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Daily Archives : Feb 2, 2010

‘Lost’ Premiere Has Leaked Online but Many Fans Aren’t Biting

The first hour of tonight’s “Lost” season premiere hit the Internet over the weekend, but many fans said ‘no thanks,’ reports The Hollywood Reporter. Users of the social network site MyWhiteNoise voted to “bury” the video, THR reports, after it…

Matthew Broderick Takes First Step Toward Series Television

He’s been courted by the networks for years, and now Matthew Broderick has agreed to star in an NBC comedy pilot, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The pilot, called “Beach Lane,” stars Broderick as a celebrity author who agrees to run…

Layoffs Hitting Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment will lay off 450 people beginning in March, some in the TV division, the Los Angeles Times reports. The number represents about 6.5 percent of the company’s employees worldwide. The move was blamed on lower DVD sales…

Anti-Gay Activist Bryant to Get HBO Biopic Treatment

HBO is developing a biopic of Anita Bryant, the former beauty queen, singer and orange juice pitchwoman who became an anti-gay activist in the 1970s, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Darren Star, the creator of "Sex and the City," is set…

Small and Mid-Sized Cable Operators Gear Up for Comcast/NBCU Challenge

The American Cable Association, which represents small and midsized cable operators, is adding to its legal and economic team in an effort to challenge Comcast’s takeover of NBC Universal, B&C reports. Among those the organization has tapped are former FCC…