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By Jeff Chabot Epix is a joint venture formed by Viacom Inc., its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate. The premium TV and online channel will broadcast recent releases from Paramount, Paramount Vantage, MGM, United Artists and Lionsgate, as well as classic f...

By The San Francisco Sentinel Sign up for our Email Newsletter Happy Birthday, Norma! CRITIC’S CHOICE: Hollywood Dreams Made Real Irving Thalberg and the Rise of M-G-M By Seán Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka A recent book by Mark A.Viera, Hollywood Dreams Made Real, tells the story of...

By Jeff Chabot Epix HD has signed an agreement with Verizon to run its channel on Verizon’s FiOS TV network, a distribution deal that could reach as many as 2.5 million households. The 15-month-old joint venture owned by Viacom (Paramount Pictures), Lions Gate Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer S...

Variety  CA Separately, Lionsgate said it remained committed to the Oct. 1 launch of Epix pay-TV channel, a joint venture (that includes a streaming component) with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Studios, despite the lack of announced carriage deals with cable ...

 NC Taylor has served as a director of MGM Mirage, of which Tracinda is majority owner, since March 2007. Previously he was president of movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. "I look forward to working as chairman with Delta Petroleum's experienced ...

 IL Ms. Menzel is senior vice president of content distribution at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., and Lionsgate. Previously, she was senior vice president of national accounts for the Viacom division at MTV Networks Co., marketing director of ad sales ...

 CO Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures) ** 1/2 RATING | Not unlike the global economy, the Bond market takes a dip in this latest installment. Daniel Craig is not the problem. He is the calm in director Marc Forster's imperfect storm of action ...

subscription), UK Mr Icahn’s long-term goal is unclear. But one possibility may see him try to force the studio into a merger with rival Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Like Lions Gate, MGM has been hit by a tough financing environment. MGM, owned by a consortium of companies that ...

A new bargaining team resumed talks with studios on Feb. 17. Members of the studio alliance include Walt Disney Co., News Corp., Viacom Inc., NBC Universal Inc., Sony Corp. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

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By Elisabeth Rappe There is a delicious irony in the penny-pinching that surrounds Iron Man 2. We're talking about Tony Stark, a Marvel character who is wealthier than God, and whose sequel will bring in millions at the box office. Yet the studio reportedly didn't want to bring Jon Favreau back because they we...

Century City’s MGM Tower Goes Solar Earthtimes (press release), UK - In addition to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., MGM Tower is home to International Lease Finance Corporation, International Creative Management and Glaser, ...

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By Eugene Novikov 3 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount) - $18.40 ($9.036) - $79.01 4 - Valkyrie (MGM/UA) - $14.04 ($5,055) - $60.69 5 - Yes Man (Warner Bros.) - $13.85 ($4,033) - $79.41 6 - Seven Pounds (Sony) - $10.00 ($3,626) - $60.04 Numbers courtesy of Box Office Mojo

By Ronald Bergan Purdom, with his ex-ballerina wife, Anita Phillips, had gone to Hollywood in 1952 to test for My Cousin Rachel, but Richard Burton got the part. "I was so broke," Purdom recalled, "that I couldn't afford to pay the doctor's bill when my daughter was born. I had no money for bus fare. I had to walk...

By STV We knew Fox News gossip and mortal Tom Cruise enemy Roger Friedman was upset last week when MGM denied him an advance look at Valkyrie. Today, he exacted his mouthbreathing, error-packed and all-around vicious revenge. Is Horrible 'Valkyrie' Tom Cruise's Nazi Apologia? [Fox News]

By STV MGM is paying dearly for the rest according to the NY Post, which reports today that the studio has spent $70 million marketing the Tom Cruise thriller in advance of its Christmas opening. That's about twice the average promotional budget for a studio opening expected to gross less than $1...

I'm here in the press room at the MGM Grand, where just a few hours from now Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao will be up there on the podium trying to explain to all of us ravenous media what happened in the ring and why. Oscar just waltzed into the arena, Pacquiao has been on site for about an hou...

