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Choose a page number: 1 Entertaining RSS FeedsSegal, Ewing set first-look deal at WB - Los Angeles: Director to take on 'Captain Marvel' -- Warner Bros. has staked "Get Smart" director Peter Segal and his Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing to a three-year first-look deal. ...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com Canton teams with Pterodactyl - Los Angeles: Pair plan to rope in Westerns -- Producer Mark Canton ("300") is teaming with Pterodactyl Prods. on a pair of bigscreen projects that include a pic about iconic cowboy character and B-movie Western staple Bill "Hopalong" Cassidy.
... Ludlum 'Bourne' again at Universal - Front Page: Studio nabs exclusive rights to Bourne novels -- Universal Pictures has made an overall deal with the estate of "The Bourne Identity" author Robert Ludlum that gives the studio exclusive rights to the Jason Bourne character and first look at other Ludlum novels.
... FX lifts marketer to VP - Business News: Lance Reiss to report to Sally Daws -- FX has upped longtime network exec Lance Reiss to VP of marketing.
... Spillane in law firm merger - Business News: Boutique partners with Midwest-based law firm -- Midwest-based law firm Lathrop & Gage will merge with Century City-based trial boutique Spillane Shaeffer Aronoff Bandlow, giving the former a coast-to-coast presence in the U.S.
... Universal hopes to win 'Best Man' - Film News: Stuber, Abdy to produce comedy film -- Universal Pictures is at the altar for "Best Man-a-Thon," a comedy spec by tyro scribe Richard Rapozo.
... Image to Nyx for $100 million - Home Ent News: Homevid indie gets new owner -- Image Entertainment, a large homevid indie that has been in play for the past three years, has found a new owner.
... Wind Dancer acquires 'BFF' - Film News: Fenton, Cowles to produce comedy film -- Wind Dancer Films has acquired the female buddy comedy spec script "BFF" from the writing team of Vanessa Parise and Robin Dunne.
... TV productions resume in India - Web Exclusive: Technicians had mounted strike over pay -- Production restarted Thursday on dozens of TV shows in India after a strike by technicians over pay and conditions came to an end.
... Smith & Co. promotes Howard - Web Exclusive: Exec named VP of production -- Smith & Co. has promoted Sharalynn Howard to VP of production.
... Bateman, Oh to unveil Spirit noms - Award Central News: Actors revealing Film contenders Dec. 2 -- Sandra Oh and Jason Bateman have been tapped to announce this year's nominations for Film Independent's Spirit Awards Dec. 2 at 8 a.m. at the Sofitel L.A. hotel.
... 'The Weird' tops Blue Dragon Awards - Award Central News: Korean western wins four prizes at film event -- "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" won four prizes at the 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony in Seoul on Thursday, the kudosfest which kicks off South Korea's awards season.
... 'Eli Stone,' 'Dirty Sexy' may be axed - TV News: ABC dramas likely won't be renewed -- ABC sophomore dramas "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Eli Stone" are expected to sign off for good soon.
... 'True Hollywood Story' eyes syndication - Web Exclusive: Dembar-Mercury distributing E! series -- Debmar-Mercury is distributing E!'s "True Hollywood Story" as an hourlong syndie strip for fall 2009.
... Broadway dims lights for critic Barnes - Obituary: Theater community pays respects -- Broadway dimmed the lights on its theater marquees for one minute at curtain time Thursday evening in honor of Clive Barnes.
... 'Sister Act' hits sky high sales - Legit News: West End production to open June 2 -- London theatergoers are ready to give a sister a hand.
... Ultimate Band - Web Exclusive: At a time when games like "Rock Band," "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Revolution" are all aping the exact same formula, Disney is chasing the tween demo with a lower-cost music title that eschews expensive peripherals for pretend-instrument-playing and showy dance moves.
... PV Media launches news aggregator - Technology News: Online marketing co. partners on website -- PV Media Group, an online marketing company headed by former Universal TV exec Steve Rosenberg, has launched the news aggregator website BreakingNews.com in partnership with the wire service Breaking News Network Inc.
... S. Korean screen count still rising - International News: Exhibs on the climb as industry slump continues -- Investment in South Korea's cinema exhibition sector is continuing, despite the local industry's current slump.
... Economy should slow urge to merge - Earnings Reports: Media consolidations unlikely, analysts report -- Rock-bottom stock prices won't likely yield a near-term urge to merge among entertainment companies, a trio of Wall Street analysts suggested Thursday -- though there could be opportunities for deals once the market begins to recover.
... Columbia gets comedy project duo - Book Adaptations: Tim and Tom Mullen to adapt Moore's 'Swap' -- Columbia Pictures is keeping its comedy coffers flush by inking a pair of laffer lit deals.
... Dividing the Estate - Legit Reviews: Evidence that history repeats itself is everywhere in "Dividing the Estate." Once-valuable farmland has made way for strip malls, local businesses are being supplanted by foreign-owned factories, the real estate market has sunk, financial institutions are hurting and more and more folks are facing bankruptcy and home foreclosures. This sweetly satirical comedy about a Texas family squaring off over their inheritance could almost be unfolding in 2008, but Horton Foote wrote the play 20 years ago and set it against the economic turmoil of the late '80s.
... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Legit Reviews: When a big-budget special-effects Broadway musical with a huge cast is streamlined for the road, that usually indicates a producer's code for a watered-down, pallid version of the original. But the first national tour of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" that kicked off in Fort Lauderdale this week remains a lush, inventive fairy tale that will dazzle audiences which don't compare it with the London or New York versions.
... On the Town - Legit Reviews: The Bronx is still up and the Battery down, and "On the Town" remains a helluva show. That's the word just in from City Center, where Encores! has contributed to this fall's cornucopious Leonard Bernstein festival with the musical that first took the remarkable Lenny out of the concert hall and put him on the showbiz A-list.
... Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Videogames News: Forget depth, sophistication or anything remotely resembling logic: "Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe" takes gamers back to the days of cheesy arcade fighting with bravado, style and an unironic sense of fun. Pitting warriors from the "Mortal Kombat" franchise against DC Comics heroes and villains is a high-concept idea that some will find ridiculous and others brilliant. But thanks to solid execution and extremely accessible, if somewhat unpolished, gameplay, it could be the holiday hit struggling publisher Midway desperately needs.
... Jeffrey Steele - Music Reviews: Songwriters don't come any bigger or more successful in Nashville than Jeffrey Steele, who has picked a perfect time to unleash his country-hard rock amalgamation on recordings under his own name.
... Bolt - Film Reviews: An "Incredible Journey" or "Homeward Bound" updated for the superhero era, "Bolt" is an OK Disney animated entry enhanced by nifty 3-D projection. The first inhouse feature from Disney Animation since Pixar guru John Lasseter took over the studio's creative reins, this tale of a canine forced to overcome his superdog complex and learn to become a regular pooch bears some telltale signs of Pixar's trademark smarts, but still looks like a mutt compared to the younger company's customary purebreds. While punchy enough to keep parents amused, pic will probably play best to small fry and, especially with Disney star Miley Cyrus onboard, will have no trouble chasing down hefty biz through the holidays.
... City of Ember - Film Reviews: A fabulously designed underground metropolis proves more involving than the teenagers running through its streets in "City of Ember," a good-looking but no more than serviceable adaptation of Jeanne Duprau's 2003 novel.
... W. - Film Reviews: Oliver Stone?s unusual and inescapably interesting ?W.? feels like a rough draft of a film it might behoove him to remake in 10 or 15 years.
... Body of Lies - Film Reviews: Neither the location-based verisimilitude of Ridley Scott's shooting style nor the estimable Middle East expertise of source-material author David Ignatius can disguise "Body of Lies" as anything other than the contrived phony-baloney it is.
... Appaloosa - Film Reviews: ?Appaloosa? is a decent Western made in an era when a Western has to be pretty darn good to rope people into a theater to see it.
... The Wrestler - Film Reviews: Mickey Rourke creates a galvanizing, humorous, deeply moving portrait that instantly takes its place among the great, iconic screen performances.
... Rachel Getting Married - Film Reviews: Brimming with energy, elan and the unpredictability of his "Something Wild," Jonathan Demme's triumphant "Rachel Getting Married" may just lay the wedding film to rest, being such a hard act to follow.
... Slumdog Millionaire - Film Reviews: Driven by fantastic energy and a torrent of vivid images of India old and new, "Slumdog Millionaire" is a blast.
... Burn After Reading - Film Reviews: After their triumphant dramatic success with "No Country for Old Men," the Coen brothers revert to sophomoric snarky mode in "Burn After Reading."
... Project Runway: Season 5 - Episode 4 (Going for the gold. Kind of. ) - TV Reviews: Apparently, many designers have no idea what the term "sportswear" means. The folks on this season believe that athletes would wear purple cocktail attire and that patriotic means gold and white stripped girlie wear.
... The Dark Knight - Film Reviews: Having memorably explored the Caped Crusader's origins in "Batman Begins," director Christopher Nolan puts all of Gotham City under a microscope in "The Dark Knight," the enthralling second installment of his bold, bracing and altogether heroic reinvention of the iconic franchise. An ambitious, full-bodied crime epic of gratifying scope and moral complexity, this is seriously brainy pop entertainment that satisfies every expectation raised by its hit predecessor and then some. That should also hold true at the box office, with Heath Ledger's justly anticipated turn as the Joker adding to the must-see excitement surrounding the Warner Bros. release.
... Synecdoche, New York - Film Front Reviews: Like an anxious artist afraid he may not get another chance, Charlie Kaufman tries to Say It All in his directorial debut.
... Happy-Go-Lucky - Berlin Reviews: Effervescent comedy "Happy-Go-Lucky" offers a contempo slice-of-life seen through the eyes of free-spirited north London primary teacher,
... Elegy - Berlin Reviews: Low-budget drama intelligently translates Philip Roth's meditation on lust and mortality without soft-pedaling its narrator's brutally honest, unabashedly sexist views.
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