Daniel Frankel
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UPDATE: Second SAG Employee Fired Amid Accounting Investigation
Discovery of other mid-level staff’s “policy violations” occurred during investigation of mid-level manager’s “possible financial impropriety”
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Box Office: Soft Starts for ‘Narnia 3’ ($24.5M) and ‘The Tourist’ ($17M)
The third installment of the C.S. Lewis-adapted fantasy and Jolie/Depp spy thriller both underperform; “The Fighter” is strong in limited release
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Globes PR Chief Said HFPA Must End ‘Unsavory’ Dealings
In February letter leaked to TheWrap, PR man accused organization president of firing him after he took issue with the HFPA’s “questionable business practices”
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Bombs Away at the Box Office: ‘Narnia’ Debuts to $8.2M, ‘Tourist’ at $6.1M
Third C.S. Lewis fantasy adaptation on pace to underperform tracking by about $20M for Fox, while Sony’s Depp/Jolie spy-thriller doesn’t look like it’ll crack the $20M mark this weekend
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Leslie Nielsen’s Last Film Gets DVD Release Date
Screen Media plans to release low-budget comedy “Stonerville” on Jan. 11
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Disney’s ‘Tangled’ Passes $100M at the Domestic Box Office
Three-D animated film passes benchmark after only 15 days … which is good for the studio, given its staggering cost
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DGA Approves Contract: Health Plan Gains, Travel Loss
Deal looks an awful lot like the one SAG/AFTRA conceded to last month; i.e., say goodbye to first-class seats to Vancouver
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Peter Tolan on the HFPA: ‘They’re a Bunch of Whores From Other Countries’
Moderating a panel of top showrunners, the “Rescue Me” creator has some choice words for Golden Globes voters
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Comcast Writers Get Support From NBC-U Brethren in WGA Bid
Writers for E!, Style and G4 get boost from their counterparts at NBC Universal
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Another PMK Staffer Heads to ID-PR
Enjoli Duval becomes the latest to flee the fast-thinning ranks of PMK/BNC
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DGA and AMPTP Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract
Directors Guild will release details of new deal Wednesday to its national board
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‘Warrior’s Way’ Highlights Western’s Wayward Course
Word to the Coen Bros. Jon Favreau and everyone else behind upcoming Westerns: this genre just ain’t workin’ at the box office right now
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Sarah Greenberg Stepping Down as Lionsgate’s Marketing Co-President
Exclusive: Tim Palen, the other co-president, will take over studio’s film marketing division
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Box Office: ‘Black Swan’ Owns the Arthouse at $1.4M; ‘Tangled’ No. 1 Overall at $21.5M
Aronofsky film grosses impressive $77,459-per-screen average, as specialty films highlight a typically moribund post-Thanksgiving weekend at domestic theaters; “Warrior’s Way” has year’s worst opening
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SAG/AFTRA Joint Board Approves New TV Contract
Board recommends ratification of new deal, which was carved out with the AMPTP a month ago