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Warner Bros. Wins ‘The Butler’ Arbitration Over Weinstein Co.
Warner Bros. has won an arbitration over the Weinstein Co. over the title for “The Butler,” requiring TWC to select another title. But TWC has brushed off the ruling and hired high-powered attorney...
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Promo No-No: The NBC, USA ‘Camp’ Confusion
As if the TV landscape wasn’t already vast and intricate enough, networks have found a new way to confuse viewers: launch shows with essentially the same name, and the same theme, during the same week....
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Forest Whitaker’s ‘The Butler’ Appeal Hearing Set for Friday
The Weinstein Co. will have the chance to make its case Friday over naming rights to Lee Daniels' "The Butler," two and a half weeks after Warner Bros. won an arbitration over the title.
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Q&A Stephenie Meyer: ‘Twilight’ Author Trades Undead for Well-Bred in...
"Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer is moving on. She’s put a stake in the heart of her megahit vampire franchise, and saw modest results ($48 million worldwide) earlier this year from an adaptation of...
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‘Tracks’ Producer Recalls Film’s Journey to Screen
“Tracks” producer Emile Sherman is no stranger to the Lido. The last time the Australian producer, who makes up one-half of the producing duo at See-Saw Films (“The King’s Speech”), hit Venice was with...
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HBO Orders Damon Lindelof’s ‘The Leftovers’ to Series
HBO has added Damon Lindelof’s “The Leftovers” to its slate of series. The pay cabler ordered nine episodes of the hourlong drama in addition to the pilot from Adventure Corps. in association with...
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Album Review: Drake, ‘Nothing Was the Same’
Arriving on Tuesday, Drake’s third album “Nothing Was the Same” represents the final entry in this summer’s trifecta of hugely hyped new releases from hip-hop’s biggest names, following Kanye West’s...
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‘My Name Is Earl’ Alums Set Nurse Comedy at ABC
ABC has landed “No Angels,” a half-hour comedy from Kat Likkel, John Hoberg and Julie Anne Robinson. Based on a Brit format, laffer centers on a raucous group of female nurses who work together and...
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IFC Orders ‘Garfunkel & Oates,’ Spike Renews ‘Ink Masters,’‘Tattoo Nightmares’
On a busy morning for cable programming news, IFC is going ahead with new series “Garfunkel & Oates” for 2014, among other projects, and Spike TV announced renewals for two unscripted series. IFC...
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Gomes, Guimaraes, Junior: Three Men on the ‘Crowd,” Which Arrives At Guadalajara
After shooting the first two films — “The Soul of the Bone” and “Drifters” — of his “Trilogy on Solitude,” Cao Guimaraes decided to team up with fellow director Marcelo Gomes for the project’s third...
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