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Recording labels and websites in a music video tussle
The removal of Warner Music Group's videos from YouTube over the weekend highlights the growing tension between music labels and websites over what is becoming an important source of revenue for the beleaguered recorded-music industry: advertising and...Tags: Movies, Advertising, Government, Sales, Sony Corp.
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Forrest J Ackerman, writer-editor who coined 'sci-fi,' dies at 92
Forrest J Ackerman, who influenced a generation of young horror-movie fans with Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and spent a lifetime amassing what has been called the world's largest personal collection of science-fiction and fantasy memorabilia, has...Tags: San Pedro, Vincent Price, Movies, Ray Bradbury, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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'Thriller' dance Guinness world record attempt includes Hollywood & Highland
The hardest part of learning the moves in Michael Jackson’s legendary “Thriller” music video isn't the fancy footwork or the hip swivels. It's the iconic "claw swing."
"You show your claws to the left, then swing down, show your claws...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Los Angeles, Michael Jackson, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Game Playing
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Fruitless efforts - Reporter struggles as grape picker
Of The Morning CallI've had some grand experiences as a food writer, including hot dogging in the Wienermobile, judging the Pillsbury Bake-Off and picking olives under the golden sun in Provence. But I've never spent a day picking grapes for wine, despite living along the...Tags: Beverage Industry, Breinigsville, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Lucille Ball
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Leonardo DiCaprio May Step Into the 'Twilight Zone'
Zap2It.comAre Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Way shingle looking to bring "The Twilight Zone" back to the big screen? That's what The Hollywood Reporter says, indicating that the Warner Bros.-based banner has been seeking pitches based on episodes of the Rod...Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Movies, Joe Dante, George Miller, Steven Spielberg
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'Look' (menacing crowds undercut case for privacy)
Tribune staff reporterAccording to the producers of "Look," the average American is unwittingly photographed up to 200 times a day, thanks to the 30 million surveillance cameras at work in this country 24/7. With all this attention, are we any safer? What is the state of...Tags: Movies, Ben Weber, Gene Kelly, Jackie Chan
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'Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story' is a wonderful tribute to the horror huckster
Sentinel Movie CriticThere never was a movie mogul like William Castle. "The poor man's Alfred Hitchcock" wasn't so much a gifted director as a brilliant showman, a horror huckster of the first order who made his cheesy B-movies "events" by finding gimmicks and milking them...Tags: John Waters, Movies, Joe Dante, Roger Moore, Alfred Hitchcock
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Documentary Films at the Florida Film Festival
ANITA O'DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER Friday, April 4, 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m. at Regal Saturday, April 5, 2:30 p.m.–4 p.m. at Regal Considered by many to be one of the top five female jazz singers ever, Anita O'Day lived a life that from the...Tags: Movies, Rhode Island, Cinema Industry, Television, Roger Corman
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25 'Thriller' facts
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers"Thriller," the biggest-selling album ever, wasn't the only Michael Jackson work released in November 1982. A few weeks before it was set to hit stores, MCA Records released an album of Jackson reading the story of "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" and...Tags: Quincy Jones, Movies, Cinema Industry, CBS Corp., Brooke Shields
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'Thriller' rises from grave
The rhinestone glove, too-short pants, red jacket and Jheri curl juice are back -- "Thriller," the top-selling album of all time worldwide, is a quarter-century old Tuesday. The rerelease Tuesday of the Michael Jackson classic includes a bonus DVD with...Tags: Paul McCartney, Vincent Price, Kanye West, Michael Jackson, Naomi Campbell
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'Superman,' 'Heroes' Stars Face 'Fear Itself'
Zap2It.comNBC's upcoming series "Fear Itself" will feature Superman and one of "Mad Men's" women, and the directors of "American Psycho," "Re-Animator" and three of the "Saw" movies are on board as well. The show, a suspense and horror anthology a la Showtime's...Tags: Shiri Appleby, NBC, Celebrity, Charlie Wilson, Superman
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American directors dominate NY Film Fest
From Wes Anderson to Sidney Lumet, this year's New York Film Festival is dominated by top American directors spanning generations.
Though the NYFF has always put forth a highly international slate of selections, this year's fest -- the 45th annual --...Tags: Festive Event, Movies, Cinema Industry, Gus van Sant, Eric Rohmer
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