Ted Rogers, who transformed a single Toronto FM radio station into the North American broadcasting, publishing and telecoms conglomerate Rogers Communications, died Tuesday at his home in Toronto. He was 75.
Los Angeles Times published a full-page Open Letter to the Entertainment Community from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), representing 350 producers of motion pictures and television currently in negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild. In the letter (attached) the AMPTP states that they are standing firm[…]
The Canadian union representing more than 21,000 English-language actors will stand behind the U.S. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in the event it calls a strike vote. The U.S. union, which represents 120,000 members, announced last week it would contact its membership in coming days with an “education” campaign, followed by a request for a strike vote authorization. Stephen Waddell, national executive director of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), said the decision to support SAG comes at a difficult time for Canadian artists.
The specialty market featured an especially impressive opening this weekend, as Focus Features milked its limited release of Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” with stunning success. The biopic about assassinated San Francisco gay pol Harvey Milk tabulated $1.4 million in three-day boxoffice from just 36 inaugural engagements, or a landslide $38,375 per location. “Milk” carries a cume of $1.9 million since unspooling on Wednesday. “It’s a sensational opening,” Focus distribution topper Jack Foley said. “It’s a record opening for a film opening in this many theaters, and there were lots of sellouts wherever it was playing.”
FilmTotalFour Christmases, SUMMIT$31,069,826Bolt, DISNEY$26,581,002Twilight, SUMMIT$26,344,032Quantum of Solace, SONY$18,833,552Australia, FOX$14,800,723Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, PARAMOUNT$14,207,329Transporter 3, LIONSGATE$12,063,452Role Models, UNIVERSAL$5,191,180The Boy in The Striped Pajamas, MIRAMAX$1,696,187Milk, FOCUS FEATURES$1,453,844
Ted Rogers, who transformed a single Toronto FM radio station into the North American broadcasting, publishing and telecoms conglomerate Rogers Communications, died Tuesday at his home in Toronto. He was 75.
Los Angeles Times published a full-page Open Letter to the Entertainment Community from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), representing 350 producers of motion pictures and television currently in negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild. In the letter (attached) the AMPTP states that they are standing firm[…]
The Canadian union representing more than 21,000 English-language actors will stand behind the U.S. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in the event it calls a strike vote. The U.S. union, which represents 120,000 members, announced last week it would contact its membership in coming days with an “education” campaign, followed by a request for a strike vote authorization. Stephen Waddell, national executive director of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), said the decision to support SAG comes at a difficult time for Canadian artists.
The specialty market featured an especially impressive opening this weekend, as Focus Features milked its limited release of Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” with stunning success. The biopic about assassinated San Francisco gay pol Harvey Milk tabulated $1.4 million in three-day boxoffice from just 36 inaugural engagements, or a landslide $38,375 per location. “Milk” carries a cume of $1.9 million since unspooling on Wednesday. “It’s a sensational opening,” Focus distribution topper Jack Foley said. “It’s a record opening for a film opening in this many theaters, and there were lots of sellouts wherever it was playing.”
FilmTotalFour Christmases, SUMMIT$31,069,826Bolt, DISNEY$26,581,002Twilight, SUMMIT$26,344,032Quantum of Solace, SONY$18,833,552Australia, FOX$14,800,723Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, PARAMOUNT$14,207,329Transporter 3, LIONSGATE$12,063,452Role Models, UNIVERSAL$5,191,180The Boy in The Striped Pajamas, MIRAMAX$1,696,187Milk, FOCUS FEATURES$1,453,844
Ted Rogers, who transformed a single Toronto FM radio station into the North American broadcasting, publishing and telecoms conglomerate Rogers Communications, died Tuesday at his home in Toronto. He was 75.
Los Angeles Times published a full-page Open Letter to the Entertainment Community from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), representing 350 producers of motion pictures and television currently in negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild. In the letter (attached) the AMPTP states that they are standing firm[…]
The Canadian union representing more than 21,000 English-language actors will stand behind the U.S. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in the event it calls a strike vote. The U.S. union, which represents 120,000 members, announced last week it would contact its membership in coming days with an “education” campaign, followed by a request for a strike vote authorization. Stephen Waddell, national executive director of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), said the decision to support SAG comes at a difficult time for Canadian artists.
The specialty market featured an especially impressive opening this weekend, as Focus Features milked its limited release of Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” with stunning success. The biopic about assassinated San Francisco gay pol Harvey Milk tabulated $1.4 million in three-day boxoffice from just 36 inaugural engagements, or a landslide $38,375 per location. “Milk” carries a cume of $1.9 million since unspooling on Wednesday. “It’s a sensational opening,” Focus distribution topper Jack Foley said. “It’s a record opening for a film opening in this many theaters, and there were lots of sellouts wherever it was playing.”
FilmTotalFour Christmases, SUMMIT$31,069,826Bolt, DISNEY$26,581,002Twilight, SUMMIT$26,344,032Quantum of Solace, SONY$18,833,552Australia, FOX$14,800,723Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, PARAMOUNT$14,207,329Transporter 3, LIONSGATE$12,063,452Role Models, UNIVERSAL$5,191,180The Boy in The Striped Pajamas, MIRAMAX$1,696,187Milk, FOCUS FEATURES$1,453,844