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Global Showbiz Briefs: Tribeca & Doha End Partnership; ITV Studios Global; Unifrance; DreamWorks Animation In Macau

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 9:00pm PDTTags: Doha Tribeca Film Festival, DreamWorks Animation, Global Showbiz Briefs, Unifrance

Tribeca And Doha Film Fest End Partnership
After four years of collaboration, the Doha Film Institute and Tribeca Enterprises have announced the dissolution of their partnership on the Doha Tribeca Film Festival. Doha Film Institute CEO Abdulaziz Al-Khater says the Qatar-based festival will continue in a “new niche” with future plans to be laid out during Cannes next month. I’m told the separation was amicable after Tribeca helped launch the festival. Last year, DTFF showcased Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist which was made with the backing of the DFI. In Berlin earlier this year, Participant Media partnered with the DFI to form a $100M revolving fund to finance a slate of feature films.

Fraser Robinson Joins ITV Studios Global Entertainment
Former NBC Universal International Channels exec Fraser Robinson has joined ITV Studios Global Entertainment as VP scripted acquisitions & co-productions. He will be charged with growing the drama slate and co-production portfolio of the commercial arm of UK broadcaster ITV. He was previously director of scripted development for NBCU’s international channels group in London with responsibility for developing and managing co-produced content across over 50 platforms worldwide and oversaw series including Haven, Fairly Legal, Rookie Blue and Shattered. READ MORE »

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Melissa McCarthy’s ‘Tammy’ Spending Fourth of July At Megaplex Next Year

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 8:57pm PDTTags: Cameron Diaz, Melissa McCarthy, Sex Tape, Tammy

Melissa McCarthy, Tammy, July 2 2014Four days after Sony slotted the Cameron Diaz-Jason Segel comedy Sex Tape for July 2, 2014, Warner Bros has lit the fuse on a potentially explosive faceoff … Read More »

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R.I.P. Deanna Durbin

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 8:29pm PDTTags: R.I.P.

Deanna Durbin deadCanadian singer and actress Deanna Durbin, who enjoyed a short but successful career as a Universal contract star from 1936 to 1948, has died. She was 91. Durbin passed away “a few days ago”, her … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Violet & Daisy’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 6:16pm PDTTags: Alexis Bledel, Cinedigm, Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel star in Violet & Daisy as a pair of hit girls swept up in intrigue with their latest target (James Gandolfini). Precious writer Geoffrey Fletcher wrote and directed the 2011 Toronto Film Fest entry. Cinedigm is promising … Read More »

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TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’ Gets Order For Four Additional Episodes, ‘Perception’ For One

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 5:16pm PDTTags: Major Crimes, Perception
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EXCLUSIVE: TNT drama Major Crimes is getting its upcoming second season supersized. The network has ordered four … Read More »

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Les Moonves Says CBS Could Go To Cable In “A Few Days” If It Loses Aereo Suit

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 4:42pm PDTTags: Aereo, Barry Diller, CBS Corp, Les Moonves, Michael Lynton

Les Moonves is out to get Aereo by any means necessary, but he “doesn’t lose sleep over it,” the CBS Corp president and CEO told the Milken Institute’s Global Conference today. “Barry Diller has done what he likes to do, disrupt things,” Moonves added. However, the CBS chief did say that if the situation couldn’t be resolved in the courts, he is more than willing to take CBS to cable. “We can do it in a few days. If we go to cable, if we are forced to, then about 10% of America will not get our signal and I don’t think they will like that,” Moonves said Tuesday. The CBS chief said that with around 2,000 subscribers in NYC, the “illegal” Aereo won’t hurt the network but that he still intends to shut them down. “We will go after them in the courts and if that doesn’t work there are other remedies. There are financial remedies; there are congressional remedies.” On Monday at the conference, IAC CEO Diller said that CBS and the other broadcasters suing Aereo want Congress to save them if their copyright infringement suits fail. Fox and Univision have also threatened to move to cable if Aereo prevails.

