Mar
31
Box Office Report: ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’ Power of Thanksgiving is approaching $ 500 Mil Worldwide Read more »
Mar
30
NEW: Carl Icahn Partners confirmed the control of 10.56% of the shares of Lionsgate Entertainment today after the market closes. Icahn Partners now owns and controls 12,235,723 common shares of Lionsgate door and said he bought them because they were “undervalued.” In other words, Icahn is buying the company on the cheapThe shares acquired were purchased from the New York Stock Exchange at a price of $ 4.53 per common share.
Beyond taking losses in Transporter 3, Punisher, and the Spirit, the mini-major was a big loss ...More
Mar
30
A handful of other high profile business and Los Angeles Dodgers have expressed interest. ESPN has reported that on November 30 a prospective ownership group led by former sports agent and Chicago White Sox executive Dennis Gilbert would also Larry King. In April, many potential players THR rounded the show, which sources say it could make a run for the team, including Mandalay Entertainment Group CEO Peter Guber, Miramax Films co-owner Thomas Barrack, and Cubans. Read more »
Mar
30
No joke. And they did not address all the points they make here about “inaccuracies”, even when I askedToday was the audio news conference of board members and executives of the Motion Picture & Television Fund and the Foundation. But it is curious that, even before they finish, these big fish had already prepared the following press release about it. I’ll have a full report on it soon.
DIRECTIONS AND CONCERNS MPTF inaccuracies concerning the upcoming closure of its hospital-AND LONG-TERM Care Unit leadership MPTF a news conference that provides the data and address false ...More
Mar
29
In third place on the weekend was DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots, which recorded $ 16.9 million 1,249 sites in just four markets, Russia , Ukraine, Philippines and Trinidad. Read more »
Mar
29
(His wife, Julie Henderson, Corp is No. 2 Peter Chernin News nozzle.) great loss. All this is very friendly. (WMA signs ahead …He plans to obtain business can not do as an agent. UPDATED: So let’s start with William Morris losing the head of Digital, Lewis Henderson, at the end of the month because he wants to do something different and new after 17 years there.
Minahan leadership just finished season 2 premiere of True Blood on HBO, as well as episodes of Six Feet Under, Big Love and Deadwood. Another new customer is the NFL star Dhani Jones, for representation in the entertainment ...More
Mar
29
EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that Peter Gabriel has just released to perform at the awards ceremony of the Academy. In a letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, co-writer and performer of Wall-E “Down To Earth”, says he believes the nominated songs and their writers and performers, to find sufficient respect during this year’s Oscar broadcast. we do not know yet that the producers choose to sing in place of Gabriel”I” m told that the mix is the creation of producers in their attempt to get ...More
Mar
28
As you know, everyone in Hollywood from Iron Man director John Favreau a studio bosses who donated heavily to his reelection campaign have been personally lobbying Arnold Schwarzenegger to keep his promise to the entertainment business and find financial incentives. Under the new terms are negotiated in the bipartisan plan to close the state deficit 42 billion U.S. dollars of revenue, the film companies get tax benefits totaling $ 100 million annually to keep their production in California despite that funding for schools, colleges and ...More
Mar
28
Only last week the inquiry heard the details of Leveson deluge of threats , hard and allegedly suffered by the mother of the daughter of Hugh Grant, who said he had made his life unbearable . Read more »
Mar
28
“If it’s an act, the act is committed as I’ve seen in my life.Yes, I know people say that all publicity is good publicity. Grey does not seem to know if this is a hoax, and the joke on us all, and the actor is just being silly by Casey Affleck fake documentary about him and his alleged foray into the rap music business. “Because who wants to see the film of romance if the talented actor has become an idiot? “He said, ‘Oh, it was good, really good.” Moreover, Gray says Phoenix has built a music ...More
Mar
27
Hollywood has taken to Twitter to remember Lucille Ball, whose centennial anniversary Saturday, Aug. 6. Read more »
Mar
27
It has been brought to my attention that hedge funds meister Mark Rachesky now controls about 17% of the troubled Lionsgate through its Fund Management FCM. Why does Hollywood care? Because investment Rachesky was chief executive of Icahn 1990 to 1996, and are friends. Previously, there were almost 16%, but only bought 1.7 million shares during the last days to your bet. (Rachesky is often described as the former protege of Icahn, and say the couple are “very aligned.”
(Not that Icahn has hesitated to tell the public ...More
Mar
27
Hollywood provides high $ 30SM for vacation day 4, but the film reaches $ 43.7M from 3,105 theaters. Tuesday AM: These are 4 days so it was the greatest Presidents weekend in Hollywood history – $ 226 million and a 35% increase over last year … I do not know which is worse: that viewers flocked to horrible Friday 13 2009 Bros New Line / Warner, because it’s Friday 13. also saw a machete psycho-murderer with a loved one on Valentine’s Day. O is becoming the story of the R-rated 4-best opening day – amazing ...More
Mar
26
I believe that Endeavor, WMA is a great fit: William Morris has a strong music division, but a motion picture talent department that need more marquee names and a television department mark except for unscripted fare. EXCLUSIVE: The rumors have been around for months and months, and I know that some calls were exchanged after the end of the writers’ strike a year ago. If this deal comes to fruition will be fun to watch ..But the reality is that these agreements are not done during the night, like everything else in Hollywood that ...More
Mar
26
SAG first live webcast Members Sponsored by the National Committee SAG LGBT Actors
Panel members train as feather DIY New Media
Event: Tuesday, February 17 – James Cagney SAG Board Roo
What: Screen Actors Guild offered its first live webcast transmission to members on 17 February in the form of a panel discussion of new media. Although the debate will integrate the unique perspective of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) actors, all members of SAG will be able to bring the event tips – many from the comfort of their homesThe event is in partnership with ...More
Mar
25
Black Mama has paid $ 2,000 in Los Angeles-based Ark Music Factory to record the song. Black said he will donate a portion of the proceeds of major earthquakes in Japan. Read more »