Daniel Frankel
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Steve Bing, SXSW Ready YouTube-Only Full-Length Feature
Low-budget indie “Girl Walks Into a Bar” is among the first feature-length movies shot exclusively for digital distribution
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Del Toro to Partner With Henson and Pathe for ‘Pinocchio’
True story … director plans a 3D stop-motion animated version of the Carlo Collodi classic
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Disney Cues Up Direct-to-DVD ‘Cars’ Spin-Off: ‘Planes’
CG-animated film will be produced by DisneyToon Studios and debut on DVD and Blu-ray in Spring 2013
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MPAA’s Top Anti-Piracy Lawyer Departs to Viacom
Daniel Mandil is credited with building the motion-picture organization’s content protection strategy
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Barack Obama Calls CBS’ Recovering Lara Logan
The White House and network won’t reveal specific content of President’s conversation with assaulted news correspondent
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Fox Announces Trio of Development Promotions
Terence Carter, Suzanna Makkos and Marcus Wiley are each upped to senior VP status
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Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky Look to Launch Media-Buying Firm Through IPO
Veteran entertainment executives look to raise $175 million for the purpose of buying entertainment companies
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CBS Mid-Season Comedy ‘Mad Love’ Enjoys Decent Debut Ratings
Jason Biggs/Sarah Chalke sitcom holds its own at 8:30 on a big night overall for CBS
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A New Box Office Model – Paramount’s ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’
How nimble, inexpensive moviemaking with viral marketing hooks can bring the kids back to the multiplex
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Musical-Comedy Actress Betty Garrett Dead at 91
Versatile performer starred in MGM musicals, 1970s sitcoms and Broadway
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Relief! Box Office Up 32% With $31M From Sandler and Bieber
Big photo finish by Sony comedy and Paramount concert film lift box office to its strongest weekend so far this year; even Disney’s “Gnomeo” ($25.5M) comes up big
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Schwarzenegger Tells CAA He’s Open for Business
Former governor tweets that he’s ready to return to showbiz
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Box Office: Bieber No. 1 With Big $12.3M Friday
Paramount’s teenybopper concert film is on pace for huge $30M weekend; Sony’s Sandler comedy is second with $9.7M
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Gridlock! 2011 Summer of Too Many Blockbusters?
More than 14 big-budget tentpoles packed into a 12-week period. Why Hollywood is set up for too much of a good thing
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Focus to Release Miramax’s ‘The Debt’
John Madden-directed spy thriller starring Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington will premiere on August 31