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Studios Offer Nothing Super On Super Bowl Weekend
This is the weekend that the movies go up against the Super Bowl. And the Super Bowl will win. To be sure, there's always at least one studio that adopts a counter-programming strategy for the...
Netflix Allowing Free House Of Cards Viewing
Hoping to hook potential subscribers on its original series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, Netflix said today (Friday) that it is making the first episode free to anyone visiting its website. In a statement,...
China Censors Cnn Report
Chinese authorities on Thursday blacked out a six-minute report by CNN International's Hala Gorani about the New York Times's allegations that China had hacked into its bureau in Shanghai and Beijing. The Times said on...
Big Bang Shoots Down American Idol
CBS's Thursday-night lineup returned with original episodes and easily polished off all the competition, including Fox's American Idol. Although its ratings were clearly affected by the battle with Idol, The Big Bang Theory nevertheless drew...
Censored Cloud Atlas Likely To Debut At No. 1 In China
Despite the fact that 39 minutes of it have been deleted by Chinese censors and that the filmmakers have been criticized for casting Caucasian actors in Asian roles, Cloud Atlas is expected to replace Skyfall...
Viacom's Earnings Plunge
In some ways, Viacom's fourth-quarter results, filed today (Thursday), resembled the box-office results last weekend for Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, produced by the company's Paramount Studios. The movie opened in first place with nearly...
Muslim Bollywood Star Under Attack From Hindu Extremists
ollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has claimed that since 9/11, he has come under mounting attack from Hindu extremists in India. Writing in the Indian magazine Outlook Turning Points, Khan, who is a Muslim in...
3d Treatment For Star Wars Ii & Iii Shelved
Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm last year and the subsequent announcement that it will release a new series of Star Wars movies, have had an unexpected consequence -- the indefinite postponement of 3D versions of Episodes...
Chris Cuomo Likely To Co-host New Morning Show For Cnn
Moving quickly to renovate what many analysts have characterized as a rusty CNN, Jeff Zucker has reportedly snatched Chris Cuomo away from ABC. According to gossip site TMZ, Cuomo, a co-anchor of ABC's 20/20 news...
Sag Awards Latest Awards Show To Receive Ratings Boost
Like other recent awards telecasts, such as the Grammys and the Golden Globes, Sunday night's telecast of the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on TNT and TBS saw a ratings increase over last year....
Most People Now Watch Tv And Access The Web Simultaneously
When it comes to watching television these days, multitasking is the name of the game. According to market researchers KPMG, 42 percent of consumers say they watch TV while at the same time accessing the...
Surprise Choice For New Warner Bros. Chief
In a surprise announcement, Time Warner has named Kevin Tsujihara, who has headed its home entertainment business, to head Warner Bros. Entertainment. He will succeed Barry Meyer as CEO at the end of this year....
Armstrong's Endorsement Days Appear Over
Nielsen, best known for its TV ratings research, also assigns an N-Score to public personalities, which helps advertisers make selections for the stars of their TV ads and for media endorsements. On Monday it noted...
Skyfall Draws Record Crowds In China
The James Bond movie Skyfall, which opened last Monday in China, took in $35 million during its first week, according to the website 21cn.com. It was a record for a 2D film, the website said,...
Argo: Is It Now A Sure Bet For An Oscar Win?
Argo extended its lead as the frontrunner in the Oscar race Sunday night when the cast received the top honor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The actors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture...
Movie Reviews: Hansel And Gretel: With Hunters
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters was not generally screened for critics. However, the New York Post's Lou Lumenick got a look at it, and his review may cast some light on why Paramount elected not...
Another Dreary January Weekend At The Box Office
The outlook is mighty Grimm for the box office this weekend, with Paramount-MGM's modern retelling of Hansel & Gretel likely to come out on top with only around $15-20 million, according to industry forecasters. Besides...
Hoffman In New Feud With Peta Over Dead Horses In Luck
Dustin Hoffman has accused HBO of acting precipitously when it shut down production of his critically acclaimed Luck series after it was reported that three horses died during its production. In an interview with Reuters,...
Judge Gives Ex-cameron Employee First Round Win In Avatar Lawsuit
A former employee of James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment company has won a preliminary victory in his lawsuit against Cameron, which claims that the producer/writer/director stole the ideas for Avatar from him. In a ruling on...
Analyst Urges Cbs To Buy Sony Pictures
Only days after Sony Corp. CEO Kazuo Hirai maintained that he would not sell Sony Pictures (It's a profitable business to be in ... and I like to have profitable businesses in my portfolio), a...
Tv Ad Biz Makes Comeback
Television again captured the lion's share of spending on advertising from January to September 2012, according to Nielsen's quarterly Global AdView Pulse report, released today (Wednesday). According to the report, TV advertising was up 4.3...
Murdoch's News Troubles Continue To Grow
The slowly unwinding scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers pressed on today (Tuesday) as the former defense editor of The Sun and a London police detective -- both arrested nearly a year ago --...
China Cuts 39 Minutes From Cloud Atlas
Three months after it debuted in most of the world, Cloud Atlas finally came to China on Monday, with 39 minutes removed by Chinese censors. That is likely the biggest chunk of footage ever deleted...
Dish Hits Back At Cbs Over Award Intercession
Following reports that CBS, which owns the technology website CNET, blocked the site from giving DISH Network's Hopper DVR its Best of CES award, DISH itself is taking out newspaper ads proclaiming that the Hopper...
Nearly 3/4 Of Baltimore Viewers Watched Afc Finale
Sunday's AFC Championship game between the Baltimore Ravens and he New England Patriots may scored solidly in the ratings nationally. (With 41.5 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen figures, it was the highest-rated program since...
The Following Kicks Off With A Big Following
The series premiere of The Following, starring Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy, got off to solid ratings Monday night with 10.38 million viewers tuning in. It came within striking distance of knocking off the CBS...
J.r. Will Be Murdered
J.R. will go out with a bang during the second season of the revived Dallas on TNT. Executive producer Cynthia Cidre told TV Guide magazine that the character, played by Larry Hagman, who died last...
Will Te'o Turn Out To Be A Bigger "Get" Than Lance?
Not to be outdone by Oprah Winfrey, who was credited with landing the biggest get on TV in years when she persuaded Lance Armstrong to appear on her cable TV network, Katie Couric has secured...
Morgan Blasts Critics
Piers Morgan has come out swinging against carping critics, who have included his predecessor, Larry King, and conservative/libertarian pundit Andrew Sullivan (The Daily Dish). In an interview with Politico.com's Dylan Byers, Morgan said of King:...
Afc Final Fetches Best Ratings Since Super Bowl
According to preliminary overnight Nielsen ratings, Sunday's AFC Championship game on CBS between the Baltimore Ravens and the New England Patriots averaged 41.5 million viewers -- and while that figure represented the biggest audience for...
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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