Daily Variety articles from October 2010

Daily Variety archives from October 2010

Frenemies: MGM bi purs lawsuit.
October 29, 2010... The prolonged and bizarre battle between Lionsgate and Carl Icahn has escalated as the mini-major slammed the billionaire with accusations of duplicity in trying to take over MGM. Lionsgate made the allegations in a suit filed against Icahn...

Halloween B.O. goes for the gory.
October 29, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Halloween frame shouldn't be too scary for the biz in terms of B.O. returns as Lionsgate kicks off "Saw 3D," launching today at 2,808 locations, of which more than 2,100 will be in 3D. Despite the boost from...

Music's holiday hopes.
October 29, 2010... The music biz's fourth quarter will hit warp speed in the next few weeks, as major new titles for the holiday season will be released in an attempt to prop up a year that has seen a precipitous drop in album sales. Traditionally, labels roll...

Two move to FilmDistrict.(hiring Adrian Alperovich and Josie Liang )
October 29, 2010... Peter Schlessel and Bob Berney's new company FilmDistrict has made a key hire in Adrian Alperovich, who ankled Sony to become prexy of acquisitions and operations. Alperovich also becomes exec VP of GK Films. He'll report directly to Schlessel....

Rally realities.(Variety.com)
October 29, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wilshire & Washington looks at the risk Jon Stewart is taking with Saturday's Rally to Restore Sanity. Variety.com/Wilshireandwashington

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes Part 1: Millennium Approaches Part 2: Perestroika.(Theater review)
October 29, 2010... (Peter Norton Space; 160 seats; $85 top) A Signature Theater Company presentation of a two-part play performed in four acts by Tony Kushner. Directed by Michael Greif. Sets, Mark Wendland; costumes, Clint Ramos; lighting, Ben Stanton, sound,...

'Sun' set to rise in L.A. prod'n.(A Raisin in the Sun)(Brief article)
October 29, 2010... Phylicia Rashad will direct a 2011 Los Angeles production of "A Raisin in the Sun," the play for which Rashad picked up a 2004 Tony for her turn in the Broadway revival. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rashad's first gig as a legit director was a...

D.C. drama for George.(George Clooney)
October 29, 2010... George Clooney has signed on to direct and star in "The Ides of March," an adaptation of the Broadway play "Farragut North." Exclusive Media Group and Cross Creek Pictures will finance the pic with George Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smoke...

Priscilla Queen of the Desert.(Theater review)
October 29, 2010... (Princess of Wales Theater, Toronto," 2,000 seats; $130 C. top) A Bette Midler, James L. Nederlander, Garry McQuinn, Liz Koops, Michael Hamlyn, Allan Scott Prods., Roy Furman/Richard Willis, Terry Allen Kramer, Terri and Timothy Childs, Ken...

Lionsgate logs on for 'LOL' comedy.
October 29, 2010... Lionsgate has acquired U.S. distribution rights to coming-of-age comedy "LOL," starring Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore and Ashley Green ("Twilight"), from Mandate Pictures. Lionsgate hasn't set a release date for "LOL," an American version of the...

UMG adds digital prexy.
October 29, 2010... Reflecting the growth and importance of digital sales in the diskery biz, Rob Wells has been promoted to a newly created position as prexy of global digital business at Universal Music Group. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wells, who will be based...

'Grass' grows on Arthouse.(Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow)(Brief article)
October 29, 2010... Arthouse Films has picked up U.S. rights to "Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow," Sophie Fiennes' docu feature about visual artist Anselm Kiefer. Arthouse aims to release the pic theatrically early next year, with DVD, video-on-demand and...

History of conflict: Cablevision, news feud isn't pair's first.
October 29, 2010... News Corp. and Cablevision are at each other's throats in the standoff over station carriage rights that's heading into its third week. The fight that has kept Fox's WNYW and WWOR New York off of Cablevision's air isn't the first time the two...

Financial guru joins TW board.
October 29, 2010... Paul Wachter, investment adviser to the entertainment elite, has been elected to the Time Warner board of directors, the company announced Thursday. Wachter is founder and CEO of Main Street Advisors. "Paul brings a unique combination of...

