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WGAE, IFTA Warn About Dangers in Verizon-Google Net Neutrality Plan
Hollywood guild and independent film and TV producers warn that pact will impact the way users consume content
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Carl Icahn May Kill MGM and Spyglass Deal — Here’s Why
By embracing Lionsgate’s merger proposal, the renegade investor may end Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum’s bid to take over the studio
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Exclusive: ‘Boogie Nights’ Star Joins ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’
Philip Baker Hall will play a deep-pocketed investor opposite Jim Carrey in Fox’s family comedy
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Chicago Tribune Goes NC-17 Again; Top Exec Says He’s Sorry
Company-wide memo including links to off-color online videos comes a week after scathing NYT story outlined crude, juvenile behavior among upper management
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Robert De Niro & Richard Price Team for CBS Police Drama
The network has made a script deal for “Rookies,” which the “Mad Dog & Glory” duo will exec produce
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Help! Oscar’s Animated Category Doesn’t Have Enough Movies
It takes 16 entries to bump the category from three to five nominees — and with time running out, the slate is falling short
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James Franco Options D.J. Waldie’s Memoir ‘Holy Land’
The book chronicles the author’s upbringing in the suburbs of Lakewood, Calif.
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Stella Artois Ad Co-Directed by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
The indie darlings go commercial for beer
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Heidi Klum to Host a Second Unscripted Series on Lifetime
The supermodel adds “Seriously Funny Kids” to her reality resume
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Exclusive: Sam Rockwell to Chase Jonah Hill in Fox’s ‘The Sitter’
Jonah Hill, Ari Graynor, J.B. Smoove and Max Records star in David Gordon Green’s comedy
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Tim Molloy Joins TheWrap as TV Editor
Outgoing as managing editor at TVGuide.com, Tim will be responsible for covering the TV beat and growing TheWrap’s TV vertical. He’ll be based in New York
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The Hub Clobbers Discovery Kids, Partners With Taylor Swift
New kiddie cable venture increases audience by 500 percent in its Sunday launch
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George Clooney Pushes Darfur Cause on Obama
One-on-one follows the actor’s week-long visit to the embattled country
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Amazon to Launch Story-Length ‘Kindle Singles’
Company calls for e-books that are “twice the length of a New Yorker feature”