‘Dark Knight’ flies to Hong Kong
Warner Bros. has applied for local permits to shoot a portion of Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" in Hong Kong this fall.
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Iran Leader’s Speech: News Event or PR Stunt?
Bill O’Reilly and other cable pundits derided Columbia University for extending an invite to Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but that didn’t stop all three cable news networks from carrying the…
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John McTiernan sentenced to prison
Director John McTiernan has been sentenced to four months in federal prison for lying to the FBI about hiring disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano to illegally wiretap producer Charles Roven.
News Event, Or Propaganda?
Columbia University for extending an invite to Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but that didn't stop all three cable news nets from carrying the speech uninterrupted. The three also carried…
Front Runner
That, and other news, in today’s Political Panorama. With the New York Times, NBC News and even President Bush declaring Hillary Clinton the front-runner, her biggest problems now are expectations…
New Line sanctioned in ‘Rings’ suit
With studio accounting practices in the spotlight during contract negotiations, a ruling last week by a federal judge could become grist for the Hollywood guilds.
AFTRA aiming for equal footing
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has moved forward on its attempt to become a direct affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
Script union re-runs vote
Members of the union repping Hollywood script supervisors have voted in a new president in a federally supervised re-run of last December's election.
Germany cracks down on copying
Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday approved a controversial copyright law, which makes it all but illegal for individuals to make copies of films and music, even for their own use.
Louis Armstrong and Little Rock
Tuesday marks fifty years since nine black students desegregated Little Rock's Central High School, escorted by some 1,200 paratroopers into Little Rock's Central High School. Today's New York Times…
Spears charged in car crash
Britney Spears legal woes mounted Friday as prosecutors charged her with misdemeanor counts of hit and run and driving without a valid license after she allegedly smashed her car into another in a…
