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Oliver Stone Honored by Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Oliver Stone, filmmaker and provocateur, will be honored for his contributions to cinema by the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The Oscar-winning director behind "JFK" and "Pl...
Project of the Day: A 'Long Distance' Web Series
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the...
'Thor: The Dark World' Trailer Strikes (Video)
Worlds collide, dark forces are unleashed and enemies must bury their differences and team up in the new trailer for "Thor: The Dark World." read more
Aereo Beams Into Boston
Aereo isn’t letting pending lawsuits and accusations of thievery by major broadcasters hamstring expansion plans, as Internet TV startup has set May 15 launch date for service in the Boston metro ar...
Cannes' Directors Fortnight Includes Michael Cera, Liev Schreiber
The Sundance titles "Magic Magic" and "We Are What We Are" are among the 21 films selected for the 2013 Directors Fortnight sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival. Related Articles:  ...
New York Incentives Keep Productions Made in Manhattan
When Johnny Carson moved The Tonight Show from Manhattan to Los Angeles in 1972, with the state’s then-first lady Nancy Reagan among his early guests, it wasn’t as much a blow to jobs as i...
Condé Nast Cracks Door Wider to Its Private Exchange
Condé Nast, having cracked open the door to programmatic buying two years ago, has swung it open a little more. The traditional magazine powerhouse raised some eyebrows a couple years ago whe...
DirecTV Chats Up Voice-Activated TV
Listen to this: DirecTV is using the same technology that powers Apple’s Siri voice search to let subs find TV shows and movies they want to watch by speaking their desires. Satcaster developed ...
It All Ads Up for Gotham’s Digital Players
New Yorkers are a proud bunch. It can take sophisticated survival skills to live in the city. Even more so to do business there.
Why the Sarasota Film Festival Is Indie Film's Best-Kept Secret
After begging, borrowing, stealing and Kickstarting to finish that potential masterpiece of a production, every broke-ass American indie filmmaker faces the same trying question as U.S. film festivals...
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Lincoln Taps New Vimeo Creative Service
Outside the occasional trust-fund case, aspiring filmmakers are typically of the starving-artist variety until they get a significant break. That reality seems to play no small part in Vimeo's n...
How James Bond Helped Build Panama’s Growing Film Industry -- And Where It's Heading Next
"Quantum of Solace" might not be considered a classic, but the filming of James Bond film in Panama created a ripple effect in the country that is still felt today. "That was our first project," admit...
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'Celebrity Apprentice': Brande Roderick on Getting Fired a Second Time
Donald Trump sent her packing on Sunday night's episode -- but he didn't send her home empty-handed.read more
Cannes' Directors Fortnight Announces 2013 Lineup
The Directors Fortnight section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival was announced this morning, with 21 features and 9 short films making the cut.  As previously announced, the section -- which runs...
Euro Film Academy To Take Laffers Seriously
LONDON — Comedy movies tend to be taken less seriously than their dramatic counterparts when it comes to awards recognition, apart from at the Golden Globes. Now the European Film Academy is lo...
Will Reese Witherspoon's Image Survive the DUI Scandal?
By quickly saying she was "deeply embarrassed" by her arrest for disorderly conduct this weekend, crisis management experts say Reese Witherspoon has minimized the damage to her "Americ...
‘Ratchet & Clank’ Games Get Film Treatment (EXCLUSIVE)
“Escape from Planet Earth”-producer Rainmaker Entertainment has paired up with Blockade Entertainment to adapt the Insomniac Games franchise “Ratchet & Clank” into a 3D-ani...
Katherine Oliver Puts Filmmakers First with Tax Breaks, Citywide Initiatives
Established in 1966, the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting is the oldest film commission in the country. And when Katherine Oliver was appointed by Gotham mayor Michael ...
Mayor Bloomberg Keeps New York Humming with Thriving Showbiz Sector
When Michael Bloomberg became the mayor of New York on Jan. 1, 2002, he took the reins of a city still reeling from the devastating aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks just four months earlier.
Salesforce Ties Facebook Custom Audiences, Twitter Keyword Targeting Into Marketing Cloud
Like the social advertising version of Twitter.com versus Tweetdeck, Facebook’s and Twitter’s ad platforms can satiate most advertisers. Power marketers looking for more bells and whistle...

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