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Singer, actor Tony Martin dies at 98
VarietyTony Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s and sustained a career in records, television and nightclubs from the Depression era into the 21st century, died of natural causes Friday evening at his West Los...Tags: Gene Kelly, Christmas, The New York Times, Dining and Drinking, Coconut Grove
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Columbia promotes DeVon Franklin: Senior VP of production to oversee urban, faith-based films
VarietyDeVon Franklin has been upped to senior VP of production at Columbia Pictures, where he'll report to prexy Doug Belgrad. Franklin will find, develop and supervise production of commercial material geared toward the urban- and faith-based markets. He will...Tags: Whitney Houston, Entertainment, Jordin Sparks, Drama (genre), Movies
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Chellomedia inks channels pacts with MGM, CBS: Libert Global unit expands TV biz
VarietyLONDON -- Liberty Global's Chellomedia is beefing up its channel biz by buying up the bulk of MGM-owned networks around the globe and pacting with CBS to launch branded channels in 83 territories across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Chellomedia's...Tags: Entertainment, Drama (genre), Television, Movies, Joint Ventures
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Author Gore Vidal dies: Was knows for best-selling novels 'Burr,' 'Myra,' more
VarietyThe prolific, and often controversial, writer Gore Vidal, who contributed to the theater, TV and film with such notable Broadway dramas as "The Best Man" and "Visit to a Small Planet" (both adapted from his original teleplays) and screen adaptations of...Tags: Gore Vidal, Stephen Boyd, Politics, Richard Nixon, Movies
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Samuel Goldwyn's former home is for sale
The Fuller House, once home to early film producer Samuel Goldwyn, is on the market in the Hollywood Hills West area at $4.895 million.
Built in 1916 and designed by Arthur S. Heineman, the Neoclassic-style property has been restored to near-original...Tags: The Best Years of Our Lives (movie), Entertainment, Movies, Lauren Beale, Samuel Goldwyn
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MGM files for possible IPO
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the 88-year-old Hollywood studio that emerged from bankruptcy in late 2010, has filed for a possible public offering of its stock that would allow the former debt holders that are now its owners to start selling their holdings....
Tags: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (movie), Finance, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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Joan Scott dies at 91; screenwriter 'fronted' for her husband
In 1950s Hollywood, screenwriter Joan Scott seemed so adept at turning out tough-guy scripts that she became known as "the girl who writes like a man."
What the studios didn't know was she wasn't the writer. Her husband was.
She was married to Adrian...Tags: Writers Guild of America, World War II (1939-1945), Communist Party of China, Rentals, Alzheimer's Disease
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Classically Trained: A patriotic tribute to John Williams and the Eagles
When I was about 8, I made what I thought was the greatest of musical discoveries. As one of San Diego's youngest self-taught orchestral music lovers — unlike many of the classically trained, I don't come from a musically inclined family —...Tags: Raiders of the Lost Ark (movie), Movies, John Williams, Academy Awards, Arts and Culture
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MGM works Blu-ray for Bond at Comic-Con: Studio set for rare outing at fanfest to promote 50th anni disc set
VarietyJames Bond is suiting up for Comic-Con, with MGM set to promote all of the films in the spy series at the fanfest as part of the franchise's 50th anniversary. The company has paired with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to host a booth on the...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Companies and Corporations, Activision Blizzard, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance
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'Hobbit' pics wrap principal photography: After 266 days, Peter Jackson says 'We made it!' in Facebook post
VarietyPeter Jackson has concluded shooting on the two ''Hobbit'' films -- four months before the first pic hits theaters. Jackson made the announcement Friday in New Zealand in a posting on his Facebook page. ''We made it!,'' he said. ''Shoot day 266 and the...Tags: Martin Freeman, Stephen Fry, Peter Jackson, Movies, Elijah Wood
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Florida's 74-year-old Marineland celebrates its past while moving forward
MARINELAND, Fla. - Her eyes are cloudy now, a blueish-gray haze blocking out some of the sunlight that glints off the water in her habitat.
She doesn't always move as nimbly as the dozen other dolphins sharing her space, either.
But that's OK, because...Tags: Loggerhead Sea Turtle (animal), Moby Dick (fictional animal), Tourism and Leisure, Marine Park, Building Material
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Studiocanal picks up 'RoboCop': Film group to distribute in U.K., France and Germany
VarietyMADRID -- Studiocanal has acquired rights to "RoboCop," the MGM/Sony reboot of the 1987 sci-fi actioner classic, for the U.K., France and Germany. The European film and TV group will release "RoboCop" in theaters, and handle video, VOD and TV...Tags: Entertainment, Elite Squad (movie), Marc Abraham, Gary Oldman, Brazil
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