All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 474
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NewsRicky Gervais to receive BAFTA LA honour
The British comedian who shot to fame with BBC hit The Office and earned notoriety in Hollywood as the host of several Golden Globe ceremonies will receive the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy.
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NewsSocial media star Josh Ostrovsky joins 'Status Update'
Voltage Pictures has added the celebrity aka The Fat Jew to its teen comedy alongside new additions Rob Riggle, Famke Janssen, John Michael Higgins and Wendi McLendon-Covey.
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NewsSam Brown named STX film production chief
The executive most recently served as senior vice-president of production for New Line Cinema and will occupy the role of head of production for the motion picture group.
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NewsStan Lee, Benaroya Pictures launch 'Nitron'
On the eve of Comic-Con the parties announced the comic book and said they plan to expand it into a global transmedia franchise.
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NewsUS Briefs: Partners unite for 'Household Pests'
Plus: Mike Tyson joins Lionsgate’s prank-comedy adventure Public Disturbance; and more…
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NewsBailee Madison to star in 'Different Folks'
Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico is lining up his feature directorial debut on the holiday film ahead of the start of principal photography in Toronto later in the summer.
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NewsAMBI Classics launches with 'Whale Rider'
Seeking to exploit its library of more than 400 titles from Exclusive Media Group, Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s AMBI Group is venturing into specialty distribution.
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NewsUS Briefs: Academy unveils 2016-17 board of governors
Plus: Major!, Miles win at Outfest; Ken Burns doc secures qualifying run; IFC picks up King Cobra; FilmBuff takes Level Up
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NewsHollywood publicist David Horowitz dead at 86
The publicist who worked with Barbra Streisand, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and advised Bill Clinton and Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin has died at his Los Angeles home. He was 86.
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NewsParamount, Skydance set fourth 'Star Trek' film
Ahead of this week’s public world premiere at Comic-Con and nationwide release of Star Trek Beyond, Paramount announced on Monday the next instalment featuring the return of Chris Hemsworth.
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News79th & Broadway to sell 'She’s Allergic To Cats'
EXCLUSIVE: Producer Andrew van den Houten’s fledgling New York-based finance, sales, distribution company has boarded world sales rights ahead of the film’s world premiere at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal on July 21.
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NewsUS ticket price hits ‘all-time’ high
The average cost of a cinema ticket in the second quarter of 2016 reached $8.73, marking the highest unadjusted level ever according to data issued by the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) on Monday.
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NewsNetflix shares fall 15% after slow Q2 subs growth
UPDATED: Shares in the streaming giant dropped around 15% after trading on Monday as the company missed its projections on subscriber growth for the second quarter.
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NewsCinecittà appoints US representative
Producer Migde Velazquez has been appointed US representative and head of international operations to Rome’s Cinecittà Studios in Los Angeles.
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NewsHector Babenco dead at 70
The Argentine-born Brazilian director who directed William Hurt to an Oscar in Kiss Of The Spider Woman has died of a heart attack in Sao Paulo. He was 70.
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NewsDisney sets $2bn speed record in North America
JULY 18 UPDATE: Another weekend of records saw Finding Dory become the biggest animation release of all time, while Disney crossed $2bn faster than any studio before it and Sony’s Ghostbusters reboot opened in second place.
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News'Ice Age: Collision Course' in $53m international weekend
JULY 18 UPDATE: Fox International top brass reported another dominant international session from the Hollywood contingent as the Blue Sky Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Animation tentpole added a confirmed $53.1m from 60 markets.
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NewsDistant Horizon cuts 'League Of Gods' deals
President Anant Singh has closed international deals for China Star’s big budget fantasy film starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Fan Bingbing with IM Global and Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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NewsUS Briefs: FilmRise, Investigation Discovery move on 'Southwest Of Salem'
FilmRise has picked up ancillary world rights and Investigation Discovery US television premiere rights to the documentary Southwest Of Salem: The Story Of The San Antonio Four.
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NewsUS Briefs: Inaugural Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival heads to Miami
Plus: Kino Lorber moves The Tenth Man; Warner Bros dates three; TWC moves The Founder deep into awards season