'Love' wanes at HBO.
October 29, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HBO is saying goodbye to "Big Love." Polygamy drama starring Bill Paxton as a Utah husband with three wives will end its run following the fifth season that begins Jan. 16. "It has been an honor and pleasure to...

Rome fest protest: gov't cuts has biz irate.(World News)
October 29, 2010... The Rome Film Festival kicked off Thursday amid protests over the future of Italy's film industry. Hundreds of demonstrators crowded the red carpet, preventing Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes from walking through to tubthump opener "Last...

Doha mines 'Gold' with first co-production.(World News)
October 29, 2010... The Doha Film Institute signed up Thursday to co-produce director Jean-Jacques Annaud's $55 million Arab epic "Black Gold," alongside Tarak Ben Ammar's Quinta Communications. Pic, which stars Antonio Banderas and Tahar Rahim, is based on Hans...

Journos set strikes over pension plan.(World News)
October 29, 2010... BBC journalists have called two 48-hour strikes starting next week in the dispute over staff pension reform. But the pubcaster's other main union, Bectu, which represents technicians, has voted to accept what director general Mark Thompson...

Fox taps U.K. unit topper.(World News)
October 29, 2010... LONDON -- Cameron Saunders has been upped to managing director of 20th Century Fox's U.K. theatrical division. Saunders joined Fox in January 2009 and previously served as theatrical marketing director, overseeing marketing and promotions...

France bows music download plan.(World News)
October 29, 2010... BRUSSELS -- A government subsidized digital music scheme encouraging young people to abandon piracy and take up legal offers bowed Thursday in Gaul. Plan is the carrot on the stick of a new law cracking down on Internet file sharing. The...

Due Date.(Movie review)
October 29, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Warner Bros. release presented in association with Legendary Pictures of a Green Hat Films production. Produced by Todd Phillips, Dan Goldberg. Executive producers, Thomas Tall, Susan Downey, Scott Budnick....

Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny.(Video recording review)
October 29, 2010... (Docu) A Moriah Films production in association with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. Produced by Rabbi Marvin Hier, Richard Trank. Co-producer, Katrin Osmialowski. Directed, written by Richard "Frank, from...

The Walking Dead.(Television program review)
October 29, 2010... (Series; Sun. Oct. 31, 10 p.m.) Filmed in Atlanta by Circle of Confusion, Valhalla Entertainment, Darkwood Prods. and AMC Studios. Executive producers, Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Charles "Chic" Eglee;...

R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series.(Television program review)
October 29, 2010... (Series; The Hub, Fri. Oct. 29, 8 p.m.) Filmed in Vancouver by Front Street Pictures and the Hatchery with Incendo Media. Executive producers, Dan Angel, Billy Brown, Harvey Kahn, Kim Arnott; co-executive producers, Jane Stine, Joan Waricha;...

The perfect 10.(V PLUS: AWARD SEASON LAUNCH/THE BEST PICTURE RACE)(List)
October 29, 2010... With 10 nominees for Best Picture, the Academy has the chance to bring real diversity to the race. Here's one idea of an ideal mix: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 THE BLOCKBUSTER Though not capital-A Art, an "Avatar" or "Gladiator" regularly...

Golden door swings open: what will second year of Best Pic changes mean for blockbusters, toons, docus and foreign-lingo pics?(V PLUS: AWARD SEASON LAUNCH/THE BEST PICTURE RACE)
October 29, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The numbers tell the tale: The odds that any given best picture nominee will be anything other than a live-action, English-language, fiction feature are almost 50:1. Out of 475 top Oscar contenders to date, only...

Kudos savor sweet tweets.(V PLUS: AWARD SEASON LAUNCH/THE BEST PICTURE RACE)
October 29, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Social media are so hot this awards season there's even a contending movie on the topic. Much of the entertainment industry, especially baby boomers and their elders, may still be catching up to the phenomenon, but...

