Sony, Bertelsmann agree BMG buyout

'Pandorum' secures German funds

Sogecable grabs World Cup rights

'Mummy' reigns in Spain

Viasat launching TV1000 in Russia

French digital TV hits 56% penetration

'Knight' passes $400 million mark

Cablevision board mulls options

Marvel's Q2 profit jumps 52%

Teens' 'Choice' is Fox

Bomb threat reported at MGM

China tightens security after attack

EMI selling China business to co.

News Corp. profits up 27%

Creative Arts nominees

Stylists' subtleties stoke shows' stories

Hollywood's tough road to TV

Canceled 'Creature' nabs nomination

Eric Bana to direct 'Beast' doc

ABC not moderating debates

Sound pros must get it right twice

Somerset votes for faith-based 'Article'

Opportunities aplenty for choreographers

D.p.s take auds to extreme realities

Festival's Hollywood mood

Bennett notches up slew of TV sales

J.J. Abrams' 'Fringe' heads to Sweden

'Pineapple,' 'Pants' get early start

Here Networks, Rapid Heart pact

RAI spurns soccer pact

Yahoo board support tumbles in recount

'Brady Bunch' star to host 'Pursuit'

Lang Lang keys up Olympic gig

Max von Sydow joins 'The Tudors'

DreamWorks logs off 'Simple' site

'Man For All Seasons' fills out cast

'Rock of Ages' cues Off B'way run

'Osage County' set for bigscreen

Anna Ziegler wins Stage competition

Tony winner Luther Davis dies at 91

Phoenix Satellite profits up

Director Hong tackles Korean HD pic

SAG slates candidates

IATSE taps exec Michael Miller

Usen's Uno to launch film company

'Scary City' to haunt the Internet

Media Rights adding Canadian show

Kofic to support local films overseas

Hunter Ellis to host 'In Harm's Way'

Prada to tie fragrance into film(s)

Funny or Die made of Steele

Eli Roth on deck for 'Bastards'

'Taking Woodstock' set to start

Adam Shankman bites into 'Pizza'

Kimmel refocusing on popular films

Alex Hardcastle to direct 'Krod'

Brightman, Liu to sing Olympic theme

WB adds hour to 'Woodstock'

Myspace links voters to debates

Kevin Smith wins appeal for 'Porno'

Consortium nabs stake in Cirque

ITV's profits slump in first half of '08

ProSiebenSat.1 profits down 60%

Time Warner net income down 26%

Sogepaq picks Cuerda's 'Sunflowers'

Sugarland's 'Love' conquers all

Royal reception for 'Solace'

Disney Channel tops Spanish DTT

Illegal downloads near BO levels in France

Bavaria Film picks up 'Krabat'

Sky One picks up 'Caprica'

Lionsgate's Beggs lands HRTS gig

ABC renews 'Wipeout'

'America's Got Talent' tops Tuesday

Jumee Park moves to Downtown

Google opens music site in China

Whoopi on roll with 'Xanadu'

Turner looking to unload GameTap

Primary Wave hires three

Adam Epstein

Hamingson headed to Public post

Benet offers sample of 'Chocolate'

Alex Pettyfer set to be 'Tormented'

Comedy Central teams with N.Y. fest

Maya acquires 'Talento de Barrio'

Artistic License picks up 'Think'

Secrecy shrouds Summer Olympics

Michael Gross

Cierra Ramirez

Louise Linton

Alex Pettyfer

N.Y. confab sets Kevin Smith

Lisa Bonet

Toronto continues to unveil slate

Woodstock honors James Schamus

Producing trio nab Schrader's 'Light'

'Red Cliff' to open Tokyo fest

TV director Jud Taylor dies at 76

Cisneros to pact with China Central

Fox wants more 'Fifth Grader'

'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' buzzes

'American Teenager' stays hot

Winfrey's OWN taps Nina Wass

'Elegy' premieres in New York

Robert Hooks and LorrieGay Marlow

Senator's Marco Weber steps down

Charles McDonald exits Premier PR

Norwegian film fest unveils slate

China bars documentarian Halonen

Japan music org sues Pandora TV

IFC nabs 'Worlds' for U.S. distrib

MyNetwork warms celeb roast

Tristan Bauer gets government gig

Streep in deep with Meyers

Cineplex Ent. sees revenues rise

Sound mixer Ted Hall dies at 48

Mimi Leder to direct marine movie

Lifetime orders 'Amazing' pilot

Shoemaker to showrun 'Late Night'

Merle Haggard's going green

AMC, Krantz talking 'Conversation'

Summer hits boost Korean B.O.

