Canadians unveil Indie Awards noms
David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises," Sarah Polley's "Away From Her," Bruce McDonald's "The Tracey Fragments," Philippe Falardeau's "Congorama" and Stephane Lafleur's "Continental, a Film Without…
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Media, entertainment stocks hit low
Media and entertainment stocks have been sluggish for months, but things could well take a turn for the worse today.
‘In Between’ wins Kusturica’s fest
Serbian film director Emir Kusturica wrapped the first edition of his self-consciously anti-commercial film festival Monday with an awards ceremony for the best student films screened in the past…
WB gatekeeper Washington dies at 98
Howard Washington, who started his career at Warner Bros. in 1929 and worked off and on at the Warners parking garage until his retirement in 1994, died of pneumonia on Jan. 15 in Los Angeles. He was…
Doty sits as Caucus chair
Producer Dennis Doty has been elected to chair of the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors, succeeding Vin Di Bona for a two-year term.
BabyTV finds a berth in Singapore
Television for infants takes a few more baby steps around Asia with BabyTV skedded to preem in Singapore on Friday.
PGA avoids credit limit
The sometimes sticky question of producer credits may actually be controversy-free during this awards season.
SAG sage on DGA deal: Not so fast…
Doug Allen, SAG's national exec director, is urging the town to slow down in formulating a reaction to last week's DGA deal. Allen contends there's not enough detail yet available to reach a…
FBN scoops market crash
Fox Business News landed a major scoop on Monday. It was the only one of the three major business news nets to cover Monday's overseas market crash as it happened.
‘Cloverfield’ sets record
Paramount's monster pic "Cloverfield" grossed an estimated $5 million on Monday, bringing its opening haul for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend to a record-breaking $46 million from 3,441…
Murdoch’s son to run Consolidated
Two years after ankling News Corp., Rupert Murdoch's eldest son Lachlan is plotting a spectacular return to the media industry at the helm of an A$3.3 billion ($2.9 billion) joint venture with the…
