Obituary: Hit pay dirt with Ritchie Valens and 'La Bamba' -- Bob Keane, whose independent label Del-Fi Records produced hits by Latino rock star Ritchie Valens and Bobby Fuller, died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 87.
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Obituary: Hit pay dirt with Ritchie Valens and 'La Bamba' -- Bob Keane, whose independent label Del-Fi Records produced hits by Latino rock star Ritchie Valens and Bobby Fuller, died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 87.
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Film Reviews: Winner of the Gotham Award for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, this powerful, iconoclastic pic could gain a cult following.
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Film News: Catalina Saavedra wins breakthrough actor kudo -- "The Hurt Locker" emerged as the big winner at last night's Gotham Independent Film Awards at New York's Cipriani Wall Street.
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TV News: 'Simple Life' thesp to star in scripted half-hour comedy -- Nicole Richie is plotting a return to primetime, this time as the star of a scripted half-hour comedy.
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Film News: Writers will build bigscreen ‘Self Esteem’ -- "The Office" scribes Brent Forrester and Mindy Kaling are looking to boost their self-esteem with a project at Mandate Pictures.
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Los Angeles: Affil to air Saturday skein from showbiz insiders -- Los Angeles outlet KNBC will launch "Show Business With Bart and Guber" this Saturday.
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TV News: Affil to air Saturday skein from showbiz insiders -- Los Angeles outlet KNBC will launch "Show Business With Bart and Guber" this Saturday.
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H'w'd and D.C.: Can net afford to have the couple on ‘Real Housewives’? -- With a White House review, a Secret Service investigation and now a congressional hearing exploring how the "party crashers" got in to the state dinner last week, where does that leave Bravo?
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Los Angeles: Grazer, Howard ink first-look pact with India-based conglom -- Imagine Entertainment is the 10th production company to form a first-look deal with Reliance Big Entertainment.
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Exec Shuffle: Sales and marketing prez exits after 10 years -- ABC sales and marketing president Mike Shaw is departing after nearly 10 years in the top job.
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Box Office News: Pic reaps close to $2 million in opening weekend -- Dutch film "Komt een vrouw bij de dokter" (A Woman Goes to the Doctor) took 1.3 million ($1.95 million) in its opening weekend.
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Legit News: Director will take on Randy Newman tuner in L.A. -- Jerry Zaks will direct the world premiere of Randy Newman tuner "Harps and Angels" for L.A. Center Theater Group.
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Animation: Animated half-hour series from Loren Bouchard, Jim Dauterive -- Fox is cooking up 13 episodes of "Bob's Burgers," an animated half-hour from Loren Bouchard ("Dr. Katz") and Jim Dauterive ("King of the Hill").
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Obituary: Cinematographer shot films, shows, musicvideos -- Cinematographer and still photographer Marc E. Reshovsky, A.S.C. , who shot films, TV shows and musicvideos, died Nov. 20 in Seattle of complications from influenza. He was 52.
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TV News: 20 percent stake reportedly bought for $5.8 billion -- General Electric Co. has reached an agreement to buy the 20 percent stake in NBC Universal held by Vivendi SA.
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TV News: Mike Shaw exits post after nearly ten years -- ABC sales and marketing president Mike Shaw is departing after nearly ten years in the top job.
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Gotham: Splitting last novel into two films means expensive talks -- The two-week $481million worldwide gross of "New Moon" creates a high-class challenge for Summit toppers.
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Gotham: Production on pics expected to begin next summer -- Peter Jackson is predicting production of "The Hobbit" films will start in the middle of next summer, a few months later than expected.
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Technology News: Rights orgs, police target users of Share software -- Police have launched a crackdown on illegal use of the P2P software Share.
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International News: BSkyB to air wrestling shows in U.K. and Ireland -- British Sky Broadcasting has inked a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment.
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Obituary: Son of Burt Bluestein and Christina Galante -- Michael "Blue" Bluestein -- son of director and production manager Burt Bluestein and New York and California Film Commission helmer Christina Galante -- died on November 18th at the young age of 30.
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Technology News: Vidgamer hopes ‘Prince of Persia’ can turn things around -- Ubisoft is the latest vidgamemaker to prove that publishers are just as dependent on high-profile franchises as Hollywood.
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Film Reviews: Flirting with the law of diminishing returns, Alex Merkin's "Across the Hall," the feature-length version of his fest-fave short, doesn't quite surpass the sum of its parts.
