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MTV Networks Executives Wanted to Buy Youtube

There is much to behold in the 300-plus pages released Thursday morning in the $1-billion copyright infringement lawsuit that Viacom has lobbed against YouTube and its parent company, Google. Among the more juicy tidbits is a set of internal Viacom documents from July 2006 showing that the New York media conglomerate had explored buying YouTube for ...

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Doors Documentary Opens April 9

Doors Documentary When You're Strange Begins In Select Markets April 9 The Doors When You're Strange first played at Sundance in 2009. Producers include Dick Wolf, Rhino's John Beug and Jeff Jampol, the band's manager. Wolf Films' Peter Jankowski, also a producer, guided the project for Wolf's company. It was made with support of band members ...

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3D or Not 2D, That is the Question

'Dragon' versus 'Titans' versus 'Alice' in fight over 3-D screens Studios are using high-pressure tactics to book their films into theaters. In the wake of the blockbuster “Avatar," Hollywood's obsession with 3-D has hit a roadblock. Paramount Pictures is using high-pressure tactics against theaters to book DreamWorks Animation's upcoming big-budget 3-D film, “How to Train Your ...

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New Michael Jackson Documentary Comming Soon

New Michael Jackson Documentary Comming Soon

The author behind “Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson" is tackling the King of Pop's last days for the bigscreen. Author/filmmaker Ian Halperin is behind “Gone Too Soon," an 88-minute documentary about Jackson that is culled from 300 hours of footage shot inside the singer's camp. Shine International, which holds international distribution rights to the ...

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Disgrace of The Hump in Santa Monica

Santa Monica sushi restaurant charged with illegally selling whale meat. The eatery admits the wrongdoing, its attorney says. Federal agents and animal activists cooperated in a video sting orchestrated by a producer of the Oscar-winning documentary 'The Cove.' Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed criminal charges against a Santa Monica sushi restaurant and one of its chefs, alleging ...

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Get on Reality TV Show

Get on Reality TV Show

You don't need to crash a White House party to make it onto a reality TV show. Wired asked Lynne Spillman, casting director for “Amazing Race" and “Survivor", what she looks for in wannabe fameballs. Here are three tips for making sure you aren't voted off her island. This article is a wiki. Got extra advice? ...

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"The Cove" Being Felt at the Hump Santa Monica's Sushi Probe

"The Cove" Being Felt at the Hump Santa Monica's  Sushi Probe

The owner of The Hump, the Santa Monica sushi restaurant where, until recently, an endangered species of whale was on the menu, has already publicly admitted to violating the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. Charges have been filed. The restaurant, in its own way, has even said it is sorry, issuing a statement that included the ...

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Oscar Winner "The Cove" Becomes Basis for New TV Series

Fans of “The Cove," the environmentally themed film that won the best documentary Oscar last night, will be happy to know there's more where that came from. A new television series about the controversial dolphin trade in Japan, tentatively titled “Dolphin Warriors," has been greenlit by Animal Planet. The series picks up where the movie leaves ...

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Dolphin Hunt Town Shrugs off Cove Oscar

Dolphin Hunt Town Shrugs off Cove Oscar

TAIJI, Japan - The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as “The Cove" won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese village shown in the film abhorred the attention and said it won't end their centuries-old tradition. In Taiji on the rocky coast ...

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New Zealand Capital Erects Film Sign

New Zealand Capital Erects Film Sign

The New Zealand home base of Weta Digital, and a host of other NZ film companies, is set to officially become Wellywood, with a Hollywood-style sign to be erected on the hills of the Miramar Peninsula. The term has been used informally for some time but the new lettering -- mimicking the style of the Hollywood ...


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