Britannia looks poised to expand its gilded empire.(V PLUS: AWARD SEASON LAUNCH/THE BEST PICTURE RACE)
October 29, 2010... Scriptwriter Colin Welland brandished his Academy Award for 1981's "Chariots of Fire" and cried, "The British are coming." It's gone down in Oscar folklore as a moment of hubris followed by disappointment, as the vaunted British renaissance...

Caged.(Movie review)
October 29, 2010... (Captifs) (France) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Bac Films release of a Sombrero Films production, in association with Sofica Coilcup, Un Fonds Backup Films, Uni Etoile 7, Soficinema 4 Developpement, with participation of Canal Plus,...

The Man From Nowhere.
October 29, 2010... (A-jeo-ssi) (South Korea) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A CJ Entertainment release of a CJ Entertainment, United Pictures presentation of an Opus Pictures production. (International sales: CJ Entertainment, Seoul.) Produced by Lee Tae-hun....

Rees to follow Lane.(Roger Rees, Nathan Lane)
October 29, 2010... Roger Rees will replace Nathan Lane in "The Addams Family" next spring, joining fellow "Cheers" alum Bebe Neuwirth in the large-scale Broadway tuner. Replacement of co-topliner Lane is a delicate matter for "Addams Family," which proved a...

Thesp was 'Five-O' cop: showbiz scion was oriqinal series' 'Danno'.
October 29, 2010... James MacArthur, a thesp who was raised in showbiz royalty as the son of Helen Hayes and playwright Charles MacArthur, died Thursday in Florida of natural causes. He was 72. MacArthur notched up a long list of film, TV and stage credits...

Heartless.(Movie review)
October 29, 2010... (U.K.) An IFC Films (in U.S.) release of a CinemaNX and Isle of Man Film presentation, in association with Framestore Features of a Matador Pictures/Cross-Day/May 13 Films production in association with Cinema Two and Regent Capital. Produced...

Weekend B.O. preview.(box office)(Table)
October 29, 2010... Weekend B.O. Preview Variety.com/weekendopeners Pumpkin bread Lionsgate's "Saw" franchise has been profitable scare fare for Halloween weekends. Here's a look at the holiday's top bows: Opening ...

'Superman' giveaway.
October 29, 2010... The antipoverty org Robin Hood Foundation has teamed with Participant Media to fund a ticket giveaway for education docu "Waiting for 'Superman'" in New York City. Pic from helmer Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") has already...

TV battle hits series.
October 28, 2010... Cablevision fouled out in its 11th-inning effort Wednesday to reach a deal to restore Fox stations to its air before the first pitch was thrown in Game 1 of the World Series. Fox quickly rejected Cablevision's offer of a one-year deal for its...

Blue yonder: Fox's 5-year 'Avatar' plan.
October 28, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The far-reaching pact for two more "Avatar'" pies keeps James Cameron at 20th Century Fox for at least five more years in a sizeable coup for the studio. As first reported by Daily Variety, "Avatar 2" and "Avatar 3"...

Precious Kiwi pact.
October 28, 2010... With production due to start in three months, "The Hobbit" is finally home in New Zealand--following a vitriolic dispute underlining the high stakes of mega-budget tentpoles. Wednesday's settlement came at the end of a bitter one-month...

Producer plays for laughs.
October 28, 2010... Feature producer Mark Gordon's move into TV has already paid dividends with drama hits like "Grey's Anatomy" and "Criminal Minds." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Now he's looking for a few good laughs. The Mark Gordon Co. dipped its toes in the...

Franchise traction?(low to big budget movie sequels)
October 28, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For "The Blair Witch Project" sequel, lightning couldn't strike twice. Ten years later, however, Paramount is proving it's possible to go from micro-budget to mega-profitable with "Paranormal Activity 2" looking to...

Wedded to new opera: composer, playwright set for 'Sisters'.
October 28, 2010... A trio of stage companies has commissioned composer Nico Muhly and playwright Stephen Karam to pen "Dark Sisters," a new opera about a woman trying to escape a polygamist marriage. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Work is skedded to have its world...

Abrams in for a 'Super' summer bow.
October 28, 2010... Paramount Pictures has set a high-profile summer release for J.J. Abrams' "Super 8," which hits theaters June 10. Pic goes up against Universal's franchise installment "Fast Five" and Warner Bros.' romantic comedy "Something Borrowed." ...

