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Apr30	Sarah Jessica Parker Blasts Some Young Stars as "Vulgar" and "Awful Gary Bourgeault April 30, 2007 Know More: Actress Former "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker isn't making nice with the current group of young, alleged stars that she refers to as "vulgar" and "awful." In a stinging rebuke she says that, "People are getting attention for doing nothing, for behaving poorly, for abusing themselves in public and being abused, exploiting themselves. "I find it vulgar, and I find it awful." This is an obvious assessment of the most hyped triage of Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, who don't seem to be doing much except what Parker has said. I guess that means that we won't be seeing Sarah walking into clubs holding Paris' hand. Posted at 6:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr30	Discovery Partners with Azteca America for Prime-Time Hispanic Programming Gary Bourgeault April 30, 2007 Seeking to expand its reach to the American-based Hispanic market, the Discovery Channel has partnered with Azteca America to offer programming in an hour-long, prime-time block on Azteca America. The programming block will be on Sunday's at 10 p.m. under... Continue Reading Posted at 3:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The History Channel to Offer Up Six New Specials Gary Bourgeault April 30, 2007 The History Channel has announced in a press release some of its upcoming specials for the fourth quarter of 2007 and during 2008.For the fourth quarter of 2007 they will offer up Manhunt, Stalking Jihad, Global Warming and the Lost... Continue Reading Posted at 3:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr29	Blockbuster Opening First Multiplex Gary Bourgeault April 29, 2007 Blockbuster (BBI) is getting into the movie business in a different way as they're taking their first steps into the multiplex business, said spokeswoman Karen Raskopf. What's unique is that they're building it in Cholula, Mexico ... a city about 75... Continue Reading Posted at 9:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Aishwarya Rai Says Will Continue with Career After Her Marriage Gary Bourgeault April 29, 2007 It looks like things in India will heat up even more, as not only was there the big controversy with Richard Gere publicly kissing Shilpa Shetty, but now actress Aishwarya Rai will break with Indian tradition and continue on with... Continue Reading Posted at 7:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fox Will Win May Sweep in 18-49 Demo Gary Bourgeault April 29, 2007 While ABC (DIS) and CBS (CBS-A) may have gotten off to quick starts to begin the sweep season, there is no doubt in the 18-49 key demo, Fox (NWS-A) will win for the month. It will be an interesting battle... Continue Reading Posted at 4:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Box Office Plunges, Anticipates Coming Blockbusters Gary Bourgeault April 29, 2007 The box office this weekend has taken a breather in anticipation of the coming releases that promise to make this a huge summer for moviegoers."Disturbia" took the No. 1 spot again, but at a paltry, estimated $9.1 million take. With... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr28	Gigantic Pig Inspires New Horror Film "The Legend of Hogzilla" Gary Bourgeault April 28, 2007 A huge pig roamed the hills of South Georgia and gained legendary status up until the time a hunter ended the story. Or did he? The legend of the mythical hog will continue on and probably grow as an independent... Continue Reading Posted at 5:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bollywood Getting Own Theme Park in Mumbai Gary Bourgeault April 28, 2007 People of India love their film stars, and one of the newest initiatives in reponse to that is to build their own theme park similar to some that the Hollywood studios have built.According to the BBC, Percept Holdings, a media... Continue Reading Posted at 5:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Many of CBS' Potential New Shows Look Terrible Gary Bourgeault April 28, 2007 CBS (CBS-A) is thinking about getting a little creative with their upcoming fall lineup of new shows. "We went into this development season saying, 'Let's throw out the rulebook'," said CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler. "We have an incredibly strong... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	British Rock Group Arctic Monkeys Making Music Chart History Gary Bourgeault April 28, 2007 The British rock group Arctic Monkeys are about to make music chart history in the country as they are close becoming the first band to have their entire album of songs hit the UK singles chart.Their current album called Favourite... Continue Reading Posted at 3:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr27	Amy Grant Signs Long-term Deal With EMI CMG Label Group's Sparrow Label Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 Amy Grant has signed on with EMI CMG Label Group's Sparrow label for a long-term deal which will include her 30-year catalog of recordings. EMI also secured the option on any of Grant's future recordings."I have known and respected Bill... Continue Reading Posted at 9:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fox Wanting to Update Ads into DVR Shows Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 In response to the growing penetration of DVRs in U.S. homes, News Corp. (NWS-A) is trying to patent a technology that will allow ads to be inserted into their programming even days after the shows are recorded. With the recent data coming... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pressure Growing to Divest General Electric of NBC Universal Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 The poor performance of NBC Universal (GE) has offset the projections of growth that General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt had made for the company.As a result, there has been growing pressure to sell the company by shareholders and analysts.Right now... Continue Reading Posted at 6:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	American Idol's "Idol Gives Back" Charity Special Raises $60 Million Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 Fox's (NWS-A) "Idol Gives Back" charity special was a huge success as the fundraiser ended up raising over $60 million, with pledges still coming in.The funds are targeted to relief programs in the U.S. and Africa, said the network. American Idol... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ABC's Anne Sweeney Announces Andrea Wong New Lifetime CEO Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 It didn't take long for ABC to fill the shoes of former Lifetime Entertainment CEO Betty Cohen, as Anne Sweeney announced that they've picked Andrea Wong to head the company. She takes on the role just a few weeks before... Continue Reading Posted at 2:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Richard Gere Apologizes for Kissing Bollywood Actress Shilpa Shetty Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 Richard Gere has backtracked from his comments he made on the Jon Stewart show and has apologized for kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.On Comedy Central's The Today Show, he told Stewart that "There is a very small, right-wing, very conservative... Continue Reading Posted at 1:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr26	Nielsen Releases First Official Estimate on U.S. DVR Marketplace Size Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Clients of Nielsen Media Research received their first official estimate of the size of the DVR penetration in the U.S. marketplace.The size of the overall market was a bit larger than currently expected, as the existing number of U.S. DVR... Continue Reading Posted at 10:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disney Strengthening Brands, Folding Buena Vista into Disney Interactive Studios Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 In a move to bring the majority of its companies under its core brands of Disney, ABC and ESPN, unnamed sources at Disney said that in the next few weeks the company will be dropping the Buena Vista name, said... Continue Reading Posted at 9:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Female Stalking Sandra Bullock Tries to Kill Her Husband Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Walking out on to the couples driveway, Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James found a female intruder lying on the couples' driveway. Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino told People that "At around 10:40 a.m. James found the suspect, Marcia Valentine,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Former MPAA President and Hollywood Lobbyist, Jack Valenti, Dies at Age 85 Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Jack Valenti who seemed ubiquitous during his years as president of the MPAA, died at the age of 85 today in Washington. He was especially known for his appearances on the annual Academy Awards show. He was hospitalized from a... Continue Reading Posted at 6:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Indian Court Issues a Warrant for Richard Gere Arrest for Kissing Shilpa Shetty Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Richard Gere has an arrest warrant out for him for the "obscene act" of kissing Shilpa Shetty publicly earlier in the month. Gere could face 3 months in prison or a fine; possibly both. Not only did Gere get in... Continue Reading Posted at 4:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Regis Philbin Returns to Live with Regis and Kelly Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Regis Philbin returned to the Live with Regis and Kelly show Thursday morning to chants of "Regis, Regis." Six weeks ago he left to have triple heart bypass surgery.Concerning the process Philbin said, ""What an occasion this has been. I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr25	NBC In 3-Year Deal With U.S. Figure Skating Championships Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 The U.S. Figure Skating championships have found a home for the next three years as they signed a deal with NBC to cover the championships.Included with the deal will be the prime-time coverage of the Saturday night women's free skate,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	HBO Films Gives OK to Steven Spielberg's and Tom Hanks' Pacific Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 The follow-up to the award winning miniseries "Band of Brothers" has finally been given the go ahead by HBO Films. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are set to begin filming "Pacific" in Australia sometime this summer."We're proud to be reuniting... Continue Reading Posted at 6:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	United Artists Lands Don Granger to Head Production Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 Having known and worked with Don Granger before, as well as on the first two films of the revived United Artist brand, Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner tapped him to head up overall production for the company."UA has always been... Continue Reading Posted at 5:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Betty Cohen Resigns as President and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 The parent companies of Lifetime, Hearst Corp. and The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) announced that president and CEO of the network, Betty Cohen, resigned. The talk around the industry has been that the companies have been interviewing with potential replacements... Continue Reading Posted at 4:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hannity and Colmes Land Exclusive Interview with Bernard McGuirk Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 Fox News Channel (NWS-A) has landed the first exclusive interview with former Imus producer and right-hand man Bernard McGuirk. The interview is scheduled for Thursday night, April 26, with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes on the Hannity and Colmes show.While... Continue Reading Posted at 4:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Avril Lavigne Tops the Charts Led by Hit Single "Girlfriend" Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 Avril Lavigne debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 for the second time in her career with her new album, The Best Damn Thing, which sold 286,000 units for the first week.She did previously with her Under My Skin... Continue Reading Posted at 3:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	40 Percent of Media Layoffs in Television, Film Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 We all know that the newspaper and magazine industries have been laying off a lot of people. That continues as Sam Zell announced that he's cutting 250 jobs at The Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times. The total layoffs across... Continue Reading Posted at 11:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr24	Fox Wins Ratings Week Handily, NBC Continues to Plunge Gary Bourgeault April 24, 2007 Fox (NWS-A) won the prime-time ratings race this week with an average of 10.3 million viewers, which equates to a 6.3/11 share. Leading the charge was American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 28.93 million; "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 26.55 million; and "House,"... Continue Reading Posted at 10:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Rumors of Spider-Man 3 Piracy False, But Tickets Selling Fast Gary Bourgeault April 24, 2007 Reports have been spreading all over that the Spider-Man 3 movie has already been found on the streets of China in bootleg form. Sony (SNE) responded saying that there is "no case of the film being pirated to date." "Similar... Continue Reading Posted at 8:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	After 17 Years, "The Simpsons" Getting own Theme Park Ride Gary Bourgeault April 24, 2007 In what Universal is calling "a hysterical, almost unimaginable adventure," they've announced that they're adding a new attraction to their theme parks in Hollywood and Orlando which will feature the Simpsons.The ride will be placed in the former location of... Continue Reading Posted at 8:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Interactive TV Ads Spreading: U.S. Next? Gary Bourgeault April 24, 2007 Interactive TV ads enable a viewer to be able to click on an icon on the usual 30-second commercial spot for a variety of purposes. It's already the norm in England, and Canada is doing a lot of testing at... Continue Reading Posted at 5:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr23	Beyonce and Shakira Take Top Spot in UK Singles Charts, Knocking out Timbaland Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 Timbaland was knocked off the top spot of the UK single charts by Beyonce and Shakira's new duet, Beautiful Liar.The two superstars were able to take the spot from Timbaland's hit "Give It To Me" which came in at No.