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Three Years In, Reliance Sees Little Payback From Its Hollywood Gamble

November 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein & Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

The Indian media conglomerate, which invested $325M in DreamWorks alone, has little to show for its cash

  

Indie Box Office: 'Like Crazy' Gets Solid $270K Expansion

November 6, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Sundance winner enjoys 119% uptick expanding from 4 to 16 theaters

  

Herman Cain Blames 'Dishonest Journalists' for Sexual Harassment Hoopla

November 6, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

In Texas GOP debate against Newt Gingrich Saturday, presidential contender tells reporters he's done addressing the controversy

  

Friday Box Office: 'Tower Heist' on Track for Soft $25M Opening

November 5, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein & Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Brett Ratner's caper comedy was projected to take in as much as $35 million; "Harold & Kumar" meeting expectations in the mid-teens

  

NinjaVideo Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Copyright Infringement

November 3, 2011 By Peter Voskamp 1 year ago

With Justin A. Dedemko's guilty plea, Justice Department has successfully convicted all three of the piracy site's founders

  

ABC Gives Full-Season Orders for 'Once Upon a Time,' 2 Comedies

November 3, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Network also orders five more scripts for Sunday-night drama "Pan Am"

  

DirecTV and Fox Reach Agreement on Carriage Dispute

October 31, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Agreement means that satellite carrier won't make good on threats to drop cable conglomerate's channels

  

Hilary Swank Insider: She Thought 6-Figure Chechnya Fee Was for Real-Estate Opening

October 31, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Insider says actress was misled to believe event was to celebrate the rebuilding of Grozny, not birthday of controversial autocrat

  

Home Entertainment Spending Up 5% in Q3

October 31, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Struggling sector reports its first growth since the first quarter of 2008, Digital Entertainment Group reports

  

DreamWorks Animation Stock Down More Than 7% in Early Trading

October 31, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Wall Street not impressed with $34M opening of studio's latest animated feature, "Puss in Boots"

  

Hilary Swank Fires CAA Agents, Manager in Wake of Chechen PR Disaster

October 30, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Longtime manager Jason Weinberg has been let go; CAA reps Amie Yavor and Josh Lieberman also kicked off team

  

Foreclosure Mill's Halloween Party Mocks Homeless, Displaced

October 30, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

New York Times obtains shocking photos from a Buffalo law firm's Halloween party in which staffers seem to mock the people they displace

  

'Jon & Kate' Editor Arrested for Child Porn Possession

October 30, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

TV editor William Blankinship, who has worked on numerous tike-filled cable reality shows, charged with 10 counts of exploitation of a minor

  

Redbox Ups Rental Price to $1.20, Says It'll Have Streaming Plan By Year's End

October 27, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Kiosk chain says price hike is related to operating expense increases

  

DirecTV Fires Back at Fox: Files Complaint With FCC

October 27, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Satellite TV service says Fox's ads and promos mislead its subscribers into believing that local Fox channels will be affected by carriage war, too

  

Regal Entertainment Reports 41% Decline in Q3 Profits Despite 7% Revenue Bump

October 27, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Poor year-to-year comparison resulted from last year's $31.4 million after-tax gain on the sale of National CineMedia

  

NBC Wins Bidding War for Chris O'Dowd Comedy 'Big Men'

October 26, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Irish comic, who played the heartthrob sheriff's deputy in "Bridesmaids," will write and executive produce

  

Patrice O'Neal, Prime Charlie Sheen Roast Target, Suffers Stroke

October 26, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Portly comic was savaged with diabetes and other health-related barbs at last month's Comedy Central event

  

Kurt Sutter to Fox in Carriage Wars Battle: Go Ahead and Arrest Me

October 26, 2011 By Daniel Frankel & Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

The "Sons of Anarchy" creator says his network censored his anti-DirecTV promo, and now wants to censor his blog (updated)

  

'Walking Dead' Gets Season 3 Pick-Up

October 25, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

No shock here -- AMC renews surging zombie-apocalypse series

  

Game Over, Man! Fox Ad Ramps Up DirecTV Carriage War

October 23, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Full-page ad in Sunday's L.A. Times warns Trojans, Bruins and Kings fans their teams could soon be off the air; warns that Fox broadcast channels could soon be affected, too

  

DirecTV Threatens to Pull FX, Nat Geo, Other Fox Networks Channels

October 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Fox Networks says satellite service provider has threatened to yank its channels if latest carriage dispute isn't solved by Nov. 1

  

New Hacking Allegations Expected at News Corp. Shareholder Meeting

October 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Occupy Wall Street converged early Friday on the Fox lot for the annual shareholders meeting

  

OTX Calls on Film Industry to Rethink Tracking

October 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Research firm sets industry-wide meeting to "adjust how a film's pre-weekend box office is tracked and predicted"

  

Late Lindsay Lohan Turned Away From County Morgue

October 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Publicist says troubled actress missed her community service appointment Thursday because she couldn't find the facility's entrance. Coroner's response: "She's been here before"

  

Sony Pictures Dedicates Park to John Calley

October 19, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Gathering spot at the center of the Culver City studio will now be named John Calley Park, in honor of the recently departed former studio chief

  
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