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Carl Icahn Launches SaveLionsGate.com
Corporate raider takes hostile takeover bid for studio to the Web
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Annie Awards Embrace – and Then Ignore – Defectors Disney and Pixar
“Toy Story 3” and “Tangled” get Best-Picture nods, but “How to Train Your Dragon” and DreamWorks dominate other categories
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‘Conan’ Ratings Down But Up in Key Demos as O’Brien Gets Weirder (video)
Down overall, but up in 18-34 and 18-49 year-old viewers
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Good Morning Oscar, December 6: Grit Rises
“True Grit” moves up the charts, but “Social Network” keeps winning
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Report: AOL Mulling Break-Up Strategy, Yahoo! Merger
The plans are exploratory, and fraught with possible complications
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Michael Jackson and John Branca — a Major Wrap Series
This series confirms our commitment to long-form investigative journalism in the digital age — and to trying stuff that’s hard
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Is Netflix Streaming Its Way Towards Disaster?
Streaming is more efficient, but it’s also a radically different business model — can Netflix handle it?
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The Secret Probe That Got Branca Fired
Known as the Interfor Report, it was initiated by an increasingly paranoid Jackson, and though there was no credibility to what it found, it gave Jackson an excuse to get rid of his superlawywer
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Inside Secrets of the Goldman Proposal
The transaction would been the culmination of an ambitious proposal conjured to salvage Michael Jackson’s crumpled financial life
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How Michael Jackson Nearly Lost His Prized Music Catalog
Part 1: The superlawyer who now rules Jackson’s estate once tried to profit from selling his prized possession to an investment bank
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Review – ‘Tron: Legacy’ Don’t Believe The Hype
You’ll be amazed by high tech 3D sequel, coming out Dec. 17, but not for very long and not very deeply, man
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‘The King’s Speech’ Dominates British Independent Film Awards
Only "Monsters" director Gareth Edwards spoils a clean sweep for "King's Speech"
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Josh Dickey and Steve Pond