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Bidding to begin on MGM

24 Nov 2009 18:33:21 PST

Floor price for the assets -- the 4000-title library, the logo, the United Artists operations, rights to the James Bond and Pink Panther franchises and ... and more »

Original story at Variety .

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Making The (Up) Grade: Rocky - Cinematical

21 Nov 2009 12:13:42 PST

Making The (Up) Grade: Rocky blog) Both Warner Brothers and Fox have faced this challenge a couple of times thanks to their ownership/ adoption of the libraries of MGM and United Artists, ...

Original story at Cinematical .

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MGM Officially For Sale

18 Nov 2009 11:40:13 PST

So what assets does MGM have to offer? Well, they include the likes of a 4000-title library, the logo, the United Artists operations, rights to the James ... and more »

Original story at Screen Rant .

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'MGM' headed to the auction block

13 Nov 2009 05:53:51 PST

HitFix This could mean that a major company, such as Time Warner, could buy the MGM-United Artists library while another entity could purchase the logo, ... Debt-ridden MGM could be soldguardian.co.uk MGM To Go On The BlockForbes MGM on the Auction Block Soon?We Are Movie Geeks

Original story at Examiner.com .

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Anyone Want to Buy MGM? - Film School Rejects

12 Nov 2009 07:22:13 PST

Film School Rejects (blog) Anyone Want to Buy MGM? Film School Rejects (blog) According to Variety and their sources, MGM might be sold to the highest bidder in the coming weeks. Not only that – MGM, United Artists and the copyright ...

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A Movie's Budget Pops From the Screen

08 Nov 2009 16:40:47 PST

In 1980, the failure of “Heaven's Gate” was enough to chase the Transamerica Corporation, which then owned United Artists, out of the movie business. ... and more »

Original story at New York Times .

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United Artists news and blogs - December 08, 2009

08 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit United Artists news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• 'Manhattan,' 'Zenda' and Disney toons -- from Culpeper Star Exponent
• Epix in Social TV Partnership with ClipSync -- from InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
• An Even Bigger Comcast -- from Valley Advocate
• Multiple Grammy Winner and Oscar Nominee T Bone Burnett to Serve as Executive ... - PR Newswire -- from press release
• The Cinemascope Spectacular of Books -- from New York Magazine
• Epix Bows Four-Day Thanksgiving Movie Marathon -- from Home Media Magazine
• Kahzam Names Jim Lindsey Vice Chairman - Earthtimes -- from press release
• Charlie Chaplin's Swiss home to become museum -- from CBC.ca
• "Mary " -- from Google Videos - -site:youtube.com "United Artists" UA OR MGM OR Pickford OR "Paula Wagner" OR Valkyrie OR Stauffenberg OR "Walter Wanger" OR "Alexander Korda" OR "Douglas Fairbanks" OR Selznick OR Cruise's OR Korda OR Chaplin OR "Mary Pickford" OR Transamerica OR "Tom Cruise" OR Schenck OR McQuarrie's OR "The Prisoner of Zenda" OR "independent producers" OR Fairbanks OR "David O Selznick" OR "Charles Chaplin" OR "Metro Pictures" OR Goldwyn OR Griffith OR "Twentieth Century Pictures" OR "Samuel Goldwyn" OR "Heaven's Gate" OR Timecrimes OR "Turner Entertainment" OR "William S Hart"
• EPIX to Keynote Streaming Media West - Business Wire -- from press release

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Charlie Chaplin Tribute

06 Oct 2009 17:25:59 PDT

both adulation and controversy. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and DW Griffith, Chaplin co-founded United Artists in 1919. TCM: Recognized ... fan.tcm.com

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Mary ~ Katie Melua

10 Sep 2009 16:21:46 PDT

Mary Pickford ~ Katie Melua, One of the founders of United Artists. Mary Pickford ~ Katie Melua vloggerheads.com

Original story at vloggerheads.com . Related stories include: "Mary " - video.baamboo.com , Interview: Katie Melua Talks About the US Release of Her Third ... - LAist , Tom Cruise Helps Land Katie Holmes In The Dumper - Times of the Internet

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The mother of Hollywood

28 May 2009 04:00:40 PDT

VA In 1919, Pickford co-founded United Artists with Chaplin, Biograph's DW Griffith and actor, producer, director and writer Douglas Fairbanks. She was involved in every aspect of motion pictures, said Schmidt, from wardrobe to art direction and ...

Original story at Culpeper Star Exponent .

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United Artists Commerce Stadium 14 Theatre Review

23 May 2009 23:44:32 PDT

MI The United Artists Theatre in Commerce, Michigan (also known as UA Commerce Stadium 14) is undoubtedly one of the best spots to catch a new flick. UA Commerce Stadium 14 has it all; from large auditoriums that seat a whopping 420 viewers, ...

Original story at AmericaJR.com .

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Group wants to save some of Pittsburgh's Hollywood history

09 May 2009 21:11:21 PDT

PA Paramount, Columbia Pictures, MGM, Universal Pictures and United Artists built film exchanges along the Boulevard of the Allies from the 1920s to the 1950s. The Paramount Building, with the company's "Majestic Mountain" logo on the facade, ...

