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Studios take film sites seriously
Friday July 10th 2009Devin Faraci remembers the bad old days — way back at the turn of the millennium — when studio publicists treated his film Web site CHUD like a plot-spoiling scourge or, at best, a home for student journalists. “Back then, the online guys, no matter what site they were from, were always getting lumped in with the college papers at press events. Getting one-on-one face time with the talent was the impossible dream,” Faraci says. It takes only a quick glance at CHUD to see the dream is now a reality. The site, like hundreds of other niche-oriented filmgoer sites that have cropped up the past few years, is packed with Faraci’s largely fawning accounts of studio-enabled visits to the sets of such movies as “The Hangover” and one-on-one interviews with stars and filmmakers.
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Corner Gas Production Co: We’re Not In The Tourism Business
Friday July 10th 2009All is not well in Dog River. Some residents in the small Saskatchewan community of Rouleau are upset because sets used on the television show Corner Gas have been boarded up and are overgrown with weeds since the comedy stopped production in 2008. Rouleau Mayor Allan Kuhlman says the tourist[…]
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Michael Moore unveils title of new doc
Thursday July 09th 2009Michael Moore’s opting to spoof romantic conventions in titling his upcoming documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story,” which addresses the causes of the global economic meltdown. “It will be the perfect date movie,” Moore said in an announcement Wednesday. “It’s got it all — lust, passion, romance and 14,000 jobs being eliminated every day. It’s a forbidden love, one that dare not speak its name. Heck, let’s just say it: It’s capitalism.” Moore and Overture Films had announced previously that the film would be released domestically on Oct. 2 — a year and a day after the U.S. Senate voted to approve a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Paramount Vantage will handle international distribution.
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Canada’s cable wars coming to a head
Thursday July 09th 2009TORONTO — As Canada’s cable-broadcast wars reach a dramatic climax, the country’s broadcast regulator has become the feature attraction. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has denied a bid by cable giant Rogers Communications to stop airing 100 hours of Canadian movies a year in prime time at its[…]
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World mourns MJ via satellite, BBC
Wednesday July 08th 2009Networks around the world cleared their schedules to air live coverage of the Michael Jackson memorial on Tuesday. Concert promoter AEG sent press releases and media alerts announcing the satellite coordinates for the feed, meaning TV organizations were able to pick up the service free of charge. Late Tuesday, AEG was still figuring out how many outlets had, indeed, shown “Michael Jackson: The Farewell,” beamed from the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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Archives for: July 20095
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Studios take film sites seriously
Friday July 10th 2009Devin Faraci remembers the bad old days — way back at the turn of the millennium — when studio publicists treated his film Web site CHUD like a plot-spoiling scourge or, at best, a home for student journalists. “Back then, the online guys, no matter what site they were from, were always getting lumped in with the college papers at press events. Getting one-on-one face time with the talent was the impossible dream,” Faraci says. It takes only a quick glance at CHUD to see the dream is now a reality. The site, like hundreds of other niche-oriented filmgoer sites that have cropped up the past few years, is packed with Faraci’s largely fawning accounts of studio-enabled visits to the sets of such movies as “The Hangover” and one-on-one interviews with stars and filmmakers.
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Corner Gas Production Co: We’re Not In The Tourism Business
Friday July 10th 2009All is not well in Dog River. Some residents in the small Saskatchewan community of Rouleau are upset because sets used on the television show Corner Gas have been boarded up and are overgrown with weeds since the comedy stopped production in 2008. Rouleau Mayor Allan Kuhlman says the tourist[…]
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Michael Moore unveils title of new doc
Thursday July 09th 2009Michael Moore’s opting to spoof romantic conventions in titling his upcoming documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story,” which addresses the causes of the global economic meltdown. “It will be the perfect date movie,” Moore said in an announcement Wednesday. “It’s got it all — lust, passion, romance and 14,000 jobs being eliminated every day. It’s a forbidden love, one that dare not speak its name. Heck, let’s just say it: It’s capitalism.” Moore and Overture Films had announced previously that the film would be released domestically on Oct. 2 — a year and a day after the U.S. Senate voted to approve a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Paramount Vantage will handle international distribution.
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Canada’s cable wars coming to a head
Thursday July 09th 2009TORONTO — As Canada’s cable-broadcast wars reach a dramatic climax, the country’s broadcast regulator has become the feature attraction. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has denied a bid by cable giant Rogers Communications to stop airing 100 hours of Canadian movies a year in prime time at its[…]
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World mourns MJ via satellite, BBC
Wednesday July 08th 2009Networks around the world cleared their schedules to air live coverage of the Michael Jackson memorial on Tuesday. Concert promoter AEG sent press releases and media alerts announcing the satellite coordinates for the feed, meaning TV organizations were able to pick up the service free of charge. Late Tuesday, AEG was still figuring out how many outlets had, indeed, shown “Michael Jackson: The Farewell,” beamed from the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: July 20095
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Studios take film sites seriously
Friday July 10th 2009Devin Faraci remembers the bad old days — way back at the turn of the millennium — when studio publicists treated his film Web site CHUD like a plot-spoiling scourge or, at best, a home for student journalists. “Back then, the online guys, no matter what site they were from, were always getting lumped in with the college papers at press events. Getting one-on-one face time with the talent was the impossible dream,” Faraci says. It takes only a quick glance at CHUD to see the dream is now a reality. The site, like hundreds of other niche-oriented filmgoer sites that have cropped up the past few years, is packed with Faraci’s largely fawning accounts of studio-enabled visits to the sets of such movies as “The Hangover” and one-on-one interviews with stars and filmmakers.
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Corner Gas Production Co: We’re Not In The Tourism Business
Friday July 10th 2009All is not well in Dog River. Some residents in the small Saskatchewan community of Rouleau are upset because sets used on the television show Corner Gas have been boarded up and are overgrown with weeds since the comedy stopped production in 2008. Rouleau Mayor Allan Kuhlman says the tourist[…]
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Michael Moore unveils title of new doc
Thursday July 09th 2009Michael Moore’s opting to spoof romantic conventions in titling his upcoming documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story,” which addresses the causes of the global economic meltdown. “It will be the perfect date movie,” Moore said in an announcement Wednesday. “It’s got it all — lust, passion, romance and 14,000 jobs being eliminated every day. It’s a forbidden love, one that dare not speak its name. Heck, let’s just say it: It’s capitalism.” Moore and Overture Films had announced previously that the film would be released domestically on Oct. 2 — a year and a day after the U.S. Senate voted to approve a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Paramount Vantage will handle international distribution.
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Canada’s cable wars coming to a head
Thursday July 09th 2009TORONTO — As Canada’s cable-broadcast wars reach a dramatic climax, the country’s broadcast regulator has become the feature attraction. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has denied a bid by cable giant Rogers Communications to stop airing 100 hours of Canadian movies a year in prime time at its[…]
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World mourns MJ via satellite, BBC
Wednesday July 08th 2009Networks around the world cleared their schedules to air live coverage of the Michael Jackson memorial on Tuesday. Concert promoter AEG sent press releases and media alerts announcing the satellite coordinates for the feed, meaning TV organizations were able to pick up the service free of charge. Late Tuesday, AEG was still figuring out how many outlets had, indeed, shown “Michael Jackson: The Farewell,” beamed from the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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