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    May 21, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  1. Upfronts Show Cracks in the Facade of Networks

    Variety
    Forgive the major broadcast networks for feeling a bit like the evil "Queen in Snow White" and the Seven Dwarfs these days. When asking their Magic Mirror for positive reinforcement, the answer is seldom completely satisfying. Still the fairest of them...

    Tags: Amazon.com Inc., AMC (tv network), Culture, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Arts and Culture

    2. May 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. After 'Gatsby' sank at Sony, it swam to Warner Bros.

    It may seem strange that anybody would pass on financing a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. But when Baz Luhrmann was trying to make “The Great Gatsby,” with the “Titanic” star cast in the lead role, every studio in town said no — except one.
    It may seem strange that anybody would pass on financing a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. But when Baz Luhrmann was trying to make “The Great Gatsby,” with the “Titanic” star cast in the lead role, every studio in town said no...

    Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Carey Mulligan, Movies, Entertainment, Casablanca (movie)

    3. May 8, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  3. Talent Agency IPO: Could It Happen?

    Variety
    With private-equity money backing CAA and WME, it’s no surprise that both agencies are the subject of IPO rumors. But while the U.S. economy’s slow recovery from the 2008 financial crisis is among factors that have increased investors’ appetites,...

    Tags: Cinema Industry, Finance, Relativity Media, Entertainment, FTI Consulting Inc.

    4. Aug 10, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  4. 'Willy Wonka' director Mel Stuart dies at 83

    Variety
    Mel Stuart, who directed 1971 children's classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," among more than 180 producing or helming efforts in a career that spanned more than five decades, died Thursday, Aug. 9, from cancer in Los Angeles. He was 83....

    Tags: Documentary (genre), BBC, Music Industry, Academy Awards, Mickey Rooney

    5. Jun 13, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  5. TV producer Lillian Gallo dies at 84

    Variety
    Television producer Lillian Gallo, perhaps best known for critically acclaimed 1975 telepic "Hustling," based on Gail Sheehy's book on prostitution in America, died June 6 at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, Calif., of Alzheimer's...

    Tags: Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Television, Ed Asner, Walter Matthau

    6. Jun 4, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  6. Vega a go to star in 'Standby Lovers': Role reteams Spanish thesp with Pedro Almodovar

    Variety
    Spanish thesp Paz Vega is set to reteam with her "Talk to Her" helmer Pedro Almodovar on his new film, "Standby Lovers." Vega joins Jose Maria Yazpik ("The Burning Plain") and Javier Camara in the romantic comedy, whose logline the filmmaker is not...

    Tags: Javier Camara, Paz Vega, Entertainment, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (movie), Wanted (movie)

    7. Apr 24, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Dakota Johnson takes the plunge in Oliver Peoples' latest short

    All The Rage
    Oliver Peoples debuted the Lisa Eisner-directed short film "Float" at the center of its spring and summer 2012 advertising campaign at a star-studded Chateau Marmont cocktail party on April 20 that included Ray Liotta, Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken,...
    8. Feb 2, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Oscars by the Numbers

    LA Times Magazine
    Surprising stats from the most famous awards show of them all...
    9. Nov 17, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. The Morning Fix: Gervais back. Rosenblum wins! Google's new song

    Company Town
    The Morning Fix is a roundup of media headlines....
    10. Oct 26, 2011 |Story| Zap2It

  10. Dick Van Dyke helps PBS recall television's view of American life

    Zap2It
    Lovers of classic television always are game to hear the people who made it talk about it. After its two "Pioneers of Television" documentaries, PBS returns to that turf with "America in Primetime," a four-week series filled with familiar actors and...

    Tags: Television, Documentary (genre), The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program), Steven Bochco, Dick van Dyke

    11. Oct 10, 2011 |Story| WPMT-LTV

  11. Woo Hoo! FOX orders two more seasons of "The Simpsons"

    FOX has renewed THE SIMPSONS, the longest-running comedy in television history, for an incredible 24th and 25th season, bringing the series total to an astonishing 559 episodes. THE SIMPSONS airs Sundays (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
    FOX has renewed THE SIMPSONS, the longest-running comedy in television history, for an incredible 24th and 25th season, bringing the series total to an astonishing 559 episodes. THE SIMPSONS airs Sundays (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.   In the words of...

    Tags: World Series, Television, Starz, LLC, Fox Broadcasting Company, Social Media

    12. Oct 4, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Don't have a cow but News Corp. may be better off without 'Simpsons'

    Company Town
    Would News Corp. be better off if Homer Simpson retires? On the surface that question seems absurd. After all, "The Simpsons" has been a staple of News Corp's Fox network for more than two decades and remains one of its......
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