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	<description>Showbiz Sandbox is a podcast featuring industry professionals J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward and Michael Giltz’s humorous viewpoints, insightful analysis and insider opinions on the latest entertainment news headlines. The weekly podcast features renowned industry guests, as well as phone calls and emails from listeners who voice their own opinions on the child’s play of the entertainment business.</description>
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	<itunes:summary>Showbiz Sandbox is a podcast featuring industry professionals J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward and Michael Giltz’s humorous viewpoints, insightful analysis and insider opinions on the latest entertainment news headlines. The weekly podcast features renowned industry guests, as well as phone calls and emails from listeners who voice their own opinions on the child’s play of the entertainment business.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 55: I Want My Google TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 05:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. Google is getting into the television business with help from Sony and Logitech.  Will making television searchable cause viewership to rise?  On the other hand, movies have apparently found a way to shrink their audience &#8211; raise movie ticket prices.  While &#8220;Shrek Forever After&#8221; may have topped the North American [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:summary>It&#039;s official. Google is getting into the television business with help from Sony and Logitech.  Will making television searchable cause viewership to rise?  On the other hand, movies have apparently found a way to shrink their audience - raise movie ticket prices.  While &quot;Shrek Forever After&quot; may have topped the North American box office, it&#039;s $71 million debut was seen as a bit of a disappointment.  Industry pundits are pointing to the rising cost of 3D movie tickets as part of the cause.

And if you think movie tickets are getting too expensive just wait until cable companies start offering &quot;home theater on demand&quot;.  Movie studios are being pitched by cable operators on distributing their movies via video-on-demand just 30 days after they are released in theaters.  However, the $20 to $30 price tag may turn potential customers away.

We wrap up our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival, where an obscure &quot;auteur&quot; film from Thailand took the top prize.  Michael Giltz (http://www.michaelgiltz.com) and J. Sperling Reich (http://www.twitter.com/sperling) tell us about all the films they liked (and hated) at this year&#039;s festival.

The series finale of &quot;Lost&quot; aired over the weekend, though it received mixed reviews and mediocre ratings.  During our Big Deal or Big Whoop segment we cover all the week&#039;s top entertainment news including Lindsay Lohan&#039;s court date, actress Megan Fox&#039;s sudden unemployment and U2&#039;s forced hiatus.  We end with an update on the stalled sale of Miramax Films to former founders Weinstein brothers.

Movie Theaters Retreat From $20 Tickets, Citing Mistake
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Is The Novelty of 3D Wearing Thin As Ticket Prices Continue To Rise
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Hollywood Eyes Shortcut To TV
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Best Buy Debuts On Demand Video
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Cannes 2010 Prizes: Thailand (and Monkey Ghosts) Win Palm d&#039;Or
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Viewers of &#039;Lost&#039; Finale Stay Tuned
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Calling On Sony and Others, Google Makes A TV Move
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Newspapers Web Traffic On The Rise
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Iran Releases Detained Filmmaker
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Lindsay Lohan To Wear Alcohol Monitoring Bracelet, Weekly Drug Tests
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Paula Abdul Returning To Primetime on CBS
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 54: Le Petit Cannes &#8211; Downsizing The Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 13:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Sperling Reich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of our co-hosts, Michael Giltz and J. Sperling Reich, are still at the Cannes Film Festival. Along with David Bourgeois, who is covering Cannes for Movieline, they discuss all the films they&#8217;ve seen, which ones they&#8217;ve liked, which ones are duds and the trends emerging at this year&#8217;s festival.  So far it seems [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Two of our co-hosts, Michael Giltz and J. Sperling Reich, are still at the Cannes Film Festival. Along with David Bourgeois, who is covering Cannes for Movieline, they discuss all the films they&#039;ve seen, which ones they&#039;ve liked,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Two of our co-hosts, Michael Giltz (http://www.michaelgiltz.com) and J. Sperling Reich (http://www.twitter.com/sperling), are still at the Cannes Film Festival. Along with David Bourgeois (http://www.davidbourgeois.com/), who is covering Cannes for Mov...</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 53: I&#8217;m Sleeping With Richard Dreyfuss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Sperling Reich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cannes Film Festival kicks off in France this week and our very own Michael Giltz and J. Sperling Reich are on the Croisette to cover all the news.  When they&#8217;re not sharing a bed they&#8217;ll be seeing all the big movies and speaking with all the filmmakers.
Back in North America &#8220;Iron Man 2&#8243; [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>The Cannes Film Festival kicks off in France this week and our very own Michael Giltz and J. Sperling Reich are on the Croisette to cover all the news.  When they&#039;re not sharing a bed they&#039;ll be seeing all the big movies and speaking with all the filmm...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>The Cannes Film Festival kicks off in France this week and our very own Michael Giltz (http://www.michaelgiltz.com/) and J. Sperling Reich (http://www.twitter.com/sperling) are on the Croisette to cover all the news.  When they&#039;re not sharing a bed they&#039;ll be seeing all the big movies and speaking with all the filmmakers.

