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Lawyers appeal Phil Spector's conviction (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:24:25 GMT - AP - Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.

Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live' (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:20 GMT - AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live."

Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' wins fiction prize in NYC (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:35:43 GMT - AP - Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," winner last year of the Man Booker Prize in London, was honored Thursday night on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:47:05 GMT - AP - A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats.

Conan O'Brien will take his show to theaters (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:18:38 GMT - AP - Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.

NYC ex-model sues over use of photo in comedy film (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:08:21 GMT - AP - A former model says she's appalled that her nearly decade-old bikini photo became a randy prop in the film "Couple's Retreat."

DreamWorks films to play on Showtime (Reuters)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:10:16 GMT - Reuters - CBS Corp's Showtime Networks Inc said on Thursday it has signed a deal to air movies from Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios, in a long-term agreement that could help restore content Showtime lost when three top studios started their own channel.

NYC ex-model sues over use of photo in comedy film (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:08:21 GMT - AP - A former model says she's appalled that her nearly decade-old bikini photo became a randy prop in the film "Couple's Retreat."

Lawyers appeal Phil Spector's conviction (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:24:25 GMT - AP - Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.

Imax rebounds to profit, sees strong first quarter (Reuters)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:11:48 GMT - Reuters - Giant-screen movie operator Imax Corp said on Thursday a strong slate of films, including the blockbuster "Avatar", helped it bounce back to a fourth-quarter profit and it forecast a "very strong year" ahead.

Deeply moving "Next Fall" deserves Broadway shot (Reuters)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:35:43 GMT - Reuters - In these recessionary times, it might take more than the imprimatur of celebrity presenters Elton John and David Furnish to make "Next Fall" viable for a Broadway run.

Lawyers appeal Phil Spector's conviction (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:24:44 GMT - AP - Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.

Miu Miu's Regal Pop (Fashion Wire Daily)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:32:00 GMT - Fashion Wire Daily - It was 1960s modernism meets Louis XIV at the latest collection of Miu Miu, the final show of Paris fashion week that ended Wednesday evening, March 10.

Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' wins fiction prize in NYC (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:35:53 GMT - AP - Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," winner last year of the Man Booker Prize in London, was honored Thursday night on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Fashion's latest fixation: 3D (The Newsroom)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:49:17 GMT - The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los An...

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Imax rebounds to profit, sees strong first quarter (Reuters)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:11:48 GMT - Reuters - Giant-screen movie operator Imax Corp said on Thursday a strong slate of films, including the blockbuster "Avatar", helped it bounce back to a fourth-quarter profit and it forecast a "very strong year" ahead.

Lawmakers get few answers on Comcast/NBC deal (Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:57:10 GMT - Reuters - U.S. lawmakers on Thursday raised concerns that the Comcast deal to take control of NBC Universal could limit customers' access to programing and drive up cable prices.

Tribeca unveils film lineup, Spitzer in spotlight (Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:18:49 GMT - Reuters - The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April's event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.

Group takes Berlusconi to rights court on TV control (Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:02:35 GMT - Reuters - A pro-democracy institute founded by billionaire financier George Soros filed a brief to the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday saying Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's grip on Italian TV was undemocratic.

"2012" debuts atop three video charts (Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:09:32 GMT - Reuters - The end-of-the-world drama "2012" debuted at the top of all three home video charts the week ending March 7, the first release in nearly a month with a box office pedigree of more than $100 million.

Second Hollywood trading site to launch (Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:59:43 GMT - Reuters - And then there were two -- box office trading exchanges, that is.

NY Times outlook now stable (Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:03:32 GMT - Reuters - Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday changed its outlook on The New York Times Co to stable, from negative, saying the newspaper publisher's revenue declines are likely to moderate.

Disney keeps ABC options open, including spin-off (Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:25:36 GMT - Reuters - Walt Disney Co's Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Wednesday that the top U.S. media company was keeping its options open for dealing with TV network ABC and its struggling news division, including a spin-off.

Ex-ITV boss takes over at EMI Music as CEO goes (Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:47:53 GMT - Reuters - EMI Music, which is seeking new funds to avoid breaching debt covenants, said Chief Executive Elio Leoni-Sceti would step down shortly, just a month after he was tasked with finding a new business plan.

Disney sets March 19 deadline for Miramax bids (Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:53:58 GMT - Reuters - Hollywood's dealmakers have a busy couple of weeks ahead of them.

Bigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly (Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:41:23 GMT - Reuters - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time.

Murdoch has ambitions for original Arab content (Reuters)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:53:11 GMT - Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has ambitions to produce original Arab content to serve the Arab world's 335 million people in the region and abroad, helped by its partnership with Saudi-based media group Rotana.

Murdoch urges more transparency in Arab media (Reuters)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:04:04 GMT - Reuters - Rupert Murdoch urged Arab governments on Tuesday to reject media censorship and open their markets to foreign competition as he opened a high-profile conference aimed at furthering oil-rich Abu Dhabi's ambitions as a cultural hub.

MGM expected to draw six bids by March 19: source (Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:01:56 GMT - Reuters - Six companies are expected to make binding offers for storied Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a newly set March 19 deadline, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

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