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Archives for: November 20085
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Michael Moore to tackle economy
Friday November 14th 2008When Paramount Vantage and Overture announced Michael Moore’s long-gestating follow-up to “Fahrenheit 9/11” in May, executives stressed the film’s foreign-policy scope. “This is going to tackle what’s going on in the world and America’s place in it,” Paramount Vantage chief Nick Meyer said. But as the political winds shifted in the months before the election — and gusted after it — Moore subtly began reorienting his movie. Instead of foreign policy, the film’s focus now is more on the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy.
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Canwest to cut 5% of its work force
Thursday November 13th 2008Canwest Global Communications Corp., Canada’s largest media company, on Wednesday announced plans to cut 560 jobs, or 5% of its work force, as it cuts operating costs amid a deteriorating advertising market. The Winnipeg, Manitoba-based company, which will post its fourth-quarter earnings Friday, made broad cuts at its TV and newspaper operations in a bid to achieve CAN$61 million in annual savings.
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Mayor of Batman sues WB, Nolan
Thursday November 13th 2008Batman has a new adversary: Batman. The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, is suing helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser “The Dark Knight.” Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused “The Dark Knight” producers of using the city’s name without permission. “There is only one Batman in the world,” Kalkan said. “The American producers used the name of our city without informing us.”
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Rushdie and Mehta bringing it back home for movie
Thursday November 13th 2008Canadian director Deepa Mehta is collaborating with Salman Rushdie on a big-screen adaptation of the author’s 1981 historical novel “Midnight’s Children.” The book, which earned Rushdie the prestigious Booker literary prize, portrays the history of India from 1910 to a declared state of emergency in 1976. Toronto-based Mehta and Rushdie will co-write the screenplay, and they hope to have cameras rolling in 2010.
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‘No Country,’ ‘Juno’ among Artios honorees
Wednesday November 12th 2008“No Country for Old Men” and “Juno,” two of the most honored films of 2007, made one more appearance on the awards circuit Monday night as they took home top prizes at the Casting Society of America’s 24th Artios Awards. Recognizing outstanding achievement in casting, the awards, hosted by Neil[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: November 20085
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Michael Moore to tackle economy
Friday November 14th 2008When Paramount Vantage and Overture announced Michael Moore’s long-gestating follow-up to “Fahrenheit 9/11” in May, executives stressed the film’s foreign-policy scope. “This is going to tackle what’s going on in the world and America’s place in it,” Paramount Vantage chief Nick Meyer said. But as the political winds shifted in the months before the election — and gusted after it — Moore subtly began reorienting his movie. Instead of foreign policy, the film’s focus now is more on the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy.
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Canwest to cut 5% of its work force
Thursday November 13th 2008Canwest Global Communications Corp., Canada’s largest media company, on Wednesday announced plans to cut 560 jobs, or 5% of its work force, as it cuts operating costs amid a deteriorating advertising market. The Winnipeg, Manitoba-based company, which will post its fourth-quarter earnings Friday, made broad cuts at its TV and newspaper operations in a bid to achieve CAN$61 million in annual savings.
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Mayor of Batman sues WB, Nolan
Thursday November 13th 2008Batman has a new adversary: Batman. The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, is suing helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser “The Dark Knight.” Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused “The Dark Knight” producers of using the city’s name without permission. “There is only one Batman in the world,” Kalkan said. “The American producers used the name of our city without informing us.”
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Rushdie and Mehta bringing it back home for movie
Thursday November 13th 2008Canadian director Deepa Mehta is collaborating with Salman Rushdie on a big-screen adaptation of the author’s 1981 historical novel “Midnight’s Children.” The book, which earned Rushdie the prestigious Booker literary prize, portrays the history of India from 1910 to a declared state of emergency in 1976. Toronto-based Mehta and Rushdie will co-write the screenplay, and they hope to have cameras rolling in 2010.
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‘No Country,’ ‘Juno’ among Artios honorees
Wednesday November 12th 2008“No Country for Old Men” and “Juno,” two of the most honored films of 2007, made one more appearance on the awards circuit Monday night as they took home top prizes at the Casting Society of America’s 24th Artios Awards. Recognizing outstanding achievement in casting, the awards, hosted by Neil[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: November 20085
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Michael Moore to tackle economy
Friday November 14th 2008When Paramount Vantage and Overture announced Michael Moore’s long-gestating follow-up to “Fahrenheit 9/11” in May, executives stressed the film’s foreign-policy scope. “This is going to tackle what’s going on in the world and America’s place in it,” Paramount Vantage chief Nick Meyer said. But as the political winds shifted in the months before the election — and gusted after it — Moore subtly began reorienting his movie. Instead of foreign policy, the film’s focus now is more on the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy.
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Canwest to cut 5% of its work force
Thursday November 13th 2008Canwest Global Communications Corp., Canada’s largest media company, on Wednesday announced plans to cut 560 jobs, or 5% of its work force, as it cuts operating costs amid a deteriorating advertising market. The Winnipeg, Manitoba-based company, which will post its fourth-quarter earnings Friday, made broad cuts at its TV and newspaper operations in a bid to achieve CAN$61 million in annual savings.
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Mayor of Batman sues WB, Nolan
Thursday November 13th 2008Batman has a new adversary: Batman. The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, is suing helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser “The Dark Knight.” Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused “The Dark Knight” producers of using the city’s name without permission. “There is only one Batman in the world,” Kalkan said. “The American producers used the name of our city without informing us.”
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Rushdie and Mehta bringing it back home for movie
Thursday November 13th 2008Canadian director Deepa Mehta is collaborating with Salman Rushdie on a big-screen adaptation of the author’s 1981 historical novel “Midnight’s Children.” The book, which earned Rushdie the prestigious Booker literary prize, portrays the history of India from 1910 to a declared state of emergency in 1976. Toronto-based Mehta and Rushdie will co-write the screenplay, and they hope to have cameras rolling in 2010.
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‘No Country,’ ‘Juno’ among Artios honorees
Wednesday November 12th 2008“No Country for Old Men” and “Juno,” two of the most honored films of 2007, made one more appearance on the awards circuit Monday night as they took home top prizes at the Casting Society of America’s 24th Artios Awards. Recognizing outstanding achievement in casting, the awards, hosted by Neil[…]
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