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pricing for IPO of Cinemark Holdings Inc. Announced Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 Cinemark Holdings, Inc. announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) of 28,000,000 shares of common stock at $19.00 per share, according to their press release. Of those shares, 13,888,889 will be offered by Cinemark Holdings while 14,111,111 will... Continue Reading Posted at 8:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jessica Alba Joins Revlon as Newest Brand Representative Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 Revlon (REV) has landed Hollywood beauty Jessica Alba as their newest edition of the cosmetic family. Alba has been chosen to specifically represent Revlon's new 3D Extreme Mascara in a global promotional campaign. It will be initiated in a multi-platform... Continue Reading Posted at 6:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mel Brooks Musical "The Producers" Closes the Curtain After 2,502 Performances Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 At an emotional ending to the Broadway musical "The Producers," the curtain came down as the cast took its final bows after a run of 2,502 performances, starting in 2001. After the call, Mel Brooks director-choreographer Susan Stroman and co-book... Continue Reading Posted at 5:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Casting Crowns' "Voice of Truth" Song of the Year at BMI's 2007 Christian Music Awards Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 Casting Crowns' "Voice of Truth" walked away with the song of the year award at the BMI 2007 Christian Music Awards. Lead singer for the group, Mark Hall, also won for songwriter of the year.There were awards presented for 25 ... Continue Reading Posted at 5:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr22	Tobey Maguire Likes Playing Dark Side of Spidey in "Spider-Man 3" Gary Bourgeault April 22, 2007 In "Spider-Man 3," Tobey Maguire says that he really enjoyed playing "Spider-Man" as he has to deal with his dark side in the movie."I probably had the most fun doing those (bad Spidey) scenes," Maguire told reporters. "It's something I... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	British Airways Teaches Richard Branson a Lesson: We'll Take you Out of "Casino Royale" When We Show it! Gary Bourgeault April 22, 2007 There has never been any love lost between British Airways and Richard Branson. The latest salvo in the ongoing skirmish has British Airways cutting out Branson where he appeared in the last James Bond film and blurred the image of... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wilmer Valderrama, Laurence Fishburne Starring in Gang Thriller "Days of Wrath" Gary Bourgeault April 22, 2007 Wilmer Valderrama and Laurence Fishburne have been chosen to co-star in the upcoming gang thriller "Days of Wrath," reported Reuters, citing Hollywood Reporter. It will be the feature directing debut of Celia Fox. The independent film will be centered around... Continue Reading Posted at 7:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Weekend Box Office: Disturbia No. 1 for 2nd Straight Week Gary Bourgeault April 22, 2007 Taking the No. 1 spot for the second week in a row is Disturbia, earning an average $13.5 million, dropping by about 39% from its debut. They are now at $40.7 million overall and will possibly reach the $60 million... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr21	Brad Pitt Joins George Clooney in "Burn After Reading" Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Brad Pitt is keeping busy as he's signed on, along with "Ocean's Thirteen" co-star George Clooney, to star in the dark comedy "Burn After Reading, by the Coen brothers. Also starring in the film will be Frances McDormand.The story is... Continue Reading Posted at 11:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NBC Trying Theatrical Movies on Sundays During May Sweeps Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Some have considered the move by NBC (GE) to bring back movies to their Sunday night schedule quite a surprise. For the most part the networks have thought it was a worthless proposition. NBC will be airing them on three... Continue Reading Posted at 11:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Brad Paisley Teams Up with Hershey in Sweet Deal Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Country music artist Brad Paisley has teamed up with Hershey's (HSY) for a national promotional campaign.The campaign will center around Paisley's upcoming new album "5th Gear," which is due out on June 19, along with Hershey's classic milk chocolate bar and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Viacom Experimenting with Shrinking DVD Release Time Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Viacom (VIA-B) made a big marketing push when it promoted the newest installment of SpongeBob SquarePants on April 13, on its Nickelodeon channel.Within a short five days, the company had "Friend or Foe" for sale in retail outlets all over... Continue Reading Posted at 6:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Simon Cowell Worth $200 Million Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Simon Cowell has been gradually moving up the financial ladder in Britain, as he's now the 700th richest in the country with a net worth of $200 million, just passing by Robbie Williams who is worth $190 million. His assets... Continue Reading Posted at 2:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr20	Don Imus' Executive Producer Bernard McGuirk Fired Gary Bourgeault April 20, 2007 While the executive producer of the show had been obviously missing from "Imus in the Morning," he was conspicuously absent from the airwaves this week.We've now found out why as Bernard McGuirk was fired. A lot of people either don't... Continue Reading Posted at 7:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Virginia Tech Gunman Seung-hui Cho Images Bring NBC Huge Ratings Gary Bourgeault April 20, 2007 We talked about the outrage that was expressed when NBC aired the video and photo images of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-hui Cho. While the network eventually cut back some on it, they reaped a huge ratings bonanza from their scoop.Of... Continue Reading Posted at 6:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Clear Channel Sells Radio and TV Stations Gary Bourgeault April 20, 2007 In a statement today, Clear Channel Communications Inc. said that it agreed to sell its 161 radio stations to unidentified buyers for about $331 million. They also said that they will sell its 56 television stations to Providence Equity Partners Inc.... Continue Reading Posted at 5:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr19	American Black Film Festival Moves to Los Angeles This Year Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 The American Black Film Festival originally was hosted in Acapulco, Mexico, and from there went to Miami, Florida until last year. This year they're making another move as they decided to take the festival to Los Angeles, said the founder... Continue Reading Posted at 8:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Album Sales in U.S. Down by 17 Percent Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 The music industry continues in its sales funk as physical U.S. album sales, not surprisingly, have fallen by 17 percent so far in 2007. The culprits are said to be the growth of online music purchases and not very many... Continue Reading Posted at 7:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Outrage Causes NBC, Other Networks to Stop Airing Virginia Tech Shooter Video/Photos Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 The pictures originating with NBC (GE) and expanding to most networks has created outrage to the point where the networks have said they'll cut back on their usage, while Fox (NWS-A) said they'll stop using them altogether.They got the message... Continue Reading Posted at 6:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	BET Launching 16 New Shows Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 Claiming that it is the most ambitious initiative of its 26-year history, BET Networks is set to launch 16 new series this quarter. They have also for the first time created its own scripted shows.A lot of this is coming... Continue Reading Posted at 4:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	American Idol, House Continue to Dominate Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 The combination of "American Idol" and "House" keeps rolling over its competition as the duo combined to lead Fox (NWS-A) to another Tuesday night dominating win for the network.What is probably a little scary for the competition is that "House"... Continue Reading Posted at 3:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr18	Gaming Network GSN Trying to "Get in the Game" Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 The Gaming Network, GSN, is launching a re-branding campaign that comes with the new tagline: "Get in the Game."Part of the effort will entail an attempt at capturing the "range of emotions that real people feel when watching or playing... Continue Reading Posted at 11:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sanjaya Finally Axed from "American Idol" Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Sanjaya Malakar has finally been voted off of "American Idol" as Simon Cowell judged his performance as "utterly horrendous." This time evidently the majority agreed with him as they confirmed his words through their votes. "I'm beginning to sense something... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lisa Rinna Replacing Joan, Melissa Rivers as TV Guide Channel's Leading Red-carpet Host Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Lisa Rinna has replaced the walking billboard for plastic surgery Joan Rivers and her sidekick daughter Melissa as the leading red-carpet host for the TV Guide Channel. Good riddance! Rivers and her daughter have been hosts since January of 2005.Rinna... Continue Reading Posted at 8:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Imus and Regulating Content by Whose Definition? Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Some of the knee-jerk reactions to the comments made by Imus are getting to sound outright dangerous. At a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin answered questions about the issue of regulating content.Some of the questions really showed... Continue Reading Posted at 7:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Film Rebutting "Inconvenient Truth" Screening on Eve of Tribeca Film Festival Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Dr. Steven Hayward, author of the Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and adjunct Professor of Political Science at Georgetown University, will be sorting out the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Charles Dickens: From Book to Screen to Theme Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 The world of Charles Dickens is going to be brought from the pages of his books and the screen, and transformed into a theme park near London.A 70,000-square-foot warehouse is the place where the new Dickens World will be housed.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don Imus and do Networks Need to Embrace More Diversity in Black Voices? Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Many people want to hear the various sides of any issue to get a full picture so they can make decisions or think right about any decision they may make about something.The recent Don Imus controversy drove that home as... Continue Reading Posted at 3:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr17	Victoria Principal Now a Virgin... Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 ...traveler that is. The former Dallas prime-time soap star Victoria Principal landed a ride on Richard Branson's inaugural space flight of his Virgin Galactic.The goal of Branson is to have the first flight up by no later than 2010, and... Continue Reading Posted at 11:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Graceland's Visitors Dropping, Ramping up New Marketing Campaign Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 Marketers for the Elvis Presley estate, Graceland, are responding to decreasing visitors with their first national ad campaign. Graceland was the primary residence of Elvis for 20 years.The theme of the campaign will be called "Discover your Inner Elvis" and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blast from the Past - Santo and Johnny Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 I'm going to start a new section called "Blast from the Past" that will take a look at the entertainment industry throughout the years; including movie, TV and music.I'm starting off with a look at the brother act called Santo... Continue Reading Posted at 7:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Online TV Guide Channel Launches in Beta Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 The new online TV Guide Channel has finally been offered up in public beta (testing) after a long wait. The site will bring together content from almost 60 sites - including the bigger broadcast and cable sites, and a number... Continue Reading Posted at 6:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Comcast, Fancast Chosen to Distribute NBCU/News Corp. Video Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 The online video venture between News Corp. (NWS-A) and NBCU (GE) will be distributed mainly through comcast.net (CMCSA) and fancast.com, the companies announced.Comcast will also offer up non-exclusive content to the site, which will include Style, E!, Golf Channel and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr16	How Long Will GE Shareholders Put Up with NBC's Performance? Gary Bourgeault April 16, 2007 The first-quarter earnings for General Electric (GE) were recently released, and as far as they connect to NBC Universal, they weren't very good.Last January, GE CEO Jeff Immelt told investors that the company would be flat for the quarter, but... Continue Reading Posted at 9:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Eric Schiffer Starring in "Death Wish Returns" Gary Bourgeault April 16, 2007 Sponsored by Hollywood News Entertainment Service, Inc.Celebrity Eric Schiffer now finds himself on the other side of the camera to star in an upcoming independent film project which is currently titled "Death Wish Returns," a Charles Bronson remake. Schiffer has... Continue Reading Posted at 8:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr15	Ryan Adams Cancels Stonehenge Concert Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 The coverage and publicity concerning the planned concert of Ryan Adams at Stonehenge seems to have worked too well as Adams, because of concerns of the organizers of the concert, was forced to cancel it because of the overwhelming response... Continue Reading Posted at 8:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	David and Victoria Beckham Threaten Lawsuit over Impersonators Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 In response to a TV documentary that center on a couple of look-a-likes of David and Victoria Beckham, the couple have threatened to sue Sky One over the project.The fake couple has been going around Los Angeles fooling fans while... Continue Reading Posted at 8:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Smith Putting Acting on Hold - Doing "Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince" Tour Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 Will Smith announced that he's going to put his movie career on hold and is getting back together with former rap partner Jazzy Jeff to start a world tour.The duo became popular in the 1980s and '90s with hits like... Continue Reading Posted at 8:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Virgin Media, BSkyB Battle Escalates Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 The battle between Virgin Media and British Sky Broadcasting (BSKYB) took another twist as Virgin filed a law suit with the High Court over the carriage of the basic channels of BSkyB on the cable network.This part of the skirmish... Continue Reading Posted at 7:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Former WB Network CEO says Mass Media Vanishing Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 Jordan Levin, the former CEO of the WB Network says that we're seeing the end of the mass media era and the beginning of a new media world order which will entail niche entertainment determined by consumer demand rather than... Continue Reading Posted at 6:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MTV Launching Menudo Reality Series Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 MTV has started auditions to start the boy band Menudo, which was popular during the 1980s and '90s. The group also helped to launch the solo career of Ricky Martin.This time around the group will be part of a realty... Continue Reading Posted at 5:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Box Office for Weekend: Disturbia No. 1 Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 Disturbia, the thriller starring Shia LeBeouf who has recently been recruited for the upcoming fourth installment of Indiana Jones, finished in the top spot for the weekend box office, taking in a pretty strong $23 million in its debut. It... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr14	Private Equity Increasing the Number of Movie Releases Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 The private equity that has become available for making films has become so large that even with complaints by Hollywood, there seems to be a continuing explosion of new releases. The result has been there are now more new releases... Continue Reading Posted at 11:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Congressional Black Caucus Will Continue Debate Sponsorship in Spite of Being Snubbed by Democrats Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 The Congressional Black Caucus announced that it will still hold their planned Republican and Democratic presidential debates, even with the Democrats being afraid to participate. Not only has John Edwards run from the debates, but so has Barack Obama and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Showtime Gives King Henry VIII 10 More Episodes Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 The most famous king of England, Henry VIII has been offered another 10 episodes from Showtime, as they've renewed their historical drama series "The Tudors" for another run.The show stars Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the English king, who... Continue Reading Posted at 10:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don Ho Dies at 76 Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 Favorite tourist singer Don Ho died today at the age of 76 of heart failure, said his publicist Donna Jung.He is of course most known for his signature song "Tiny Bubbles," which he usually sang at the beginning and end... Continue Reading Posted at 8:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mike Tyson, Bollywood Dance, A Diamond Robbery Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 What in the world someone sees in Mike Tyson being part of a promotional video for an upcoming Bollywood film is beyond me, but it's going to happen. The former heavyweight boxing champion has been picked to appear with Bollywood... Continue Reading Posted at 3:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Christina Aguilera Candyman Video and Behind the Scenes Look Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 If you haven't seen the video by Christina Aguilera called "Candyman," I put it up for you to take a look at here. I love the video! An interesting other part of the video is the dancer playing the role of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr13	Tucker Carlson Now Gameshow Host Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 Tucker Carlson seems to be in a permanent mode of reinventing himself as he's gone from conservative commentator on CNN's "Crossfire," to MSNBC where he talked about more general topics, to "Dancing with the Stars" last year. Now he's been... Continue Reading Posted at 8:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Big Ten Network Going Through Birthing Pains Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 The Big Ten Network has a goal of being available in every cable- or satellite-wired home that exists in the eight states the schools represent.Mark Silverman, the new sports network's president, said "Everyone we've talked to admits and values the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Julian Lennon Sells Stake in Father's Songs Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 Julian Lennon, the oldest son of John Lennon, has sold a stake in the songs that were cowritten by his late dad for the beatles, to Primary Wave Music Publishing. He is the son of Lennon and his first wife... Continue Reading Posted at 6:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Emile Hirsch gets On-screen Girlfriend Christina Ricci Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 The core group of Larry and Andy Wachowski's adaptation of the 1960s cartoon "Speed Racer" is now complete as they have landed Christina Ricci as the girlfriend of lead Emile Hirsch.Hirsch plays the role of none other than "Speed," who is... Continue Reading Posted at 6:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Shia LaBeouf New Indiana Jones Sidekick Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 The rumors that Shia LaBeouf will be the new sidekick Indiana Jones in the upcoming fourth installment has been confirmed on the official Indiana Jones Web site.The young actor has appeared in "Holes," "I, Robot," "Bobby," and "Constantine." He is... Continue Reading Posted at 3:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr12	Spider-Man 3 Promo About to Kick into Gear Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 While it seems that we've been seeing a lot of Spider-Man across various mediums, the push to promote Spider-Man 3 is just about to get ramped up to another level as on April 16 Sony will start a series of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Now Your Child can be the Amazing Spider-Man Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 If your children or grandchildren ever pictured themselves donning the super hero costume of Spider-Man and fighting off the villains of the world, the opportunity has now come as PixFusion LLC offers the chance to be the webslinger and to... Continue Reading Posted at 8:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Principal Photography Begins on Martin Lawrence Comedy "The Better Man" Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 Principal photography for the upcoming comedy "The Better Man," starring Martin Lawrence, has started said Universal Pictures in a press release.Also starring with Lawrence will be James Earl Jones, who will play his father in the film. Others included in the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Beatles, EMI Group Settle - Paves the Way for Selling Music Online Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 In a deal that should bring their music catalog to the Internet, the Beatles and EMI Group have reached a settlement in their royalty dispute over $59 million. Apple Corps is the company owned by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	DVR 7-Day Playback Brings Higher Numbers for Some Shows Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 There had been a lot of concern this year by networks with some of their past great performers seemingly losing ground. But results from Nielsen's 7-Day Playback show that some of the numbers weren't reflective of the reality.Some examples are... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Willa Ford Chosen to Play Anna Nicole Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 The life of Anna Nicole Smith will be played by Willa Ford, who is known for her multiplatinum single, "I Wanna Be Bad," a single from her album "Willa Was Here." She has also appeared on the third season of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr11	More Brands Creating Own TV Shows Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 With TV viewers' growing more more discontent with advertising interruptions, some companies are going the way of creating their own shows. As Gillette marketing director Steve Fund said, "We're seeing a blurring between advertising and entertainment. It's a new business... Continue Reading Posted at 11:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MGM Adds Movie Catalog to Apple iTunes Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 Apple iTunes has landed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and their movie catalog to the business, bringing the total movies offered through the iTunes movie site to over 500. Included with the catalog are "Rocky" and "Dances With Wolves. Movies will gradually... Continue Reading Posted at 11:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don Imus Fired from NBC News Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 Saying that "It was the only decision we could reach," NBC News president Steve Capus said the network has dropped the controversial Don Imus after remarks he made concerning the predominantly black Rutgers University women's basketball team, calling them "nappy-headed... Continue Reading Posted at 6:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Saturday Night Live and YouTube: Lessons Learned Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 Talking about the relationship between Saturday Night Live and YouTube (GOOG), Lorne Michaels, the shows creator and executive producer said that “YouTube has been great for us.”As a matter of fact, Saturday Night Live has probably received the most value... Continue Reading Posted at 6:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bravo Reality Show Offers Divorced Couples as Matchmakers Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 Bravo (GE) has been given the go ahead to create an hour-long pilot called "Take My Ex," where divorced people help their former spouses to find new mates. This promises a lot of emotion as the couple will be recently... Continue Reading Posted at 2:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr10	Katie Couric Unknowingly Delivers Plagiarized Video Essay Gary Bourgeault April 10, 2007 Katie Couric delivered her usual video essay topic which was found to be almost word-for-word what a Wall Street Journal article said. When seeing the essay, an editor from The Wall Street Journal called up CBS News (CBS-A) to show... Continue Reading Posted at 10:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cablevision Systems Appealing Court DVR