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'Jack the Giant Slayer' is slayed. Will 'Oz' be great and powerful?
After the coffee. Before yet another flight back to Los Angeles. The Skinny: I've said it before and I'll say it again. AMC's "The Walking Dead" could have worked on broadcast TV. The show has very little sex and language issues, and the gore could be...
Tags: The New York Times, NBCUniversal, Jack the Giant Slayer (movie), The Walking Dead (tv program), James Franco
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News Corp. exiting New Zealand, to divest pay-TV service
News Corp. plans to exit New Zealand as part of the company's larger mission to simplify its sprawling holdings. The company, controlled by mogul Rupert Murdoch, announced over the weekend that News Limited, its Australian subsidiary, intends to...
Tags: New Zealand, Printing Service, Los Angeles Times, Deutsche Bank AG, Media Industry
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Rupert Murdoch may snap up Bel-Air winery. Or not.
A new story in the March 8 issue of the Hollywood Reporter floats the idea that News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch may be interested in buying Moraga Vineyards, the 13-acre Bel-Air estate now for sale at close to $30 million. The...
Tags: Farms, News Corp., The Hollywood Reporter
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Chernin revamps film unit; Jenno Topping named president
This post has been corrected. See note at bottom. Peter Chernin's entertainment company is shuffling its feature film division and casting Jenno Topping as its new president of films. Topping joined Chernin Entertainment two years ago and has been...
Tags: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., John Malkovich, Sandra Bullock, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth Banks
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Tribune Co. Listening To Offers For Newspapers
Tribune Co. has hired investment bankers to sell off its newspaper unit, which includes The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and The Hartford Courant, according to a person familiar with the situation. The company has hired Evercore and J.P. Morgan to...Tags: The New York Times, Tribune Company, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Discovery Communications, Inc.
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Tribune Co. hires investment bankers to explore sale of newspaper unit
Tribune Co. has hired investment bankers to advise the media company on the sale of its newspaper publishing unit, according to a source familiar with the matter. The company has retained JPMorgan Chase & Co. to oversee a potential sale of the...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Tribune Company, Los Angeles Times, Companies and Corporations, Newspapers
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Kate and Will are pregnant
I was giving a speech once to a group of career women who had decided to be stay-at-home moms, and I was waiting to be introduced when I overheard an animated conversation between two of them. "So, the doctor said she could have a serving of grapes,...
Tags: School Examinations, Cambridge (England), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Imperial and Royal Matters, Family
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Disney unveils plans to revive its video game business
Long stuck in low gear, Walt Disney Co.’s video game division is aiming for infinity. The entertainment conglomerate on Tuesday unveiled plans for a high-stakes initiative called Disney Infinity that could determine the success or failure of its...
Tags: Lucasfilm Ltd., ABC (tv network), Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Toy Industry, Tourism and Leisure
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The 'Argo' factor in this year's Oscar fest
In the week since Oscar nominations were announced, we've sat through two award shows — the Critics' Choice Awards, thrown by a group of junketeers who, according to Anne Hathaway at least, can't even spell the names of their winners right, and...Tags: Academy Awards, Movies, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Argo (movie), Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie)
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Six more arrests in phone-hacking probe of closed Murdoch tabloid
LONDON – British police announced the arrest of six journalists on suspicion of phone hacking Wednesday in a new probe targeting a now-closed tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Authorities have identified “a further suspected...
Tags: Journalism, News of the World, Freedom of the Press, David Cameron, Newspaper and Magazine
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Dodgers to get own TV home! Pilot season in full bloom.
After the coffee. Before my cable bill goes up again. The Skinny: I'm trying to create a fake girlfriend, but I can't decide between a blond or brunette. Send your thoughts. Wednesday's headlines include coverage of the Dodgers' pending deal with Time...
Tags: The New York Times, Television, Sundance Film Festival, Liberty Media Corporation, ABC (tv network)
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More arrests in British phone-hacking scandal
LONDON — Two police officers and a journalist were arrested in Britain on Thursday on suspicion of corruption in the ongoing police inquiry into phone hacking by News Corp. tabloids and related scandals. A London Metropolitan police statement...Tags: Government, Journalism, News of the World, Organized Crime, David Cameron
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