'Mentalist to the stars' Jason Scott dies

More thesps ready to ride 'Equus'

Songwriter Robert Hazard dies at 59

U.K.'s 'Loveland' lures Fox

S. Korea picks 'Crossing' for Oscars

Demme to head San Sebastian jury

Losses mount at Premiere

Rebecca Hall joins 'Dorian Gray'

'Express' riding high at box office

Shine names Munro joint MD

TVI offers know-how to Angolan web

WMG reports reduced losses

Wall Street still down on Blockbuster

Seacrest returns to 'Rockin'' post

Fox on top with 'Dance'

CAA lands Alex Proyas

Debi Mazar

AnnaSophia Robb

Uta Briesewitz

Brian Presley

Rodger Grossman

Caryl Churchill honored by peers

Norbert Leo Butz set for 'Fifty Words'

1968: Kirk Douglas talks politics

Brad Pitt is officially a 'Bastard'

Ad sales for Olympics tops $1 billion

Sales dip 22% at EuropaCorp

GM ads steer clear of ABC's Emmys

Bahman Naraghi joins GK Films

Director Peter Kass dies at 85

Ghent honors silent star Lloyd

Fox puts 'Hole' in schedule

Chilly Canadian talks

Writer Simon Gray dies at 71

Sally Insul dies at 92

Chen's 'Mei' to get December release

Mar del Plata unveils film mart

Studios shuffle 2009 summer sked

French ready Dennis Hopper exhibit

Brett Favre frenzy hits New York

RTHK finds topper after 13 months

Levenson signs with Warner Horizon

Hui to get Japan's Fukuoka prize

Canwest's Dore open to new gig

Toon Disney to rebrand

Sky One cuts deal for 'Fringe'

Bergman gets Indian retrospective

T-Joy, CJ to screen each other's pics

Letter to the Editor

Columbia takes 'Maximum Ride'

Sundance takes 'Eco-Trip'

Tatum jumps into Parkour picture

EA developing 'Godfather II' game

Buscemi, Malco head to 'Las Vegas'

Maverick Films splits

Coto, Ratner team for 'Wild Boys'

BBC invests in Clarkson's company

Clash overshadows 'Captive' opening

Industry icon Bernie Brillstein dies

'Mummy' takes on 'Dark Knight' in U.K.

More delays for Kangaroo

Oldenburg to honor Toback

Oprah Winfrey's million-voter march

Match Factory strikes 'Flame' deals

'Dance' finale fuels Fox

Summer saps West End energy

Stern split from CBS causes static

Dazzling display opens Olympics

Backlots barren as studios go lean

Say what?

'Dark Knight' sells toys to men

Fake CNN emails contain virus

DVR's the devil for networks, studios

Classic 'Watchmen' keeps on ticking

Woodstock prepares for 40th anni

Pixar's Renderman is still a big draw

Financial gurus take to theaters

Agentless stars play the percentages

China cues new view with Olympics

Half-dozen tuners jump mark in B.O.

Road falls about 2.1% in Week 9

Movies invade Opera world

'House' eyes home on Broadway

Lionsgate revenues up 50%

Studio Pacts: A removable feast

Studios play deal or no deal

Sparks fly in usually composed universe

Fugard play to premiere at Long Wharf

Broadcast tries to complete comeback

Colbert's 'Report' pursues rapport

Disney seals deal with UTV Global

This year, the joke's on the newbies

'Riflemind' to play Trafalgar Studios

'Sopranos' exit cues killer competish

Miniseries continue to thrive on cable

Aussie auds mad for ad show

TV Acad splits 'special class' category

Argentine films court masses

Canadian TV sizzles in U.S.

Can cable cash in on Emmy noms?

Orange sets up soccer triple-play

German soccer feud hits fever pitch

NBC clears Olympic hurdle

Univision aims to broaden slate

Documentaries get seed money

Bravo searches for alternate 'Runway'

Russia rushes new studio

CFG plans Confucius biopic

Studios hesitate on overall deals

Avex to distribute $50 million film fund

'Dragon Emperor' rules overseas

U.S. distribs missed 'Tell No One'

'Dark Knight' too dark for UK kids?