Related: Chase Carey Threatens To Make Fox A Pay Channel If Aereo Prevails Read More »

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Outdoor Channel Remains In Play After InterMedia Partners Ups Offer

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 4:35pm PDTTags: Outdoor Channel

Outdoor Channel shares are up 7.4% in post-market trading after InterMedia Partners, in a surprise move, offered $9.15 a share – about $236.5M – for the cable network. That tops the $8.75 a share bid from real … Read More »

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TV Weekly Warfare: ‘The Voice’ Dethroned, Fox & CBS Hold Demo And Viewer Leads

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 3:52pm PDTTags: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, TV Ratings

The May sweep has begun, and this was the week that scripted struck back. After NBC‘s The Voice took the top spots in both total viewers and adults 18-49 during the week of April 15-21, it seemed the show might be poised to lead a reality a win streak, joined by fellow unscripted shows Dancing With The Stars and American Idol, which filled out the rest of the Top 5 most-watched of the week. Idol also came in third overall in the demo. Well, it was a very short streak: Original dramas and sitcoms swung their weight around in Week 31 of the 2012-2013 season.

The Voice’s April 22 broadcast held onto its No. 1 spot in the demo for the week of April 22-28 with a 4.9/14, but CBS’ The Big Bang Theory on April 25 took second place with a 4.5/15 to push the second Voice of the week to third. Among total viewers, let’s just say reality was schooled by the broadcast nets as a new NCIS on April 23 took the top spot with 17.332 million viewers, Big Bang Theory was second with 15.050 million and NCIS: LA took third with 14.216 million to beat the Monday airing of The Voice (14.152 million). ABC’s DWTS came in fifth with 13.765 million. April 24’s American Idol was eighth with 12.457 million watching. Long story short, it was repeats that gave Voice such dominance in Week 30. In Week 31, the CBS boys were back in town. It will be interesting to watch this week to see whether the first of NBC’s two weeks of five hours of The Voice pays off, or if Week 30 was really just a one-time treat.

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Robert Downey Jr Rings NYSE Opening Bell To Celebrate ‘Iron Man 3′: Video

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 3:51pm PDTTags: Iron Man 3, Robert Downey Jr.

Tony Stark himself (aka Robert Downey Jr) rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning in celebration of Iron Man 3‘s May 3rd release. Several Marvel execs, as well as NYSE’s Scott Cutler also were on board. Whatever happens with the movie, Disney’s a … Read More »

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Yahoo Paid CEO Marissa Mayer $36.6M In 2012

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 3:32pm PDTTags: Marissa Mayer, Yahoo

Not bad for six months of work. To be fair, though, the tally includes $14M in restricted stock units to replace some of the compensation that Marissa Mayer forfeited in July when she left Google to take the top … Read More »

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DreamWorks Animation Chief Talks Up Possible TV Programming Initiatives

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 3:10pm PDTTags: DreamWorks Animation, Jeffrey Katzenberg

The studio’s being “pretty aggressive” about at least one potential venture and hopes to have “news to share pretty quickly,” CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg told analysts this evening following his company’s Q1 earnings release. He didn’t provide details, … Read More »

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‘Pretty Little Liars’ Tyler Blackburn Joins Spinoff Series ‘Ravenswood’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 3:01pm PDTTags: ABC Family, Pretty Little Liars, Ravenswood, Tyler Blackburn
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The first confirmed resident of ABC Family‘s Ravenswood is bad boy Caleb Rivers. Pretty Little Liars co-star Tyler Blackburn will be joining the series’ upcoming spinoff. The series hails from the same auspices as … Read More »

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Alex Gibney To Direct Frank Sinatra Documentary For HBO

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 2:57pm PDTTags: Alex Gibney, Frank Sinatra, HBO

Alcon Television Group, the television division of Alcon Entertainment, and Frank Sinatra Enterprises are teaming to produce an as yet untitled documentary about the life and music of Frank Sinatra to premiere on HBO. Oscar-winning … Read More »

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Salt Lake NBC Affiliate Drops ‘Hannibal’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 2:50pm PDTTags: Hannibal, KSL-TV, NBC

