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‘Hunger Games’ Devours the Box Office With $155M
“The Hunger Games” beats already optimistic box-office projections and is the third-highest opening of all time with $155 million
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‘Borat’ Anthem Played At Kuwait Ceremony to Celebrate Kazakh Win (Video)
“Borat” still rules, though Kazakhstan continues to suffer
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FBI Arrests Two For Defrauding Lionsgate, Buying Mercedes
Roccio James Cuccia worked at Lionsgate as a senior buyer; FBI says he faces 200-plus years in prison
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Universal Music Lines Up Buyers for Its Overseas Assets as Merger Scrutiny Continues
Universal Music Group has identified buyers for more than $650 million in assets, but will it be enough to mollify regulators investigating its EMI purchase?
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‘Hunger Games’ Kills With $68.25M at Friday Box Office
“The Hunger Games” $68.25 million box-office take puts the movie on track to exceed $132 million over the weekend
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‘The Deep Blue Sea’ Review: Passion and Torment in a Cold-Water Flat
Rachel Weisz mixes sex appeal and melancholy in this examination of an unfaithful wife in post-WWII London
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‘The Hunger Games’: 5 Things You Need to Know if You Haven’t Read the Book
Don’t know much about District 12? Don’t sweat it
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‘The Hunger Games’ Racks Up $1.3M in IMAX Midnight Showings
IMAX Filmed Entertainment chief Greg Foster says the strong sales are continuing into Friday and Saturday
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What’s Variety Worth and Who Will Buy It?
My insiders say the trade makes about $45 million a year and is profitable. Who still likes content?
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Overgrown Kitten Takes a Flying Leap … Into Our Hearts (Video)
One outsized feline attempts to defy gravity — and lands in internet fame
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Can Tim Tebow and ‘Tebowmania’ Translate to the Big Apple?
In a backup role with the N.Y. Jets, with endorsement deals hanging in the balance, Tim Tebow faces the biggest test of his young career
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‘Harold & Kumar’ Creators Sign First-Look Deal With Universal
Universal has signed a two-year deal with Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who directed “American Reunion” for the studio
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AnnaSophia Robb as Carrie Bradshaw in ‘The Carrie Diaries’: First Look
“Soul Surfer” actress AnnaSophia Robb is taking over the role of Carrie Bradshaw from Sarah Jessica Parker; can she fill her Louboutins?
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Variety for Sale as Hollywood Trade Struggles in Digital Era (Updated)
The 100-plus-year-old trade is up for sale, says Reed Business Information
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Black Eyed Peas Singer Fergie Says No Thanks to ‘X Factor’
“My Humps” songbird Fergie says the timing just isn’t right for her to join Simon Cowell’s “X Factor”