Decision Gary Bourgeault April 10, 2007 Last month Cablevision Corp. (CVC) was barred by a Manhattan U.S. District Court from launching a digital video recorder (DVR) service that would allow it to store television shows on its servers. They have now officially said they will file... Continue Reading Posted at 9:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sopranos' Premiere Down in Viewers Gary Bourgeault April 10, 2007 The numbers for the opening episode of the last half season of "The Sopranos" shows that the network is doing the right thing in bringing the series to an end. Numbers for the second-half premiere were down by around 2... Continue Reading Posted at 7:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NBC's 18-49 Demo Plunges to a New Low Gary Bourgeault April 10, 2007 In a disastrous showing, NBC (GE) finished the week ending April 8 in what may be their worse rated week in the key 18-49 demo in its history, says Nielsen Media Reasearch.The network averaged only a 2.2 rating/9 share in... Continue Reading Posted at 2:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 9	CBS Wins Thursday with Original Programming Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 CBS (CBS-A) offered up an original programming night and rode it to a strong victory as they won the Thursday night ratings battle handily. The network finished with an average 5.0 rating/15 share for the night with the key 18-49... Continue Reading Posted at 10:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	DiCaprio Negotiating to Star in 'Body of Lies' Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 Variety reported that Leonardo DiCaprio is in the early stages of talks to star in an upcoming Warner Bros.' project based upon the David Ignatius novel, "Body of Lies."While negotiations are going on, it does look good that the deal... Continue Reading Posted at 8:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don Imus Suspended for Two Weeks Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 In separate communications CBS Radio (CBS-A) and NBC News (GE) said that they will suspend Don Imus for two weeks off the air because of comments made about women's college basketball team Rutgers. The suspension will begin on April 16.On... Continue Reading Posted at 8:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NBA Playoff Ad Sales Looking Strong Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 The National Basketball Association’s regular season viewing was pretty disappointing by any standard, as across all the channels they dropped. But for the the post-season, ad sales are looking a lot stronger and are selling quicker than even last year.... Continue Reading Posted at 5:21 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Salma Hayek and MGM Forming Film Company Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 Salma Hayek and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. announced that they are forming a new film company that will focus on creating Latino movies that will have a broader, mainstream appeal.The new company is christened, Ventanazul, and will be based at MGM. Strategy... Continue Reading Posted at 4:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 8	Larry the Cable Guy will Star in "Witless Protection" Gary Bourgeault April 8, 2007 Larry the Cable Guy looks like he's going to be the sheriff of the city as he joins the upcoming film "Witless Protection," which will be distributed by Lionsgate.The basis of the movie will be Larry, who will play a... Continue Reading Posted at 7:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	CleanFlicks Editing Films Again Citing Education Loophole Gary Bourgeault April 8, 2007 The battle over cleaning up films may have begun again as companies that attempted to make R-rated films more family-friendly were ordered to stop the process and turn the movie inventory over to the studios within five days by a... Continue Reading Posted at 6:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top Ten Movies of the Weekend Gary Bourgeault April 8, 2007 The Will Ferrell/Jon Heder sports comedy "Blades of Glory" topped the weekend box office for the second straight week as it took in another $23 million, which brings the overall total to $68.4 million. Disney's "Meet the Robinsons" finished second,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 7	Will Ferrell Shooting New Sports Comedy Gary Bourgeault April 7, 2007 Sports and comedy continues to be a strong combination for Will Ferrell, and that is a part of his upcoming sports comedy called "Semi-Pro," which has been filming in Los Angeles since the middle of February and is now moving... Continue Reading Posted at 7:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jackie Chan Launches Reality Show Gary Bourgeault April 7, 2007 The Chinese action star Jackie Chan has launched his own reality show for the purpose of searching for new talent for an upcoming movie he will produce. There has been a huge response as over 100,000 people have already signed... Continue Reading Posted at 5:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Beginning of the End for Sopranos Sunday Gary Bourgeault April 7, 2007 The final nine episodes of The Sopranos is about to start on Sunday, and fans are eaqerly awaiting what the outcome of the eight years and six seasons of the series will bring. Of course the big question concerns Tony... Continue Reading Posted at 4:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 6	Alyssa Milano Chosen for Lead in Rina Mimoun Pilot Gary Bourgeault April 6, 2007 Alyssa Milano has been chosen for the lead role in Rina Mimoun pilot, which contrary to gossip on the Internet, hasn't been named yet.She plays the part of an attorney in Boston, where she finds out some news about her... Continue Reading Posted at 10:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"The Sadhu (The Holy Man)" with Nicolas Cage to be Shot in India Gary Bourgeault April 6, 2007 The upcoming film project starring Nicolas Cage, if nothing else is fascinating based on the unique parties involved with the project. The film will be named "The Sadhu (The Holy Man)," and will begin filming in India in the early... Continue Reading Posted at 7:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MTV's Top-rated Show "The Hills" Renewed Gary Bourgeault April 6, 2007 MTV has rewarded their top show with 10-episode order for a third season of the unscripted show. It is scheduled to start sometime this summer and is aired at 10 p.m. on Monday.The network was encouraged as the second season... Continue Reading Posted at 4:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What is the Future of Clear Channel Communications? Gary Bourgeault April 6, 2007 Plans are in the works for private-equity firms H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners to buyout Clear Channel Communications (CCU) on April 18. The deal is by no means assured. The question is what will happen if the deal... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 5	Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. Now Analysts for TBS Gary Bourgeault April 5, 2007 Turner Broadcasting System's TV has added Major League Baseball Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. as analysts for their baseball coverage. It looks like they won't begin work until the MLB All-Star Game is upon us as... Continue Reading Posted at 11:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	33 Percent in U.S. Watch TV Out of Home Gary Bourgeault April 5, 2007 Of those TV viewers in the U.S., a significant 33 percent of them watch the tube outside their home, said a study released by Arbitron Inc. It signifies that a larger audience than originally thought takes part in the practice.The... Continue Reading Posted at 7:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Baseball, Cable Companies Agree on Out-of-market Games Gary Bourgeault April 5, 2007 After rejecting a bid by cable companies to keep the premium package of games called "Extra Innings" a couple of weeks ago, saying that they fell short of meeting the conditions expected by the league, Major League Baseball has now... Continue Reading Posted at 6:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why TV Commercial Spots are Decreasing in Number Gary Bourgeault April 5, 2007 At first glance it may seem that the networks are responding to consumers' desire to watch a less cluttered TV viewing experience by cutting back on commercials. With the number of TV commercial spots declining, it would seem that this... Continue Reading Posted at 3:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 4	NBC Giving "30 Rock" Another Chance Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 I've been hearing this a lot over the last year or so about how the late success of "Seinfeld" and "Cheers" shows that there are times when a network can hang on to shows and become winners. The problem is... Continue Reading Posted at 10:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disney, Time Warner Cable Renew Carriage Agreements Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 With the increasingly complex and multi-platform media marketplace, companies have had to spend a long time working out deals between them in their carriage agreements, and with Time Warner Cable (TWC) and the Walt Disney Co. (DIS) that hasn't changed.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NBC Universal Looking Global for Growth Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 Jeff Zucker has said that one of his top priorities for growth at NBC Universal (GE) is its international markets. In response to that strategy, the company is rolling out 20 new pay-television channels in 23 countries across 3 different... Continue Reading Posted at 7:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Analyst Says Time Warner Undervalued Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 Saying that Time Warner Inc. (TWX) is undervalued after spinning off its cable operations, Citigroup analyst Jason Bazinet said that the stock is "inexpensive" and could add an additional 20 percent to its price over the next year. Shares in... Continue Reading Posted at 6:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bernie Mac in "Welcome to the Family" for NBC Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 NBC (GE) has picked up a reality pilot from producer Ben Silverman and Bernie Mac called "Welcome to the Family." The show comes from Silverman's Reveille and Mac's MacMan Entertainment.The premise of the show is couples from very different backgrounds... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 3	NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Viewers Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 A lot of people were wondering what numbers the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship games would produce, and the results are in. Overall they surpassed last years number with some room to spare.With Florida looking to be the first back-to-back winner... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Glenn Close in First Television Starring Role Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 FX is about to release a new legal drama this summer which will star Emmy Award winning actress Glenn Close for her first starring role in a TV series. She has worked with FX before, playing the role of Captain... Continue Reading Posted at 10:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disney Picks Adam Sandler for 'Bedtime Stories' Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 Disney has tapped Adam Sandler to star in their new family comedy "Bedtime Stories," which will begin production later this year. Adam Shankman ("Hairspray") has been chosen to direct the project. The film is looking to be released in the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Knight Rider" Car KITT For Sale Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 The upcoming 25th anniversary of the popular "Knight Rider," has prompted the owner of one of the original cars used in the series to put the vehicle up for sale.The owner of the car, Tim Russo said that the 25th... Continue Reading Posted at 4:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	EchoStar, Google Announce Automated TV Ad System Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 Echostar (DISH) and Google (GOOG) have announced plans to partner in an unprecedented strategy to offer a new automated system for delivering, measuring, buying and selling television ads via Echostar's 125 nationwide satellite programming networks.Terms of the agreement offer Google... Continue Reading Posted at 3:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	EMI Group Finally Says No to DRM Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 With sales on a seemingly endless decline, EMI Group announced that it will now start to sell its songs on Apple iTunes (AAPL) without the hated DRM anti-piracy software that has been alienating users for so long. The pricing for... Continue Reading Posted at 1:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 1	Few Media Companies Finish Up for the Quarter Gary Bourgeault April 1, 2007 While many media and entertainment stocks struggled during the first quarter, there were a few that managed to perform fairly well.The best of the largest entertainment companies was Sony Corp. (SNE) which was very strong for the quarter, up by... Continue Reading Posted at 7:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sutherland Confirms "24" Big Screen Version on Hold Gary Bourgeault April 1, 2007 The rumors about Fox's TV hit 24 and an upcoming big screen version have been put to rest by Kiefer Sutherland, as the idea that it was in the making wouldn't die.Sutherland said concerning the rumor that, "It's impossible to... Continue Reading Posted at 5:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weekend Box Office Top Ten Gary Bourgeault April 1, 2007 Last year at this time the overall box office finished strong with the debut of Ice Age: The Meltdown, which took in $68 million on its own, and helped the total for the weekend to climb to $127.1 million. While... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Apr30	Sarah Jessica Parker Blasts Some Young Stars as "Vulgar" and "Awful Gary Bourgeault April 30, 2007 Know More: Actress Former "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker isn't making nice with the current group of young, alleged stars that she refers to as "vulgar" and "awful." In a stinging rebuke she says that, "People are getting attention for doing nothing, for behaving poorly, for abusing themselves in public and being abused, exploiting themselves. "I find it vulgar, and I find it awful." This is an obvious assessment of the most hyped triage of Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, who don't seem to be doing much except what Parker has said. I guess that means that we won't be seeing Sarah walking into clubs holding Paris' hand. Posted at 6:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr30	Discovery Partners with Azteca America for Prime-Time Hispanic Programming Gary Bourgeault April 30, 2007 Seeking to expand its reach to the American-based Hispanic market, the Discovery Channel has partnered with Azteca America to offer programming in an hour-long, prime-time block on Azteca America. The programming block will be on Sunday's at 10 p.m. under... Continue Reading Posted at 3:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The History Channel to Offer Up Six New Specials Gary Bourgeault April 30, 2007 The History Channel has announced in a press release some of its upcoming specials for the fourth quarter of 2007 and during 2008.For the fourth quarter of 2007 they will offer up Manhunt, Stalking Jihad, Global Warming and the Lost... Continue Reading Posted at 3:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr29	Blockbuster Opening First Multiplex Gary Bourgeault April 29, 2007 Blockbuster (BBI) is getting into the movie business in a different way as they're taking their first steps into the multiplex business, said spokeswoman Karen Raskopf. What's unique is that they're building it in Cholula, Mexico ... a city about 75... Continue Reading Posted at 9:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Aishwarya Rai Says Will Continue with Career After Her Marriage Gary Bourgeault April 29, 2007 It looks like things in India will heat up even more, as not only was there the big controversy with Richard Gere publicly kissing Shilpa Shetty, but now actress Aishwarya Rai will break with Indian tradition and continue on with... Continue Reading Posted at 7:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fox Will Win May Sweep in 18-49 Demo Gary Bourgeault April 29, 2007 While ABC (DIS) and CBS (CBS-A) may have gotten off to quick starts to begin the sweep season, there is no doubt in the 18-49 key demo, Fox (NWS-A) will win for the month. It will be an interesting battle... Continue Reading Posted at 4:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Box Office Plunges, Anticipates Coming Blockbusters Gary Bourgeault April 29, 2007 The box office this weekend has taken a breather in anticipation of the coming releases that promise to make this a huge summer for moviegoers."Disturbia" took the No. 1 spot again, but at a paltry, estimated $9.1 million take. With... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr28	Gigantic Pig Inspires New Horror Film "The Legend of Hogzilla" Gary Bourgeault April 28, 2007 A huge pig roamed the hills of South Georgia and gained legendary status up until the time a hunter ended the story. Or did he? The legend of the mythical hog will continue on and probably grow as an independent... Continue Reading Posted at 5:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bollywood Getting Own Theme Park in Mumbai Gary Bourgeault April 28, 2007 People of India love their film stars, and one of the newest initiatives in reponse to that is to build their own theme park similar to some that the Hollywood studios have built.According to the BBC, Percept Holdings, a media... Continue Reading Posted at 5:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Many of CBS' Potential New Shows Look Terrible Gary Bourgeault April 28, 2007 CBS (CBS-A) is thinking about getting a little creative with their upcoming fall lineup of new shows. "We went into this development season saying, 'Let's throw out the rulebook'," said CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler. "We have an incredibly strong... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	British Rock Group Arctic Monkeys Making Music Chart History Gary Bourgeault April 28, 2007 The British rock group Arctic Monkeys are about to make music chart history in the country as they are close becoming the first band to have their entire album of songs hit the UK singles chart.Their current album called Favourite... Continue Reading Posted at 3:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr27	Amy Grant Signs Long-term Deal With EMI CMG Label Group's Sparrow Label Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 Amy Grant has signed on with EMI CMG Label Group's Sparrow label for a long-term deal which will include her 30-year catalog of recordings. EMI also secured the option on any of Grant's future recordings."I have known and respected Bill... Continue Reading Posted at 9:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fox Wanting to Update Ads into DVR Shows Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 In response to the growing penetration of DVRs in U.S. homes, News Corp. (NWS-A) is trying to patent a technology that will allow ads to be inserted into their programming even days after the shows are recorded. With the recent data coming... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pressure Growing to Divest General Electric of NBC Universal Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 The poor performance of NBC Universal (GE) has offset the projections of growth that General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt had made for the company.As a result, there has been growing pressure to sell the company by shareholders and analysts.Right now... Continue Reading Posted at 6:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	American Idol's "Idol Gives Back" Charity Special Raises $60 Million Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 Fox's (NWS-A) "Idol Gives Back" charity special was a huge success as the fundraiser ended up raising over $60 million, with pledges still coming in.The funds are targeted to relief programs in the U.S. and Africa, said the network. American Idol... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ABC's Anne Sweeney Announces Andrea Wong New Lifetime CEO Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 It didn't take long for ABC to fill the shoes of former Lifetime Entertainment CEO Betty Cohen, as Anne Sweeney announced that they've picked Andrea Wong to head the company. She takes on the role just a few weeks before... Continue Reading Posted at 2:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Richard Gere Apologizes for Kissing Bollywood Actress Shilpa Shetty Gary Bourgeault April 27, 2007 Richard Gere has backtracked from his comments he made on the Jon Stewart show and has apologized for kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.On Comedy Central's The Today Show, he told Stewart that "There is a very small, right-wing, very conservative... Continue Reading Posted at 1:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr26	Nielsen Releases First Official Estimate on U.S. DVR Marketplace Size Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Clients of Nielsen Media Research received their first official estimate of the size of the DVR penetration in the U.S. marketplace.The size of the overall market was a bit larger than currently expected, as the existing number of U.S. DVR... Continue Reading Posted at 10:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disney Strengthening Brands, Folding Buena Vista into Disney Interactive Studios Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 In a move to bring the majority of its companies under its core brands of Disney, ABC and ESPN, unnamed sources at Disney said that in the next few weeks the company will be dropping the Buena Vista name, said... Continue Reading Posted at 9:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Female Stalking Sandra Bullock Tries to Kill Her Husband Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Walking out on to the couples driveway, Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James found a female intruder lying on the couples' driveway. Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino told People that "At around 10:40 a.m. James found the suspect, Marcia Valentine,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Former MPAA President and Hollywood Lobbyist, Jack Valenti, Dies at Age 85 Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Jack Valenti who seemed ubiquitous during his years as president of the MPAA, died at the age of 85 today in Washington. He was especially known for his appearances on the annual Academy Awards show. He was hospitalized from a... Continue Reading Posted at 6:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Indian Court Issues a Warrant for Richard Gere Arrest for Kissing Shilpa Shetty Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Richard Gere has an arrest warrant out for him for the "obscene act" of kissing Shilpa Shetty publicly earlier in the month. Gere could face 3 months in prison or a fine; possibly both. Not only did Gere get in... Continue Reading Posted at 4:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Regis Philbin Returns to Live with Regis and Kelly Gary Bourgeault April 26, 2007 Regis Philbin returned to the Live with Regis and Kelly show Thursday morning to chants of "Regis, Regis." Six weeks ago he left to have triple heart bypass surgery.Concerning the process Philbin said, ""What an occasion this has been. I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr25	NBC In 3-Year Deal With U.S. Figure Skating Championships Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 The U.S. Figure Skating championships have found a home for the next three years as they signed a deal with NBC to cover the championships.Included with the deal will be the prime-time coverage of the Saturday night women's free skate,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	HBO Films Gives OK to Steven Spielberg's and Tom Hanks' Pacific Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 The follow-up to the award winning miniseries "Band of Brothers" has finally been given the go ahead by HBO Films. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are set to begin filming "Pacific" in Australia sometime this summer."We're proud to be reuniting... Continue Reading Posted at 6:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	United Artists Lands Don Granger to Head Production Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 Having known and worked with Don Granger before, as well as on the first two films of the revived United Artist brand, Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner tapped him to head up overall production for the company."UA has always been... Continue Reading Posted at 5:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Betty Cohen Resigns as President and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 The parent companies of Lifetime, Hearst Corp. and The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) announced that president and CEO of the network, Betty Cohen, resigned. The talk around the industry has been that the companies have been interviewing with potential replacements... Continue Reading Posted at 4:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hannity and Colmes Land Exclusive Interview with Bernard McGuirk Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 Fox News Channel (NWS-A) has landed the first exclusive interview with former Imus producer and right-hand man Bernard McGuirk. The interview is scheduled for Thursday night, April 26, with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes on the Hannity and Colmes show.While... Continue Reading Posted at 4:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Avril Lavigne Tops the Charts Led by Hit Single "Girlfriend" Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 Avril Lavigne debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 for the second time in her career with her new album, The Best Damn Thing, which sold 286,000 units for the first week.She did previously with her Under My Skin... Continue Reading Posted at 3:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	40 Percent of Media Layoffs in Television, Film Gary Bourgeault April 25, 2007 We all know that the newspaper and magazine industries have been laying off a lot of people. That continues as Sam Zell announced that he's cutting 250 jobs at The Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times. The total layoffs across... Continue Reading Posted at 11:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr24	Fox Wins Ratings Week Handily, NBC Continues to Plunge Gary Bourgeault April 24, 2007 Fox (NWS-A) won the prime-time ratings race this week with an average of 10.3 million viewers, which equates to a 6.3/11 share. Leading the charge was American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 28.93 million; "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 26.55 million; and "House,"... Continue Reading Posted at 10:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Rumors of Spider-Man 3 Piracy False, But Tickets Selling Fast Gary Bourgeault April 24, 2007 Reports have been spreading all over that the Spider-Man 3 movie has already been found on the streets of China in bootleg form. Sony (SNE) responded saying that there is "no case of the film being pirated to date." "Similar... Continue Reading Posted at 8:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	After 17 Years, "The Simpsons" Getting own Theme Park Ride Gary Bourgeault April 24, 2007 In what Universal is calling "a hysterical, almost unimaginable adventure," they've announced that they're adding a new attraction to their theme parks in Hollywood and Orlando which will feature the Simpsons.The ride will be placed in the former location of... Continue Reading Posted at 8:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Interactive TV Ads Spreading: U.S. Next? Gary Bourgeault April 24, 2007 Interactive TV ads enable a viewer to be able to click on an icon on the usual 30-second commercial spot for a variety of purposes. It's already the norm in England, and Canada is doing a lot of testing at... Continue Reading Posted at 5:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr23	Beyonce and Shakira Take Top Spot in UK Singles Charts, Knocking out Timbaland Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 Timbaland was knocked off the top spot of the UK single charts by Beyonce and Shakira's new duet, Beautiful Liar.The two superstars were able to take the spot from Timbaland's hit "Give It To Me" which came in at No.