Golden Globes trial: judge pushes settlement
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Reuters - A U.S. district court judge pushed Dick Clark Productions and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to end their bitter legal scuffle and reach a settlement.
Sundance film "Bachelorette" picked up by Weinsteins
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Reuters - The Weinstein Company's new video on demand label, Radius-TWC, has picked up "Bachelorette," a Sundance movie starring Kirsten Dunst, the company's co-presidents, Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, said Tuesday.
Verizon, Redbox plan Netflix challenge
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Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar's Redbox unit have formed a joint venture to sell video services aimed at competing against video rental giant Netflix Inc.
IMDB "Jane Doe" case gets a court date
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Reuters - Junie Hoang, the actress suing the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for revealing her age, will see her day -- and perhaps two days -- in court next year.
Amazon, Viacom close to Web video deal
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Reuters - Amazon.com Inc is about to announce a Web video deal with Viacom Inc in what sources said was one of the last steps in a plan to launch a standalone subscription service to compete with Netflix Inc.
McClatchy ad rev decline slows, shares jump
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Reuters - Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co's quarterly results handily beat expectations, as the pace of decline in advertising revenue reduced sharply and expenses fell about 8 percent.
Walt Disney, Univision discussing joint news channel: source
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Reuters - Walt Disney Co is talking with Univision Communications about creating a new 24-hour English language cable news channel aimed at a Hispanic audience, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said on Monday.
Reuters - Metro-Goldwyn Mayer said its lenders agreed to loan the studio $500 million to retire debt it took on when it emerged from bankruptcy about a year ago and to expand its film and TV production.
Resilient Chevy, Chrysler ads win at Super Bowl
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Reuters - General Motors scored with an Armageddon-proof Chevy truck while a Clint Eastwood pep talk for America won notice for rival Chrysler during the high-stakes brand battle at Sunday's Super Bowl.
Andy Serkis strips, Patton Oswalt riffs at Santa Barbara film
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Reuters - Andy Serkis and Patton Oswalt, who were passed over when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its nominations, stole the show on Friday night at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which honored Serkis, Oswalt, Shailene Woodley and three Oscar nominees with its annual Virtuoso Awards.
Star Wars, Ferris Bueller drive Super Bowl ad buzz
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Reuters - The Super Bowl is still two days away but some advertisers already are looking like winners as their yet-to-be-aired commercials score millions of hits online and rack up pre-game buzz.
Congress makes it tougher to shoot in U.S. capitol
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Reuters - Last year was a banner year for production in the nation's capital -- more than a dozen high-budget film and television projects ranging from "Bourne Identity 4 to "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss 'Obese' Season 2" spent time in the city -- but its future as a film location may be in jeopardy.
News Corp taps Bloomberg executive to lead Dow Jones
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Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Thursday named Bloomberg LP executive Lex Fenwick as chief executive officer of its Dow Jones & Co unit which houses its Wall Street Journal newspaper.