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Entertaining RSS FeedsDaniel Yu joins Chengtian - Web Exclusive: Exec named Zhihong vice general manager -- Former Focus Films topper Daniel Yu has joined Beijing-based production and talent management group Chengtian (aka Orange Sky) as vice general manager of its Orange Sky Zhihong film and TV production subsidiary. ...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com WNBC set for makeover - Business News: Network gambles on radical new strategy -- At one of the media world's most potent addresses, 30 Rockefeller Center, a radical makeover is under way just down the hall from "Today" and "Saturday Night Live."
... 'Frozen River' flows at Gothams - Award Central News: Sundance hit wins two of six prizes -- "Frozen River," the Sundance-launched dramatic thriller set on the U.S.-Canada border, won two of the six prizes at Tuesday's Gotham Independent Film Awards.
... Murphy, Lewis to star in 'Tribute' - Exclusives: Telepic is Lifetime's 4th Roberts adaptation -- Lifetime has cast Brittany Murphy and Jason Lewis to star in "Nora Roberts' Tribute," the last of four telepic adaptations of the author's novels the cabler has set for 2009.
... Earl to co-produce Stallone film - Exclusives: Planet Hollywood CEO boards 'Expendables' -- Planet Hollywood topper Robert Earl has made his first venture into producing features, signing on as a co-producer for Nu Image/Millennium's "The Expendables," starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Jet Li.
... Johnny Depp books 'Hand of Dante' - Front Page: Actor's Infinitum Nihil acquires rights to novel -- Johnny Depp's production company Infinitum Nihil has acquired screen rights to the Nick Tosches novel "In the Hand of Dante." The novel will be developed as a potential star vehicle for Depp.
... Pennette pinned to trio of projects - Exclusives: Writer takes on 'Romeos,' 'Dirty,' 'Flintstones' -- "Samantha Who?" scribe Marco Pennette has a trio of projects in the works, including a music-based drama at ABC.
... VH1 commits to 'Love' - Reality TV: Reality series comes from Juvonen, Barrymore -- VH1 has made an eight-episode commitment to "Tough Love," a reality series from Nancy Juvonen and Drew Barrymore's Flower Films.
... SAG facing 'Money' allegations - Labor Issues: Misconduct complaint filed against program -- SAG's "Get Your Money" program is a sham, according to a misconduct complaint filed against SAG president Alan Rosenberg and secretary-treasurer Connie Stevens.
... Brownlow to script 'Captain Blood' - Exclusives: Philip Noyce developing swashbuckler for WB -- Warner Bros. has tapped John Brownlow to pen its remake of the classic swashbuckler "Captain Blood," produced by Bill Gerber.
... Airing awards shows may not add up - Timothy M. Gray: WGA, DGA and other groups remain off the air -- When so many awards shows flood the television airwaves this time of year, it's surprising that some groups -- the WGA, DGA, critics orgs -- have not made a TV deal. In fact, some say they don't want a TV deal.
... Smith, Wankel take Shubert reins - Legit News: Co. owns or operates 17 Broadway theaters -- Philip J. Smith and Robert E. Wankel will take the reins of the Shubert Organization, the company that owns or operates 17 of the 39 Broadway theaters.
... NetDragon, Disney pact for game - Web Exclusive: 'Fantasy Online' set for Spring 2009 release -- China-based games developer NetDragon has inked a deal with Disney to launch a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) based on characters from the Mouse House.
... Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force - Web Exclusive: Disney's first major extension of Club Penguin since buying the hugely successful kids virtual world for up to $700 million last year turns out to be a satisfying, kid-friendly point-and-click mystery for Nintendo's handheld DS.
... India festival honors 'Tulpan' - Web Exclusive: Kazakh film wins top prize at fest -- HONG KONG - Kazakh film "Tulpan" added to its impressive haul of festival kudos Tuesday when it added the top prize from the International Film Festival of India (Nov 22- Dec 2) in Goa.
... Nominations set for Caucus awards - TV News: Tina Fey, Glenn Close among nominees -- Steven Cannell, Gil Cates, Vin Di Bona and Norman Powell are among the nominees for the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors' 2008 honors.
... South Beach Comedy sets lineup - Legit News: Lewis Black, Cheech & Chong to perform -- The fourth annual South Beach Comedy Festival has announced a lineup that includes Lewis Black, Cheech & Chong, Lisa Lampanelli, Jim Norton and Daniel Tosh.
... Rome & Jewel - Film Reviews: "Romeo and Juliet" has remained invulnerable to numerous contempo translations and will remain so, long after writer-director-producer Charles T. Kanganis' "Rome & Jewel" has faded from memory.
... Terra Firma tunes out 2 EMI execs - Music News: Roling, Unwin both downsized -- Two senior executives involved in Terra Firma's acquisition of EMI have ankled their posts at the music company.
... AMPTP add up strike sum - Business News: Producers focusing on economics -- A SAG strike will cost members $2.5 million a day -- or $250 million if the guild matches the WGA strike and stays out 100 days, according to their calculations.
... TV networks striving for diversity - Web Exclusive: Multi-Ethnic Media Coalition grades nets -- The broadcast nets are making strides in promoting diversity - but they've still got a long way to go.
... 'Boeing-Boeing' to end run - Gotham: Broadway revival to shutter Jan. 4 -- The Broadway revival of "Boeing-Boeing" will shutter Jan. 4 after a run of just over nine months.
