Movies
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Venice Fest: Roman Polanski Gets Mean, Keira Knightley Gets Hysterical
First three days of the fest feature a handful of respected movies, plus Madonna’s fancy flop
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Cynthia Swartz Launches New PR Firm — Just in Time for Oscar Season
Veteran awards consultant brings two execs from her old company, 42West, to launch Strategy PR/Consulting
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‘Gigli’s’ Real Price Tag — Or, How Studios Lie About Budgets
Confidential documents from Revolution Studios expose Hollywood’s open secret — moviemakers are less than honest about costs
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In ‘Apollo 18,’ It’s Not Just the Moon That’s Made of Cheese
Fake documentary wants to be “Paranormal Activity” on the moon, but the scares are lost in space
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‘Shark Night 3D’: Son of a Gun, You’ll Have No Fun on the Bayou
It’s no “Jaws,” it’s no “Piranha 3D” — heck, it’s not even “Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer”
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Joe Roth Reflects on Revolution: ‘I Would Do Everything Differently’
“I would have been better off working on a few movies, bigger titles, than doing a piece of Sony’s slate.”
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Inside the Revolution Library: Where Joe Roth Went Wrong
Exclusive: The studio debuted in 2000 to high hopes, but confidential documents show how it spent too much money on star projects that left audiences cold
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Madonna’s New ‘W.E.’ Film Ripped By Critics: ‘Simpering Folly’
Madonna’s take on the Wallis Simpson story is savaged by some critics, grudgingly tolerated by others
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Anna Kendrick Circling Universal’s ‘Pitch Perfect’
An Oscar nominee for “Up in the Air,” she’d play a college student in the ‘Glee’-esque musical
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Streaming Breakdown! Starz Won’t Renew Netflix Deal
Current pact expires on February 28, 2012, stripping the popular subscription service of titles from Disney and Sony
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‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Producers Sue Fox Searchlight for $10M+
The lawsuit contends Fox Searchlight paid producers less than half the royalty rate it promised
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Keanu Reeves Turns 47: Five Fun Facts You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Him
From giving away gobs of money to his soda-commercial breakthrough, fast facts about the erstwhile Neo that’ll make you say, “Whoa …”
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‘The Descendants,’ ‘A Dangerous Method’ Headed to Telluride
Colorado festival unveils its lineup the day before the fest begins; Werner Herzog, Martin Scorsese films also represented
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Look Again ? Why A-List Actors Should Do a Double Take
Few actors actually give distinctive, or original performances — just follow a few flat-screens side by side of any given actor’s past work and you’ll discover they’re merely playing on their famously known alter-egos
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Brad Weston May Become CEO at New Regency
Co-chairs Bob Harper and Hutch Parker are leaving the company