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Too Crowded for Convention Center? No Problem. Companies take Comic-Con...
Hollywood has gotten savvy in how it deals with the packed halls of the San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con: It’s taking its marketing efforts outside. A number of studios and TV networks will...
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Film Review: ‘The Wolverine’
Hugh Jackman returns as the adamantium-reinforced superhero in this entertaining and surprisingly existential digression from his usual X-Men exploits.
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U.K. Legit Review: ‘Barnum’
“Barnum,” the story of the legendary showman, takes place within the circus for which the title character became famous. Acrobatic choreography energizes Cy Coleman’s all-the-fun-of-the-fair tunes, but...
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Jeffrey Katzenberg on What Went Wrong With ‘Turbo’
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg is pretty frank on why “Turbo” hasn’t performed well in domestic theaters since its release July 17: ”It was a bad date.” “The film’s soft opening was a...
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CBS Stations, Showtime Go Dark for Time Warner Cable Customers
After weeks of haggling and mud-slinging, CBS and Time Warner Cable remained deadlocked over retransmission fees – resulting in blackouts Friday afternoon of CBS stations in New York, L.A., Dallas and...
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Even Hollywood Studios That Churn Out Hits Use Pre-Sales to Minimize Downside
When DreamWorks Studios decided to start pre-selling international territories one year ago, some observers took it as a sign that its main financier, India’s Reliance Entertainment, was scaling back.
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‘House of Cards’: Spicy Locales at Lo-Cal Costs
The glossy and rich Washington, D.C., locations of Netflix’s “House of Cards” can be found all over Baltimore, thanks to series location manager Patrick Burn.
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‘Breaking Bad’ Props to Be Auctioned Online
Want to be the proud owner of Walter White’s hazmat suit from “Breaking Bad,” or tool around in Skyler’s Jeep? Startup ScreenBid.com has inked a pact with Sony Pictures Television to auction off some...
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London Legit Review: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
“Much Ado About Nothing” is the blueprint for rom-coms, but what makes it fascinatingly unique is that it’s both comedy and tragedy. Except that in the Old Vic’s ill-conceived, witless, ill-conceived,...
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David Copperfield Conjures Own Production Shingle
David Copperfield has launched a new production shingle called Red Safe in his hometown of Las Vegas that both formalizes his ongoing consulting relationship with Hollywood producers and sets him on a...
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