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DreamWorks is ready to bolt from Paramount
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Which studio would be the best landing pad for Spielberg and Co?



Summer Movie Posse gives its thumbs up
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Teens want to ride on the 'Pineapple Express' but will steer clear of 'Get...



Foretells like teen spirit Here's how this year's Summer Movie Posse rated the trailers for 15 of the...



Pacino and De Niro: How the mighty have fallen
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The once-great actors are embarrassing, if enriching, themselves with film...



'Soloist' presents newspaperman as -- gasp! -- film hero
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WHEN my wife asked me why I'd been out past midnight the other night on skid row, I told her, "I needed...



The end of the critic?
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There was a time when they were our arbiters of culture. Those days are gone.



John Hughes' imprint remains
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He's still revered in Hollywood, but whatever happened to the king of the teens?



Can Mary Parent make MGM roar again?
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The successful producer will attempt to turn the troubled studio into a...



Hollywood's endangered entrepreneurs
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With the demise of New Line's Bob Shaye, is the last of the old guard being...



Do the right thing, WGA
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To: Writers Guild of America, West President Patric Verrone From: Patrick Goldstein Dear Patric: Well,...



Mouse house tops Studio Report Card
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Disney's emphasis on quality over quantity proves a winning formula.



Marcia  &   Lorenzo are real cool geezers
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Sprightly YouTube film reviewers Marcia Nasatir and Lorenzo Semple bill...



THE BIG PICTURE: In the strike, the studios are playing to win
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While attention is focused on the writers strike, a bigger confrontation with...



THE BIG PICTURE: Oscars' foreign policy problem
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should take its 44-page rule...



'The Visitor' has its papers in order
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL

The new drama has its world premiere Friday night at the Toronto International...



A very tough crowd
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Take heed, Hollywood, it's hard to put one over on this edition of the Summer...



THE BIG PICTURE: Satire busts a hump
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Morissette speaks volumes about sex, power and YouTube with a sly spoof.



Academy rule riles producers
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If it weren’t for these two producers, there wouldn’t be a "Sunshine."



A survivor who's seen it all
HOLLYWOOD | THE MOGUL

Old Hollywood or new, Dick Zanuck has been a player.


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