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Front Page: Studio looks to LaGravenese for another wizard franchise -- Warner Bros. has gone back to the cauldron to stir up another coming-of-age wizard franchise, "Beautiful Creatures."
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Front Page: Studio looks to LaGravenese for another wizard franchise -- Warner Bros. has gone back to the cauldron to stir up another coming-of-age wizard franchise, "Beautiful Creatures."
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Museum of the Moving Image Honoree: Clint Eastwood: Child of Depression applies lesson to directing -- Clint Eastwood's fiscal conservatism has nothing to do with politics.
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Exec Shuffle: New title, expanded duties is studio’s stamp of approval -- Greg Silverman has been upped to the new post of exec VP of creative development and production for Warner Bros.
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Legit News: Thanksgiving brings box office bounty on Broadway -- "Wicked" hit a milestone this weekend, becoming the first Broadway production to report more than $2 million sales for a single frame.
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Los Angeles: Next generation of actors praise director's technique -- Dirty Harry as a gentle, sensitive mentor? Well, that's how a generation of young actors sees the gruff, grizzly, monosyllabic guy.
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TV News: MLB announcer criticized for postseason mistakes -- TBS has parted ways with lead Major League Baseball announcer Chip Caray following a postseason performance widely criticized for mistakes.
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TV News: PBS host to pen weekly piece for news magazine -- Charlie Rose is headed to BusinessWeek. The interviewer and host of the eponymous PBS show will pen a weekly column for the news magazine, featuring interviews with "thinkers, politicians and newsmakers" according to a press release.
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Legit News: Waaser to serve as acting exec director of thesps' union -- John P. Connolly has ankled his post as exec director of legit thesp union Actors' Equity Assn., four months before the end of his term. Connolly said he would not seek a second term with Equity.
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Obituary: Worked on 'Romeo Must Die,' 'Exit Wounds' -- Derek Gordon Brechin, film editor whose credits include "Romeo Must Die," "The Bourne Ultimatum," and "Exit Wounds," died of heart failure in Glendale, CA on November 6th, 2009.
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Music News: Singer also hosted TV talent show in Philadelphia -- Al Alberts, a founding member of the singing group, The Four Aces, and a longtime TV talent show host in Philadelphia, died Nov. 25 in Arcadia, Fla. He was 87.
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Obituary: CBS News producer covered Watergate scandal -- CBS News producer Bernard Birnbaum, who helped shape the public's view of issues ranging from poverty to the Watergate scandal while working alongside Walter Cronkite and Charles Kuralt, died of a heart attack Nov. 24 in Stony Brook, NY, the network said. [...]
Gotham: Makes way for 'Jones,' vows return engagement -- Producers of the Off Broadway comedy "Made in Heaven" have opted to shutter the show on Dec. 7, closing early to make way for the transfer of Irish Repertory Theater's hit production of "The Emperor Jones."
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Film News: Actor to play Ranger Smith in Warner Bros. pic -- Tom Cavanagh has signed on to play Ranger Smith in "Yogi Bear," Warner Bros.' live-action/CG animated pic that has begun shooting in New Zealand.
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Legit News: Thesp will star in Broadway tuner revival -- Kelsey Grammer has locked in his stint in the upcoming Broadway revival of tuner "La Cage aux Folles," soon after word leaked out last week about the casting.
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TV News: 'Mad Men,' '30 Rock' return as top contenders -- NBC's "30 Rock" and AMC's "Mad Men" are in contention to repeat as TV series winners of Producers Guild Awards.
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Obituary: Exec, attorney worked at Universal and Disney -- David Mayer, an exec and attorney in the entertainment biz for over 30 years, died Oct. 27 in Los Angeles He was 58.
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TV News: Fox's animation block holds on strong -- Typical for a Sunday night during the NFL season, NBC won the ratings race with a strong showing for the Steelers vs. Ravens game. Fox's animation block performed well to give the net a second-place finish while ABC finished third as [...]
Exec Shuffle: Exec to top creative development and production. -- Warner Bros. Pictures has promoted Greg Silverman to the newly created post of exec VP of creative development and production.
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Music News: Album is country's fastest selling debut ever -- Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream," a mixture of covers of famous tracks and holiday-season standards, has become the fastest-selling debut album in U.K. history.
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