By STV And with the first official press screenings taking place after Whitty's organization votes, that can only mean one thing: MGM and United Artists have no faith in their $90 million Tom Cruise Nazi epic. Of course! Isn't that what you derived from that strategy?

By James Rocchi What does Daniel Craig get right in his new outing as James Bond? What does Quantum of Solace get wrong? Can Marc Forster really direct action? Is Olga Kurylenko really the "hottest Bond girl ever?" Which directors could and should take on Bond's 23rd outing? And above and beyond all these...

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By James Rocchi At this point, the most dangerous threat James Bond faces does not shoot from the barrel of a gun or glimmer from the lens of a laser but instead springs from the tightly-coiled engine of the audience's expectations. Any new Bond film has to not only compete with the films that have come befor...

By Chris Snyder Initial offerings from the fabled MGM library are pretty weak -- highlights include episodes of "American Gladiators" and clips from "Legally Blonde." But any crack in the wall with Hollywood is good for YouTube, which dominates user-generated content -- and, to the chagrin of Hollywo...

He was the "Boy Wonder" producer whose name never appeared on film credits. But he was responsible for classics including Grand Hotel, Night at the Opera and Freaks, and he made stars out of the likes of Clark Gable, Greta Garbo and Jean Harlow. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson Simon Pegg stars as Sidney Young, an anarchic British journalist who runs his own tiny, gutsy rag, the Post Modern Review. He measures himself against the kinds of celebrities he can get close to, but also despises them and loves to poke holes in their images. When he runs a nasty story on a pow...

By Eric D. Snider Filed under: Comedy, New Releases, MGM, Theatrical Reviews

By Jette Kernion Last year I saw Gracie, a movie about a teenage girl who wants to play high-school soccer in the late 1970s, when the game was considered a males-only sport in America, and faces a lot of opposition from her school. I finished my review with the line, "If it were football, would we be agreeing m...

By STV Well-placed sources indicate MGM is sufficiently capitalized to fund film chief Mary Parent's ambitious new slate of film productions and other studio operations for at least another year. But after that, most believe, the studio likely will need to turn to new equity investors to main...

By Eugene Novikov MGM seems to be trying to reverse the effects of the doomsaying that circulated about Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer's Hitler-assassination-attempt thriller Valkyrie in the spring, culminating in the announcement that the movie was moving from December 2008 to President's Day 2009. Tha...

By STV We aren't sure if Nikki Finke has confused the continuing exec exodus from United Artists with just another routine bomb and/or anthrax threat, but either way, the 11th floor at MGM Tower is clearing out again: Jeff Kleeman is reportedly evacuating his office as Executive Vice Presiden...

By Jessica Barnes Filed under: Comedy, Music & Musicals, Romance, Deals, MGM, Remakes and SequelsSometimes it really does seem like Hollywood is out to ruin everything I have ever held dear. I know that's a bit of an overstatement, but every time a piece of news like this crosses my path, I can't help but...

By STV The deal also continues Asia's incursion into Hollywood, perhaps epitomized by Sony's $4.8 billion takeover (with Comcast) of MGM in 2005. But India has been even more active in the last year, with TV producer UTV Software buying into Fox's The Happening and Lionsgate entering a developm...

Stephanie Palmer wants to help you find clients, increase revenue, and get financing for your ideas. After ten years in the film industry, including six as Director of Creative Affairs at MGM Pictures, Palmer founded a consultancy. Now she uses what she learned about being successful in m...

By STV Nevertheless, with everybody else overextended (Warner Bros., Sony) or content with their classier, "independent" outlets (Fox with Fox Searchlight; Disney with Miramax), Universal is the only studio that has would have the 'Works on its own terms. What Universal needs is developmen...

