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5:20AM STV | Who’s the Bigger Celebrity Now? The Hollywood Reporter sends word that John McCain’s nomination acceptance speech broadcast from the GOP Convention was the most-watched acceptance address in history, surpassing Barack Obama’s Aug. 28 speech by 500,000 viewers: 38.9 million to 38.4 million. The Republicans had more than wind in their sails, though; momentum from Sarah Palin’s blockbuster appearance Wednesday night worked together with a lead-in from the NFL season opener, which mainlined more than 13 million viewers straight into McCain’s convention-closing remarks on NBC. Fun fact: The speech outdrew George W. Bush’s 2004 appearance by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. The GOP is a hit! Still! [THR Feed] More »

Docmakers’ Denver Welcome Gives Way to GOP Convention Crackdown

8:40AM STV | For every Steven Spielberg flinging a Democratic National Convention short film out the limo window on his way to his cabin retreat in the Rockies, we’re learning there are a few dozen other filmmakers scavenging the floor of the convention hall with cameras and about two hours’ sleep. Such is the spirit of democracy (or something — don’t ask) fueling the makers of Convention, who have seemingly been everywhere at once this week trailing delegates, pols and pundits alike. And they’re not the only ones winding down their routines tonight as Barack Obama’s speech closes the event; Mayor of the Sunset Strip director George Hickenlooper is hanging around with his cousin, Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, and Amy Rice and Alicia Sams are neck-deep in their top-secret, Ed Norton-backed documentary following the Obama campaign. More »