Studios win case vs. China pirates
Five Hollywood studios have won damages in a Chinese court from a Beijing-based company that sold pirated DVDs, the Motion Picture Assn. announced Tuesday.
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Miss USA keeps crown
Miss USA Tara Conner, who had come under criticism amid rumors she had been frequenting bars while underage, will be allowed to keep her title, Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
Political Panorama: Tuesday
"Impeach These Bastards": Sean Penn accepted the Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award from the Creative Coalition on Monday night with a fiery speech that questioned why the Democrats have taken…
Giuliani Explores Bid, Even in Hollywood
Expect huge crowds and attention tonight as Rudolph Giuliani's presidential exploratory committee throws its first fund raiser at a hotel near Times Square. He's dubbed "America's Mayor," with a…
“Truth” Be Told: Gore's Doc Offered Directly to Teachers
Particpant Prods. is offering 50,000 copies of the Al Gore doc "An Inconvenient Truth" for free to school teachers across the country. It follows a highly publicized brouhaha in the past few weeks in…
Dimension manic for 'Madman' pic
Dimension Films has made a deal to turn the Michael Allred-created comicbook "Madman" into a live-action film. George Huang ("Swimming With Sharks") will direct a script he'll pen with Allred. Robert…
Sony's legal eagle soars
Corii Berg has been promoted to deputy general counsel for Sony Pictures Entertainment. He had been exec veep of the SPE corporate and distribution legal group.
Ex-FCC Official Says Agency Likely to Lose on Indecency
Networks will argue on Wednesday that the FCC's crackdown on indecency violates their freedom of speech in a federal appeals court hearing that will be shown live on C-SPAN. The agency's former chief…
Italian journalist strike mild in impact
A two-day strike by Italo radio and TV journalists that started Monday went largely unnoticed by locals.
Usen pacts to Webcast MGM pix
Broadband giant Usen has signed a licensing deal with MGM to offer studio's pics on GyaO, Usen's free broadband Webcasting service, the company announced Monday.
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Domestic Film DAILY
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Lucy
Lucy
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Daily:$5.0M Cumulative:$48.9M Universal Pictures -57.86% -
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Hercules
Hercules
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Daily:$3.3M Cumulative:$33.1M Paramount Pictures -60.81% -
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Dawn of The Planet of The Apes
Dawn of The Planet of The Apes
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Daily:$2.2M Cumulative:$174.7M Fox -58.37%
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