Archive for October, 2007



J.K. Rowling and the Unauthorized Lexicon (E! Online)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 11:10 pm

J.K. Rowling and the Unauthorized Lexicon(E! Online)E! Online - J.K. Rowling already has all the galleons she could want?she just doesn’t want anybody else wrongfully raking in Harry Potter-fueled profits.


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Hollywood labor contract talks break off (AP)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 11:10 pm

Fans of NBC's The Tonight Show wait to get inside the studio Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, in Burbank, Calif. Late-night shows could be the first victims of a Hollywood writers strike, forced into reruns by a lack of fresh skits and monologues. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)AP - Hollywood writers and producers broke off contract talks Wednesday without a new deal, allowing the Writers Guild of America’s pact to expire at midnight and making a strike more likely.


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Writers, Producers Hobbled by Labor Pains (E! Online)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 10:10 pm

Writers, Producers Hobbled by Labor Pains(E! Online)E! Online - What do Jay Leno’s monologue, your TiVo and L.A.’s hottest lunch spots have in common?


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Seinfeld to Hollywood: “You can’t buy me off” (Reuters)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 5:10 pm

Jerry Seinfeld, dressed in a bumble bee costume and suspended by wires in the air, arrives for a photocall for DreamWorks Animation's 'Bee Movie' during the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 17, 2007. 'Here's the beauty of being me,' says Seinfeld. 'They can't buy me off.' Seinfeld, whose 'Bee Movie' debuts in theaters on Friday, grins when he tells his off-the-cuff joke, and although the reporters with him laugh, everyone knows he is not joking. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)Reuters - “Here’s the beauty of being me,”says comedian Jerry Seinfeld. “They can’t buy me off.”Seinfeld, whose “Bee Movie” debuts in theaters on Friday, grins when he tells his off-the-cuff joke, and although the reporters with him laugh, everyone knows he is not joking.


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Swanson skates on assault charge (AP)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 5:10 pm

Kristy Swanson, left, and Lloyd Eisler arrive at the Maxim Magazine ICU X-Games kick-off party in West Hollywood, Calif., in this Aug. 2, 2007, file photo.  Swanson got her assault charge put on ice. It was withdrawn Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, in the Ontario Court of Justice at the request of a prosecutor, according to the Crown attorney's office and Swanson's lawyer. The case stemmed from a confrontation between Swanson and the ex-wife of her boyfriend and skating partner, Olympic medalist and former world champion pairs skater Lloyd Eisler. Swanson, a 37-year-old former Playboy model who starred in the 1992 film 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' was arrested in June in Kingston, Ontario and charged with assaulting Marcia O'Brien, Eisler's ex-wife.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - “Skating with Celebrities” star Kristy Swanson got her assault charge put on ice.


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The Who documentary recalls singer’s thuggish youth (Reuters)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 5:10 pm

Reuters - Roger Daltrey may be a fully fledged rock star these days, the exuberant voice of The Who, but during the band’s early years he was the weakest link, a violent brawler briefly fired by his bandmates.

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Rowling sues to block Harry Potter book (AP)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 2:10 pm

AP - NEW YORK — Author J.K. Rowling and the maker of the “Harry Potter” films are suing a small publisher in Michigan over its plans to release a book version of a popular Web site dedicated to the boy wizard.

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Review: `Bee Movie’ has familiar buzz (AP)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 2:10 pm

This photo provided by DreamWorks shows Barry B. Benson, right, voiced by Jerry Seinfeld, and Adam Flayman, left, voiced by Matthew Broderick in a scene from 'Bee Movie.'    (AP Photo/DreamWorks)AP - Following “Antz,”"A Bug’s Life,”"Flushed Away” and this summer’s “Ratatouille,”"Bee Movie” is yet another animated flick with a starry cast in which a creature that ordinarily would seem pesky is rendered as not just harmless but even lovable and idiosyncratically human.


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Unions offering support to writers (AP)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 10:10 am

Television writers, from left, Denise The, left, David Mongan, David H. Goodman and David Amann, distribute leaflets outside Warner Bros. studios, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, in Burbank, Calif., to explain to other studio employees why they are poised to strike as soon as Thursday. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)AP - Major Hollywood unions were lining up behind TV and film writers Tuesday as last-minute contract talks resumed amid fears of a possible strike.


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MySpace users turn movie moguls (Reuters)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 8:10 am

Reuters - A British film project has turned MySpace users into movie moguls, giving them a say in choosing the director, cast, soundtrack and marketing model.

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