MUMBAI: Verizon Wireless has filed a lawsuit to stop a Utah-based telemarketing company from calling its customers and employees to advertise the upcoming movie, The Velveteen Rabbit. The lawsuit, filed this week in U.S....
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Nat Geo Entertainment, 3ality Digital’s film hits $20 million in box office
MUMBAI: U2 3D, which is the recipient of the Best Musical Film Award at the Los Premios MTV Latin American Video Music Awards, will open in more than 40 theaters in Japan on 7...
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Sony restructures; Howard Stringer doubles as president
Sony Corporation chairman CEO Sir Howard Stringer will double up as president of the company post a major reorganization. New management team appointed. ...
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Xbox 360 expands movie offering deal with NBC Universal
Xbox has inked an agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, making films from Universal Pictures available on the Xbox LIVE roster....
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Clint Eastwood receives Palme d’Or
MUMBAI: Clint Eastwood, who is in Paris for the release of his film Gran Torino, was given the Palme d’Or of the Festival de Cannes by Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux at a private...
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Warner/Chappell Music names Gershon as SVP & Head of A&R
MUMBAI: Warner/Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group Corp. has tapped industry veteran Tracy Gershon as senior vice president and head of A&R, Nashville. Effective immediately, Gershon will report to Warner/Chappell...
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DreamWorks Animation posts net income of $51.6 million
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December, 2008. In the fourth quarter, the Company reported total revenue of $199.8 million and net income...
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Michel Gondry to direct Columbia Pictures’ The Green Hornet
MUMBAI: Michel Gondry is in negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures’ The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen and Stephen Chow, it was announced today by Columbia Pictures presidents Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach. The screenplay...
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Dolby Laboratories president & CEO Bill Jasper retires
MUMBAI: Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced that Bill Jasper, the company’s president and chief executive officer, will retire on 27 March, the last day of the company’s second fiscal quarter, from his executive posts after...
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Sony & RealD to provide 3D cinema system for exhibitors
Sony Electronics & RealD to provide exhibitors with 3D digital cinema systems that combine a single Sony 4K projector & new 3D dual lens adapter....
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