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Pamaount Specialty Division Names New EVP of Publicity and Promotions

Paramount's revamped specialty division president John Lesher today named Megan Colligan as executive vice President of publicity and promotions. Colligan joins the specialty label from Fox Searchlight, where she has served as VP since 2002. During her tenure there, Colligan supervised the release of over 20 films including "Kinsey," "Napoleon Dynamite," and "Bend it Like Beckham" as well as others and also managed the Academy Award campaign for "Sideways," which received an Oscar nomination for best picture in 2004. She will spearhead campaigns for all of the label's releases and report to Lesher. "Megan is a great creative thinker and stra...

PARK CITY '06: Jeff Lipsky: "...That's when my life with films began in earnest. I'd just experience

Every day for the next three weeks, including weekends, indieWIRE will be publishing two interviews with Sundance '06 competition filmmakers. Sixty filmmakers were given the opportunity to participate in an email interview and each was sent the same questions.

PARK CITY '06: Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan: "For better or worse, we made these films the way we w

Every day for the next three weeks, including weekends, indieWIRE will be publishing two interviews with Sundance '06 competition filmmakers. Sixty filmmakers were given the opportunity to participate in an email interview and each was sent the same questions.

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The Guardian: Kissing Cowboy; Interview with Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger made his name as a hunky teen heartthrob. But his portrayal of a gay ranchhand in "Brokeback Mountain" has made him an Oscar favourite. He talks to Howard Feinstein in The Guardian.

Polychrome Opens Theatrical Deal for "Red Doors"

Writer/director Georgia Lee's award-winning debut feature film "Red Doors," produced by Blanc de Chine Entertainment, will be distributed by Polychrome Pictures in association with Warner Bros. Home Video. Polychrome acquired theatrical rights to "Red Doors" and will also handle TV and home video distribution via their Warner Bros. deal. In addition, Forward Entertainment has come on board to represent the film for worldwide sales excluding North America. The deals were brokered by Ira Deutchman of Emerging Pictures; Deutchman is also executive producer on the film. The film premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, where it was awarded b...