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Archive for the ‘Hollywood Reporter’ Category

Evan Rachel Wood joins ‘Conspirator’

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Evan Rachel Wood has been cast in the Robert Redford-directed film “The Conspirator,” which begins shooting this month in Georgia.



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Investigators looking into balloon boy incident

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

It was a question being asked everywhere Friday, one day after the balloon drama unfolded live on television during a frenzied search before little Falcon Heene was found.



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WWE’s Shane McMahon resigns

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday that executive vp global media Shane McMahon, the son of chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, has tendered his resignation from the family business, effective Jan. 1.



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News Corp. pursuing Fox retransmission fees

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

News Corp. will start seeking broadcast network retransmission fees from cable and satellite TV providers as the broadcast business “can no longer be supported” by advertising dollars alone, chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said here Friday.



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Murdoch: Fox News liberal pundit fired

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Rupert Murdoch continued Fox News Channel’s duel with the White House on Friday while also announcing the termination of the network’s left-leaning analyst Marc Lamont Hill.



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Murdoch, Malone express interest in NBCU

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

News Corp. will take a look at NBC Universal, but is not in deal talks for the entertainment firm, chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said Friday.



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Ian Somerhalder starring in ‘Cradlewood’

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Ian Somerhalder, star of the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries,” has signed to topline the romantic gothic fairy tale “Cradlewood.”



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Writer Will Fetters caught in ‘Storm’

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Warner Bros.’ ‘It’ scribe, Will Fetters, has booked a new gig with the studio, coming on board to pen the adventure tale “Crazy for the Storm.”



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Two former execs sell projects

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Former NBC executive vp programming Teri Weinberg has sold her first project as a producer, drama “Welcome to Hitchcock,” to NBC.



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Chickflicks options ‘Japan’ memoir

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Chickflicks Prods. has optioned the film rights to Lisa Fineberg Cook’s forthcoming memoir, “Japan Took the J.A.P. Out of Me.”



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Two ready to scale NBC’s ‘Mountain’

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Paige Turco and Barry Bostwick have been tapped to star in “The Mountain,” NBC’s two-hour movie/backdoor pilot from Canadian production company Muse Entertainment.



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Showrunner switch on ‘Good Wife’

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Showrunner/executive producer Dee Johnson is leaving CBS’ freshman drama “The Good Wife,” with co-creators/executive producers Michelle and Robert King taking over showrunner duties.



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Fox Reailty becoming Nat Geo spinoff

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Fox Cable Networks has teamed with the National Geographic Channel to relaunch the Fox Reality Channel with a new format, a spinoff of National Geographic Channel.



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Producer exits MARV for own venture

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Producer Kris Thykier is exiting MARV Films — his company with filmmaker Matthew Vaughn — to set up his own production banner.



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Balloon boy’s family was on ‘Wife Swap’

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

The family of a boy who set off a nationally televised scramble when he was thought to be in a balloon over Colorado was featured twice on ABC’s “Wife Swap.”



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