Monday, February 28, 2011

'The King's Speech' tops Academy Awards, Oscars: Red carpet is bittersweet for nominees, more

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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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'The King's Speech' tops Academy Awards
Royals rule Oscar night with best pic, actor, director, screenplay
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Oscars: Red carpet is bittersweet for nominees
Long-winded campaigns come to an end at Kodak Theater
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Second reign for 'King's'?
Oscar winners can expect B.O. bump
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Some nominees have all the luck
Oscar luck runs in hot streaks for some
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TODAY'S FILM NEWS
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'Gnomeo' surges to top weekend B.O.
Disney's 3D toon "Gnomeo and Juliet" had a stellar resurgence at this
weekend's domestic B.O.
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No date in sight for scribe talks
Three years after the writers strike shook Hollywood to its core,
neither side's anxious to get back to bargaining.
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Kudos to 'Social Network,' 'Big Bang' praisers
The publicity teams behind Sony's "The Social Network" and Warner
Bros. Television and CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" took the top film and
TV honors at the 48th Publicists Awards Luncheon.
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'Swan' flies high at gusty Spirits
"Black Swan" showed plenty of heat at a chilly Spirit Awards,
dominating Saturday's freewheeling ceremonies by winning best picture,
actress for Natalie Portman and director for Darren Aronofsky.
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TODAY'S TELEVISION NEWS
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Will 'Men' move on without Sheen?
If "Two and a Half Men" is on the CBS schedule come fall, it likely
won't be with Charlie Sheen.
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James Goldston to lead 'GMA'
In his first major decision as head of the news division, ABC's Ben
Sherwood has moved "Nightline" exec producer James Goldston to "Good
Morning America" following the departure of predecessor Jim Murphy to
Anderson Cooper's upcoming syndie show.
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TV REVIEWS
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83rd Annual Academy Awards
The youth movement in this year's choice of Oscar hosts didn't alter
the show's dynamics, from the opening insert-actors-in-montage
sequence (hello, Billy Crystal) to the stiff, awkward banter between
James Franco and Anne Hathaway throughout.
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TODAY'S MUSIC NEWS
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Church, Band Perry vie for country kudo
Winnowed from a field of six by online voters, Eric Church and the
Band Perry will compete for top new artist at the Academy of Country
Music Awards on April 3.
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TODAY'S INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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Murdoch near BSkyB deal
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is reportedly close to securing a deal
with U.K. regulators for its bid to acquire the 61% of paybox BSkyB,
currently valued at $13.2 billion, that it doesn't already own.
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'Gods and Men,' 'Ghost Writer' top Cesars
Xavier Beauvois' "Of Gods and Men" and Roman Polanski's "The Ghost
Writer" topped kudos Friday night at Gaul's 36th Cesar Awards
ceremony, hosted by Jodie Foster as honorary president.
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China names top media watchdog
China has named Cai Fuchao, deputy mayor and propaganda czar of
Beijing, as head of the State Administration of Radio, Film and
Television, the powerful media watchdog.
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TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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Strong showing for Oscar Backstage Pass
The first push by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may
not have been perfect, but it proved to be a very solid first effort.
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Academy broadens online app-eal
The attempt to attract a younger audience to this year's Oscar
telecast went beyond the hiring of James Franco and Anne Hathaway as
hosts.
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Deadline's all wet after Oscar leaks
There was plenty of emotion and suspense at Sunday's Oscars, but there
was a whole other level of drama behind the scenes.
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New DDM arm streamlines services
Videogame tenpercentary Digital Development Management has launched a
production services group to help game creators and publishers
streamline the process of getting titles produced and released.
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