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‘Woman In Black’ Tackling ‘Chronicle’ For #1 And $20M Super Bowl Weekend; ‘Big Miracle’ #4
FRIDAY 10 PM, 2ND UPDATE: It’s another bigger-than-predicted box office this Super Bowl weekend with the movie studios focused on counterprogramming the game. Many of my sources say CBS F...
Oscars Q&A: Thomas Langmann On The Creative Gamble Of Making ‘The Artist’
French producer Thomas Langmann is as much of a hybrid as the film he is currently promoting: the silent, black-and-white The Artist, the Weinstein Co’s awards-season ode to Old Hollywood writt...
Nellie Andreeva
Ratings Rat Race: ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ Down In Return; ‘Gifted Man’, ‘Fringe’, ‘Grimm’, ‘Nikita & ‘Supernatural’ Tie Lows
Friday night poses a lot of questions, and not only the network propensity to schedule shows with questions as titles on the night, like Who Do You Think You Are? or What Would You Do?. Questions like...
Nellie Andreeva
L.A. Reid’s ‘X Factor’ Option For Season 2 Officially Picked Up
As we and others reported on Monday, the dismissal of Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones left judge “L.A.” Reid as the only X Factor personality besides creator/judge Simon Co...
Mike Fleming
Racy Jean Dujardin Poster Shows Media Reaching For Controversy In Oscar Race
In its first official comment since stories began appearing about a racy one-sheet featuring The Artist star Jean Dujardin holding a woman by the ankles to promote the comedy Les Infideles, Wild Bunch...
Cinema’s Digital Takeover: The Decline And Fall Of Film As We Have Known It
Digital cinema has overtaken film a lot sooner than many people might have predicted before Avatar was released, but it was probably inevitable. At latest count almost two-thirds of all domestic scree...
Nellie Andreeva
Sarah Chalke To Star In ABC’s ‘How To Live With Your Parents’ Comedy Pilot
Scrubs alumna Sarah Chalke is set as the lead in the ABC comedy pilot How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, from Accidentally on Purpose creator Claudia Lonow. The multi-camera/hybr...