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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/786 entertainment Entertainment Industry News en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:03:31 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/786 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/media_nm/us_mgm nm/20091121/us_mgm Reuters entertainment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:03:31 GMT Reuters - News Corp, Time Warner Inc and Qualia Capital LLC are interested in buying Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio, home of the James Bond movies, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/media_nm/us_vivendi nm/20091121/us_vivendi Reuters entertainment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:38:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/media_nm/us_vivendi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r793708346.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=8TjbH0zI69jgYN_Ht.8Bow--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="An NBC sign on the General Electric building in New York, October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Talks between General Electric and Vivendi over the future of NBC Universal have stalled, the New York Times reported on Friday night.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/media_nm/us_vivendi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r793708346.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=8TjbH0zI69jgYN_Ht.8Bow--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="An NBC sign on the General Electric building in New York, October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/media_nm/us_blockbuster_stock nm/20091121/us_blockbuster_stock Reuters entertainment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:20:23 GMT Reuters - Blockbuster Inc said on Friday that it would change its stock structure in a move the beleaguered U.S. movie rental chain said will improve liquidity. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/media_nm/us_directv nm/20091120/us_directv Reuters entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:51:47 GMT Reuters - Media mogul John Malone said the U.S. No.1 satellite TV operator DirecTV Group is not up for sale in an interview with business cable network CNBC on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/media_nm/us_finearts_ysl nm/20091120/us_finearts_ysl Reuters entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:03:45 GMT Reuters - A second auction of art and furniture once owned by fashion guru Yves Saint Laurent has raised 8.9 million euros ($13.22 million), up to three times the estimated amount, auctioneers Christie's said on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/media_nm/us_montreux nm/20091120/us_montreux Reuters entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:31 GMT Reuters - Brazilian Romero Britto has created the 2010 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival's poster, adding to a long list of striking images by famous artists that have made the posters desirable objects among collectors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/media_nm/us_playboy nm/20091120/us_playboy Reuters entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:34:39 GMT Reuters - Playboy spent 56 years making sure that the world would know it by the sign of its bunny ears. Now that the company is up for sale, Playboy's iconic logo, not the magazine, might be what saves it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/media_nm/us_bollywood_dth nm/20091120/us_bollywood_dth Reuters entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:29:33 GMT Reuters - Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" didn't just garner rave reviews and worldwide acclaim, it also triggered a change in the way Indian movies are being distributed. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/media_nm/us_media_jobs nm/20091120/us_media_jobs Reuters entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:20:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/media_nm/us_media_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r513561228.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Y4ElZFDeD6ZhFdtGlzH4BQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="News of AOL cutting 2,500 jobs is seen on an electronic news ticker in New York, November 19, 2009. Web company AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of its planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton" border="0" /></a>Reuters - If AOL's announcement on Thursday of another 2,500 job cuts is anything to go by, the painful layoffs that have ravaged the media industry over the past year are nowhere near over.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/media_nm/us_media_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r513561228.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Y4ElZFDeD6ZhFdtGlzH4BQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="News of AOL cutting 2,500 jobs is seen on an electronic news ticker in New York, November 19, 2009. Web company AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of its planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091120/ad_bpimw/primetimemeteredmarketwednesdayratingscbswinswednesday8pmcontinuestolimpalong mediaweek/20091120/primetimemeteredmarketwednesdayratingscbswinswednesday8pmcontinuestolimpalong Mediaweek.com entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:11:56 GMT Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Criminal Minds (CBS), CSI: NY (CBS) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_en_bu/us_emi_beatles_lawsuit ap/20091119/us_emi_beatles_lawsuit AP entertainment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:51:15 GMT AP - Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091120/ad_bpimw/nationalratingsinprimetimeweekofnovember92009 mediaweek/20091120/nationalratingsinprimetimeweekofnovember92009 Mediaweek.com entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:11:55 GMT Mediaweek.com - Three networks – ABC, CBS and Fox -- dominated this eighth week of the 2009-10 season. CBS finished first overall in households and total viewers, ABC topped the adult 18-49 and adult 25-54 charts, and Fox was the primary force among adults 18-34. Both ABC and Fox built over the comparable year-ago period, with CBS on the downside, particularly in the demos. Even so, CBS has now ranked first in total viewers for seven of the last eight weeks. Comparably, and excluding Oscar week, ABC rose to its most-watched week since the week of Sept. 22, 2008, with a seven-week high among adults 18-49. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_en_bu/us_nbc_past_and_future ap/20091115/us_nbc_past_and_future AP entertainment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:26:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_en_bu/us_nbc_past_and_future"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091114/capt.1312206d7afc4ff3812f9bae76b2a0dc.nbc_past_and_future_nybz166.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=1K2OCE2rqEpg5c.Ihzhgzw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 11, 1976 file photo, NBC's 'Today' show host Tom Brokaw and newswoman Jane Pauley share a moment prior to Pauley's first appearance on the network morning news program. Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline. (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_en_bu/us_nbc_past_and_future"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091114/capt.1312206d7afc4ff3812f9bae76b2a0dc.nbc_past_and_future_nybz166.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=1K2OCE2rqEpg5c.Ihzhgzw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct. 11, 1976 file photo, NBC's 'Today' show host Tom Brokaw and newswoman Jane Pauley share a moment prior to Pauley's first appearance on the network morning news program. Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline. (AP Photo/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091120/ad_bpimw/ratingsboxwhatshotwhatsnot mediaweek/20091120/ratingsboxwhatshotwhatsnot Mediaweek.com entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:11:54 GMT Mediaweek.com - It still has a long way to go. But the arrival of Heather Locklear on Melrose Place on Tuesday lifted the struggling revival to its best performance in total viewers (1.57 million), women 18-34 (1.6 rating/5 share) and women 18-49 (1.1/ 3) in six weeks. Compared to one week earlier, Melrose Place increased by 23 percent in total viewers and as much as 38 percent among adults 18-34 (1.1/ 3). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec_netflix_playstation ap/20091026/us_tec_netflix_playstation AP entertainment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:40:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec_netflix_playstation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091022/capt.f0002ec2af674013952ed161d3f450a8.earns_netflix_nybz133.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=iD8jfsnuFptieqerUnUfXA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this July 23, 2009 file photo, Netflix customer Arthur Michelson poses with the 'Frost Nixon' DVD in Palo Alto, Calif. Netflix reports quarterly earnings after the market close Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec_netflix_playstation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091022/capt.f0002ec2af674013952ed161d3f450a8.earns_netflix_nybz133.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=iD8jfsnuFptieqerUnUfXA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 23, 2009 file photo, Netflix customer Arthur Michelson poses with the 'Frost Nixon' DVD in Palo Alto, Calif. Netflix reports quarterly earnings after the market close Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091120/ad_bpimw/tvtidbitsnotesofinterest mediaweek/20091120/tvtidbitsnotesofinterest Mediaweek.com entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:11:53 GMT Mediaweek.com - Traditionally, The Emmy Awards airs one day before the official start of the TV season. But The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be telecast on NBC on Sunday, August 29 due to the network's Sunday night football franchise. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_greening_of_hollywood ap/20091026/us_greening_of_hollywood AP entertainment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:37:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_greening_of_hollywood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091025/capt.02b638c17fbc44bcb195e59335f37273.greening_of_hollywood_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=yP.ErtcLIM8OHfb7azbYOA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 29, 2004 file photo, from left at bottom, producer Norman Lear, his wife Lyn Davis and Lear's grandson Ben Lear, sit with actors Leonardo DiCaprio, top left, and Ben Affleck, top right, during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Norman Lear and his wife, Lyn, helped create the Environmental Media Association to encourage Hollywood to spread the word about going green. Now, 20 years later, the group counts the Endangered Species Coalition, the Alaska Rainforest Campaign, the Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Fund among its partners. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - With local, organic food, minimal electricity use and on-site composting, the Environmental Media Association's 20th anniversary party might be the green standard for future Hollywood awards shows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_greening_of_hollywood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091025/capt.02b638c17fbc44bcb195e59335f37273.greening_of_hollywood_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=yP.ErtcLIM8OHfb7azbYOA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 29, 2004 file photo, from left at bottom, producer Norman Lear, his wife Lyn Davis and Lear's grandson Ben Lear, sit with actors Leonardo DiCaprio, top left, and Ben Affleck, top right, during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Norman Lear and his wife, Lyn, helped create the Environmental Media Association to encourage Hollywood to spread the word about going green. Now, 20 years later, the group counts the Endangered Species Coalition, the Alaska Rainforest Campaign, the Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Fund among its partners. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091118/ad_bpimw/primetimemeteredmarkettuesdayratingscbswinsheatherlockleargivesmelroseplaceaminorboost mediaweek/20091118/primetimemeteredmarkettuesdayratingscbswinsheatherlockleargivesmelroseplaceaminorboost Mediaweek.com entertainment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:05:23 GMT Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: NCIS (CBS), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), The Good Wife (CBS) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec3_d_in_the_home ap/20091026/us_tec3_d_in_the_home AP entertainment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:13:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec3_d_in_the_home"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091026/capt.5f8bda33ab884bc5b74265f1896d1ea7.3d_in_the_home_nyol559.jpg?x=130&y=55&q=85&sig=ZlHFj_wgsw0nzS5mK4koAA--" align="left" height="55" width="130" alt="FILE - In this file publicity image released by Sony Pictures Animation, 'Sam Sparks,' voiced by Anna Faris, and 'Flint Lockwood,' voiced by Bill Hader, are seen in Columbia Pictures' animated film 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.' Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling like they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Animation, file) -- NO SALES --" border="0" /></a>AP - Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec3_d_in_the_home"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091026/capt.5f8bda33ab884bc5b74265f1896d1ea7.3d_in_the_home_nyol559.jpg?x=130&y=55&q=85&sig=ZlHFj_wgsw0nzS5mK4koAA--" align="left" height="55" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this file publicity image released by Sony Pictures Animation, 'Sam Sparks,' voiced by Anna Faris, and 'Flint Lockwood,' voiced by Bill Hader, are seen in Columbia Pictures' animated film 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.' Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling like they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Animation, file) -- NO SALES --" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091117/ad_bpimw/primetimeratingsweekendhighlights mediaweek/20091117/primetimeratingsweekendhighlights Mediaweek.com entertainment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:28:49 GMT Mediaweek.com - -Friday's Winners: Nothing. Friday is eerily reminiscent of what happened to Saturday.