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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 ...

 DC Belatedly, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer perceived the wisdom of making the franchise a holiday affair: "After the Thin Man" opened on Christmas Day 1936 and "Another Thin Man" a week before Thanksgiving 1938. After a prologue invented for the movie by ...

cleveland.com, OH It really provides a different dynamic," said Kaufman, a longtime music coordinator at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. "It rounds out a concert on which the music and the orchestra are really the stars." Kaufman, a classically trained violinist who ...

Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (which owns the original film) are co-distributing the film, this being a result of Columbia parent Sony owning a stake in MGM since 2005. Based on the John Godey novel that spawned the 1974 film adaptation, ...

Movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., the movie studio controlled by Providence Equity Partners Inc. and TPG, is in talks with lenders to restructure $3.7 billion in debt. Moelis & Co. has been hired to assist in “optimizing its capital structure,” ...

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the 85-year-old movie studio behind "The Wizard of Oz" and the James Bond franchise, has hired an adviser to help restructure its mountainous $3.7 billion in debt and keep its film pipeline running. * Wholesale prices in the United ...

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, 2008: Igor and his pals create life. uk.video.yahoo.com

 AL Even worse, with all 3 studios, “Sony," “Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,"(MGM) and “United Artists," (UA) “hard-up for cash," (how much of Tokyo's money can be poured into the 'Culver City' operation is now in question) and “hiding their financial woes inside ...

 United Arab Emirates Showtime Arabia has signed a five-year deal with MGM Worldwide Television, a division of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, that will bring MGM's movies exclusively to Showtime customers throughout the Middle East. The agreement marks MGM's first Video On ...

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  Canada - Ed Moore The studio where Wheel of Fortune is filmed used to be part of the sprawling Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) Studios in West Hollywood, which were bought out by Sony Studios. MGM made scores of musicals in the 30s and early-40s, many of which Keeler starred ...

The Internet's largest video site on Thursday announced that it has struck deals with a host of entertainment companies, including Sony Pictures, CBS (parent company of CNET UK), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lionsgate, Starz and the BBC, to acquire “thousands” ...

By The San Francisco Sentinel MGM Extravaganza Stars Jeanette MacDonald, Clark Gable, and Spencer Tracy By Seán Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka “Other places only make me love you best!” sings immortal recording star and most beautiful soprano to emerge from the Golden Age of Holly...

 IN - Stevie Smith They have also been ordered to pay a collective 2.5 million GBP to media heavyweights 21 Century Fox, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) and Columbia in associated damages for assisting Pirate Bay visitors in their efforts to acquire protected content from ...

 France TechCrunch, a well-connected Silicon Valley blog, said other studios and media companies which have agreed to allow their content to be posted for free on the Google-owned site include Metro Goldwyn Mayer, CBS, Lionsgate, Starz and the BBC. ...

 India Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), The Walt Disney Studios, Sony Pictures Television have premiered on the iTunes Store in Germany, Apple announced on April 16. Films from independents like the Universum and Shorts International are also ...

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 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 ...

Operating units include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc., United Artists Films Inc., Ventanazul, MGM Television Entertainment Inc., MGM Networks Inc., MGM Domestic Networks LLC, MGM Distribution Co, MGM International ...

Operating units include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc., United Artists Films Inc., Ventanazul, MGM Television Entertainment Inc., MGM Networks Inc., MGM Domestic Networks LLC, MGM Distribution Co, MGM International ...

  USA - The stories of Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Gene Kelly (left, ... When The Lion Roars' you should listen Chicago Daily Herald all 2 news articles

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...

By Joe O. The reason I wanted to go to Disney’s Hollywood Studios is to try out the new Toy Story Midway Mania in 4D! This ride is very similar to the shooting games at the other parks, Buzz Lightyear at Magic Kingdom and M.I.B. at Universal Studios. The main difference that sets TSMM apart is the fact that i...

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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 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]

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...

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 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 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 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...

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 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.