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 Singapore First, its much-publicised world tour to recruit 200 performers for its Universal Studios theme park had to be cut short because of fears over the Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Second, its holding company, Genting Singapore, has introduced new shareholders ...

Starting Monday, at a newly built studio at nearby Universal City, O'Brien will be the man in charge of "Tonight." Leno declined to give advice to O'Brien, whom he called "a terrific guy" and a friend. "He'll bring his sensibility" to the show, ...

USA, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, Weather Channel, scifi, among others. On state of Hollywood. What about Hulu? Zucker says initial idea was to not suffer same fate that music had suffered, and give people a legitimate place to watch our content ...

It will be on the Universal Studios lot - on the stage Jack Benny once used. (It also was the stage for the original "Knight Rider" series, but O'Brien prefers to call it the Jack Benny studio.) No matter the previous tenants, a move to the West Coast ... Scripps News - USA Today

UP&L will be a division of Universal Studios, part of NBC Universal. NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. ...

Two other major publishers, Warner-Chappell and Universal, failed to respond to numerous requests for comment. "I think times have changed," said Ms. Durie. "We try to have some give and take with the studios. It's not in our best interest to have ...

No one is talking: That includes publicists for both the Rolling Stones and Universal, as well as officials at Marcussen Mastering Studios, the Hollywood firm handling the Universal reissues. It's likely Marcussen worked from the tapes supplied by the ...

The site had been running commercial spots using films from Universal and Warner. Zattoo shows free German TV channels on its site as free web streams while adding advertising to the content. The studios however are now suing the site saying "its ...

 NY On one hand, studios, desperate to reduce costs, are increasingly making the premise the star: “GI Joe” from Paramount, a take on the board game “Candy Land” from Universal, “The Jungle Cruise,” born out of the theme park ride, from Disney. ...

 Englewood Cliffs NBC Universal is a unit of General Electric [GE Loading... () ] and the parent of CNBC and CNBC.com.) In the style of the popular reality weight loss show, EA Sports Active had Sweeney and several other challengers chronicle their experiences using ...

 United States And rival CTV will start its studio rounds at Warner Bros. International TV and Disney/ABC International Television, where it traditionally volume buys. NBC Universal in recent years has tended to split its product between the two market leaders, ...

MiamiHerald.com  CA In a break with the past, ABC is sourcing 8 of its 11 new shows for 2009-10 from studios outside the Disney empire. But on the other hand NBC is sourcing 6 of 7 from NBC Universal Media Studios, and CBS picked up 4 of 6 new shows from CBS Paramount ... Upfront ups and downs Variety

From Universal Studios: 'King Kong is back with a vengeance. In summer 2010, Universal Studios Hollywood will debut a fierce, new 4-D multi-sensory attraction on the newly upgraded, famous Studio Tour. The ground-breaking attraction based on the 2005 ...

Universal Studios Home Entertainment is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is a part of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the ... PR Newswire (press release)

A trip to Universal Studios in Florida inspired this year's theme. Students entered the building to find a crashed car reminiscent of the opening scene of Jurassic Park. Beyond loomed a lifelike dinosaur. One spooky hallway re-created the "Mummy" ...

 CA The singer-songwriter told Out.com that her 10th studio album, and her first for new label Universal, is inspired by the financial crisis and how it affects relationships. "How is that going to play itself out behind closed doors? ...

STUDIOCANAL and Universal Music Group (UMG) Announce Partnership ... StudioCanal, UMG going 'Around the World' Hollywood Reporter Universal Music Picks Up Around The World In 50 Years First Showing Universal Music rocks with Around The World In 50 Years Screendaily.com

 United States All I could focus on was getting it past the hurdle of six episodes," says Angela Bromstad, president of primetime entertainment at NBC and Universal Media Studios. At the time, Bromstad was president of what was then called NBC Universal Television ...

 OK The land portion of the vacation is a thrilling Universal Studios experience. Universal Orlando Resort includes three Loews Hotels, Universal Studios Orlando theme park, Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park, and Universal citywalk Orlando dining ...

 - Patrick Luce By Patrick Luce May 2, 2009, 0:30 GMT Universal Studios Hollywood has announced an open casting call for Studio Tour guides on Thursday, May 7th, from 2pm-5pm, at VIP Experience Lounge, located to the right of Universal Studios Hollywood main entrance. ...

M. Jodi Rell and Endemol USA say the production company and NBC Universal Domestic TV Distribution have signed a lease for space at the Studios of Sonalysts Inc. in Waterford. Thursday's announcement comes about six weeks after NBC Universal announced ... Television Week - Hartford Courant

 NY LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music) - Simple Minds have confirmed 'Rockets' as the first single to be taken from their forthcoming highly anticipated 15th studio album 'Graffiti Soul'. The single will be released by Universal Music on Monday ...

Universal Revs Up Fast & Furious 5 Those old parts Universal threw into the Fast & Furious machine churned out new cash and lots of it. Though you might expect the studio to be sitting back and counting their increasingly growing pile of loot, the gears are in motion to ride the ...

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS will shoot a major multimillion dollar feature film in Northern Ireland this summer, First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have announced. Your Highness , a fantasy film about a lazy prince, ...

With a worldwide mandate to help shape the digital future of Universal Pictures, the Group has offices in Universal City, California; London, England; and Tokyo, Japan. Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group is a unit of Universal Studios Home ...

By our math, that would value NBC Universal at about $30 billion. So is NBCU worth $30 billion? What would the TV network, movie studio and theme park owner fetch on the market if GE/Vivendi ever put it up for sale? We’ll leave you to decide, ...

If Universal has proven they are one of the best studios when it comes to Blu-ray transfers then they are hands down the best studio when it comes to consistently impacting audio mixes. Changeling offers another 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track from that ...

