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MGM Bids: Time-Warner, Lionsgate, Reliance, Elliott Associates
The first bids are in, all non-binding and believed to be in the $1.6 to $1.7 billion range
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An App for Actors on the Go — Who’s Who, What’s Casting, and the All-Important Assistants
Looks cool, I’ve no idea if it works
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Glickman Leaves MPAA, Pisano Interim Chief
Glickman, in lame-duck status, to head up Refugees International
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How Long Before Jeff Zucker Goes?
It’s the talk of both coasts, that Zucker’s luck outstrips the deepest depths of public ineptitude
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Debating Gray Davis in New York: California Fails, Wins
You could say it wasn’t a fair fight, but we argued that the state doesn’t function
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At Globes After-Parties, the Talk Is of Conan
“It’s like having two girlfriends and refusing to choose between them”
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Conan: Report He Stiffed Staff is ‘Outrageous Lie’
Late night host’s manager responds to Page Six, exit deal expected to be announced on Sunday
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It’s Over! NBC to Pay Conan $30M
Deal brokered by Universal President Ron Meyer, all-night negotiations between Zucker, Gaspin and O’Brien reps
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MPAA Mends Fences With Sony, Fox After Net Neutrality Blow-Up
New statement to FCC meant to quietly placate at least two studio chiefs
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Rich Ross and the High-Stakes Gamble at Disney
Rich Ross, like Bob Iger, is playing a high-stakes game at the studio that he now runs. With the ouster of studio president Oren Aviv on Tuesday, Ross has made a clean sweep of the regime that thrived for many years under studio chairman Dick Cook. The head of marketing is gone, the head of…
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Amy Pascal Makes the Tough Call on ‘Spider-Man’
In taking a deep breath and pulling the plug on "Spider-Man 4," Sony Pictures chairman Amy Pascal resolved a host of problems. They included: making a movie with a 35-year-old actor in the role of teenager Peter Parker, sidestepping huge, certain blockbuster costs in a declining DVD market and – most of all – avoiding…
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Leno: Anatomy of a Late-Night Meltdown
It started with an affiliate phone call on Monday, and quickly unraveled from there
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Fleming Dumps Variety for Deadline
Good news for Finke, who has been trying to fill an east coast slot for months, more bad news for the trade