By STV The Tom Cruise Image Rehabilitation Tour rolls on today with a public pardon from Viacom kingpin Sumner Redstone, who followed his prodigal son's subdued Oprah stint with a reassurance that, you know, all that erratic-behavior outrage from a couple years back? Just kidding! And Missi...

By STV Michael Cieply's latest dispatch from the Tom Cruise beat inventories the wreckage from the mid-air collision that is Valkyrie and United Artists, including exclusive interviews with hobbled pilots Paula Wagner and Bryan Singer. For Singer's part, he's fine to let the film speak for i...

By Paula Dixon When an opening became available for President's Day Weekend, we seized the opportunity," said president of domestic distribution Clark Woods (who presumably won his job in an MGM executive poker game by being the best bluffer). "Moving into a big holiday weekend is the right move." Oh, y...

By STV Delicious as they were, Redstone's takedowns of Cruise during the pair's 2006 bust-up never exceeded the realms of showmanship; the hard feelings that surfaced in the press aren't quite what you'd call insurmountable. Especially under these circumstances, with Paramount facing the...

By Peter Martin The film had its World Premiere at the London Film Festival on Monday night. Cruise and Redford walked the red carpet and posed for the press. According to The Times of London, "thousands of fans ... pressed up to the barriers." Reportedly, Cruise "insisted on building two hours into the schedul...

By Melly Alazraki Lehman Brothers upgraded MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) to Overweight from Equal-Weight and raised its price target to $82 from $72. Lehman believes "the stock has at least 14% upside potential and doesn't need the presence of M&A or private equity investment to get there." MGM shares are up a...

By Defamer Emanuel goes on to point out that Hollywood seems to have forgiven regrettable-explosive-drunken-incident-haver Mel Gibson (a reconciliation no doubt assisted by his own, well-publicized call for compassion), so giving Albrecht a second chance should be a no-brainer. But even if t...

Earlier today, Apple and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. announced that MGM will begin offering titles from its extensive film catalog for purchase and download at the online iTunes Store. Consistent with the existing pricing on iTunes, the new additions will cost between $9.99 and $1...

Earlier today, Apple and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. announced that MGM will begin offering titles from its extensive film catalog for purchase and download at the online iTunes Store. Consistent with the existing pricing on iTunes, the new additions will cost between $9.99 and $1...

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Drama, Foreign Language, Independent, Deals, MGM, Sony, Cinematical IndieThere are about 43 million Hispanics in the United States, and more than half of them speak Spanish frequently. Of course, there are nearly 300 million people total in the country, so for Hollywood,...

By Mark Rocky Balboa picks up $6.2 million on its first day of release, prompting MGM to rush out ads touting the film as the "Number One Movie In America On Wednesday, December 20th." [Variety] NY circuit court judges, network lawyers, and the FCC carry on a lively debate about when people can say "f...

By Mark MGM and Revolution Studios have devised an inspired strategy for marketing Rocky Balboa, the sixth, not exactly long-awaited installment in the saga of cinema's most celebrated, cauliflower-eared pugilist: dispatching Sylvester Stallone to influential media outlets equipped w...

By Mark The NY Post reports that Daniel Snyder, the Redskins owner and amusement park magnate who helped suddenly homeless megastar Tom Cruise in his darkest, post-Paramount moments by offering the actor an unconventional exchange of production company overhead for high-profile mascot se...

By Mark That couldn't have been an easy day; no one with dreams of making their way in Hollywood in front of the camera wants an agent to summon her to the office, close the door gently behind her, and say, "Kid, let's face it—this acting thing ain't happening. That dream dies here. But you know what? Yo...

By Mark LOS ANGELES, CA November 2, 2006 — United Artists, the studio founded by under a partnership formed between Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM). The announcement was made today by Harry E. Sloan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MGM.

By Mark · MGM CFO Daniel Taylor will take over as president of the studio. The elevation of the studio's chief bean counter to the top spot makes it painfully clear that MGM is now officially Sony's money-printing bitch. [insert sound of a lion being sodomized] [Variety]