Box office's weekday warriors

Douglas, Zeta-Jones in hot water

Sara Gilbert joins 'Big Bang Theory'

Potluck parties for 'Pineapple Express'

Disney trumps Swedish DJs

Comedian Bernie Mac dies at 50

'Express' finds success at box office

Olympics score big for NBC

'Dark Knight' on top for 4th week

Musician Isaac Hayes dies at 65

Reality guru Maynard leaves CBS

Paul Ben-Victor

Frank Grillo

Matthew Davis

Rooney Mara

Sony TV warms to Jeff Frost

Taking center stage

Industry vet Howard G. Minsky dies

Incidents mar HK Olympics venue

S. Africa to subsidize digital switch

MTV to bow kudos for Africa

'Dragon Emperor' fires up overseas

Spielberg over the moon for Reliance

Shochiku offers 'Tora-san' online

Fuji to make 'Umizaru 3'

ABC Family adopts Diane Morgan

McKairnes to CBS cable post

Columbus sets sail on Kennedy film

Imagi revives 'Tusker' tale

Variety reveals pacts facts

Salma Hayek plans nuptial show

Thoeren quits Internationalmedia

European eyes turn to Olympics

'Eden Lake' to open Fantasy Filmfest

Martin Freeman to star in 'Nativity'

Fremantle calls in 'Verminators'

Olympics dominate Sunday night

First Artist adds ad agency SpotCo

Brillstein memorial tonight at UCLA

William Morris goes electronic

'Red Cliff' hangs on top

Univision ups Joanne Lynch

Status quo for Broadway box office

America discovers its soul again

Huayi Bros. take stock

Paskaljevic goes on 'Honeymoon'

BBC returns to Showcase

Pictures in Paradise, Barbablu team

Historic figures brought to life

Poehler enters race via rule change

NBR unveils kudos schedule

Passion no prob for feisty femmes

Police asked to smile at Olympics

Ensemble efforts not rewarded this year

Mary-Louise Parker heads to 'Hedda'

Lawyer, cops vie for kudo credibility

Older actresses dominate drama noms

MTC sets date for rechristening

Liberty rings in Q2 revenues

'Hair' gets extension

Paradigm time for Renee Fleming

Turkey will launch Kurdish channel

Poet Mahmoud Darwish dies at 67

Next-gen vidgame gear reads minds

Minghella steering Sony to new niches

Siggraph celebrates Stan Winston

Toon shops spark to 3-D

Nissan ad angers Arab viewers

Media still at risk in parts of Mideast

BIM's Gianandrea Mutti dies at 41

HK films auds still love 'Mummy'

Hiroshima toon festival calls 'Doctor'

Fuji TV to make third 'Umizaru'

Unitymedia buys more cable ops

Violinist Sam Boghossian, 88, dies

Shochiku puts 'Tora-san' online

Jolie replaces Cruise in 'Salt'

ABC vet Deirdre Paulino dies at 66

Greece Festival unveils films

Fans out in force for 'Clone Wars'

Rights agent Evva Pryor dies at 73

Double whammy clubs golf ratings

Disney ramps up new technologies

Nature adds flair to 'Hair' opening

Telkom Media granted TV license

Disney puts R&D in collegiate hands

Stars attend HollyShorts Festival

'Henry Poole Is Here' premieres

Starz shutters movie download sites

Bryan Ferry named BMI Icon

NBC U ups Cameron Blanchard

FCC role comes under fire

G4 teaming with Microsoft on 'X-Play'

Academy honors National Geographic

Entertainment sites on the rise

Japan's Tomy gains control of T2i

Hollywood remembers Bernie Brillstein

Waldron's 'Legacy of Secrecy'

Remastered 'West' wins Encore bow

Springsteen set for Super Bowl?

Screen Media sets film fund

Fox taps judges for 'Reality Show'

NBC developing 'Mogulettes'

Toga time for Hollywood

Taylor Hackford to direct 'Tenn'

Wallace saddles up for 'Secretariat'

Nick serves Justice with own series

HBO cops prison documentary 'Omar'

America Saga fires up 'Station House'

ABC brewing 'Witches of Eastwick'

Stone Village snaps up 'Lobo' spec

'Tropic' premiere brings protest

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