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pricing for IPO of Cinemark Holdings Inc. Announced Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 Cinemark Holdings, Inc. announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) of 28,000,000 shares of common stock at $19.00 per share, according to their press release. Of those shares, 13,888,889 will be offered by Cinemark Holdings while 14,111,111 will... Continue Reading Posted at 8:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jessica Alba Joins Revlon as Newest Brand Representative Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 Revlon (REV) has landed Hollywood beauty Jessica Alba as their newest edition of the cosmetic family. Alba has been chosen to specifically represent Revlon's new 3D Extreme Mascara in a global promotional campaign. It will be initiated in a multi-platform... Continue Reading Posted at 6:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mel Brooks Musical "The Producers" Closes the Curtain After 2,502 Performances Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 At an emotional ending to the Broadway musical "The Producers," the curtain came down as the cast took its final bows after a run of 2,502 performances, starting in 2001. After the call, Mel Brooks director-choreographer Susan Stroman and co-book... Continue Reading Posted at 5:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Casting Crowns' "Voice of Truth" Song of the Year at BMI's 2007 Christian Music Awards Gary Bourgeault April 23, 2007 Casting Crowns' "Voice of Truth" walked away with the song of the year award at the BMI 2007 Christian Music Awards. Lead singer for the group, Mark Hall, also won for songwriter of the year.There were awards presented for 25 ... Continue Reading Posted at 5:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr22	Tobey Maguire Likes Playing Dark Side of Spidey in "Spider-Man 3" Gary Bourgeault April 22, 2007 In "Spider-Man 3," Tobey Maguire says that he really enjoyed playing "Spider-Man" as he has to deal with his dark side in the movie."I probably had the most fun doing those (bad Spidey) scenes," Maguire told reporters. "It's something I... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	British Airways Teaches Richard Branson a Lesson: We'll Take you Out of "Casino Royale" When We Show it! Gary Bourgeault April 22, 2007 There has never been any love lost between British Airways and Richard Branson. The latest salvo in the ongoing skirmish has British Airways cutting out Branson where he appeared in the last James Bond film and blurred the image of... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wilmer Valderrama, Laurence Fishburne Starring in Gang Thriller "Days of Wrath" Gary Bourgeault April 22, 2007 Wilmer Valderrama and Laurence Fishburne have been chosen to co-star in the upcoming gang thriller "Days of Wrath," reported Reuters, citing Hollywood Reporter. It will be the feature directing debut of Celia Fox. The independent film will be centered around... Continue Reading Posted at 7:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Weekend Box Office: Disturbia No. 1 for 2nd Straight Week Gary Bourgeault April 22, 2007 Taking the No. 1 spot for the second week in a row is Disturbia, earning an average $13.5 million, dropping by about 39% from its debut. They are now at $40.7 million overall and will possibly reach the $60 million... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr21	Brad Pitt Joins George Clooney in "Burn After Reading" Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Brad Pitt is keeping busy as he's signed on, along with "Ocean's Thirteen" co-star George Clooney, to star in the dark comedy "Burn After Reading, by the Coen brothers. Also starring in the film will be Frances McDormand.The story is... Continue Reading Posted at 11:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NBC Trying Theatrical Movies on Sundays During May Sweeps Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Some have considered the move by NBC (GE) to bring back movies to their Sunday night schedule quite a surprise. For the most part the networks have thought it was a worthless proposition. NBC will be airing them on three... Continue Reading Posted at 11:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Brad Paisley Teams Up with Hershey in Sweet Deal Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Country music artist Brad Paisley has teamed up with Hershey's (HSY) for a national promotional campaign.The campaign will center around Paisley's upcoming new album "5th Gear," which is due out on June 19, along with Hershey's classic milk chocolate bar and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Viacom Experimenting with Shrinking DVD Release Time Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Viacom (VIA-B) made a big marketing push when it promoted the newest installment of SpongeBob SquarePants on April 13, on its Nickelodeon channel.Within a short five days, the company had "Friend or Foe" for sale in retail outlets all over... Continue Reading Posted at 6:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Simon Cowell Worth $200 Million Gary Bourgeault April 21, 2007 Simon Cowell has been gradually moving up the financial ladder in Britain, as he's now the 700th richest in the country with a net worth of $200 million, just passing by Robbie Williams who is worth $190 million. His assets... Continue Reading Posted at 2:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr20	Don Imus' Executive Producer Bernard McGuirk Fired Gary Bourgeault April 20, 2007 While the executive producer of the show had been obviously missing from "Imus in the Morning," he was conspicuously absent from the airwaves this week.We've now found out why as Bernard McGuirk was fired. A lot of people either don't... Continue Reading Posted at 7:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Virginia Tech Gunman Seung-hui Cho Images Bring NBC Huge Ratings Gary Bourgeault April 20, 2007 We talked about the outrage that was expressed when NBC aired the video and photo images of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-hui Cho. While the network eventually cut back some on it, they reaped a huge ratings bonanza from their scoop.Of... Continue Reading Posted at 6:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Clear Channel Sells Radio and TV Stations Gary Bourgeault April 20, 2007 In a statement today, Clear Channel Communications Inc. said that it agreed to sell its 161 radio stations to unidentified buyers for about $331 million. They also said that they will sell its 56 television stations to Providence Equity Partners Inc.... Continue Reading Posted at 5:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr19	American Black Film Festival Moves to Los Angeles This Year Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 The American Black Film Festival originally was hosted in Acapulco, Mexico, and from there went to Miami, Florida until last year. This year they're making another move as they decided to take the festival to Los Angeles, said the founder... Continue Reading Posted at 8:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Album Sales in U.S. Down by 17 Percent Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 The music industry continues in its sales funk as physical U.S. album sales, not surprisingly, have fallen by 17 percent so far in 2007. The culprits are said to be the growth of online music purchases and not very many... Continue Reading Posted at 7:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Outrage Causes NBC, Other Networks to Stop Airing Virginia Tech Shooter Video/Photos Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 The pictures originating with NBC (GE) and expanding to most networks has created outrage to the point where the networks have said they'll cut back on their usage, while Fox (NWS-A) said they'll stop using them altogether.They got the message... Continue Reading Posted at 6:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	BET Launching 16 New Shows Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 Claiming that it is the most ambitious initiative of its 26-year history, BET Networks is set to launch 16 new series this quarter. They have also for the first time created its own scripted shows.A lot of this is coming... Continue Reading Posted at 4:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	American Idol, House Continue to Dominate Gary Bourgeault April 19, 2007 The combination of "American Idol" and "House" keeps rolling over its competition as the duo combined to lead Fox (NWS-A) to another Tuesday night dominating win for the network.What is probably a little scary for the competition is that "House"... Continue Reading Posted at 3:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr18	Gaming Network GSN Trying to "Get in the Game" Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 The Gaming Network, GSN, is launching a re-branding campaign that comes with the new tagline: "Get in the Game."Part of the effort will entail an attempt at capturing the "range of emotions that real people feel when watching or playing... Continue Reading Posted at 11:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sanjaya Finally Axed from "American Idol" Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Sanjaya Malakar has finally been voted off of "American Idol" as Simon Cowell judged his performance as "utterly horrendous." This time evidently the majority agreed with him as they confirmed his words through their votes. "I'm beginning to sense something... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lisa Rinna Replacing Joan, Melissa Rivers as TV Guide Channel's Leading Red-carpet Host Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Lisa Rinna has replaced the walking billboard for plastic surgery Joan Rivers and her sidekick daughter Melissa as the leading red-carpet host for the TV Guide Channel. Good riddance! Rivers and her daughter have been hosts since January of 2005.Rinna... Continue Reading Posted at 8:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Imus and Regulating Content by Whose Definition? Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Some of the knee-jerk reactions to the comments made by Imus are getting to sound outright dangerous. At a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin answered questions about the issue of regulating content.Some of the questions really showed... Continue Reading Posted at 7:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Film Rebutting "Inconvenient Truth" Screening on Eve of Tribeca Film Festival Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Dr. Steven Hayward, author of the Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and adjunct Professor of Political Science at Georgetown University, will be sorting out the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Charles Dickens: From Book to Screen to Theme Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 The world of Charles Dickens is going to be brought from the pages of his books and the screen, and transformed into a theme park near London.A 70,000-square-foot warehouse is the place where the new Dickens World will be housed.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don Imus and do Networks Need to Embrace More Diversity in Black Voices? Gary Bourgeault April 18, 2007 Many people want to hear the various sides of any issue to get a full picture so they can make decisions or think right about any decision they may make about something.The recent Don Imus controversy drove that home as... Continue Reading Posted at 3:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr17	Victoria Principal Now a Virgin... Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 ...traveler that is. The former Dallas prime-time soap star Victoria Principal landed a ride on Richard Branson's inaugural space flight of his Virgin Galactic.The goal of Branson is to have the first flight up by no later than 2010, and... Continue Reading Posted at 11:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Graceland's Visitors Dropping, Ramping up New Marketing Campaign Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 Marketers for the Elvis Presley estate, Graceland, are responding to decreasing visitors with their first national ad campaign. Graceland was the primary residence of Elvis for 20 years.The theme of the campaign will be called "Discover your Inner Elvis" and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blast from the Past - Santo and Johnny Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 I'm going to start a new section called "Blast from the Past" that will take a look at the entertainment industry throughout the years; including movie, TV and music.I'm starting off with a look at the brother act called Santo... Continue Reading Posted at 7:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Online TV Guide Channel Launches in Beta Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 The new online TV Guide Channel has finally been offered up in public beta (testing) after a long wait. The site will bring together content from almost 60 sites - including the bigger broadcast and cable sites, and a number... Continue Reading Posted at 6:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Comcast, Fancast Chosen to Distribute NBCU/News Corp. Video Gary Bourgeault April 17, 2007 The online video venture between News Corp. (NWS-A) and NBCU (GE) will be distributed mainly through comcast.net (CMCSA) and fancast.com, the companies announced.Comcast will also offer up non-exclusive content to the site, which will include Style, E!, Golf Channel and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr16	How Long Will GE Shareholders Put Up with NBC's Performance? Gary Bourgeault April 16, 2007 The first-quarter earnings for General Electric (GE) were recently released, and as far as they connect to NBC Universal, they weren't very good.Last January, GE CEO Jeff Immelt told investors that the company would be flat for the quarter, but... Continue Reading Posted at 9:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Eric Schiffer Starring in "Death Wish Returns" Gary Bourgeault April 16, 2007 Sponsored by Hollywood News Entertainment Service, Inc.Celebrity Eric Schiffer now finds himself on the other side of the camera to star in an upcoming independent film project which is currently titled "Death Wish Returns," a Charles Bronson remake. Schiffer has... Continue Reading Posted at 8:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr15	Ryan Adams Cancels Stonehenge Concert Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 The coverage and publicity concerning the planned concert of Ryan Adams at Stonehenge seems to have worked too well as Adams, because of concerns of the organizers of the concert, was forced to cancel it because of the overwhelming response... Continue Reading Posted at 8:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	David and Victoria Beckham Threaten Lawsuit over Impersonators Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 In response to a TV documentary that center on a couple of look-a-likes of David and Victoria Beckham, the couple have threatened to sue Sky One over the project.The fake couple has been going around Los Angeles fooling fans while... Continue Reading Posted at 8:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Smith Putting Acting on Hold - Doing "Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince" Tour Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 Will Smith announced that he's going to put his movie career on hold and is getting back together with former rap partner Jazzy Jeff to start a world tour.The duo became popular in the 1980s and '90s with hits like... Continue Reading Posted at 8:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Virgin Media, BSkyB Battle Escalates Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 The battle between Virgin Media and British Sky Broadcasting (BSKYB) took another twist as Virgin filed a law suit with the High Court over the carriage of the basic channels of BSkyB on the cable network.This part of the skirmish... Continue Reading Posted at 7:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Former WB Network CEO says Mass Media Vanishing Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 Jordan Levin, the former CEO of the WB Network says that we're seeing the end of the mass media era and the beginning of a new media world order which will entail niche entertainment determined by consumer demand rather than... Continue Reading Posted at 6:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MTV Launching Menudo Reality Series Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 MTV has started auditions to start the boy band Menudo, which was popular during the 1980s and '90s. The group also helped to launch the solo career of Ricky Martin.This time around the group will be part of a realty... Continue Reading Posted at 5:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Box Office for Weekend: Disturbia No. 1 Gary Bourgeault April 15, 2007 Disturbia, the thriller starring Shia LeBeouf who has recently been recruited for the upcoming fourth installment of Indiana Jones, finished in the top spot for the weekend box office, taking in a pretty strong $23 million in its debut. It... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr14	Private Equity Increasing the Number of Movie Releases Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 The private equity that has become available for making films has become so large that even with complaints by Hollywood, there seems to be a continuing explosion of new releases. The result has been there are now more new releases... Continue Reading Posted at 11:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Congressional Black Caucus Will Continue Debate Sponsorship in Spite of Being Snubbed by Democrats Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 The Congressional Black Caucus announced that it will still hold their planned Republican and Democratic presidential debates, even with the Democrats being afraid to participate. Not only has John Edwards run from the debates, but so has Barack Obama and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Showtime Gives King Henry VIII 10 More Episodes Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 The most famous king of England, Henry VIII has been offered another 10 episodes from Showtime, as they've renewed their historical drama series "The Tudors" for another run.The show stars Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the English king, who... Continue Reading Posted at 10:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don Ho Dies at 76 Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 Favorite tourist singer Don Ho died today at the age of 76 of heart failure, said his publicist Donna Jung.He is of course most known for his signature song "Tiny Bubbles," which he usually sang at the beginning and end... Continue Reading Posted at 8:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mike Tyson, Bollywood Dance, A Diamond Robbery Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 What in the world someone sees in Mike Tyson being part of a promotional video for an upcoming Bollywood film is beyond me, but it's going to happen. The former heavyweight boxing champion has been picked to appear with Bollywood... Continue Reading Posted at 3:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Christina Aguilera Candyman Video and Behind the Scenes Look Gary Bourgeault April 14, 2007 If you haven't seen the video by Christina Aguilera called "Candyman," I put it up for you to take a look at here. I love the video! An interesting other part of the video is the dancer playing the role of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr13	Tucker Carlson Now Gameshow Host Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 Tucker Carlson seems to be in a permanent mode of reinventing himself as he's gone from conservative commentator on CNN's "Crossfire," to MSNBC where he talked about more general topics, to "Dancing with the Stars" last year. Now he's been... Continue Reading Posted at 8:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Big Ten Network Going Through Birthing Pains Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 The Big Ten Network has a goal of being available in every cable- or satellite-wired home that exists in the eight states the schools represent.Mark Silverman, the new sports network's president, said "Everyone we've talked to admits and values the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Julian Lennon Sells Stake in Father's Songs Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 Julian Lennon, the oldest son of John Lennon, has sold a stake in the songs that were cowritten by his late dad for the beatles, to Primary Wave Music Publishing. He is the son of Lennon and his first wife... Continue Reading Posted at 6:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Emile Hirsch gets On-screen Girlfriend Christina Ricci Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 The core group of Larry and Andy Wachowski's adaptation of the 1960s cartoon "Speed Racer" is now complete as they have landed Christina Ricci as the girlfriend of lead Emile Hirsch.Hirsch plays the role of none other than "Speed," who is... Continue Reading Posted at 6:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Shia LaBeouf New Indiana Jones Sidekick Gary Bourgeault April 13, 2007 The rumors that Shia LaBeouf will be the new sidekick Indiana Jones in the upcoming fourth installment has been confirmed on the official Indiana Jones Web site.The young actor has appeared in "Holes," "I, Robot," "Bobby," and "Constantine." He is... Continue Reading Posted at 3:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr12	Spider-Man 3 Promo About to Kick into Gear Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 While it seems that we've been seeing a lot of Spider-Man across various mediums, the push to promote Spider-Man 3 is just about to get ramped up to another level as on April 16 Sony will start a series of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Now Your Child can be the Amazing Spider-Man Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 If your children or grandchildren ever pictured themselves donning the super hero costume of Spider-Man and fighting off the villains of the world, the opportunity has now come as PixFusion LLC offers the chance to be the webslinger and to... Continue Reading Posted at 8:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Principal Photography Begins on Martin Lawrence Comedy "The Better Man" Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 Principal photography for the upcoming comedy "The Better Man," starring Martin Lawrence, has started said Universal Pictures in a press release.Also starring with Lawrence will be James Earl Jones, who will play his father in the film. Others included in the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Beatles, EMI Group Settle - Paves the Way for Selling Music Online Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 In a deal that should bring their music catalog to the Internet, the Beatles and EMI Group have reached a settlement in their royalty dispute over $59 million. Apple Corps is the company owned by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	DVR 7-Day Playback Brings Higher Numbers for Some Shows Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 There had been a lot of concern this year by networks with some of their past great performers seemingly losing ground. But results from Nielsen's 7-Day Playback show that some of the numbers weren't reflective of the reality.Some examples are... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Willa Ford Chosen to Play Anna Nicole Gary Bourgeault April 12, 2007 The life of Anna Nicole Smith will be played by Willa Ford, who is known for her multiplatinum single, "I Wanna Be Bad," a single from her album "Willa Was Here." She has also appeared on the third season of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr11	More Brands Creating Own TV Shows Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 With TV viewers' growing more more discontent with advertising interruptions, some companies are going the way of creating their own shows. As Gillette marketing director Steve Fund said, "We're seeing a blurring between advertising and entertainment. It's a new business... Continue Reading Posted at 11:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MGM Adds Movie Catalog to Apple iTunes Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 Apple iTunes has landed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and their movie catalog to the business, bringing the total movies offered through the iTunes movie site to over 500. Included with the catalog are "Rocky" and "Dances With Wolves. Movies will gradually... Continue Reading Posted at 11:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don Imus Fired from NBC News Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 Saying that "It was the only decision we could reach," NBC News president Steve Capus said the network has dropped the controversial Don Imus after remarks he made concerning the predominantly black Rutgers University women's basketball team, calling them "nappy-headed... Continue Reading Posted at 6:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Saturday Night Live and YouTube: Lessons Learned Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 Talking about the relationship between Saturday Night Live and YouTube (GOOG), Lorne Michaels, the shows creator and executive producer said that “YouTube has been great for us.”As a matter of fact, Saturday Night Live has probably received the most value... Continue Reading Posted at 6:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bravo Reality Show Offers Divorced Couples as Matchmakers Gary Bourgeault April 11, 2007 Bravo (GE) has been given the go ahead to create an hour-long pilot called "Take My Ex," where divorced people help their former spouses to find new mates. This promises a lot of emotion as the couple will be recently... Continue Reading Posted at 2:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr10	Katie Couric Unknowingly Delivers Plagiarized Video Essay Gary Bourgeault April 10, 2007 Katie Couric delivered her usual video essay topic which was found to be almost word-for-word what a Wall Street Journal article said. When seeing the essay, an editor from The Wall Street Journal called up CBS News (CBS-A) to show... Continue Reading Posted at 10:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cablevision Systems Appealing Court DVR Decision Gary Bourgeault April 10, 2007 Last month Cablevision Corp. (CVC) was barred by a Manhattan U.S. District Court from launching a digital video recorder (DVR) service that would allow it to store television shows on its servers. They have now officially said they will file... Continue Reading Posted at 9:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sopranos' Premiere Down in Viewers Gary Bourgeault April 10, 2007 The numbers for the opening episode of the last half season of "The Sopranos" shows that the network is doing the right thing in bringing the series to an end. Numbers for the second-half premiere were down by around 2... Continue Reading Posted at 7:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NBC's 18-49 Demo Plunges to a New Low Gary Bourgeault April 10, 2007 In a disastrous showing, NBC (GE) finished the week ending April 8 in what may be their worse rated week in the key 18-49 demo in its history, says Nielsen Media Reasearch.The network averaged only a 2.2 rating/9 share in... Continue Reading Posted at 2:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 9	CBS Wins Thursday with Original Programming Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 CBS (CBS-A) offered up an original programming night and rode it to a strong victory as they won the Thursday night ratings battle handily. The network finished with an average 5.0 rating/15 share for the night with the key 18-49... Continue Reading Posted at 10:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	DiCaprio Negotiating to Star in 'Body of Lies' Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 Variety reported that Leonardo DiCaprio is in the early stages of talks to star in an upcoming Warner Bros.' project based upon the David Ignatius novel, "Body of Lies."While negotiations are going on, it does look good that the deal... Continue Reading Posted at 8:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don Imus Suspended for Two Weeks Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 In separate communications CBS Radio (CBS-A) and NBC News (GE) said that they will suspend Don Imus for two weeks off the air because of comments made about women's college basketball team Rutgers. The suspension will begin on April 16.On... Continue Reading Posted at 8:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NBA Playoff Ad Sales Looking Strong Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 The National Basketball Association’s regular season viewing was pretty disappointing by any standard, as across all the channels they dropped. But for the the post-season, ad sales are looking a lot stronger and are selling quicker than even last year.... Continue Reading Posted at 5:21 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Salma Hayek and MGM Forming Film Company Gary Bourgeault April 9, 2007 Salma Hayek and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. announced that they are forming a new film company that will focus on creating Latino movies that will have a broader, mainstream appeal.The new company is christened, Ventanazul, and will be based at MGM. Strategy... Continue Reading Posted at 4:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 8	Larry the Cable Guy will Star in "Witless Protection" Gary Bourgeault April 8, 2007 Larry the Cable Guy looks like he's going to be the sheriff of the city as he joins the upcoming film "Witless Protection," which will be distributed by Lionsgate.The basis of the movie will be Larry, who will play a... Continue Reading Posted at 7:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	CleanFlicks Editing Films Again Citing Education Loophole Gary Bourgeault April 8, 2007 The battle over cleaning up films may have begun again as companies that attempted to make R-rated films more family-friendly were ordered to stop the process and turn the movie inventory over to the studios within five days by a... Continue Reading Posted at 6:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top Ten Movies of the Weekend Gary Bourgeault April 8, 2007 The Will Ferrell/Jon Heder sports comedy "Blades of Glory" topped the weekend box office for the second straight week as it took in another $23 million, which brings the overall total to $68.4 million. Disney's "Meet the Robinsons" finished second,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 7	Will Ferrell Shooting New Sports Comedy Gary Bourgeault April 7, 2007 Sports and comedy continues to be a strong combination for Will Ferrell, and that is a part of his upcoming sports comedy called "Semi-Pro," which has been filming in Los Angeles since the middle of February and is now moving... Continue Reading Posted at 7:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jackie Chan Launches Reality Show Gary Bourgeault April 7, 2007 The Chinese action star Jackie Chan has launched his own reality show for the purpose of searching for new talent for an upcoming movie he will produce. There has been a huge response as over 100,000 people have already signed... Continue Reading Posted at 5:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Beginning of the End for Sopranos Sunday Gary Bourgeault April 7, 2007 The final nine episodes of The Sopranos is about to start on Sunday, and fans are eaqerly awaiting what the outcome of the eight years and six seasons of the series will bring. Of course the big question concerns Tony... Continue Reading Posted at 4:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 6	Alyssa Milano Chosen for Lead in Rina Mimoun Pilot Gary Bourgeault April 6, 2007 Alyssa Milano has been chosen for the lead role in Rina Mimoun pilot, which contrary to gossip on the Internet, hasn't been named yet.She plays the part of an attorney in Boston, where she finds out some news about her... Continue Reading Posted at 10:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"The Sadhu (The Holy Man)" with Nicolas Cage to be Shot in India Gary Bourgeault April 6, 2007 The upcoming film project starring Nicolas Cage, if nothing else is fascinating based on the unique parties involved with the project. The film will be named "The Sadhu (The Holy Man)," and will begin filming in India in the early... Continue Reading Posted at 7:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MTV's Top-rated Show "The Hills" Renewed Gary Bourgeault April 6, 2007 MTV has rewarded their top show with 10-episode order for a third season of the unscripted show. It is scheduled to start sometime this summer and is aired at 10 p.m. on Monday.The network was encouraged as the second season... Continue Reading Posted at 4:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What is the Future of Clear Channel Communications? Gary Bourgeault April 6, 2007 Plans are in the works for private-equity firms H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners to buyout Clear Channel Communications (CCU) on April 18. The deal is by no means assured. The question is what will happen if the deal... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 5	Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. Now Analysts for TBS Gary Bourgeault April 5, 2007 Turner Broadcasting System's TV has added Major League Baseball Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. as analysts for their baseball coverage. It looks like they won't begin work until the MLB All-Star Game is upon us as... Continue Reading Posted at 11:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	33 Percent in U.S. Watch TV Out of Home Gary Bourgeault April 5, 2007 Of those TV viewers in the U.S., a significant 33 percent of them watch the tube outside their home, said a study released by Arbitron Inc. It signifies that a larger audience than originally thought takes part in the practice.The... Continue Reading Posted at 7:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Baseball, Cable Companies Agree on Out-of-market Games Gary Bourgeault April 5, 2007 After rejecting a bid by cable companies to keep the premium package of games called "Extra Innings" a couple of weeks ago, saying that they fell short of meeting the conditions expected by the league, Major League Baseball has now... Continue Reading Posted at 6:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why TV Commercial Spots are Decreasing in Number Gary Bourgeault April 5, 2007 At first glance it may seem that the networks are responding to consumers' desire to watch a less cluttered TV viewing experience by cutting back on commercials. With the number of TV commercial spots declining, it would seem that this... Continue Reading Posted at 3:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 4	NBC Giving "30 Rock" Another Chance Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 I've been hearing this a lot over the last year or so about how the late success of "Seinfeld" and "Cheers" shows that there are times when a network can hang on to shows and become winners. The problem is... Continue Reading Posted at 10:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disney, Time Warner Cable Renew Carriage Agreements Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 With the increasingly complex and multi-platform media marketplace, companies have had to spend a long time working out deals between them in their carriage agreements, and with Time Warner Cable (TWC) and the Walt Disney Co. (DIS) that hasn't changed.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NBC Universal Looking Global for Growth Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 Jeff Zucker has said that one of his top priorities for growth at NBC Universal (GE) is its international markets. In response to that strategy, the company is rolling out 20 new pay-television channels in 23 countries across 3 different... Continue Reading Posted at 7:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Analyst Says Time Warner Undervalued Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 Saying that Time Warner Inc. (TWX) is undervalued after spinning off its cable operations, Citigroup analyst Jason Bazinet said that the stock is "inexpensive" and could add an additional 20 percent to its price over the next year. Shares in... Continue Reading Posted at 6:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bernie Mac in "Welcome to the Family" for NBC Gary Bourgeault April 4, 2007 NBC (GE) has picked up a reality pilot from producer Ben Silverman and Bernie Mac called "Welcome to the Family." The show comes from Silverman's Reveille and Mac's MacMan Entertainment.The premise of the show is couples from very different backgrounds... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 3	NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Viewers Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 A lot of people were wondering what numbers the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship games would produce, and the results are in. Overall they surpassed last years number with some room to spare.With Florida looking to be the first back-to-back winner... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Glenn Close in First Television Starring Role Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 FX is about to release a new legal drama this summer which will star Emmy Award winning actress Glenn Close for her first starring role in a TV series. She has worked with FX before, playing the role of Captain... Continue Reading Posted at 10:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disney Picks Adam Sandler for 'Bedtime Stories' Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 Disney has tapped Adam Sandler to star in their new family comedy "Bedtime Stories," which will begin production later this year. Adam Shankman ("Hairspray") has been chosen to direct the project. The film is looking to be released in the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Knight Rider" Car KITT For Sale Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 The upcoming 25th anniversary of the popular "Knight Rider," has prompted the owner of one of the original cars used in the series to put the vehicle up for sale.The owner of the car, Tim Russo said that the 25th... Continue Reading Posted at 4:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	EchoStar, Google Announce Automated TV Ad System Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 Echostar (DISH) and Google (GOOG) have announced plans to partner in an unprecedented strategy to offer a new automated system for delivering, measuring, buying and selling television ads via Echostar's 125 nationwide satellite programming networks.Terms of the agreement offer Google... Continue Reading Posted at 3:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	EMI Group Finally Says No to DRM Gary Bourgeault April 3, 2007 With sales on a seemingly endless decline, EMI Group announced that it will now start to sell its songs on Apple iTunes (AAPL) without the hated DRM anti-piracy software that has been alienating users for so long. The pricing for... Continue Reading Posted at 1:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 1	Few Media Companies Finish Up for the Quarter Gary Bourgeault April 1, 2007 While many media and entertainment stocks struggled during the first quarter, there were a few that managed to perform fairly well.The best of the largest entertainment companies was Sony Corp. (SNE) which was very strong for the quarter, up by... Continue Reading Posted at 7:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sutherland Confirms "24" Big Screen Version on Hold Gary Bourgeault April 1, 2007 The rumors about Fox's TV hit 24 and an upcoming big screen version have been put to rest by Kiefer Sutherland, as the idea that it was in the making wouldn't die.Sutherland said concerning the rumor that, "It's impossible to... Continue Reading Posted at 5:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weekend Box Office Top Ten Gary Bourgeault April 1, 2007 Last year at this time the overall box office finished strong with the debut of Ice Age: The Meltdown, which took in $68 million on its own, and helped the total for the weekend to climb to $127.1 million. While... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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