Back in North America &quot;Iron Man 2&quot; opened to huge numbers, earning $128 million over the weekend, giving it the fifth biggest opening of all time.  Meanwhile, the Washington Post is struggling with it&#039;s own numbers.  The media company has decided to put Newsweek magazine up for sale as its profit has declined 30%.  On the other hand, their online property Slate.com has seen ad revenue increase 30%.

Another group looking to make money online are music publishers.  They&#039;re going after websites that publish music lyrics without permission.  Even though song lyrics are copyrighted, how much money could there possibly be in such sites?

On television, 88-year-old actress Betty White continued her improbable comeback by scoring huge ratings when she hosted last week&#039;s &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot;.  Another actress making a comeback is Lindsay Lohan who was just cast in a porn film. . . sort of.  She&#039;ll be playing Linda Lovelace in a biopic about the porn star.

During Inside Baseball we discuss the recent FCC ruling allowing movie studios to prevent home viewers from recording their video-on-demand purchases.  On paper, the wavier granted to the studios is meant to prevent piracy, though what it will really allow is movies to be released in theatres and on VOD at the same time.

Legendary Jazz Singer Lena Horne Dies At 92
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Cannes Film Festival Makes Do With A Lighter Lineup
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Newsweek For Sale
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Slate Reports 30% Ad Revenue Increase
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Indiewire Blog Network Grows
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Lyrics Sites At Center of Fight Over Royalties
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&#039;Idol&#039; Builds Heading Into Season Finale
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gets Walk of Fame Typo
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Betty White Hosts SNL and Pulls In Huge Ratings
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Glam Metal Star Bret Michaels Reveals I&#039;m Lucky To Be Alive
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Taylor Swift To Receive Award At Songwriter&#039;s Hall Of Fame
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Sperling Reich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The week leading up to Memorial Day was chock full of juicy entertainment news.
The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up in France awarding Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke it&#8217;s top prize, the Palme d&#8217;Or.  Karen Woodward and J. Sperling Reich recap all the festival winners.  In North America the Ben Stiller starrer &#8220;Night At [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle> The week leading up to Memorial Day was chock full of juicy entertainment news. - The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up in France awarding Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke it&#039;s top prize, the Palme d&#039;Or.  Karen Woodward and J.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>(http://www.showbizsandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/kris-allen-and-adam-lambert.jpg) The week leading up to Memorial Day was chock full of juicy entertainment news.

The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up in France awarding Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke it&#039;s top prize, the Palme d&#039;Or.  Karen Woodward and J. Sperling Reich recap all the festival winners.  In North America the Ben Stiller starrer &quot;Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian&quot; opened with $70 million against &quot;Terminator: Salvation&quot;.  McG&#039;s attempt to reboot the &quot;Terminator&quot; franchise came in second at the box office with $53.8 million.  &quot;Star Trek&quot; continued to rake in the dough with an additional $29.4 million and a cumulative $191 million in North America.

