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Archives for: January 20095
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Sundance gives rise to “star docs”
Tuesday January 20th 2009This year at the Sundance Film Festival, which kicked into high-gear this weekend and has long championed non-fiction film as an art form, something new appears to be afoot — the rise of the celebrity documentary, or “star doc.” With big-names backers like Ben Affleck with “Reporter” and Chris Rock with “Good Hair,” this year’s Sundance is filled with documentaries that have gone Hollywood. The reasons stars ventured into documentary filmmaking varies, but they say they all share a common desire to tell real-life stories in ways that feature films can’t.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 01/16/09 to 01/18/09
Monday January 19th 2009FilmTotalPaul Blart: Mall Cop, Sony$31,800,000Gran Torino, WB$21,965,000My Bloody Valentine 3-D, LGF$21,290,000Notorious, FoxS$20,535,000Hotel for Dogs, P/DW$17,034,000Bride Wars, Fox$11,700,000The Unborn, Uni.$9,318,000Defiance, ParV$8,915,000Marley and Me, Fox$6,165,000Slumdog Millionaire, FoxS$5,835,000
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Canadian dollar could steer prod’n back north
Monday January 19th 2009TORONTO — Canadian currency is tumbling in value versus the U.S. dollar, and that is a decidedly good thing for firms hoping to lure film and TV projects north of the border, local industry executives say. “There’s a psychological advantage to having our dollar below 80 cents,” Paul Bronfman, chairman[…]
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Busy first weekend at Sundance
Monday January 19th 2009Sundance’s annual weekend sprint through some of the indie world’s hottest titles began with a bang — actually, hundreds of them — on Friday night as Antoine Fuqua’s violent cop drama “Brooklyn’s Finest” unspooled to a distributor-packed screening. The world premiere kicks off a 48-hour period in which the most promising acquisition titles screen back-to-back and, frequently, head-to-head, requiring buyers to navigate carefully and make difficult choices.
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More than $5 million paid for TV inaugural events
Monday January 19th 2009NEW YORK (AP) – Television networks paid more than $5 million for exclusive rights to show events surrounding President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, including Sunday’s Lincoln Memorial concert and the Neighborhood Ball where Beyonce will serenade the new first couple. Nearly half the money, $2.5 million, will be paid by HBO.[…]
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Archives for: January 20095
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Sundance gives rise to “star docs”
Tuesday January 20th 2009This year at the Sundance Film Festival, which kicked into high-gear this weekend and has long championed non-fiction film as an art form, something new appears to be afoot — the rise of the celebrity documentary, or “star doc.” With big-names backers like Ben Affleck with “Reporter” and Chris Rock with “Good Hair,” this year’s Sundance is filled with documentaries that have gone Hollywood. The reasons stars ventured into documentary filmmaking varies, but they say they all share a common desire to tell real-life stories in ways that feature films can’t.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 01/16/09 to 01/18/09
Monday January 19th 2009FilmTotalPaul Blart: Mall Cop, Sony$31,800,000Gran Torino, WB$21,965,000My Bloody Valentine 3-D, LGF$21,290,000Notorious, FoxS$20,535,000Hotel for Dogs, P/DW$17,034,000Bride Wars, Fox$11,700,000The Unborn, Uni.$9,318,000Defiance, ParV$8,915,000Marley and Me, Fox$6,165,000Slumdog Millionaire, FoxS$5,835,000
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Canadian dollar could steer prod’n back north
Monday January 19th 2009TORONTO — Canadian currency is tumbling in value versus the U.S. dollar, and that is a decidedly good thing for firms hoping to lure film and TV projects north of the border, local industry executives say. “There’s a psychological advantage to having our dollar below 80 cents,” Paul Bronfman, chairman[…]
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Busy first weekend at Sundance
Monday January 19th 2009Sundance’s annual weekend sprint through some of the indie world’s hottest titles began with a bang — actually, hundreds of them — on Friday night as Antoine Fuqua’s violent cop drama “Brooklyn’s Finest” unspooled to a distributor-packed screening. The world premiere kicks off a 48-hour period in which the most promising acquisition titles screen back-to-back and, frequently, head-to-head, requiring buyers to navigate carefully and make difficult choices.
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More than $5 million paid for TV inaugural events
Monday January 19th 2009NEW YORK (AP) – Television networks paid more than $5 million for exclusive rights to show events surrounding President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, including Sunday’s Lincoln Memorial concert and the Neighborhood Ball where Beyonce will serenade the new first couple. Nearly half the money, $2.5 million, will be paid by HBO.[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: January 20095
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Sundance gives rise to “star docs”
Tuesday January 20th 2009This year at the Sundance Film Festival, which kicked into high-gear this weekend and has long championed non-fiction film as an art form, something new appears to be afoot — the rise of the celebrity documentary, or “star doc.” With big-names backers like Ben Affleck with “Reporter” and Chris Rock with “Good Hair,” this year’s Sundance is filled with documentaries that have gone Hollywood. The reasons stars ventured into documentary filmmaking varies, but they say they all share a common desire to tell real-life stories in ways that feature films can’t.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 01/16/09 to 01/18/09
Monday January 19th 2009FilmTotalPaul Blart: Mall Cop, Sony$31,800,000Gran Torino, WB$21,965,000My Bloody Valentine 3-D, LGF$21,290,000Notorious, FoxS$20,535,000Hotel for Dogs, P/DW$17,034,000Bride Wars, Fox$11,700,000The Unborn, Uni.$9,318,000Defiance, ParV$8,915,000Marley and Me, Fox$6,165,000Slumdog Millionaire, FoxS$5,835,000
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Canadian dollar could steer prod’n back north
Monday January 19th 2009TORONTO — Canadian currency is tumbling in value versus the U.S. dollar, and that is a decidedly good thing for firms hoping to lure film and TV projects north of the border, local industry executives say. “There’s a psychological advantage to having our dollar below 80 cents,” Paul Bronfman, chairman[…]
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Busy first weekend at Sundance
Monday January 19th 2009Sundance’s annual weekend sprint through some of the indie world’s hottest titles began with a bang — actually, hundreds of them — on Friday night as Antoine Fuqua’s violent cop drama “Brooklyn’s Finest” unspooled to a distributor-packed screening. The world premiere kicks off a 48-hour period in which the most promising acquisition titles screen back-to-back and, frequently, head-to-head, requiring buyers to navigate carefully and make difficult choices.
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More than $5 million paid for TV inaugural events
Monday January 19th 2009NEW YORK (AP) – Television networks paid more than $5 million for exclusive rights to show events surrounding President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, including Sunday’s Lincoln Memorial concert and the Neighborhood Ball where Beyonce will serenade the new first couple. Nearly half the money, $2.5 million, will be paid by HBO.[…]
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