Daniel Frankel
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Cee Lo Green Tells Coachella, ‘Put Your Middle Fingers in the Air!’ (Video)
After showing up a bit for his Saturday-afternoon gig, the crooner sent music-festival organizers a little message for making him cut his set short
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gets Her Next Series: HBO Greenlights ‘Veep’
Former “Seinfeld” star returns to prime-time comedy TV, playing — get out! — the Vice President of the United States
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Nicolas Cage Bailed Out by … Dog the Bounty Hunter?
A&E reality star Duane Chapman was the one who posted the $11,000 bond for Cage in the Big Easy
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‘Rio’ Scores 2011’s Biggest Box Office Opening at $40M
With the overall box office up 10% (yes, it’s true), Blue Sky Studios film is the first to hit the big four-oh, while Wes Craven’s fourth “Scream” movie misses the mark at $19.3M
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Friday Box Office: ‘Rio’ Flies Straight at $10.2M; ‘Scream 4’ Muted at $8M
Fox 3D-animated feature set to match tracking with $30M-plus weekend, while Wes Craven’s first “Scream” movie in a decade won’t come close to matching mid-20s projections; weekend is flat with last year
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Lionsgate Acquires Barry Levinson’s ‘The Bay’
Studio will distribute the Oren Peli-produced found-footage eco-horror film domestically
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Mary Matalin Joins KCRW’s ‘Left, Right & Center’
L.A. public radio station’s panel-discussion show just tilted to the right, with noted GOP political consultant taking over on an interim basis the spot vacated by Arianna Huffington, LA Observed reports
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The Premium VOD Battle: Exhibitors Will Win, Investment Bank Says
Bay Area firm Merriman Capital says theater chains have more leverage, and predicts they’ll actually profit in the fight over early home-release windows
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‘Rio’ Gives Slumping Foreign Box Office a Lift With $55M Weekend
Fox 3D CG film brings a little color to an international market that’s down 23 percent so far this year
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‘SNL’ Skewers ‘Fox & Friends’ (Video)
On the day after the last-minute passage of a new federal budget, this skit shows the news channel blaming everything on the Democratic president
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Russell Brand Falters With Soft $12.6M for ‘Arthur,’ But ‘Hop’ No. 1 With $21.7M
Russell Brand proves he isn’t Dudley, but his remake of the comic’s iconic 1981 film just might be; “Hanna” ($12.3M) and “Soul Surfer” ($11.1M) show a little pop; “Your Highness” scores harsh $9.5M
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Friday Box Office: ‘Arthur’ Sloshes to Soft $4.5M; ‘Hop’ No. 1 With $5.5M
Brit comic Russell Brand’s take on Dudley Moore’s iconic “Arthur” is below tracking on its first day; “Your Highness,” “Soul Surfer” and “Hanna” also have middling day-one results
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SAG & AFTRA Unanimously Approve Draft Resolutions for Merger
Recommendations include a draft mission statement for a combined “successor” union and the appointment of formal groups to work on a proposed meeting schedule to develop a merger plan
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Warner Pulls Trailer for R-Rated ‘Hangover 2’ From PG-13-Rated ‘Source Code’
Studio violated MPAA rule by placing trailer for raunchy comedy with not-so-raunchy Summit thriller
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Screen Gems to Distribute Joe Cornish’s ‘Attack the Block’
Sony label acquires U.S. rights to the London-set action-adventure film, which is a SXSW award winner