Daniel Frankel
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DreamWorks Animation Stock Down More Than 7% in Early Trading
Wall Street not impressed with $34M opening of studio’s latest animated feature, “Puss in Boots”
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Hilary Swank Fires CAA Agents, Manager in Wake of Chechen PR Disaster
Longtime manager Jason Weinberg has been let go; CAA reps Amie Yavor and Josh Lieberman also kicked off team
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Foreclosure Mill’s Halloween Party Mocks Homeless, Displaced
New York Times obtains shocking photos from a Buffalo law firm’s Halloween party in which staffers seem to mock the people they displace
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‘Jon & Kate’ Editor Arrested for Child Porn Possession
TV editor William Blankinship, who has worked on numerous tike-filled cable reality shows, charged with 10 counts of exploitation of a minor
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Redbox Ups Rental Price to $1.20, Says It’ll Have Streaming Plan By Year’s End
Kiosk chain says price hike is related to operating expense increases
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DirecTV Fires Back at Fox: Files Complaint With FCC
Satellite TV service says Fox’s ads and promos mislead its subscribers into believing that local Fox channels will be affected by carriage war, too
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Regal Entertainment Reports 41% Decline in Q3 Profits Despite 7% Revenue Bump
Poor year-to-year comparison resulted from last year’s $31.4 million after-tax gain on the sale of National CineMedia
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NBC Wins Bidding War for Chris O’Dowd Comedy ‘Big Men’
Irish comic, who played the heartthrob sheriff’s deputy in “Bridesmaids,” will write and executive produce
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Patrice O’Neal, Prime Charlie Sheen Roast Target, Suffers Stroke
Portly comic was savaged with diabetes and other health-related barbs at last month’s Comedy Central event
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Kurt Sutter to Fox in Carriage Wars Battle: Go Ahead and Arrest Me
The “Sons of Anarchy” creator says his network censored his anti-DirecTV promo, and now wants to censor his blog (updated)
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DreamWorks Animation Sluggish – Q3 Declines But Beats Forecasts
Company blames shortfalls on “Kung Fu Panda 2” middling performance; CEO Katzenberg says studio is looking into self-distribution
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Game Over, Man! Fox Ad Ramps Up DirecTV Carriage War
Full-page ad in Sunday’s L.A. Times warns Trojans, Bruins and Kings fans their teams could soon be off the air; warns that Fox broadcast channels could soon be affected, too
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DirecTV Threatens to Pull FX, Nat Geo, Other Fox Networks Channels
Fox Networks says satellite service provider has threatened to yank its channels if latest carriage dispute isn’t solved by Nov. 1
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New Hacking Allegations Expected at News Corp. Shareholder Meeting
Occupy Wall Street converged early Friday on the Fox lot for the annual shareholders meeting