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Ever Wonder Why Most Movies Suck?
9:52PM Ravi Somaiya | A Wikipedia user put together a list of the 50 highest grossing movies of the decade; only nine of them are not sequels or adaptations, The Wrap points out. And, at a generous estimate, only five are not terrible. More »
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Hollywood Invents Celebrity Twittering For Dollars
12:37PM Richard Rushfield | When show business spots a corner of public consciousness not colonised by product placement and paid endorsements, its experts spring to work to take care of that. More »
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Will Variety Lead Old Media Back To Pay Wall Ghetto?
12:53AM John Cook | Variety, the Hollywood trade newspaper with its own secret language based on words like “ankle” and “boffo” into its copy, has confirmed that it plans to put most or all of its web site behind a paywall. More »
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Veteran Hollywood Reporter Army Archerd, 87
12:06PM Andrew Belonsky | Once upon a time, back when Hollywood-related media was relatively quaint, there was a man named Army Archerd. After covering the entertainment scene for the Associated Press, in 1956 he moved to Variety, where his column became a hit. More »
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America, You’re To Blame For Hollywood’s Artistic Decline
4:50PM Andrew Belonsky | Much hay has been made over Hollywood’s growing reliance on the remake. Creativity is dead, yes, we know, but, more importantly, the silver screen’s recycling kick also acts as an endorsement for mediocrity. And it’s all your fault! More »
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Eric Schmidt’s Clumsy Hollywood Seduction
6:11AM Ryan Tate | Eric Schmidt wants so badly for the cool kids in Hollywood to like him. The Google CEO bought that Southern California house. He tried and largely failed to get studio content on YouTube. Maybe if he offers the crown jewels? More »
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Inglourious Basterds Won’t Save Weinsteins
11:55PM Hamilton Nolan | Inglorious Basterds opened well! And since the flailing Weinstein Co. had mucho loot riding on this, they are saved! Right? No. Not really. More »
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Here’s Your Jeremy Piven Mercury Level Update
7:02PM the cajun boy | Ever since Jeremy Piven almost died from eating sushi and had his corpse turned into a thermometer by David Mamet, the world has been wondering, “How are Piven’s mercury level doing like these day?” Well, now we know. More »
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The Summer Of Death For Movie Stars
3:21PM the cajun boy | What’s happened to America’s movie stars in the summer of 2009? A slew of boldface names have opened films this summer and most of them have tanked hard. Some people are blaming Twitter, but the answer is really quite simple. More »
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