Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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News Corp. to purchase Shine Group
Move fuels speculation on succession at Murdoch empire
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'Unknown' tops holiday weekend
Trio of new pics deliver solid, not great, perfs
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H'wood wary of Michigan
Fallout begins over proposed cut to tax incentives
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MPAA may have its man
Former senator Chris Dodd to top lobbyist post?
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TODAY'S FILM NEWS
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'Adaline' woos Muccino
Gabriele Muccino is in talks to direct supernatural romancer "Adaline"
for Lakeshore Entertainment Group and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.
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'Inception,' 'Pacific' top with Sound Editors
"Inception" and HBO's "The Pacific" were the big winners Sunday night
at the Motion Picture Sound Editors' 58th annual Golden Reel Awards.
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WGA: Comcast trying to 'destroy' guild
The Writers Guild of America West has blasted Comcast over the
conglom's opposition to the guild's efforts to unionize shows at
Comcast Entertainment Group.
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Paramount, Insurge team for 'Bieber'
Paramount and Insurge Pictures will release "Justin Bieber: Never Say
Never: Director's Fan Cut" for a limited engagement begining Feb. 25.
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TODAY'S TELEVISION NEWS
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Full Clip, NBC going global
Beefing up its talent roster, NBC Universal Intl. has cut a first-look
television development pact with actor Sam Worthington's Full Clip
Prods.
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Names are the game in pilot casting
More familiar names are already dotting the cast lists of broadcast
projects in development than the 2011-12 primetime schedule can
possibly accommodate, making for a suspenseful pilot season.
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Minnie Driver set for CBS drama 'Hail Mary'
Minnie Driver has signed on to the CBS drama pilot "Hail Mary," a
buddy P.I. drama set in Atlanta.
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TLC designs new reality
In one of her first programming moves since being upped to g.m. at TLC
a few weeks ago, Amy Winter has given a greenlight to "Mad About the
House."
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TODAY'S INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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Berlin's unsatisfying selection
Every film festival experiences an off year now and then. Sometimes
there just aren't enough good movies out there, or the pics the
programmers responded to simply don't click with the critics. The
problem with Berlin is that the cold stretch has been going on too
long, which is troubling for an event that has long ranked among the
world's five most important fests.
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Gondry tapped for Cannes jury duty
Paris-- French helmer Michel Gondry has been tapped to head up the
short film and Cinefondation jury of the 64th Festival de Cannes.
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Pathe cuts wide swath of deals
Pathe International has closed more than 90 deals across its slate
following brisk activity at the European Film Market.
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'Top Gear' revs up first overseas sales
"Top Gear USA" has notched up its first overseas sales.
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TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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Site offers flight entertainment
Southwest Airlines may not have video screens built into the backs of
its airplane seats, but that doesn't mean the carrier can't offer its
passengers inflight entertainment -- and turn it into a new revenue
stream.
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Vin Diesel takes on 'Ropes'
Vin Diesel's One Race Films is teaming with Fox Digital Entertainment
to produce "The Ropes," an original web series about the lives of
bouncers.
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