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United Talent Agency shoots for the stars with new screening room

By Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:00 PDT

United Talent Agency gives its private state-of-the-art theater a high-tech upgrade. Will Hollywood competitors follow?

The numbers on United Talent Agency's new 130,000-square-foot Beverly Hills digs are notable.

NBC News gets new president. Oscars still searching for host.

By Joe Flint — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:51:00 PDT

After the coffee. Before going out to vote for next mayor of Los Angeles.

NBC hopes News President Deborah Turness will be agent of change

By Joe Flint — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:05:00 PDT

Deborah Turness, who on Monday was named president of NBC News, will make the rounds at the unit Tuesday and Wednesday to meet with other top network executives as well as key producers and talent.

'Safe Haven' and 'Jack Reacher' top DVD/Blu-ray charts

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:50:00 PDT

A trio of new titles arrived to knock Oscar winners “Django Unchained” and “Silver Linings Playbook” from their reign atop the sales and rentals charts -- among them Tom Cruise’s box-office disappointment “Jack Reacher.” Also, probably because Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” is breaking box-office records in theaters, the company’s 2012 title “The Avengers” is back. Here are the top titles for the week that ended May 11 for sales and May 12 for rentals, according to Rentrak.

NBC names Deborah Turness president of news division

By Joe Flint — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:31:00 PDT

NBC News has tapped British television journalist Deborah Turness as its next president.

'Star Trek Into Darkness' finishes first. Yahoo buys Tumblr.

By Joe Flint — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:05:00 PDT

After the coffee. Before going through two weeks' worth of mail.

Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners

By Richard Verrier — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:36:00 PDT

An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a fashion company is betrayed by her jealous boss when she designs a spectacular kite for the Beijing Kite Festival.

'Star Trek Into Darkness' wings in at No. 1 but not at warp speed

By Glenn Whipp — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:43:00 PDT

"Star Trek Into Darkness" opened atop the U.S. box office, though its debut didn't quite make the jump to warp speed that Paramount Pictures executives expected.

Dolby hoping 'Star Trek Into Darkness' will take it to a new galaxy

By Richard Verrier — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:00 PDT

Paramount Pictures isn't the only company that stands to get a lift from "Star Trek's" anticipated box office success this weekend.

'Star Trek Into Darkness' prospers at box office on Thursday bow

By Glenn Whipp — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:00 PDT

“Star Trek Into Darkness” grossed $13.5 million during its first day in U.S. theaters Thursday, putting it on track to approach $100 million at the domestic box office by the end of this weekend, according to studio estimates. The take includes $3.5 million from Thursday midnight screenings and late-night IMAX shows on Wednesday. The movie, budgeted at an estimated $190 million, opened on 3,762 screens, 336 of them IMAX 3D.