By Peter Martin Mice have enjoyed a great ride in the movies. The animated variety first rose to prominence thanks to Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse in the late 20s, enjoyed a rebirth as heroes in the late 70s and 80s with The Rescuers, The Secret of NIMH, The Great Mouse Detective, and An American Tail, and over...

By STV Kavanaugh currently has long-term deals to co-finance productions at Sony and Universal, the latter of which funds 75 percent of its offerings (most recently Frost/Nixon and Changeling) with money from Relativity Media. The NYT notes that Relativity has projects in development with...

By Michael Masnick I'm beginning to wonder if NBC Universal simply sends General Counsel Rick Cotton out to the press to make the most ridiculous, unsupportable statements for their PR value. Otherwise, you have to wonder how the man keeps his job, as pretty much any of his well-publicized statements shoul...

By Jessica April: the first reports emerge that Project Runway has been sold to Lifetime. Our own Jen feared that the show's patented bitchiness would be replaced by murderous cheerleaders and copious tears. NBC Universal immediately launched their lawsuit against the Weinstein Co. in an attempt t...

With its third Green Week, NBC is not just talking about being green on its shows—its shows are being produced in a more environmentally conscious way. As part of NBC Universal’s Green Is Universal initiative, steps are being taken to change the way “Lipstick Jungle,” “NBC Nightly News Wi...

By Jon Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG, “hate anything which even looks remotely like competition,” p2pnet posted recently. But the Big 4 aren’t alone. Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC Universal and Disney’s MPAA started late, but it’s now running full speed ahead,  going...

By Jessica Barnes Filed under: Action, Deals, Universal, Scripts, 20th Century Fox, Games and Game MoviesThat's it, I officially give up. Why does it seem like nobody really likes video game flicks, but Hollywood is determined to keep on making them? Well, I guess it's just another day in the movie busines...

By reslynn5 The City of Hope National Medical Center, a major non-profit organization, is a cancer center located in Duarte, California.  It houses the Becham Research Institute and the City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences.  Founded in 1913, City of Hope started as a haven for the TB-s...

By James Rocchi After the record-breaking success of Night Watch and Day Watch (and an early film for B-movie maven Roger Corman, Arena), Khazakstan-born, Russia-based director Timur Bekmambetov makes his English-language big-studio debut with Wanted, a bruising, brawny action film starring Ja...

By James Rocchi In Wanted, rapper-actor Common plays The Gunsmith -- a cool, deadly expert marksman who mostly lets his bullets do the talking. But meeting with Cinematical in Los Angeles, the veteran of films like Smokin' Aces and Street Kings is warm and obviously enthusiastic about his experiences,...

By STV Months of speculation over whom DreamWorks might be courting to help underwrite its ugly exit from Viacom ended late Tuesday when The Wall Street Journal reported that Reliance ADA Group, a massive Indian conglomerate, is close to sinking $500 million to $600 million into Steven Spiel...

By STV Cons: After the dysfunction of Paramount, would DreamWorks want to be anywhere near the tightly controlled GE corporate culture that drove away Snider in the first place? GE remains the antithesis of DreamWorks' bureaucracy-free model.

By Tempo NBC and USA are both owned by the NBC Universal corporation. NBC Universal’s TV studio also created “In Plain Sight,” a new crime-comedy series for USA and “The Starter Wife,” which had a successful run on the cable network last summer.

Fox Actors Receive Suspension Notices 20th Century Fox Television actors joined Universal Studios and Sony Pictures Television actors, receiving suspension letters as shows go dark due to the writers strike, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The letters instructed actors that t...

By Erik Davis It really is a shame, and I hope people from Universal and Fox read this, because this dude Neill Blomkamp would've made an amazing Halo film, unlike any video game adaptation out there. Just check out some of the things he says about his vision: "I wanted it to feel like the most brutal, real v...

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Paramount, Paramount Classics, Tech Stuff, Dreamworks, Steven Spielberg, Home Entertainment, Paramount VantageParamount Pictures shocked Hollywood this week by announcing it would no longer distribute its movies in the Blu-Ray format. Instead, Variety reports the...

By Kevin Kelly Jon Favreau has really come a long way since Swingers (and thankfully, an even longer way since Made) and I'll be the first to admit that when he was attached to direct Iron Man, I breathed a sigh of ... disappointment. I mean, how could the director of Swingers and Elf possibly do a good job with a m...

By Kevin Kelly Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Iron Man is probably some of the most bizarre, and most genius, piece of Hollywood casting in a comic-book movie ever. I still remember when people were scratching their heads over the whole Michael Keaton as Batman news ... but he didn't have the same reputatio...

By Peter Suber Comment.  This is important.  UK funding agencies inclined to mandate OA to the research they fund may now mandate deposit in the author's institutional repository.  UK authors without local repositories now have deposit rights at the Depot.  Moreover, UK researchers who have not been se...

By PSKoch News Corporation and NBC Universal to launch new video distribution service. Now wonder other parties would like to get a piece of the pie. News Corporation and NBC Universal is to “launch the largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled”. And the goal is to distribute TV pro...

By Chris Meadows On Saturday, December 16th at 12 p.m. Pacific/3 p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Universal, I will be hosting a special edition of my literary panel show “The Biblio File” on TalkShoe, looking at the Storyteller’s Bowl model of serializing works via the Internet in return for donations. I will be joined for t...

By Mark Steven got his gal, Brad's keeping his, and, best of all, there seems to be no reason to lay anyone off. Everybody's happy at the New New Paramount! Spielberg's Siren Call Lures Snider to DreamWorks [LAT]Snider hits the switch [Variety]