Daniel Frankel
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Disney’s Iger, Streisand on the Guest List for Wednesday’s White House Dinner
Jackie Chan and Herbie Hancock also make the cut for a state dinner honoring Chinese president Hu Jintao
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USA Picks Up ‘A Legal Mind,’ ‘Necessary Roughness’
“Bourne” Trilogy producer Doug Liman, actors Patrick J. Adams and Callie Thorne highlight No. 1-rated cable network’s newest original series
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Piers Morgan Drops 38% on Night No. 2
Brit’s new CNN show down to 1.27 million viewers from 2.1 million, but Howard Stern interview does beat Fox News rival “Hannity” in the key 25-54 demo
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Disney Shifts Release Dates for ‘Frankenweenie,’ ‘John Carter of Mars’
Tim Burton-directed “Frankenweenie” will now premiere on Oct. 5, 2012, while Andrew Stanton’s “Carter of Mars” will go on March 9, 2012
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DGA Ratifies New TV & Film Contract
Guild members “overwhelmingly” vote to OK new master TV and feature film contract with producers
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NBC Mid-Season Re-Shuffle: ‘Parenthood’ in on Tuesdays, ‘LOLA’ Out
Network scuttles plans to return creatively re-tooling “Law & Order: L.A.” to prime time; also postpones “The Marriage Ref” in favor of “America’s Next Great Restaurant”
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‘Social Network’ Team Lines Up Another Ben Mezrich Project: ‘Sex on the Moon’
Producers Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti will re-team with Sony to develop another Ben Mezrich book into a movie
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Motley Crue Singer Vince Neil Gets 2 Weeks of Jail Time for DUI
Forty-nine-year-old heavy metal crooner cops plea deal after his arrest last June in Las Vegas for allegedly driving his Lamborghini while drunk
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TheWrap Acquires ItsontheGrid.com
Purchase of web-based subscription service deepens TheWrap’s position as a leading multi-platform media company serving the entertainment industry
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Rock Impresario Don Kirshner Dead at 76
His ABC concert series hosted some of the biggest names in rock ‘n’ roll during the 1970s
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Piers Morgan Debuts to So-So 2.1M Viewers on CNN
Performance dramatically upticks CNN’s prime-time performance but is overshadowed by Sean Hannity’s interview with Sarah Palin
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Fox Extends New Regency Distribution Deal Through 2022
Deal will keep Arnon Milchan’s production house, which is behind such Fox franchises as “Big Momma’s House” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” in the the studio’s fold for nine more years
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HFPA to Ricky Gervais: ‘Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another?’
The Foreign Press says Ricky Gervais “went too far” — and they were totally pleased.
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Weekend Box Office: ‘Hornet’ Hits Tracking at $40M
Sony 3D tentpole doesn’t match some bullish pre-release projections of a $50M+ four-day weekend, but it does have the 2nd biggest MLK premiere ever; Universal’s “The Dilemma” slightly exceeds soft tracking at $21.1M
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Time Warner Reaches Re-Trans Agreement With Sinclair Stations
After drawn-out negotiation, No. 2 cable operator agrees to carry the group’s 28 stations