Batman title 'Rises'.
October 28, 2010... Warner Bros. and director Christopher Nolan have selected "'The Dark Knight Rises" as the title for Nolan's third Batman film. Studio announced in late April that the pic--then dubbed "Batman 3"--will open July 20, 2012. Warners confirmed the...

Popping into 'Popper' pic.
October 28, 2010... Angela Lansbury will costar with Jim Carrey in 20th Century Fox's "Mr. Popper's Penguins," which is set for an Aug. 12 release. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Based on the children's book, the pic revolves around Mr. Popper, a high-powered, New...

Showtime adds video streaming service.
October 28, 2010... Showtime's new Showtime Anytime video streaming service will allow subscribers to watch all of the net's programming online. Showtime Anytime--which is available through the pay cabler's cable, satellite and telco affiliates--will offer more...

Man on a mission to master formats.(TECH BYTES)
October 28, 2010... With digital files making tapes obsolete and new video platforms seeming to spring up every week, creating masters for all those platforms has become a thorny problem. "In the old days, we'd have to make a master, put it on tape, store it on...

Most consumers have yet to upgrade their TVs to full 1080p hi-def, and U.S. broadcasters aren't even transmitting in the format yet, but the next generations of super-sharp screens are in the pipeline.(TECH BYTES)
October 28, 2010... Most consumers have yet to upgrade their TVs to full 1080p hi-def, and U.S. broadcasters aren't even transmitting in the format yet, but the next generations of super-sharp screens are in the pipeline. Stores already carry 3D TVs, Toshiba...

Moving Picture Co., Technicolor's visual effects studio, has officially opened its purpose-built studio in Bangalore, India.(Bits & Bytes)
October 28, 2010... Moving Picture Co., Technicolor's visual effects studio, has officially opened its purpose-built studio in Bangalore, India. Studio is within Technicolor's existing Bangalore facility and houses 150 artists. MPC Bangalore topper is Akhauri...

XPand universal 3D glasses are on presale.(Bit & Bytes)
October 28, 2010... XPand universal 3D glasses are on presale through Amazon. tom. david.cohen@variety.com

A PriceScan report said prices on 3D Blu-ray players have dropped 26%.(Bits & Bytes)
October 28, 2010... A PriceScan report said prices on 3D Blu-ray players have dropped 26% since April. david.cohen@variety.com

Rental house Geo Film Group will carry Kernercam 3D camera rigs.(Bits & Bytes)
October 28, 2010... Rental house Geo Film Group will carry Kernercam 3D camera rigs starting this month. david.cohen@variety.com

'Heights' goes down: tuner to close on B'way in January.(In the Heights)(LEGIT)
October 28, 2010... Add "In the Heights" to the list of Broadway productions to announce a January closing this season, with the Tony-winning tuner set to shutter Jan. 9. Creator-composer-performer tin-Manuel Miranda, one of the production's original stars, will...

Trio falls for 'Follies'.(Elaine Paige, Linda Lavin and Jan Maxwell )(LEGIT)
October 28, 2010... Elaine Paige, Linda Lavin and Jan Maxwell are among the thesps lined up to join Bernadette Peters in the Kennedy Center's revival of 1971 Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman tuner "Follies." Terri White, Terrence Currier, Rosalind Elias, Florence...

Red Bud.(Theater review)
October 28, 2010... (Royal Court Theater Upstairs, London; 86 seats; 15 [pounds sterling] top) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Royal Court Theater production of a play by Brett Neveu. Directed by Jo McInnes. Design, Tom Hadley; lighting, Jon Clark; sound design,...

The Great Game: Afghanistan.(Theater review)
October 28, 2010... (Berkeley Rep, Berkeley; 650 seats; $73 top) A Berkeley Repertory Theater presentation of a Tricycle Theater production in three parts and six acts. Written by Richard Bean, Lee Blessing, David Edgar, David Greig, Amit Gupta, Ron Hutchinson,...