Television ratings were also bolstered by the star studded finale of the Fox network&#039;s musical reality show &quot;American Idol&quot;.  Kris Allen beat out Adam Lambert during a telecast that an estimated 28.84 million Americans tuned into.  That ties the record for least-watched finale in recent &quot;American Idol&quot; memory, though nmore than 100 million votes were cast, a new record for the show.  While Karen believes the results were a travesty of justice, Lambert may not be walking away empty handed after all; Billboard reports the rock group Queen may be interested in the young singer to front the band.  Musical pop star Pink wasn&#039;t happy with &quot;American Idol&quot; either, though more because she says they butchered one of her songs.

Social networking sensation Twitter is working on a reality television series.  The web hasn&#039;t been as rewarding to &quot;Britain&#039;s Got Talent&quot; whose viral video of Susan Boyle has generated more than 70 million views on YouTube, though the New York Times reports that producers can&#039;t quite seem to capitalize on the surprise success.

&quot;Gossip Girl&quot; star Chace Crawford takes the place of Zac Effron in the remake of &quot;Footloose&quot;.  Effron is mentioned in an fascinating Entertainment Weekly story about what happens to Disney&#039;s teen sensations once they are all grown up and move out of the mouse house.

In New York this past week the major television networks held their &quot;upfronts&quot; with potential advertisers.  Fox renewed &quot;Bones&quot; and &quot;Dollhouse&quot;, NBC renews &quot;Chuck&quot; after an online protest, CBS steals &quot;Medium&quot; away from NBC and Jimmy Kimmel bashes his own network during a presentation to advertisers.  Blogger Nikki Finke has all the details.

Former Hollywood mogul Jon Peters has to scrap the idea of writing a tell all book once the proposal he sold to HarperCollins leaks.  With tons of kiss-and-tell stories about former girlfriends including Barbara Striesand, Pamela Anderson and Catherine Zeta Jones, the once venerable producer  sold his book &quot;Studio Head&quot; for $700,000 upfront.  However, threatened by lawsuits from some of those mentioned in the book&#039;s outline, Peters took it off the market.

Journalist Roger Friedman is back on the market.  Friedman most recently made headlines after he was fired by Fox News for downloading and writing about the pirated version of &quot;X-Men Origins: Wolverine&quot;, released by sister company Twentieth Century Fox.  The columnist was picked up by The Hollywood Reporter where his blog Showbiz411 will now be published.

Finally, the William Morris Agency laid off 100 agents and employees this week in preparation for the merger with Endeavor.  In addition, uber-agent and WMA head Jim Wiatt is rumored to be on his way out.

Michael Haneke&#039;s &quot;The White Ribbon&quot; Triumphs In Cannes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/cannes-2009-day-twelve-ha_b_207204.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/cannes-2009-day-twelve-ha_b_207204.html)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0525-cannes-winnersmay25,0,3607116.story (http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0525-cannes-winnersmay25,0,3607116.story)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/movies/25cannes.html?hp (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/movies/25cannes.html?hp)

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		<itunes:author>J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward &amp; Michael Giltz</itunes:author>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 4: Yes We Cannes!</title>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/05/18/showbiz-sandbox-4-yes-we-cannes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/05/18/showbiz-sandbox-4-yes-we-cannes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Sperling Reich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["A Prophet"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Angels & Demons"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Antichrist"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Bones"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Gossip Girl"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Precious"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Idol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Silverman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cannes Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farah Fawcett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hulu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Campion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lars Von Trier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenny Kravitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mariah Carey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MGM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Entertainment journalist Michael Giltz joins the conversation to discuss everything from the Cannes Film Festival to who might win American Idol (he&#8217;s voting for Kris Allen).
Many members of the press, as well as festival-goers, took a pass on Cannes this year, but we recap some of the films that have screened thus far.  Mariah [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Entertainment journalist Michael Giltz joins the conversation to discuss everything from the Cannes Film Festival to who might win American Idol (he&#039;s voting for Kris Allen). - Many members of the press, as well as festival-goers,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Entertainment journalist Michael Giltz (http://michaelgiltz.com/) joins the conversation to discuss everything from the Cannes Film Festival to who might win American Idol (he&#039;s voting for Kris Allen).

