Archive for April, 2011

MPAA’s Marc Spiegel dies at 92

April 30, 2011  |  Variety  |  No Comments

Obituary: Served org for five decades -- Marc Spiegel, who spent nearly half a century as an exec at the Motion Picture Assn. of America, died Thursday, April 29, of natural causes. He was 92.

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First glimpse of U.S. royal wedding aud

April 30, 2011  |  Variety  |  No Comments

TV News: Friday primetime specials draw more than 20 mil viewers -- In the first glimpse of U.S. viewership of the royal wedding, CBS, ABC and NBC drew more than 20 million viewers for their primetime highlight specials on Friday.

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CBS, NBC face similar hurdles

April 30, 2011  |  Variety  |  No Comments

TV News: Analysis: But Peacock has a lot more needs this fall -- CBS and NBC are approaching the end of the season from opposite ends of the success spectrum, but both face 2011-2012 as partners in crime.

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CBS, NBC face similar hurdles

April 30, 2011  |  Variety  |  No Comments

TV News: Analysis: But Peacock has a lot more needs this fall -- CBS and NBC are approaching the end of the season from opposite ends of the success spectrum, but both face 2011-2012 as partners in crime.

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Reality exec buffs brand

April 30, 2011  |  Variety  |  No Comments

TV News: Garvie ready to turn around next project -- All3Media's new international boss Wayne Garvie is no stranger to rejection.

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Daniel Craig to narrate BBC doc

April 30, 2011  |  Variety  |  No Comments

International News: Natural history pic reworks six-hour TV series -- LONDON -- BBC Earth Films has signed Daniel Craig to narrate its theatrical natural history feature "One Life."

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Variance acquires trio of pics

April 30, 2011  |  Variety  |  No Comments

Film News: Company nabs U.S. rights to 'General,' 'Little Rock' and 'Blowfly' -- Variance Films has acquired US theatrical rights for "General Orders No. 9," "Little Rock" and "The Weird World of Blowfly."

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Sheen Preens: New ‘Two and a Half Men’ Will Be a ‘No-Show’

April 30, 2011  |  Media Week  |  No Comments

Charlie Sheen has launched yet another attack on Two and a Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre, spewing vitriol at his former boss in a 280-word screed sent to intermediary TMZ. Flying under the banner “Good Luck Chuck,” the rant features Sheen’s signature rhetorical flourishes––in rapid succession, the actor mocked Lorre as a “sad silly fool,” a “low-rent nutless sociopath” and “a spineless rat”––all of which serves as a prelude to a withering assessment of the show’s future prospects.

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Relativity, Bing float Hawaii studio

April 30, 2011  |  Variety  |  No Comments

Film News: Eco-friendly facilities contingent on doubling of state incentive -- Promising exponential increases to Hawaii's production revenues, Ryan Kavanugh's Relativity Media and Steve Bing's Shangri-La Entertainment have proposed building two $200 million eco-friendly studios in the state, provided that the state increases its current 20% film incentive program.

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Schwarzenegger verbally commits to ‘Cry Macho’

April 30, 2011  |  Variety  |  No Comments

Film News: Governator still up in the air about his first post-office project -- Arnold Schwarzenegger has verbally committed to star in the indie drama "Cry Macho" -- but he hasn't decided whether it'll be his first film after leaving the Governor's office.

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