Wooing Hollywood: content tops for YouView.(World News)(Brief article)
October 28, 2010... Upstart Internet-connected TV service YouView, backed by the broadcasters BBC, ITV and Channel 4 plus telco BT, among others, has held early talks with Hollywood studios about launching online channels on the venture. YouView chairman Kip...

China reining in corruption.(World News)
October 28, 2010... A director of the Internet section of China's powerful State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has been detained by investigators on suspicion of accepting bribes related to a major project to integrate media networks. The project,...

Doc trio for EFAs.(European Film Award )(World News)(Brief article)
October 28, 2010... Janus Metz's "Armadillo," Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen's "Steam of Life" and Patricio Guzman's "Nostalgia for the Light have been nominated for this year's European Film Award for documentary. Examining both the horror and adrenaline...

Shine settles talent show dispute.(World News)
October 28, 2010... Elisabeth Murdoch's shingle Shine has settled its dispute with Channel Five over a payment for talent show "Don't Stop Believing." The broadcaster's owner, Northern & Shell, headed by media mogul Richard Desmond, has paid Shine nearly 1...

Arab auds hot fest topic.(World News)
October 28, 2010... Tribeca creative topper Geoff Gilmore talked up the future of Arab film at a distributors' lunch at the second Doha Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday. "Look at this, an international film festival opening with a brilliant film that is an...

Gesher.(Movie review)
October 28, 2010... (Iran) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Shargh Yamasha Media production. (International sales: DreamLab Films, Le Cannet, France.) Produced by Mohammad Rasoulof. Directed, written, edited by Vahid Vakilifar. Camera (color, HD-to-35mm),...

Donor.(Movie review)
October 28, 2010... (Philippines) A Cinemalaya, Creative Media and Film Society, Blue Rain Multimedia presentation of a Spark Films production. (International sales: Spark Films, Manila.) Produced by Mark Meily. Executive producers, Imee Marcos, Greg Garcia, Lee...

Love Translated.(Movie review)
October 28, 2010... (Docu--Canada) An Interfilm production with the participation of the Canadian Film and Video Production Tax Credit, the Province of B.C., Film incentive B.C. (International sales: Cargo Film, New York.) Produced by Boris Ivanov. Directed,...

Archipelago.(Movie review)
October 28, 2010... (U.K.) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An Artificial Eye release of a Wild Horses Film Co. production. (International sales: Wild Horses, London.) Produced by Gayle Griffiths. Executive producers, Kiyoshi Nomura, Edward Charlton. Directed,...

The Drunkard.(Movie review)
October 28, 2010... (Jiu tu) (Hong Kong-China) A Connoisseurs Production & Marketing presentation of a Connoisseurs production supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. (International sales: Connoisseurs Production & Marketing, Hung Kong.)...

Walking Too Fast.(Movie review)
October 28, 2010... (Pouta) (Czech Republic-Slovak Republic-Poland) A Bontonfilm (in Czech Republic) release of a Bionaut Films/Czech Television/Alef Film and Media Group/Pleograf production with the support of the Czech State Fund for the Support and...

Burke & Hare.(Movie review)
October 28, 2010... (U.K.) An Entertainment Films Distributors release of a Entertainment Films and Ealing Studios presentation of a Fragile Films production in association with Aegis Film Fund, Prescience, Quickfire Films. (international sales: Ealing Studios...

Joseph Stein.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
October 28, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joseph Stein, who wrote the book for tuner "Fiddler on the Roof," died Sunday in Manhattan following a fall. He was 98 and had been ailing from prostate cancer. Stein wrote "Fiddler on the Roof' based on the short...

Alexander Anderson Jr.(Obituaries)
October 28, 2010... Pioneering TV cartoon artist Alexander Anderson Jr., who created Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle the moose, among others, died Friday in Carmel, Calif., of Alzheimer's disease. He was 90. Anderson teamed up with his childhood friend...

Beverly Newman.(Obituary)
October 28, 2010... Thesp and showgirl Beverly Newman, who was married to Oscar-winning music director Lionel Newman, died of natural causes Oct. 21 in Brentwood, Calif. She was 88. The niece of producer Earl Carroll, she appeared regularly as a singer and...