Many members of the press, as well as festival-goers, took a pass on Cannes this year, but we recap some of the films that have screened thus far.  Mariah Carey showed up in Cannes with a body double to confuse the paparazzi.  Carey and Lenny Kravitz personally tell us about their festival film &quot;Precious&quot;.  Meanwhile Lars Von Trier shocks the festival with his misogynistic &quot;Antichrist&quot;.  The good news is Roger Ebert is back in Cannes.

&quot;Angels &amp; Demons&quot; makes $48 million domestically and $104 million internationally in it&#039;s first weekend.  MGM is fighting for it&#039;s life, but the remake of &quot;Fame&quot; may just save it.  This week in New York the television networks hold their upfront and we take a quick look at what is rumored to be on the fall TV schedule.  ABC has already announced they have picked up another season of &quot;Scrubs&quot; though Zach Braff will only show up for six episodes.  Fox has said yes to another season of &quot;Bones&quot;.  It also looks like the &quot;Gossip Girl&quot; spinoff may be picked up.  The New York Times throws a few punches at NBC programming head Ben Silverman and but in the end it may not matter since the website Hulu is making most networks question their business model.

Speaking of Hulu, they&#039;re going to start showing Bollywood films.  Elizabeth Edwards writes a tell all book about her breast cancer and her husband Senator John Edwards&#039; romantic affair.  Farah Fawcett discusses her own bout with cancer s well as fighting the tabloids in a stark interview which appeared in the Los Angeles Times.  Finally, Jerry Lewis is planning a comeback. . . at 83-years old!

Trade Journos No Shows At Cannes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rex-weiner/trade-journos-no-shows-at_b_201908.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rex-weiner/trade-journos-no-shows-at_b_201908.html)

MGM Fights To Survive
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/can-mgm-survive-studio-desperate-to-restructure-debt-hires-financial-adviser-to-help/ (http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/can-mgm-survive-studio-desperate-to-restructure-debt-hires-financial-adviser-to-help/)

A Lot At Stake At TV Upfronts
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003685.html?categoryid=14&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003685.html?categoryid=14&amp;cs=1)

ABC Renews Scrubs
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i505437152ed71367b14b89a4b157dea2 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i505437152ed71367b14b89a4b157dea2)

Bones Renewed For Fall
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003809.html?categoryid=14&amp;ref=ra&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003809.html?categoryid=14&amp;ref=ra&amp;cs=1)

Is the Gossip Girl spin off back on?
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/gossip_girl_spinoff_will_run_f.html?f=most-commented-24h-10 (http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/gossip_girl_spinoff_will_run_f.html?f=most-commented-24h-10)

NBC Hired A Hitmaker. It&#039;s Still Waiting
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/business/media/17silver.html?_r=1&amp;hpw (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/business/media/17silver.html?_r=1&amp;hpw)

Hulu&#039;s Tug of War With TV
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-hulu11-2009may11,0,5771665.story (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-hulu11-2009may11,0,5771665.story)

Bollywood Goes Hulu
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/05/bollywood-goes-hulu.html (http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/05/bollywood-goes-hulu.html)

Elizabeth Edwards: John &quot;Made One Mistake&quot;
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30681150/ (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30681150/)

Farah Fawcett: &quot;Under A Microscope&quot; And Holding Onto Hope
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-fawcett-interview11-2009may11,0,5790379.story (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-fawcett-interview11-2009may11,0,5790379.story)
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		<itunes:author>J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward &amp; Michael Giltz</itunes:author>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 1: The Replicability Podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/04/27/showbiz-sandbox-1-the-replicability-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/04/27/showbiz-sandbox-1-the-replicability-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Sperling Reich</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["Twilight"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMPTP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cannes Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Slade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endeavor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francis Coppola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Leno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pedro Almodovar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screen Actors Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Cruise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twentieth Century Fox]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talks to merge the William Morris and Endeavor talent agencies continue, while the Screen Actors Guild and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers may have finally reached an agreement on a new contract.  Critically acclaimed movies tank at the box office.  Fox closes Atomic, reshuffles release dates and hires Angelina Jolie for a biopic.  David Slade is selected for the third "Twilight" film.

