Daniel Frankel
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‘Hop’: A Clip From the New Universal/Chris Meledandri Film (Video)
After coming out of the gate fast with last year’s CG hit “Despicable Me,” Universal and Chris Meledandri’s Illumination look to pull another rabbit out of their hat
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Mark Pedowitz in Talks to Replace CW’s Dawn Ostroff
Insiders say the former ABC executive is the leading candidate to step in for the network’s entertainment chief when she departs at the end of the season
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AT&T Buys Wireless Rival T-Mobile USA for $39B
AT&T, the second largest U.S. wireless carrier, agreed Sunday to buy the nation’s fourth biggest carrier from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-and-stock deal
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Wyclef Jean Treated for Gunshot Wound to the Hand
Hip-hop star was wounded late Saturday night in Haiti, his publicist tells AP
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Friday Box Office: ‘Limitless’ Leads Limited Pack With Modest $6.5M
Relativity’s Bradley Cooper flick on pace to beat tracking with $18 million opening; “The Lincoln Lawyer” and “Paul” in fight for runner up
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A&E TV Taps New Programming Chiefs for Lifetime, History and A&E
Robert Sharenow, David McKillop and Dirk Hoogstra appointed to head programming for cable conglomerate’s flagship brands
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Report: Mark Wahlberg Pushing ‘Fighter’ Follow-Up
Actor comes out swinging for another film about the underdog boxer
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‘Mad Men’s’ Christina Hendricks Signs Onto Neil Labute Film
Star of Emmy-winning AMC drama will spend her hiatus time filmming ensemble drama “Seconds of Pleasure”
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Theater Chain AMC Looking to Raise $450M With IPO
Exhibitor’s latest IPO announcement comes after two previously scuttled attempts
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Steven Soderbergh Says He’s Going to Retire
Filmmaker tells “Studio 360’s” Kurt Anderson that he’ll call it quits after he finishes his next two films
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Double Jeopardy: TV Faces the Abyss with NFL and NBA Player Lockouts
Billions of dollars and hundreds of ratings points are at stake. The scary part? It looks right now like both lockouts are really going to happen
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Japan’s Earthquake Shakes Foreign Box Office
Foreign receipts are off about 60% from the same weekend last year, with the Asia-Pacific region’s biggest driver hit hard by earthquake and tsunami
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Box Office: ‘Battle L.A.’ No. 1 With Big $36M; ‘Mars’ Disastrous at $6.8M
Sony alien-invasion flick beats tracking, but Disney’s last Robert Zemeckis movie doesn’t even come close to $10M mark; Warner’s “Red Riding Hood” also underwhelms at $14.1M
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Friday Box Office: ‘Mars Needs Moms’ Is a Planet of Red Ink for Disney at $1.8M
Mouse’s last Robert Zemeckis movie is as disastrous as predicted; Sony’s “Battle: L.A.” could over-perform to $35M this weekend; Warner’s “Red Riding Hood” has soft $5M opening day
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‘Harry Potter 7′ Becomes Series’ Top Int’l Earner
“Deathly Hallows Part 1” has now taken in more than $657 million worldwide … as Warner prepares to wind down the franchise