Marion Brown.(Obituaries)
October 28, 2010... Alto saxophonist Marion Brown, a leading jazz avant gardist and music educator, died Oct. 18 in Hollywood, Fla. He was believed to be 79, though some sources list his age as 75. Brown had been in ill health for many years after multiple...

Gall Dolgin.(Obituary)
October 28, 2010... Documaker Gall Dolgin died Oct. 7 in Berkeley, Calif., of cancer. She was 65. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dolgin, along with Vicente Franco, produced and directed "Daughter From Danang," which earned an Oscar nomination in 2002. The duo...

Richard Kallet.(Obituaries)
October 28, 2010... Richard Kallet, a veteran motion picture advertising exec for 24 years at Warner Bros., died of lung cancer Oct. 9 in Los Angeles. He was 72. Kallet, who would become vice president of co-op advertising, arrived at the studio in 1975 and...

Marshall Flaum.(Obituary)
October 28, 2010... Documentary pioneer Marshall Flaum, who was Oscar-nommed for "The Yanks Are Coming" and "Let My People Go," died Oct. 1 in Los Angeles of complications from hip surgery. He was 85. In the "The Yanks Are Coming," he integrated popular music of...

Joey Russell.(Obituary)
October 28, 2010... Comedian Joey "Papa Joe" Russell died Sept. 25 in Milford, Conn. He was 90. Russell, a Friars Club member, worked the nightclub circuit with Milton Berle and Norm Crosby. He parlayed his comic act to TV playing Happy the Clown, whose moniker...

Big breaks by the Bayou: crews, studios and tax credits lure the shoots.(INCENTIVES)
October 28, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Our goal is not to be like Los Angeles. We want to be our own Los Angeles," says Sherri McConnell, Louisiana's director of entertainment industry development. Judging from the bonanza of big-time film and TV shoots...

Schumacher's Shreveport shoot: finding a home for 'Trespass'.(CASE STUDY)
October 28, 2010... In "Trespass," the Joel Schumacher-helmed thriller set for release in 2011, Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage play a couple taken hostage in their own home. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Since the picture is set in the South and required a...

Who you gonna call? Ed and Greg.(Ed Lipscomb and Greg McNamara)(LOCATION MANAGERS)
October 28, 2010... Ed Lipscomb and Greg McNamara knew they'd pulled off something substantial when they were able to close down a section of Interstate 49 in Shreveport for five weeks to get some crucial shots they needed for sci-fi actioner "Battle: Los Angeles,"...

Useful theater sale: banner sheds four music houses.
October 28, 2010... Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group has sealed a pact to sell four of the company's seven London theaters. Deal, on track to close in January, will see a quartet of mid-size music houses--the Palace, the Cambridge, the New London and...

IFC discovers 'Dream Home'.
October 28, 2010... IFC Midnight, the genre division of IFC Films, has snagged North American rights to "Dream Home," the Hong Kong slasher pic helmed by Pang Ho-Cheung. Real estate-rage thriller, which bowed in the U.S. at the Tribeca Film Festival, centers on...

Trio teams up on Latino Web skein.
October 28, 2010... Robert Townsend and Rey Ramsey have teamed up with writer/ director Dennis Leoni on a new Latino Web series, "Los Americans." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Show will revolve around a middle class Latino family in Los Angeles. Production is...

LeBron draws a crowd.
October 28, 2010... The new LeBron James era got off to a strong start Tuesday night as the Miami Heat-Boston Celtics game was cable's most-watched regular season NBA game of all time. Season opener for both teams drew 7.4 million viewers on TNT, topping the...

Shaw closes on CanWest.
October 28, 2010... Shaw Communications' $2 billion deal to take over the TV assets of CanWest Global Communications closed on Wednesday. The assets, including the Global TV network and a slew of cable channels that CanWest acquired when it bought Alliance...

127 kudos in H'W'D.(127 Hours, Hollywood Awards )(V)(Brief article)
October 28, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Movie celebs turned out in force to give and receive at the very long 14th annual Hollywood Awards gala held Monday at the Beverly Hilton. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Presenter James Franco credited his days of quick...