Making Light of “The Bradley Effect”
That, and other news, in today's Political Panorama. Barack Obama riffs on the "Bradley effect" on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." On the Stump: Robert Redford will campaign for Barack Obama on…
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Redstone: CBS, Viacom shares safe
Sumner Redstone assured investors on Thursday that not "a single share" more of CBS or Viacom would be sold to pay down debt of his National Amusements holding company.
Early Word on Obama's Commercial
Nielsen has just released overnight ratings for Barack Obama's infomercial, which show it falling well short of he presidential debates but ahead of Ross Perot's 1996 big TV buy. The spot had a…
Thomas Friedman's Green Sheen
Hollywood may be awash in environmentally minded activism and endeavors, but with such efforts come sober realities. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, on tour for his new book "Hot, Flat and…
SAG says 'Get Your Money'
SAG's launching a "Get Your Money" campaign, aimed at distributing some of the more than $25 million in "unclaimed residuals" it hasn't given to more than 66,000 people.
“The West Wing” Parallels
Jimmy Smits, whose character made an unlikely rise to the presidency on the final episodes of "The West Wing," will introduce Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at their rally in Florida tonight. Brian…
Obama's Infomercial
The very well and slickly produced "Barack Obama: American Stories, American Solutions" was so precisely aimed at undecided average and "real" American voters that I expected the candidate to start…
SAG committees oppose Prop 8
Two committees of the Screen Actors Guild have announced their oppostiton to California ballot Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriages.
Change of scenery in D.C.
Whether Barack Obama or John McCain wins the presidency next week, the Washington-Hollywood social nexus is likely to change.
Sam Mendes to direct 'Preacher'
Sam Mendes will direct a bigscreen adaptation of the supernatural graphic novel "Preacher" for Columbia Pictures.
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Domestic Film WEEKEND OF
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
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Weekend:$26.6M Disney -
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Rio 2
Rio 2
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Weekend:$22.5M Fox -
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Heaven is for Real
Heaven is for Real
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Weekend:$21.5M Sony / TriStar
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