Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/industry entertainment Entertainment Industry News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:12:08 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/industry http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/media_nm/us_disney nm/20100210/us_disney Reuters entertainment Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:12:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/media_nm/us_disney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r4077151806.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=D_lMhQ0lmJDAlCRK9C5JrQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="An installation is displayed at Hong Kong Disneyland January 15, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby Yip" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A strong performance at its cable division and cost-cuts at its film studio propelled Walt Disney Co to better-than-expected earnings, but clouds remained over its theme parks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/media_nm/us_disney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r4077151806.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=D_lMhQ0lmJDAlCRK9C5JrQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="An installation is displayed at Hong Kong Disneyland January 15, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby Yip" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/media_nm/us_rogen nm/20100210/us_rogen Reuters entertainment Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:35:31 GMT Reuters - Betting that laughs can be found in a cancer diagnosis, Summit Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Mandate Pictures' untitled Seth Rogen/James McAvoy project. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/media_nm/us_hollywood_sign nm/20100210/us_hollywood_sign Reuters entertainment Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:24:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/media_nm/us_hollywood_sign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100210/i/r2459960314.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=wbb84I85depEWLXrOQlWlg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A view of the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, California December 13, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hoping to prevent the famed view of the Hollywood sign from being spoiled by development, a group set out on Tuesday to raise $5 million to buy a nearby hilltop peak once owned by billionaire Howard Hughes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/media_nm/us_hollywood_sign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100210/i/r2459960314.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=wbb84I85depEWLXrOQlWlg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, California December 13, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/media_nm/us_bonnaroo nm/20100210/us_bonnaroo Reuters entertainment Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:09:47 GMT Reuters - Headliners for the 2010 edition of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will include Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band and Kings of Leon, in what is the Grammy-winning band's only scheduled U.S. show of the year so far. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/media_nm/us_lionsgate nm/20100209/us_lionsgate Reuters entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:33:52 GMT Reuters - Independent TV and film studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp posted a larger-than-expected third-quarter loss, sending its shares lower. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/media_nm/us_terminator nm/20100209/us_terminator Reuters entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:35:17 GMT Reuters - The rights to the "Terminator" science-fiction action movie franchise have been won by a California-based hedge fund in a bankruptcy auction, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/media_nm/us_warnermusic nm/20100209/us_warnermusic Reuters entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:20:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/media_nm/us_warnermusic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r1303341870.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=yWs1kJZnmOgnqN1Qcto0.A--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Singer Michael Buble performs at the Juno Awards, the Canadian Music Awards, in Calgary, April 6, 2008. REUTERS/Patrick Price" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Warner Music Group posted a narrower-than-expected loss on Tuesday as strong sales in Britain and France helped overcome declining demand for traditional music discs in the United States and Japan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/media_nm/us_warnermusic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r1303341870.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=yWs1kJZnmOgnqN1Qcto0.A--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="Singer Michael Buble performs at the Juno Awards, the Canadian Music Awards, in Calgary, April 6, 2008. REUTERS/Patrick Price" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/media_nm/us_britain_bbc_pay nm/20100209/us_britain_bbc_pay Reuters entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:51:26 GMT Reuters - The BBC revealed Tuesday that it paid its top presenters 229 million pounds (357.6 million dollars) last year, in a move widely seen as an attempt to quell growing disquiet over the pay packets of its biggest stars. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/media_nm/us_lionsgate_miramax nm/20100209/us_lionsgate_miramax Reuters entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:15:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/media_nm/us_lionsgate_miramax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r722020651.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=SNkXeRgHmSGQlqXUkCHUDA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Bob Weinstein (L) and his brother Harvey Weinstein, the founders of The Weinstein Co., an independent motion picture studio, pose at the premiere of their studio's film "1408" in Los Angeles, California June 12, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp and the Weinstein brothers are among the potential buyers of Walt Disney Co's Miramax film unit, sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/media_nm/us_lionsgate_miramax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r722020651.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=SNkXeRgHmSGQlqXUkCHUDA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Bob Weinstein (L) and his brother Harvey Weinstein, the founders of The Weinstein Co., an independent motion picture studio, pose at the premiere of their studio's film "1408" in Los Angeles, California June 12, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/media_nm/us_superbowl_audience nm/20100208/us_superbowl_audience Reuters entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:01:29 GMT Reuters - Sunday's Super Bowl TV audience set a viewing record for the annual National Football League Championship and eclipsed the 1983 benchmark set by the comedy "M*A*S*H" to become the most watched U.S. telecast, according to early ratings data on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/media_nm/us_miramax_lionsgate nm/20100208/us_miramax_lionsgate Reuters entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:16:48 GMT Reuters - Hollywood studio Lionsgate, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, is looking to buy Walt Disney's Miramax film unit, the New York Post said, citing sources inside or close to Lionsgate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/media_nm/us_superbowl_advertising nm/20100208/us_superbowl_advertising Reuters entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:23:49 GMT Reuters - Sidestepping the usual slapstick comedy and animal tricks, a number of advertisers tried to score during Sunday's Super Bowl with commercials that tapped into men's ambivalence with their everyday lives. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/media_nm/us_emmys nm/20100208/us_emmys Reuters entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:32:09 GMT Reuters - After airing the Golden Globes live coast-to-coast for the first time last month, NBC is considering doing the same for the Emmys.