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Trailer Watch: HBO's Temple Grandin Stars Claire Danes
At the jam-packed Paramount pre-Golden Globes party at the Chateau Marmont, I was talking with Jodie Foster, who is editing her Summit drama The Beaver, starring old pal Mel Gibson--"you've never seen him like this before," she promised. She also insisted that she will never change the title, which...
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Zucker Tries to Save Face on Charlie Rose
You know things are bad when the CEO of NBC Universal goes on Charlie Rose to try and save his job.
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Late Night Wars: What Price Will NBC, Leno and Zucker Pay?
You don't have a mess like the Late Night Wars without fallout. Winners and losers are inevitable.
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NBC Settling Conan Departure, Late Night Goes Wild
Finally, Conan O'Brien is close to settling with NBC, which (thanks apparently to Universal chief Ron Meyer) is not only paying the talk show host off, but letting him go work for someone else. Leno, who has been hammered relentlessly, along with NBC and NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker, will stay.
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Leaked! NBC CEO Zucker's Phone Messages to O'Brien
Leaked! NBC CEO Jeff Zucker's Vociemails for Conan O'Brien - watch more funny videos
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Conan O'Brien Takes a Stand
Conan O'Brien has thrown down the gauntlet to NBC. He doesn't want to move The Tonight Show back by half an hour to make way for Jay Leno. Here's his statement. I agree with the argument that in a world of DVRs and TiVo, O'Brien's belief that he must be on at 11:35 PM to be successful is probably mi...
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Conan Goes Nasty on NBC
In his first Tonight Show monologue following the NBC announcement of Jay Leno's return to 11:30, Conan O'Brien lets loose on NBC:
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Ferguson Riffs on Late Night Shifts
When my 20-year-old is home, she TiVos Oprah and Conan. (She refuses to watch Leno, Letterman or, God forbid, Charlie Rose.) In passing The Tonight Show mantle to O'Brien, NBC was trying to grow a younger viewer base, which takes time. By moving Leno to 10 PM, the network gambled that it could solve...
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Time Warner Cable and Fox Strike New Deal
The LAT reports that the impasse between Time Warner Cable and News Corp has been broken:
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Comcast Makes NBC Universal Deal
As predicted, now that Vivendi has agreed to sell its 20% stake in NBC Universal for $5.8 billion, the deal for cable corp. Comcast to acquire NBC Universal from GE has gone through. Comcast would be the sixth owner of Universal over the past two decades. (The Obama administration could take a year ...
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