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Today in Indie Carnage: Pink Slips Come Out at Paramount Vantage

5:45AM Defamer Hollywood | The saga of Paramount Vantage arrived at its bloody conclusion this morning, when Rob Moore and John Lesher sent a memo announcing the termination of 60 jobs at the specialty label. The paring down follows the earlier absorption of Vantage into the ‘Mount mother ship, where Lesher graduated earlier this year, Amy Israel hit the eject button and which will keep a handful of staffers on as part of the catchily titled Paramount Worldwide Acquisitions Group announced a few days ago. More »

Celebrated Paramount Vantage Finally Embraces Cheap Genre Tradition it Was Intended For

2:55AM Defamer Hollywood | If there was any doubt that the Paramount Vantage you know and love or maybe just really like — the art-house darling responsible for An Inconvenient Truth, Babel, Margot at the Wedding, There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men (the latter two co-produced by Miramax) — was done for, please direct your sad eyes toward the front door. There you’ll find Amy Israel, handing over her ID badge before fleeing her post as VP of production and acquisitions. More »