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Obama’s Retirement Plans Include Appearing on ‘SportsCenter’
So what does the President of the United States — the leader of the free world — look forward to after leaving the White House? Well, if you’re Barack Obama, you dream of appearing on a...
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“Specialized but not Niche”: A Look at Hulu’s New Content Strategy
More than a few TV viewers might be surprised to learn that Hulu — the popular streaming video service — offers a wealth of both exclusively licensed and original content. In fact, Hulu began offering...
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Online Greeting Cards Let You Share Moments from Your Favorite Films
Watch out Hallmark, entire movie scenes will try and trump you this Christmas season. A series of online greeting cards from Ditto Greetings — debuting this holiday season — will let you share...
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Winter Olympics and 2014 Elections to Give TV Ad Revenue a Nice Boost
Television networks should be happy with the latest advertising forecasts for 2014, which projects ad revenues from both the February Winter Olympics and the mid-term elections later in the year to...
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Fast and Furious 7 to Give Paul Walker a Farewell Worthy of the Actor and His...
In the wake of the tragic car accident that took the life of Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas, the studio behind the upcoming Fast & Furious 7 — which is now months into production — faced...
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Stephen King Series Coming to ABC
Grand Central, described as a “character-driven procedural with a supernatural twist,” will debut on the Alphabet network sometime in 2014. It joins two other King-derived show — CBS’ Under the Dome...
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Ed Helms to Star in Reboot of ‘The Naked Gun’
Leslie Nielsen. Ed Helms. Ed Helms. Leslie Nielsen. About the same, right? Even if you don’t agree, you’ll get to see Helms take over Nielsen’s bumbling Frank Drebin character if Paramount’s remake of...
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Look Out, Puppies — Here Comes the Kitten Bowl!
We love it when someone knows what we want without us even having to ask. So, thank you Hallmark Channel for kindly offering us the Kitten Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 2 (the same day of an athletic contest...
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Weinsteins Prepping Sequels to Shakespeare in Love and Rounders
You can thank Harvey and Bob Weinstein for a potential slate of sequels and television series based on titles from their glory days at Miramax. Shakespeare in Love 2? Rounders 2? A television series...
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NBC to Produce Sequel to The Bible
If you thought Moses parting the Red Sea on the History Channel’s The Bible was a big deal (and it was), just wait till you see the portrayal of Jesus’ resurrection on NBC. (Of course, Peacock execs...
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Drama About NRA Coming to Sundance Channel
The politically charged world of the National Rifle Association will be stage of a new serialized drama in development at the Sundance Channel. (The title of the series, of course, is taken from a...
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20th Century Fox Building a Huge Theme Park in Malaysia
20th Century Fox will be soon be joining Disney and Universal as studio with their own theme parks. Ground was broken on Tuesday for Twentieth Century Fox World, a 25-acre complex to be built in...
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The Children’s-Book Version of “What Does the Fox Say?” is a Smashing Success
Let’s do this Jeopardy-style — question first: “Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow?” Answer: A line from the new children’s book What Does the Fox Say? Said book — based on last summer’s goofy viral hit — is a...
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Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt May Re-unite for Racing Movie
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt may team up again, this time sans vampires. The two mega-stars worked together in 1994′s Interview With a Vampire and may meet up again 20 years later, if 20th Century Fox can...
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The NHL Moves Outside
On New Year’s Day, 114,000 fans will fill the University of Michigan football stadium but they won’t be there to root on the Maize and Blue. The Jan. 1 event marks the beginning of six outdoor contests...
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