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Hollywood's Variety Goes Up for Sale

Owners put trade paper on block to focus on alternative media

(Newser) - Hollywood trade paper Variety is on the auction block, the Los Angeles Times reports. Anglo-Dutch owner Reed Elsevier is selling a publishing operation that produces the 103-year-old Variety and hundreds of other titles, including Publisher's Weekly. The sale is part of Reed Elsevier's strategy to ditch advertising-dependent publications to focus...

Jumper Soars at Box Office
Jumper Soars at Box Office
Feb 17, 2008 4:55 PM CST

Jumper Soars at Box Office

Step Up 2 the Streets and Spiderwick Chronicles take 2nd and 3rd

(Newser) - Jumper has vaulted to top spot at the box office and may bank the fourth-highest President's Day weekend score ever, Variety reports. Step Up 2 the Streets surprised in second thanks to young females, earning $26.3 million to Jumper's $33.8 million. The Spiderwick Chronicles took third with $21....

For-Sale Sign, Hollywood Style
For-Sale Sign, Hollywood Style
Feb 13, 2008 1:10 PM CST

For-Sale Sign, Hollywood Style

After LA can't find funds, developer puts oft-photographed ridge on market at $22M

(Newser) - Tourists could soon be snapping luxury homes when they photograph the iconic Hollywood sign towering over the City of Angels, the Los Angeles Times reports, after investors put Cahuenga Peak, the land around the landmark, on the market for $22 million. “Everybody thought the city already owned it,”...

Writers Vote to End Strike
Writers Vote to End Strike
Feb 12, 2008 11:14 PM CST

Writers Vote to End Strike

Strike ends after three months of negotiations

(Newser) - Members of the Writers Guild of America voted today to end a three-month strike that shut down more than 60 TV shows and cost networks tens of millions of dollars, the Los Angeles Times reports. The new contract gives writers residual payments for shows streamed online and rights for online...

Jaws Actor Scheider Dead at 75
Jaws Actor Scheider Dead at 75
Feb 11, 2008 7:39 AM CST

Jaws Actor Scheider Dead at 75

Oscar nominee appeared in more than 60 films

(Newser) - Actor Roy Scheider, famous for his roles in Jaws, All That Jazz, and The French Connection, died yesterday while being treated for multiple myeloma. He was believed to be 75, though he sometimes gave a different age in interviews, reports the Los Angeles Times. He once predicted that the Jaws ...

Guild Honchos Like Deal, Ask Scribes to Vote

Writers could be working Wednesday if they OK accord

(Newser) - The Writers Guild of America board approved a deal with Hollywood studios today and asked writers to vote on it Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. More than 10,000 keyboards could be clicking on TV shows, movies, and the Oscars show by Wednesday if scribes OK the deal. Show...

Writers, Studios Prepare for Life Post-Strike

As parties finalize 3-year deal, effort to save TV season awaits

(Newser) - With negotiations wrapping up and striking screenwriters anticipating returning to work as soon as Monday, Hollywood execs are cautiously sussing out studios' post-strike prospects. "Everyone is motivated to get back to work as quickly as possible," one exec tells the LA Times—but he adds that  returning shows...

Lohan Talks for First Time After Rehab

Says she spends more time alone to avoid bad influences

(Newser) - In her first interview since rehab, Lindsay Lohan called herself "a good person" who's trying to rid her life of nasty influences—but admitted she won't dis the club scene entirely, People reports. "There are friends that have been hard to hang out with because they've gone down...

Hannah Sings at Box Office
Hannah Sings at Box Office
Feb 3, 2008 4:20 PM CST

Hannah Sings at Box Office

Debut breaks gridiron weekend record as The Eye takes second

(Newser) - Disney’s Hannah Montana sang a high note this gridiron weekend and nabbed top spot at the box office with $29 million, Variety reports. It also shattered Titanic’s $21.6 million Super Bowl weekend record. A pleased Disney extended the pic’s planned one-week run.

Scribes, Studios Close to Accord
Scribes, Studios Close to Accord
Feb 2, 2008 7:13 PM CST

Scribes, Studios Close to Accord

Advance in contract talks may mean tentative deal next week

(Newser) - Hollywood writers and studios made a breakthrough in contract talks yesterday and may forge an agreement to end the 4-month-old writers strike next week, the New York Times reports. The sides agreed on tricky issues regarding Internet compensation, but still need to work out details and let the guild's 10,...

