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BCS Bowl in 3D!
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Michael Ricci
How much more thrilling will it be to watch Tim Tebow throw for 400 yards and rescue a puppy from a burning building when the action is 50-feet high?
Sure, it'll never replicate the testosterone or tailgating of a live game, but you can make tonight's BCS National Championship Game a larger-than-life experience at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, which will air the game in 3D on the big screen.
Watch the shootout between Heisman-winning quarterbacks as Sam Bradford and the Oklahoma ...
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Hollywood's New Vocabulary
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All About Jazz
Tech terms reflect a changing biz Hollywood is adding to its marketing vocabulary at a rapid clip. Here are some of the terms describing new concepts and technologies now used in the promotion of movies and TV shows.
ARG (alternate reality game): Players access them via multiple methods -- including cell phones, email and websites -- to interact with a storyline that's influenced by their choices. Studios and TV networks have created them for movies and TV shows ...
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Ed Catmull Pixar Animation Pioneer Earns Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement
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All About Jazz
One of the digital wizards behind such cartoon smashes as WALL-E, Ratatouille and Finding Nemo is getting an Academy Award.
Pixar Animation co-founder Ed Catmull is receiving the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, an honorary Oscar statuette, for lifetime achievement in computer graphics for filmmaking.
Catmull is receiving the prize at the academy's Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony Feb. 7, which precedes the Feb. 22 Oscars.
It's the second honorary Oscar for Catmull. He's a previous recipient in 2000 for developing ...
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A Bleak Picture for Big Studios
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Michael Ricci
The economic downturn hit while audiences were already turning to the Web. Experts expect more layoffs for the local industry.
There is no Hollywood ending in sight in 2009 for the entertainment industry, which along with the rest of the nation is experiencing its worst economic slump in decades. The fallout from declining local TV ad revenue, weakening DVD sales and diminishing sources of film financing will continue to pound Los Angeles' signature industry, which employs more than ...
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Hugh Hefner's First True Love? It Wasn't Women
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Michael Ricci
'Everything I learned about love I learned from the movies,' says the famous Playboy.
“You've caught me with my pants on," Hugh Hefner said with a sad smirk. There are days (or entire decades) when Hefner greets the midday sun in silk pajamas and a robe, but on this particular December afternoon, well, the playboy just wasn't in the mood. Hefner had arrived back at his 29-room Holmby Hills mansion after attending the funeral of Bettie Page, the pin-up queen, ...
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Update: Screen Actors Guild Delays Strike Vote
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Michael Ricci
The union, which has been rocked by internal dissent, will convene a special meeting of its national board to discuss the matter.
Rocked by growing internal dissent that is splintering Hollywood's largest union, the Screen Actors Guild has postponed plans for a controversial strike authorization vote until after the union's national board meets to discuss the matter. The union's 120,000 members were poised to vote on the planned strike referendum next month, with ballots going out Jan. 2. But in ...
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Screen Actors Guild Postpones Strike Authorization Vote
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Michael Ricci
BREAKING NEWS
The Screen Actors Guild has postponed the strike authorized by the guilds board of directors last month. The mailing of ballots to the members was about to be sent January 2, 2009.
Securing such a vote in the current climate could be difficult for SAG. The referendum would require 75% approval from members who vote in order to pass. Although union members typically grant strike authorizations to leaders in negotiations, that could be a difficult threshold to meet ...
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