarcast, it won’t be Hugh Jackman. Jackman, who’s currently starring on Broadway with Daniel Craig in the drama “A Steady Rain,” quietly turned down the job within the past several weeks, sources said.”
October 16th, … Read More »
Other Shoe Drops For Miramax: Disney Shows Daniel Battsek The Door; NY Office Closing & LA Moving To Disney Lot
3RD UPDATE: Here’s Miramax Films president Daniel Battsek’s email to staff:
Dear All-
After further reflection and discussion about the change in direction for Miramax, Rich Ross and I have agreed that I will step down as President of Miramax, effective the end of January, 2010. With this decision, we have
Twitter Now Promoting ‘Paranormal’ Piracy
Hollywood already knows what a powerful marketing tool Twitter has become. But now Twitter subscribers are using that power to promote film piracy. Someone is promoting a web page that offers a full-length digital video of Paranormal Activity. Does Paramount Pictures know about this? UPDATE: The studio tells me, “It’s … Read More »
UPDATE: The Caption Contest Winner Is…
…”DB” who submitted:
A: “I hope this Douchebag can make me richer.”
S: “I hope this Douchebag can make me richer.”
WEDNESDAY PM UPDATE: I’m being picky about which captions I let through.
WEDNESDAY: Rose Palmisano of … Read More »
Sitrick And Co Sold To O.C. Multinational
UPDATE: Mike Sitrick just confirmed to me that he has sold his “Crisis PR” company. Well, this is a surprise! 
According to the PRNewswire, Resources Global Professionals, a consultancy spinoff from Deloitte & Touche and a multinational operating subsidiary of Resources Connection Inc (RECN), … Read More »
Fox To Promote ‘Avatar’ To Sports Fans
Fox Releases New ‘Avatar’ Trailer
Clearly Fox is going all out for the male audience for Jim Cameron’s game-changing 3-D oeuvre Avatar opening December 18th. The studio announced today it’s arranging the … Read More »
3RD UPDATE: Disappointing $20.1M Global Bow For Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’; Predictions For Just $20+M Weekend, $-50M Five-Day
THURSDAY NOON: Hollywood is predicting that Sony’s This Is It will have trouble making its expected $50 million in 5 days domestically based on Wednesday’s $7.4 million opening including $2.2M from Tuesday night. Today will probably come in at the $4M range. … Read More »
AMPAS Announces Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Winners For 2009
Six writers won the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Each writer or writing team will receive the first installment of a $30,000 prize at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on November 12. This year’s winners … Read More »
Epix Inviting “More Than 1 Million People” To Experience Free Preview Weekends Starting Today Through Thanksgiving
EXCLUSIVE: This is how Epix is launching as it bills itself as the “next generation” premium entertainment service from Viacom, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, MGM/UA, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Roadside Attractions. For the more than one million people invited to experience the free weekend … Read More »
Fox Unveils First Look At New ’24′ Season
This video was shown on Fox during Game 1 of the World Series:
Winners: 53rd London Film Festival
London – 28 October 2009: The 53rd London Film Festival announced its winners at the high profile awards ceremony held at London’s Inner Temple this evening:
BEST FILM
In recognition of original, intelligent and distinctive filmmaking, Best Film was awarded to Jacques Audiard’s A PROPHET.Special mention to John Hillcoat’s THE ROAD, praising
Ben Silverman vs Media Who Covered Him
Continuing his mega-media blitz of self-promotion for his newly named company Electus, Ben Silverman gave an interview to Worth magazine. Here are the interesting bits:
Worth: You arrived at NBC with a glowing public image. That changed almost overnight.
Ben Silverman: It was shocking how stupid some [reporters] were in their lack … Read More »
Disney/ABC To Build Huge Production Facility & Double Soundstage Space in LA County
Disney-ABC TV today filed paperwork seeking approval from Los Angeles County for a huge 56-acre production facility on property it has long owned in the Santa Clarita Valley. It would include a dozen soundstages, almost doubling the number it has now in LA County. Predictions are for a $533 million … Read More »
CBS Digital Guru Quincy Smith Leaving
I’ve just confirmed the AllThingsD and BusinessWeek report that Quincy Smith, the one-time investment banker turned digital guru, is leaving his job in January as CEO of CBS Interactive to start his own consulting firm. (Back when he was venture capilatist … Read More »
WME Denies Jon Rosen Wants To Exit WME
2ND UPDATE: WME says its head of East Coast Television and Lifestyle & Branding Group head Jon Rosen is staying with the agency. This despite several sources close to Rosen claiming he asked to be let out of his contract in order to start his own business. NY-based Rosen is a former William … Read More »
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