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Russian Film Industry Growing Exponentially
A new report indicates that the Russian film industry experienced astounding growth during 2009 and the first half of 2010 despite a downturn in the first half of 2009. The study by research firm Nevafilm...
Films For Everyone Debuting This Weekend
After the back-to-school lull that usually occurs during the first two weeks of September, activity is expected to begin picking up at the box office this weekend with the opening of four films in wide...
Tribeca Film Institute To Support Documentary Filmmakers
The Tribeca Film Institute, which literally arose from the ashes of 9/11 nine years ago, announced today (Wednesday) that, together with HBO, it is establishing a fund to encourage filmmakers to produce "engaging, character-driven documentaries."...
Roger Ebert Reviving At The Movies
Saying that it represents "the rebirth of a dream," Roger Ebert announced on his blog over the weekend that he is reviving his film-review show At the Movies on PBS in January. It will be...
Movie Reviews Resident Evil Afterlife
Resident Evil Afterlife , although not screened in advance for critics, nevertheless ended up getting mostly decent reviews from them over the weekend. Michael Ordoña wrote in the Los Angeles Times that "the action is...
Idol Contestant Bowersox's Public Records Spied On
At least two Ohio government employees have been fired after they illegally accessed confidential records containing personal information about former American Idol Crystal Bowersox, The Columbus Dispatch and the Toledo Blade reported on Thursday. The...
Labor Day Box Office Higher Than Usual
Final box-office figures for the four-day Labor Day holiday released on Tuesday indicated that the studios' original estimates were right on target. Focus Features's The American , starring George Clooney, ended up on top with...
Movie Reviews Black Swan
Several critics have given Darren Aranofsky's Black Swan the same sort of ecstatic praise that they bestowed on his The Wrestler two years ago. The film opened the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday (to a...
Former "Jackson Associate" Planning Another Jackson Documentary
Ron Newt, a self-described "gangsta pimp," who sometimes calls himself Prince Diamond, claims that he has put together a 64-minute documentary using footage from the Jackson 5's Triumph Tour. The tour covered 36 U.S. cities...
Cowell Vows He'll Not Allow Auto-tune On U.s. X Factor
Simon Cowell is attempting to quell the uproar that followed revelations that his hit British TV show The X Factor has used Auto-Tune technology to keep promising contestants in perfect pitch and make apparent losers...
Movie Reviews Nanny Mcphee Returns
Many critics did not regard the terribly British Nanny McPhee as their cup of tea when it was released in 2005. They're even less enthusiastic about Nanny McPhee Returns . The film's star, Emma Thompson,...
Ad Men Not Mad At Mad Men
McCann Erickson, one of America's largest advertising agencies, may have received numerous favorable references on AMC's Mad Men during the run of the hit series, but the show suddenly turned on it last Sunday, and...
Robert Redford Hits 74 - Happy Birthday
Hollywood superstar Robert Redford is celebrating his 74th birthday today. The award winning actor still doesn't look like he is going to be retiring any time soon. He is currently producing and directing The Conspirator...
Star Wars Getting Blu-ray Treatment
George Lucas says he has been waiting for the Blu-ray Disc format to prove itself before releasing his Star Wars films in the high-definition standard. In an interview with the New York Times , Lucas...
Disney's Profits Soar 40 Percent
The combination of Toy Story 3, Iron Man 2 and Alice in Wonderland 3D lifted Walt Disney Co.'s third-quarter profits 40 percent, according to the company's quarterly earnings report, beating analysts' forecasts by a wide...
California Protests Slated At Movie Opening
California state workers are mobilizing protest demonstrations at theaters throughout the state screening The Expendables on Friday to protest against mandated furloughs ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has an uncredited cameo role in the...
Chinese Film Breaks Box Office Record
Just two weeks after it was released, director Feng Xiaogang's Aftershock has broken box office records for a Chinese film with $79 million in ticket sales. The film, which cost $20 million to produce --...
At&t To Put Tv Shows On Iphones
AT&T on Monday expanded its U-verse package (TV, telephone, and Internet) to allow subscribers to download TV episodes onto Blackberry Torch and Apple iPhone mobile devices via wi-fi without additional cost. Some 52 TV shows...
Movie Reviews Step Up 3d
Critics are stepping on the toes of the Step Up 3D filmmakers. Sure, there's plenty of over-produced dance sequences, some of them say, but they all seem like interruptions of the story (what there is...
Movie Reviews The Other Guys
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg's The Other Guys is described in many of the publicity blurbs about it as a "satire" of cop buddy movies. But many critics refuse to go along with that highfalutin...
Will The Other Guys Shake Up Inception ?
What do Will Ferrell and Edith Piaf have in common? They're the only two who can interrupt Inception 's dreamy run -- at least so it appears to box-office analysts. They're predicting that The Other...
Reporter Who Wrote Mcchrystal Story Dis-embedded
In what is likely the first case of a high-profile embedded journalist losing his embedded status with U.S. troops since Geraldo Rivera was given the boot in Iraq in 2003, E4WBACBN3SJU Michael Hastings, who wrote...
Disney Finally Sells Miramax
It's finally a done deal -- Walt Disney's sale of Miramax to an investors group led by construction magnate Ron Tutor, that is. The group, which includes real-estate firm Colony Capital, gave itself a new...
The Bachelorette Rises To No. 1
ABC's hit summer reality series The Bachelorette rose to the top of the Nielsen ratings heap last week as it drew 7.55 million viewers. The number amounted to not a lot by ordinary standards and...
Hulu Loses 45 Percent Of Its Viewers
Hulu, the video site owned by Disney/ABC, NBC Universal, and Fox and long regarded as the No. 2 video site behind YouTube, is actually no where near as popular as it was believed to be,...
Movie Reviews Salt
Salt , starring Angelina Jolie, is being described by critics as an "action thriller." Their reviews indicate that the emphasis should be placed on the "action." The film moves with such speed, they say, that...
The Force Won't Be With Him
David Prowse, the actor wearing the Darth Vader costume in the original Star Wars movies has disclosed that he has been barred from attending "official" Star Wars conventions, including the upcoming Celebration V. Prowse, who...
Cooper Faces Criticism From Fellow Journalists
The decision by Anderson Cooper to accept an award from the president of Haiti for his reports from the country are being criticized by some journalists. The St. Petersburg Times 's TV/media critic, Eric Deggans,...
Scientology Responds To Anderson Cooper Series
The U.S. Church of Scientology has struck back at Anderson Cooper's week-long "exposé" of the church, complaining that Cooper merely provided a soap box for several former Scientology members who had been dismissed from positions...
Tutor Claims Thr Misquoted Him
Construction magnate Ron Tutor, who is leading the group buying Miramax from Disney claims he was misquoted in a Hollywood Reporter report about his relationship with controversial investor David Bergstein. The report, written by veteran...
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