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Archives for: August 20095
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Gotham bash for ‘Basterds’
Thursday August 20th 2009“Are you ready to see some bastards?” Quentin Tarantino asked the Gotham aud at the preem of “Inglourious Basterds.” “I can’t hear you!,” he shouted in response to the crowd’s dignified cheering. “I said are you ready to see some bastards f*** up some Nazis?” Satisfied with the more enthusiastic response, the helmer finally took his seat. During the Cinema Society’s Hugo Boss-sponsored after-party at the Standard Hotel, producer Lawrence Bender said the film’s casting process hit a snag that almost killed the movie.
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SAG-AFTRA lose merger backer
Thursday August 20th 2009Six years after actively campaigning for combining the performers’ unions, AFL-CIO prexy John Sweeney indicated Wednesday during an appearance in Hollywood that the federation’s taking a hands-off attitude on any move toward merger between SAG and AFTRA – at least until both unions fully support such a combination. “We are[…]
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YouTube, TW sign content deal
Thursday August 20th 2009NEW YORK — Online video site YouTube said on Wednesday it signed a deal with Time Warner Inc. to feature program clips from a range of its cable networks including CNN, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. No financial details were disclosed. The move is the latest by the Google Inc-owned[…]
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Vfx shops cooking up shared recipes
Wednesday August 19th 2009Since the digital revolution in vfx and animation, much of what has set the top shops apart has been their “special sauce” — proprietary, inhouse software tools that let them create images their competitors couldn’t match. Today, however, there’s a clear trend toward taking some of that special sauce and turning it into commercial products that any shop can buy.
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Canadian bid for FreeHD service
Wednesday August 19th 2009TORONTO — Veteran Canadian satellite TV exec David Lewis is looking to launch FreeHD Canada, a high definition satellite TV service to remove obstacles to Canada’s digital TV transition. Lewis has applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to offer from early 2011 around 100 local TV channels in[…]
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Archives for: August 20095
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Gotham bash for ‘Basterds’
Thursday August 20th 2009“Are you ready to see some bastards?” Quentin Tarantino asked the Gotham aud at the preem of “Inglourious Basterds.” “I can’t hear you!,” he shouted in response to the crowd’s dignified cheering. “I said are you ready to see some bastards f*** up some Nazis?” Satisfied with the more enthusiastic response, the helmer finally took his seat. During the Cinema Society’s Hugo Boss-sponsored after-party at the Standard Hotel, producer Lawrence Bender said the film’s casting process hit a snag that almost killed the movie.
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SAG-AFTRA lose merger backer
Thursday August 20th 2009Six years after actively campaigning for combining the performers’ unions, AFL-CIO prexy John Sweeney indicated Wednesday during an appearance in Hollywood that the federation’s taking a hands-off attitude on any move toward merger between SAG and AFTRA – at least until both unions fully support such a combination. “We are[…]
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YouTube, TW sign content deal
Thursday August 20th 2009NEW YORK — Online video site YouTube said on Wednesday it signed a deal with Time Warner Inc. to feature program clips from a range of its cable networks including CNN, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. No financial details were disclosed. The move is the latest by the Google Inc-owned[…]
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Vfx shops cooking up shared recipes
Wednesday August 19th 2009Since the digital revolution in vfx and animation, much of what has set the top shops apart has been their “special sauce” — proprietary, inhouse software tools that let them create images their competitors couldn’t match. Today, however, there’s a clear trend toward taking some of that special sauce and turning it into commercial products that any shop can buy.
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Canadian bid for FreeHD service
Wednesday August 19th 2009TORONTO — Veteran Canadian satellite TV exec David Lewis is looking to launch FreeHD Canada, a high definition satellite TV service to remove obstacles to Canada’s digital TV transition. Lewis has applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to offer from early 2011 around 100 local TV channels in[…]
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Archives for: August 20095
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Gotham bash for ‘Basterds’
Thursday August 20th 2009“Are you ready to see some bastards?” Quentin Tarantino asked the Gotham aud at the preem of “Inglourious Basterds.” “I can’t hear you!,” he shouted in response to the crowd’s dignified cheering. “I said are you ready to see some bastards f*** up some Nazis?” Satisfied with the more enthusiastic response, the helmer finally took his seat. During the Cinema Society’s Hugo Boss-sponsored after-party at the Standard Hotel, producer Lawrence Bender said the film’s casting process hit a snag that almost killed the movie.
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SAG-AFTRA lose merger backer
Thursday August 20th 2009Six years after actively campaigning for combining the performers’ unions, AFL-CIO prexy John Sweeney indicated Wednesday during an appearance in Hollywood that the federation’s taking a hands-off attitude on any move toward merger between SAG and AFTRA – at least until both unions fully support such a combination. “We are[…]
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YouTube, TW sign content deal
Thursday August 20th 2009NEW YORK — Online video site YouTube said on Wednesday it signed a deal with Time Warner Inc. to feature program clips from a range of its cable networks including CNN, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. No financial details were disclosed. The move is the latest by the Google Inc-owned[…]
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Vfx shops cooking up shared recipes
Wednesday August 19th 2009Since the digital revolution in vfx and animation, much of what has set the top shops apart has been their “special sauce” — proprietary, inhouse software tools that let them create images their competitors couldn’t match. Today, however, there’s a clear trend toward taking some of that special sauce and turning it into commercial products that any shop can buy.
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Canadian bid for FreeHD service
Wednesday August 19th 2009TORONTO — Veteran Canadian satellite TV exec David Lewis is looking to launch FreeHD Canada, a high definition satellite TV service to remove obstacles to Canada’s digital TV transition. Lewis has applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to offer from early 2011 around 100 local TV channels in[…]
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