FilmTotalAvatar, Fox$42,800,000The Book of Eli, WB$32,770,000The Lovely Bones, P/DW$17,020,000Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Fox$11,650,000Sherlock Holmes, WB$9,880,000The Spy Next Door, LGF$9,600,000It’s Complicated, Uni.$7,672,000Leap Year, Uni.$5,828,000The Blind Side, WB$5,555,000Up in the Air, Par.$5,458,000
TORONTO — Caught off guard by NBC’s late-night shake-up, Canadian broadcaster Rogers Media has gone mostly to its programming shelf to replace “The Jay Leno Show” at 10 p.m. weeknights, starting in March. Toronto-based Rogers, which purchased the Leno primetime talker for its Citytv network as part of a broader[…]
Fox sci-fi epic “Avatar,” which has been attracting record-breaking audiences around the world, soared even higher at the 67th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night as it was named best drama. “We have the best job in the world — what we do, we make entertainment for a global audience, and that’s what the Golden Globes mean,” the movie’s writer/director/producer James Cameron said as he accepted the night’s top honor.
The industry erosion continues: On-location production in the Los Angeles area slid 13% in the fourth quarter, yielding a 19% plunge in such shoots in 2009. Production permit service FilmLA on Thursday unveiled yearly stats showing the sharpest decline since tracking began in 1993. The non-profit group recorded 37,979 permitted production days in 2009, compared to 47,117 in 2008.
TORONTO — An improving TV ad market helped Canadian broadcaster Astral Media on Thursday post higher first quarter profits. Montreal-based Astral, which operates radio stations, pay TV and cable channels, saw earnings jump 42% to CAN64.6 million ($62.6 million) for the three months to Nov. 30, against a profit of[…]
FilmTotalAvatar, Fox$42,800,000The Book of Eli, WB$32,770,000The Lovely Bones, P/DW$17,020,000Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Fox$11,650,000Sherlock Holmes, WB$9,880,000The Spy Next Door, LGF$9,600,000It’s Complicated, Uni.$7,672,000Leap Year, Uni.$5,828,000The Blind Side, WB$5,555,000Up in the Air, Par.$5,458,000
TORONTO — Caught off guard by NBC’s late-night shake-up, Canadian broadcaster Rogers Media has gone mostly to its programming shelf to replace “The Jay Leno Show” at 10 p.m. weeknights, starting in March. Toronto-based Rogers, which purchased the Leno primetime talker for its Citytv network as part of a broader[…]
Fox sci-fi epic “Avatar,” which has been attracting record-breaking audiences around the world, soared even higher at the 67th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night as it was named best drama. “We have the best job in the world — what we do, we make entertainment for a global audience, and that’s what the Golden Globes mean,” the movie’s writer/director/producer James Cameron said as he accepted the night’s top honor.
The industry erosion continues: On-location production in the Los Angeles area slid 13% in the fourth quarter, yielding a 19% plunge in such shoots in 2009. Production permit service FilmLA on Thursday unveiled yearly stats showing the sharpest decline since tracking began in 1993. The non-profit group recorded 37,979 permitted production days in 2009, compared to 47,117 in 2008.
TORONTO — An improving TV ad market helped Canadian broadcaster Astral Media on Thursday post higher first quarter profits. Montreal-based Astral, which operates radio stations, pay TV and cable channels, saw earnings jump 42% to CAN64.6 million ($62.6 million) for the three months to Nov. 30, against a profit of[…]
FilmTotalAvatar, Fox$42,800,000The Book of Eli, WB$32,770,000The Lovely Bones, P/DW$17,020,000Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Fox$11,650,000Sherlock Holmes, WB$9,880,000The Spy Next Door, LGF$9,600,000It’s Complicated, Uni.$7,672,000Leap Year, Uni.$5,828,000The Blind Side, WB$5,555,000Up in the Air, Par.$5,458,000
TORONTO — Caught off guard by NBC’s late-night shake-up, Canadian broadcaster Rogers Media has gone mostly to its programming shelf to replace “The Jay Leno Show” at 10 p.m. weeknights, starting in March. Toronto-based Rogers, which purchased the Leno primetime talker for its Citytv network as part of a broader[…]
Fox sci-fi epic “Avatar,” which has been attracting record-breaking audiences around the world, soared even higher at the 67th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night as it was named best drama. “We have the best job in the world — what we do, we make entertainment for a global audience, and that’s what the Golden Globes mean,” the movie’s writer/director/producer James Cameron said as he accepted the night’s top honor.
The industry erosion continues: On-location production in the Los Angeles area slid 13% in the fourth quarter, yielding a 19% plunge in such shoots in 2009. Production permit service FilmLA on Thursday unveiled yearly stats showing the sharpest decline since tracking began in 1993. The non-profit group recorded 37,979 permitted production days in 2009, compared to 47,117 in 2008.
TORONTO — An improving TV ad market helped Canadian broadcaster Astral Media on Thursday post higher first quarter profits. Montreal-based Astral, which operates radio stations, pay TV and cable channels, saw earnings jump 42% to CAN64.6 million ($62.6 million) for the three months to Nov. 30, against a profit of[…]