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| CBS win squeezes Time Warner Cable's margins: analysts Monday, Sep 02, 2013 09:11 PM PDT  By Ronald Grover and Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - CBS Corp won large increases in the fees it will receive from Time Warner Cable Inc in its agreement with the cable operator that ended a month-long blackout of CBS, Showtime and other channels in key cities, analysts said. CBS was asking for as much as $2 a month in "retransmission fees" to allow Time Warner to carry the CBS network and other channels for each of its 3.2 million cable subscribers in the affected areas. ... Full Story | Top |
| Spanish film 'Instructions' storms U.S. box office Monday, Sep 02, 2013 05:40 PM PDT By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Instructions Not Included," a Spanish-language film with English subtitles, generated $10 million in ticket sales over the four-day Labor Day weekend, a record for a Spanish film in the United States and a sign of the potential the Hispanic market represents for Hollywood. The film, which stars 52-year-old Mexican TV star Eugenio Derbez as an Acapulco playboy forced to raise a baby girl left on his doorstep, ranked fifth among films in U.S. theaters, despite opening in scant 347 theaters, according to Hollywood.com. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pope Francis biopic in the works from fellow Argentine: report Monday, Sep 02, 2013 04:43 PM PDT  (Reuters) - An Argentine director is planning a biopic of fellow countryman Pope Francis' life from his upbringing in Buenos Aires to his surprise election as leader of the world's Roman Catholics, Variety reported on Monday. Alejandro Agresti ("The Lake House") will direct the film entitled "Historia de un cura" (A Priest's Tale). Fellow Argentine Rodrigo de la Serna, known internationally for his interpretation of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's travel companion in "The Motorcycle Diaries," will play Pope Francis. ... Full Story | Top |
| Time Warner, CBS reach deal to end blackout Monday, Sep 02, 2013 03:48 PM PDT  (Reuters) - CBS Corp said it has reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable Inc to end a month-long blackout of its stations in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. The two sides had been at odds since August 2, when talks broke down over CBS's demand that the so-called "retransmission fees" be increased in order for Time Warner to continue carrying its signal. Time Warner wanted to also receive CBS programming for its digital outlets without paying additional costs. Under the agreement, programming on all networks resumed at 6 p.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| Oprah's 'Butler' serves up box office win ahead of 'One Direction' Monday, Sep 02, 2013 12:43 PM PDT  By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud (Reuters) - Civil rights drama "Lee Daniels' The Butler" continued to serve up box office victories with $20 million in ticket sales over the long U.S. Labor Day weekend, leading Hollywood's box office for the third straight weekend. Hollywood box office tracking services had given the crown to the concert film "One Direction: This is Us," featuring the red hot British boy band, based on estimates on Sunday morning, before the U.S. holiday on Monday. "The Butler," the story of an African American man who served as a White House butler for eight U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dakota Johnson, Charlie Hunnam to star in 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Monday, Sep 02, 2013 11:10 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. actress Dakota Johnson will play the naive Anastasia Steele alongside English actor Charlie Hunnam as the manipulative Christian Grey in the film version of the erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey", its British author E.L. James said on Monday. "The gorgeous and talented Charlie Hunnam will be Christian Grey in the film adaptation of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'," James said on her website, before revealing Johnson's role. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Philomena' impresses, Gilliam goes into black hole in Venice Monday, Sep 02, 2013 08:49 AM PDT  By Michael Roddy VENICE (Reuters) - Judi Dench and Steve Coogan's heart-tugging "Philomena" continued to garner praise at the Venice Film Festival, while director Terry Gilliam's "The Zero Theorem" took viewers into a dystopian world in the latest competition offering on Monday. Gilliam's film, which his legions of fans hope will mark a return to form for the maker of the cult classics "Twelve Monkeys" and "Brazil", stars Christoph Walz as a reclusive number cruncher whose computer rig resembles a video game. ... Full Story | Top |
| Longest-serving soap actor pleads not guilty to sex charges Monday, Sep 02, 2013 05:34 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - William Roache, the world's longest serving soap actor according to Guinness World Records, pleaded not guilty on Monday to seven sex offences against five girls, a court spokeswoman said. Roache, 81, who plays Ken Barlow in "Coronation Street", pleaded not guilty to two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1967 and five counts of indecent assault involving four girls aged 11 to 16 in Manchester in the 1960s. The actor's trial will start at Preston Crown Court in northern England on January 14 and is scheduled to last four weeks. ... Full Story | Top |
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