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  • Venice Announces Competition Line-Up
    New movies from Sofia Coppola, Darren Aronofsky, Vincent Gallo and Julian Schnabel will be slugging it out on the Lido. This year’s Venice Film Festival will take place September 1-11. Twenty two films will be competing for the Golden Lion. Among the…
  • UK Film Council Closure Polarizes Industry
    Reactions to the UK government closing down the £60 million-a-year ($94 million) state film agency have formed into two distinct camps. Many producers I’ve spoken to say the UK Film Council never did anything for them and will not be missed. Sure,…
  • Matt Blank Channels His Inner Rock Star
    I came across this story about Bon Jovi in the Daily Mail. It is accompanied by 2 photos illustrating the longevity of the New Jersey rock band. The caption on the first photo reads: Rock Gods: Bon Jovi at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Castle Donington…
  • ‘Lumières, Caméra, Action… Merde’
    This morning’s Daily Mail carries an amusing story about Carla Bruni, First Lady of France, flubbing her cameo in Woody Allen’s latest 35 times. Bruni, a top model before she married President Sarkozy, committed that most basic acting error of looking…
  • Sky To Become HBO’s Home In Britain
    The pay-TV giant has struck an exclusive output deal to be the only place to watch HBO shows from now on. Boardwalk Empire, Martin Scorsese’s series about Atlantic City gangsters, will be the first show to air through the deal in the autumn. Future…
  • EMMYS: Producer Credits Still Controversial
    Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s 2010 Emmy coverage: It’s an anxious annual guessing game – the vetting of producers for the outstanding series Primetime Emmy Award nominees. Now it’s nearly complete inside the Academy of TV Arts &…
  • EMMYS: Q&A With Supporting Comedy Actor Nominee Ty Burrell
    Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s 2010 Emmy and TCA coverage. Ty Burrell isn’t quite an overnight success. It only seems that way. He had been working steadily in Hollywood for nearly 10 years before shooting to the next level this past year…
  • Canada Sides With Lionsgate Over Icahn
    The British Columbia Securities Commission dismissed Carl Icahn’s request for that cease trade order against Lionsgate. (Icahn Files Lawsuit Against Lionsgate Board.) The film/TV studio fending off his hostile takeover said it was “pleased”.
  • Guillermo Del Toro And James Cameron Ready To Climb ‘Mountains Of Madness’
    EXCLUSIVE: Since he left The Hobbit, Guillermo del Toro’s next film has been a hot topic of conversation. I’m hearing he will next direct At The Mountains Of Madness, an adaptation of the HP Lovecraft tale that will be shot as a 3D film for Universal…
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