... Leverage - TV Reviews: Spiritually indebted to "Mission: Impossible" and to a lesser degree "The Sting," "Leverage" seeks to revive the '70s-style caper, as a crack squad of crooks mounts fabulously elaborate scams -- targeting unfeeling corporations and corrupt tycoons. That gives the series a timely Robin Hood streak, but, aside from an easygoing quality and mild comic flair, there's not much here to steal the hearts of viewers; instead, it's another modest, lightweight addition to TNT's diner-style menu of comfort food for a weary nation.
... Flirting w/ Forty - TV Reviews: "Flirting w/ Forty" is really just "How Jackie Got Her Groove Back," but it's a frothy girls night in of the "I am cougar: Hear me purr" variety -- one that should seduce a femme audience hungry for white-sand beaches and well-toned abs.
... Punisher: War Zone - Film Reviews: Frank Castle, aka the Punisher, was last seen in 2004 unleashing his inner homicidal maniac on the mobsters who killed his wife and children. In the latest installment, "Punisher: War Zone," Frank is played by Ray Stevenson, taking over for the original's Thomas Jane, but he remains divinely ticked off. Gore-drenched actioner is guaranteed to draw fans of wretched excess like moths to a nuclear holocaust.
... The Family Reunion - Legit Reviews: It was theatrically groundbreaking and gave the world T.S. Eliot's take on the Heaviside Layer, but "Cats" it most certainly was not. In plot terms, the poet's 1939 verse-drama "The Family Reunion" totally lives up to its title, but that's the only straightforward thing about this slippery study of guilt and responsibility.
... The Arabian Nights - Legit Reviews: First devised during the Gulf War 16 years ago, Mary Zimmerman's revived "The Arabian Nights" arrives at another moment when some positive appreciation of Islam and the Arabic world is particularly welcome. Not to mention nearly three hours of exhilarating, imaginative theatrical escape -- always desirable, but especially soothing at present.
... CNN Presents: Scream Bloody Murder - TV Reviews: Drawing frequently from her own reporting over a quarter-century at CNN, Christiane Amanpour's sobering look at the modern history of genocide is a kind of "worst-of" collection -- a stark reminder of how lack of political will has repeatedly allowed acts of "unchecked evil."
... Shatner's Raw Nerve - TV Reviews: William Shatner is such a larger-than-life personality that it's understandable why A&E's Bio (formerly known as the Biography Channel) -- clearly eager to keep its original programming expenditures below off-Broadway levels -- would simply throw him in front of a camera and pray for the best.
... Cadillac Records - Film Reviews: Approaching the blues with the enthusiasm of an overcaffeinated brass band, helmer Darnell Martin nonetheless makes some kind of music with the percolating '50s biopic "Cadillac Records" -- mostly because she mines a righteous, mythic sensibility out of the story of Leonard Chess, Muddy Waters and the birth of the Chicago blues.
... The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Film Reviews: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" represents a richly satisfying serving of deep-dish Hollywood storytelling. This odd, epic tale of a man who ages backwards is presented in an impeccable classical manner, every detail tended to with fastidious devotion.
... Bolt - Film Reviews: An "Incredible Journey" or "Homeward Bound" updated for the superhero era, "Bolt" is an OK Disney animated entry enhanced by nifty 3-D projection. The first inhouse feature from Disney Animation since Pixar guru John Lasseter took over the studio's creative reins, this tale of a canine forced to overcome his superdog complex and learn to become a regular pooch bears some telltale signs of Pixar's trademark smarts, but still looks like a mutt compared to the younger company's customary purebreds. While punchy enough to keep parents amused, pic will probably play best to small fry and, especially with Disney star Miley Cyrus onboard, will have no trouble chasing down hefty biz through the holidays.
... City of Ember - Film Reviews: A fabulously designed underground metropolis proves more involving than the teenagers running through its streets in "City of Ember," a good-looking but no more than serviceable adaptation of Jeanne Duprau's 2003 novel.
... W. - Film Reviews: Oliver Stone?s unusual and inescapably interesting ?W.? feels like a rough draft of a film it might behoove him to remake in 10 or 15 years.
... Body of Lies - Film Reviews: Neither the location-based verisimilitude of Ridley Scott's shooting style nor the estimable Middle East expertise of source-material author David Ignatius can disguise "Body of Lies" as anything other than the contrived phony-baloney it is.
... Appaloosa - Film Reviews: ?Appaloosa? is a decent Western made in an era when a Western has to be pretty darn good to rope people into a theater to see it.
... The Wrestler - Film Reviews: Mickey Rourke creates a galvanizing, humorous, deeply moving portrait that instantly takes its place among the great, iconic screen performances.
... Rachel Getting Married - Film Reviews: Brimming with energy, elan and the unpredictability of his "Something Wild," Jonathan Demme's triumphant "Rachel Getting Married" may just lay the wedding film to rest, being such a hard act to follow.
... Slumdog Millionaire - Film Reviews: Driven by fantastic energy and a torrent of vivid images of India old and new, "Slumdog Millionaire" is a blast.
... Burn After Reading - Film Reviews: After their triumphant dramatic success with "No Country for Old Men," the Coen brothers revert to sophomoric snarky mode in "Burn After Reading."
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