It’s the latest jettisoning by KSL-TV, Salt Lake City’s NBC affiliate owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The station said last night that it will stop airing freshman drama Hannibal due to … Read More »

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Hot Vidgame Trailer: ‘Grand Theft Auto V’

By JEN YAMATO | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 1:38pm PDTTags: Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games

Gamers are going nuts over Rockstar‘s new video game sequel promo. It teases Grand Theft Auto V‘s three uberviolent protagonists — a Tony Soprano-esque ex-con, a Wire-style gangbanger, and a drug-addled hillbilly psychotic. (Hollywood never makes trailers this ballsy.) 2008′s GTA IV broke records moving 3.6 … Read More »

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Regal Says Weak Box Office Sales Resulted In Soft Q1 Revenues

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 1:33pm PDTTags: Regal Earnings

Regal CinemasThe No. 1 theater chain probably wants to forget the first three months of 2013. It ended up with $22.4M in net income, -51.6% vs. the period last year, on revenues of $642.8M, -6.1%. Analysts thought revenues … Read More »

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Gina Marcheschi Joins Condé Nast Entertainment As Head of Scripted Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 1:33pm PDTTags: Conde Nast Entertainment
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EXCLUSIVE: Condé Nast Entertainment has named development executive Gina Marcheschi as VP Scripted Television Series. Marcheschi will oversee the development and management of CNE’s scripted TV projects. She will be based in the company’s Los Angeles office, reporting to CNE president Dawn Ostroff. Marcheschi joins CNE’s EVP Jeremy Steckler, who oversees motion pictures, and EVP Michael Klein, who is in charge of alternative TV programming. “Gina has an extensive and entrepreneurial background in both television and film production,” said Ostroff. “Her knowledge and expertise in developing projects for both domestic and international television audiences makes her an invaluable asset to the CNE as we build our television business.” Read More »

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Cannes Market Briefs: Lightning’s ‘Gus’, UConnect’s ‘Close Enough’, TrustNordisk’s ‘Someone You Love’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 1:30pm PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Tom Hiddleston, TrustNordisk

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Lightning Strikes For SXSW Comedy ‘Gus’
Lightning Entertainment has acquired international rights to the comedy Gus, starring Michelle Monaghan, Radha Mitchell and Michael Weston. It premiered at this year’s SXSW and is the feature debut of Jessie McCormack, who wrote and directed. ICM Partners reps Monaghan and Mitchell and is also repping U.S. rights to the film in Cannes, where it will make its market bow May 16. Gus centers on Lizzie (Mitchell), who longs to start a family with her husband Peter but is unable to conceive. Her best friend Andie (Monaghan), single and adrift, gets pregnant from a one-night stand and offers to give Lizzie the baby. Reluctantly, Peter agrees to be the child’s father, and before he knows it Andie has moved into the guest room for the duration of her pregnancy. When Peter invites his ne’er-do-well recovering-addict brother (Weston) to the house, chaos ensues. McCormack produces alongside Kathryn Himoff, Kevin Fitzmaurice Comer and Erik Van Wyck. Richard N. Gladstein is exec producer. Read More »

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Cohen Media Group Acquires Fashion Mag Docu ‘Mademoiselle C’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 1:17pm PDTTags: Cohen Media Group

New York (April 30, 2013) – Cohen Media Group has acquired all U.S. release rights to MADEMOISELLE C., it was announced today by Chairman/CEO Charles S. Cohen. The film about former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and French fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld, will be released theatrically in major U.S. markets in the Spring of 2014. Carine Roitfeld is the most renowned French fashion editor on the planet along with her opposite number at American Vogue, Anna Wintour. During her 10 years as editor-in-chief at Vogue Paris she was noted for her successes and scandals (“porno chic” was her creation). Last year, Roitfeld left Vogue Paris with the greatest challenge to date, create a new fashion magazine: CR. Having been granted unprecedented access, this documentary follows the making of a magazine from the first editorial meeting through to the extravagant launch party in New York.

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