Original story at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review .

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Mary Pickford to shine in Larkspur

30 Apr 2009 09:31:11 PDT

Because of her immense popularity and considerable success, Pickford was able to gain control over all aspects of her films – a rare thing then and now. Pickford was a co-founder of United Artists, and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of ...

Original story at Examiner.com .

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Movie Review: Valkyrie

21 Feb 2009 12:41:17 PST

Rediff In the film, Olbricht’s moment of hesitation under fire becomes one of several twists of fate that threaten the plan to use Operation Valkyrie to overthrow Hitler’s government. Now, with Valkyrie, the second film under his United Artists umbrella, ...

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Movie Review: Valkyrie

29 Jan 2009 18:43:49 PST

Valkyrie comes to us after months and months of behind-the-scenes trouble to do with distribution and the like. Not a very good thing when the studio is United Artists, which was recently revived by star Tom Cruise. There's little doubt that Valkyrie, ...

Original story at Blogcritics .

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Tom Cruise is in in the wars

17 Jan 2009 07:06:56 PST

Australia - This being about Germany during this time period, it has an inherent controversy" Paula Wagner's departure from United Artists, the company she and Cruise ... Tom Cruise plots to kill Hitler Daily Telegraph all 2 news articles

Original story at Melbourne Herald Sun .

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Podcast: Interview: 'Valkyrie' Producer and Writer Christopher McQuarrie

25 Dec 2008 14:02:00 PST

Written by James Rocchi
Best known as the writer of The Usual Suspects, Christopher McQuarrie has an impressive number of films on his resume (including his criminally overlooked directorial debut, The Way of the Gun), but Valkyrie -- opening nationwide this week -- saw him also serve as a producer alongside d...

Original story at Cinematical .

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Opinion: Gossip columnist banned from 'Valkyrie' screening

15 Dec 2008 17:46:00 PST

Written by LAT Blogs
I've been hearing feedback on United Artists' "Valkyrie" from various reporters and writers in recent days, with the Tom Cruise-starring World War II thriller inspiring all sorts of buzz, from the good to the bad to the ugly. A lot... Photo of Tom Cruise in "Valkyrie" by Frank Connor / Studio B...

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Tom Cruise: 'I Don't Run United Artists; I Just Own It.'

28 Aug 2008 09:15:07 PDT

Written by Seth
I LOVE Paula Wagner, but she wants to produce elsewhere and in her own venue, and I don't intend to stand in her way. I'll say this of her leaving United Artists - whatever Paula wants is what I want her to have! And I hope we'll continue working together on future projects."

Original story at Defamer .

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Truckload Of 'Valkyrie' Extras Want $11 Mil In Nazi Pain And Suffering

26 Aug 2008 09:05:00 PDT

Written by Seth
The saga of Bryan Singer's Valkyrie, the Tom Cruise-as-Hitler-stalking -Nazi-infidel project that we frequently need to remind ourselves is an actual movie, and not just an improbable plot point in James Frey's Bright Shiny Morning—is not one for the fainthearted. From a location sho...

Original story at Defamer .

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'Valkyrie,' UA Not Just Another Cruise/Wagner Casualty, Say Cruise/Wagner

23 Apr 2008 11:30:00 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Defamer .

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Cruise’s Valkyrie Grounded

18 Dec 2007 20:37:40 PST

Written by Des
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Thanks to yet another production hangup, Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie won’t be taking flight as planned. For Valkyrie, Cruise wields an eye patch and a German accent to play Claus von Stauffenberg, a Nazi colonel who plotted the only known assassination attempt agains...

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Should Tom Cruise Stick to Action Films?

12 Nov 2007 16:32:00 PST

Written by Erik Davis
I was watching my local news last night on Fox when during their entertainment portion (we love ya Toni Senecal), they absolutely bashed Tom Cruise. Which is odd for them because they don't usually go after someone hard like that. Toni? What's up? Over the weekend, Cruise's latest film Lion...

Original story at Cinematical .

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So How's The Studio Mogul Thing Working Out For Tom Cruise?

25 Oct 2007 10:23:24 PDT

Written by Mark
When MGM turned over the reigns of its moribund United Artists label to Tom Cruise a few short months after the actor/producer/freelance detox technician was cruelly cast out of the Paramount family, we just assumed that the burgeoning mogul would effortlessly greenlight himself up a...

Original story at Defamer .

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Podcast: Cinematical Presents: Bondcast!

09 Mar 2007 02:03:00 PST

Written by Kevin Kelly
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Breaking: Tom Cruise To Redstone: 'F You, I'll Get My Own Damn Studio'

02 Nov 2006 11:15:12 PST

Written by Mark
LOS ANGELES, CA November 2, 2006 — United Artists, the studio founded by movie greats Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D.W. franchises as "Rocky," "Pink Panther" and "James Bond," will be reborn under a partnership formed between Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner and

Original story at Defamer .

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