MPAA visits Washington D.C., script doctors are kept busy writing for Tom Cruise.  Cannes unveils it's festival lineup and Francis Ford Coppola is not in it (though he is down the street at the Fortnight).  Jay Leno visits the hospital and Rod Blagojevich visits Hollywood (but not Costa Rica like he wanted).

A classic Pedro Almodovar film gets remade for the small screen, PBS goes online with its content and Oprah learns Twitter etiquette.]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Talks to merge the William Morris and Endeavor talent agencies continue, while the Screen Actors Guild and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers may have finally reached an agreement on a new contract.</itunes:subtitle>
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Talks to merge the William Morris and Endeavor talent agencies continue, while the Screen Actors Guild and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers may have finally reached an agreement on a new contract.  Critically acclaimed movies tank at the box office.  Fox closes Atomic, reshuffles release dates and hires Angelina Jolie for a biopic.  David Slade is selected for the third &quot;Twilight&quot; film.

MPAA visits Washington D.C., script doctors are kept busy writing for Tom Cruise.  Cannes unveils it&#039;s festival lineup and Francis Ford Coppola is not in it (though he is down the street at the Fortnight).  Jay Leno visits the hospital and Rod Blagojevich visits Hollywood (but not Costa Rica like he wanted).

A classic Pedro Almodovar film gets remade for the small screen, PBS goes online with its content and Oprah learns Twitter etiquette.

WMA Finds Devil In The Details
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002694.html?categoryid=29&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002694.html?categoryid=29&amp;cs=1)

SAG National Board of Directors Approves Tentative Television and Motion Picture Contacts
http://www.sag.org/press-releases/april-19-2009/sag-national-board-of-directors-approves-tentative-television-and-motio (http://www.sag.org/press-releases/april-19-2009/sag-national-board-of-directors-approves-tentative-television-and-motio)

Flush times for theatrical movies? Don&#039;t tell A.O. Scott
http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/2009/04/good-movies-struggle-at-box-office.html (http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/2009/04/good-movies-struggle-at-box-office.html)

Down Economy = Dumbed Down Movies/TV? Stop the Inanity!
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20269754,00.html (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20269754,00.html) 

Fox Folding Atomic Label
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002584.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002584.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1)
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/exclusive-fox-atomic-shutting-down/ (http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/exclusive-fox-atomic-shutting-down/)

Fox Shuffles Film Schedule
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002645.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002645.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1)

Angelina Jolie Teams With Fox 2000
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002704.html?categoryid=1238&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002704.html?categoryid=1238&amp;cs=1)

Slade Slated For Third Twilight
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002751 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002751)

MPAA Reaches Out To Lawmakers
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002688.html?categoryid=18&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002688.html?categoryid=18&amp;cs=1)

Script Doctor&#039;s In For Tom Cruise
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002702.html?categoryid=1236&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002702.html?categoryid=1236&amp;cs=1)

Digital Governator Set For Termininator
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002743.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002743.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1)

Robert Rodriguez Wields &quot;Machete&quot;
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002792.html?categoryid=1237&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002792.html?categoryid=1237&amp;cs=1)

Cannes Unveils Lineup
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&amp;jump=story&amp;id=1061&amp;articleid=VR1118002762&amp;cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&amp;jump=story&amp;id=1061&amp;articleid=VR1118002762&amp;cs=1)

Coppola&#039;s Thinking Outside The Cannes
http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/2009/04/by-steven-zeitchik-we-remember-interviewing-francis-ford-coppola-last-year-upon-the-release-of-his-slightly-lugubrious-you.html (http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/2009/04/by-steven-zeitchik-we-remember-interviewing-francis-ford-coppola-last-year-upon-the-release-of-his-slightly-lugubrious-you.html)

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