LA Lawmaker Targets Paparazzi
LA Lawmaker Targets Paparazzi
Feb 2, 2008 6:09 AM CST

LA Lawmaker Targets Paparazzi

Spears mayhem prompts call for 'personal safety zone' for celebs

(Newser) - A Los Angeles councilman is pushing for a "personal safety zone" for celebs after a 12-cop police escort—cost to the city, $25,000—was needed to get Britney Spears past paparazzi to a hospital this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. Councilman Dennis Zine said camera-toting hoards present...

Wesley Snipes Escapes Fraud Charges, But...

Actor faces up to 3 years for failing to file tax returns

(Newser) - Wesley Snipes is off the hook for tax fraud—but a federal jury in Florida today convicted him on 3 counts of failing to file returns, the Los Angeles Times reports. For the misdemeanors, the actor faces up to 3 years in prison, but he escaped a possible 13 more....

Brangelina Snooper Busted
Brangelina Snooper Busted
Jan 31, 2008 4:15 AM CST

Brangelina Snooper Busted

Housekeeper calls cops on paparazzo looking for Pitt's house

(Newser) - A man calling himself a freelance reporter was arrested outside Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Hollywood Hills home yesterday, reports E! News. The pair weren't home at the time, but their housekeeper called the cops after noticing a car blocking their driveway and a man asking people which house belonged...

No Country Rules SAG Awards
No Country Rules SAG Awards
Jan 28, 2008 5:48 AM CST

No Country Rules SAG Awards

'Sopranos' still kills, grabs three big honors

(Newser) - The Coen brothers' powerfully bleak No Country for Old Men captured the honor for best film and best supporting actor huzzahs for Javier Bardem at the Screen Actors Guild's awards ceremony last night. And in a surprise win, stars James Gandolfini and Edie Falco of the now-defunct HBO hit series...

Hollywood Had Math Wrong on College Movie Downloads

Study overestimated students' illegal grabs

(Newser) - College students aren't such movie thieves after all. Hollywood laid heavy blame for illegal downloading on colleges when a 2005 study alleged that 44% of domestic industry losses came from students downloading films. Now the industry has revised to 15%, citing "human error" in the study. Critics, however, say...

Rolled $20 Found Near Ledger
Rolled $20 Found Near Ledger
Jan 23, 2008 4:18 PM CST

Rolled $20 Found Near Ledger

Bill to be tested; no visible residue found

(Newser) - A rolled-up $20 bill was discovered close to Heath Ledger’s body, the AP reports. No illegal drugs were found in the New York apartment where the 28-year-old Australian actor was found dead yesterday, and a police official said there was no visible drug residue on the bill, which will...

Oscars Will Be Aired, Even Without Stars

'It's not going to be canceled' by scribe strike, producer says

(Newser) - ABC is determined to make the Academy Awards happen, with or without striking writers and boycotting actors, the LA Times reports. “I don’t want to say, ‘Read my lips,’ but it’s not going to be canceled,” said producer Gilbert Cates, fresh from chairing successful...

Directors Guild Cuts Deal With Producers

Agreement could put pressure on striking Hollywood writers

(Newser) - The Directors Guild of America has cut a deal with the major Hollywood studios, the Wall Street Journal reports, ratcheting up pressure on the striking Writers Guild either to accept a similar contract or risk alienating its members. The DGA ironed out a 3-year agreement to compensate members for work...

Night the Music Died: Strike Whamming Grammys

Writers ask stars to honor their picket line

(Newser) - The Writers Guild of America has asked members of the Screen Actors Guild to refrain from crossing their picket line at the Feb. 10 Grammy Awards, the second major awards show likely to be hurt by the union's strike. Stars are expected to avoid the presentations if they proceed as...

Atonement, Sweeney Win Deflated Globes

Stars don't come out for event punctured by writers strike

(Newser) - A Golden Globes ceremony scaled down by the writers strike to a press conference in a mostly empty ballroom yesterday awarded best picture honors to Atonement and Sweeney Todd, and best actor nods to Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Julie Christie and Daniel Day-Lewis. None of the stars, reluctant to cross...

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