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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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Pilots fly with stars
Sutherland, Driver set to topline dramas
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Amazon, Netflix joust for content
Site gives Prime customers access to 5,000 titles for $79
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WB trimming New Line's slate to four
Studio's output will focus more on tentpole titles
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Steve Carell to star in 'Dogs of Babel'
Actor toplines Mandate Pictures pic
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TODAY'S FILM NEWS
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Thurman, Biel to start 'Playing the Field'
Uma Thurman and Jessica Biel have signed on to join Gerard Butler in
Nu Image/Millennium Films' soccer comedy "Playing the Field."
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'Swan,' 'Speech' costumed with kudos
Reflecting the wide-open nature of 2010's awards season, "Black Swan,"
"The King's Speech" and "Alice in Wonderland" nabbed top feature kudos
at the 13th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Tuesday night at
the Beverly Hilton.
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Giovanni Ribisi co-starring in 'Ted'
Giovanni Ribisi is attached to co-star in the laffer "Ted" with Mark
Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane.
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Rain can't dampen production in L.A.
Despite substantial rains in Los Angeles, offlot activity was up 5%
for the week, with 641 permitted production days during the week that
ended Sunday.
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FILM REVIEWS
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Hall Pass
Peter and Bobby Farrelly are finally growing up, even if that
maturation is visible only in highly relative terms.
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TODAY'S TELEVISION NEWS
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NBC signs up for Triple Crown
NBC has reacquired the final leg of horse racing's Triple Crown.
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ABC Family in 'Lying Game' pact
ABC Family has ordered "The Lying Game," another original drama series
for its 2011 slate.
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NBC renews trio of reality skeins
NBC is showing love for its alternative series: "The Biggest Loser,"
"Who Do You Think You Are?" and "The Sing-Off" have all been picked up
through the 2011-12 season.
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CNN's in Libya first
CNN's Ben Wedeman has won a dangerous race: Its senior international
correspondent is the first TV journo with an American net to file from
Libya.
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TV REVIEWS
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Shedding for the Wedding
A CW show that's little more than another "The Biggest Loser" couples
edition, only with a "dream wedding" dangled as the prize.
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TODAY'S MUSIC NEWS
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Diddy signs with CAA
Sean "Diddy" Combs continues making moves to expand his vast empire by
signing with CAA in all areas.
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Grammy winner Banton convicted in drug case
Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton, who won a Grammy Award last week,
was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to set up a deal to sell five
kilos of cocaine.
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Songwriters Hall of Fame announces inductees
Cleffers John Bettis, Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, Allen Toussaint and
the team of Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly will be inducted into the
Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 16.
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Maybach Music pacts with Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records has entered a partnership with Maybach Music
Group, the imprint founded by top rapper Rick Ross.
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TODAY'S LEGIT NEWS
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Larry King to launch stand-up tour
Larry King is hitting the road with an evening of solo stand-up,
launching a string of one-night appearances around the country in
April.
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Arena books return to 'Oklahoma!'
The buzz-attracting revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein tuner
"Oklahoma!" at D.C.'s Arena Stage has been lined up for a return run
there beginning this summer.
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'Lion King' roars at box office
Broadway box office got a healthy boost last week, with almost every
individual production posting a week-to-week gain -- including "The
Lion King," which became one of the rare tuners to nudge "Wicked" out
of its near-constant perch at the top of the heap.
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Wagner, Brown take TDF/Sharaff awards
Set designer Robin Wagner and the late costume designer Lewis Brown
will pick up kudos at the 2011 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards. The annual
laurels honor legit design.
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TODAY'S INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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Directors seek to save EU initiative
A contingent of more than 300 European filmmakers, including Ken
Loach, Wim Wenders, Bertrand Tavernier and Costa-Gavras, have signed a
petition in an attempt to ensure the future independence of the
European Union's Media Program.
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Pinewood builds studio
Pinewood Studios Group, which operates Pinewood, Shepperton and
Teddington Studios in Blighty, has joined forces with shingle Indomina
Group to launch a studio facility in the Dominican Republic.
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The Philippines get 'Extreme Makeover'
Global entertainment powerhouse Endemol has won its first Asian
commission for reality skein "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
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Accorsi set for 'Versus'
Italo A-list actor Stefano Accorsi is developing "Versus," a
high-profile thriller centered around the contempo international jewel
heist gang known as the Pink Panthers.
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TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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Amazon, Netflix joust for content
Amazon.com added a video streaming service to its $79 Amazon Prime
membership on Tuesday that makes the e-tailing giant a bigger rival to
online rental services like Netflix and Redbox.
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Tech Tussle: Cloud Wars
Visitors to Industrial Light & Magic's pristine HQ in San Francisco's
Presidio are treated to picture-postcard views of the Palace of Fine
Arts and the Golden Gate Bridge.
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