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Hunks, Girls and Romance: ‘Twilight’ Dawns Bright at the Box Office

Jaws are dropping all over Hollywood: “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” an inexpensive sequel from a three-year-old independent studio, sold a supernatural $140.7 million in tickets over the weekend in North American theaters. With strong advance sales, ...

From BROOKS BARNES, The New York Times,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony Pictures,  Warner Brothers,  Stephenie Meyer,  Robert Pattinson,  Kristen Stewart

Scene Stealer: Ad Budget Tight? Call the P.R. Machine

An ice sculpture of Scrat, star of “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” at a recent event in Santa Monica, Calif., for the film's Blu-ray and DVD release. Hobbled by a depressed DVD market and drooping sales of movies to foreign television networks, ...

From BROOKS BARNES, The New York Times,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Paramount Pictures,  TV Guide,  Universal Pictures

Former Nickelodeon Chief Has iPhone Plans

Expert Labs is a new Washington-based incubator that will mash up tech and government, headed by Anil Dash. - David Gallagher CNET takes an insightful look at what Digg and its beer-swilling founder have become. - Claire Cain Miller More on maps: ...

From BROOKS BARNES, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nickelodeon Network,  David Gallagher,  University of California,  Anil Dash,  Digg

The 'Twilight' world of Kristen Stewart

young fans amid today's media landscape — all Twitter, all YouTube, all TMZ, all the time — can be particularly harrowing. LOS ANGELES — We know, courtesy of Us Weekly, that Kristen Stewart spreads butter on her blueberry bagels. People magazine just ...

From BROOK BARNES NEW YORK TIMES, The San Jose Mercury News,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kristen Stewart,  Twitter Inc,  Robert Pattinson,  People Magazine,  Sean Penn

‘2012’ Leads Box Office With $65 Million Opening

After a quiet stretch at the North American box office, Hollywood discovered once again that audiences want to see the world and a cast of B-list actors ripped into pieces in a blitz of computer-generated effects. “2012,” Roland Emmerich’s thriller ...

From BROOKS BARNES, The New York Times,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Roland Emmerich,  Google Inc.,  Lee Daniels,  Oprah Winfrey

Burdened by Billions in Debt, MGM Puts Itself Up for Sale

LOS ANGELES Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is back on the block. The film studio, crumbling under the weight of almost $4 billion in debt, said late Friday that it would seek a buyer. MGM could also try to merge with another media company or remain independent ...

From BROOKS BARNES, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,  James Bond,  Time Warner Inc.

Film: Media Vampires, Beware

Kristen Stewart with Emile Hirsch in the 2007 film “Into the Wild.” WE know, courtesy of Us Weekly, that Kristen Stewart spreads butter on her blueberry bagels. People magazine just chronicled her alleged romance with her “Twilight” co-star, Robert ...

From BROOKS BARNES, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kristen Stewart,  Emile Hirsch,  People Magazine,  Robert Pattinson,  Sean Penn

Amelia: 'She's a tedious bore in a trite biopic'

Hilary Swank whoops a lot in Mira Nair's biopic of pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who vanished somewhere over the Pacific ocean. For Xan Brooks, the crash can't come soon enough Your IP address will be logged When autoplay is on, videos on these ...

From XAN BROOKS, HENRY BARNES, Guardian Unlimited,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hilary Swank,  Mira Nair,  Amelia Earhart

Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: The Encore in Las Vegas

If Steve Wynn’s last two Sin City resorts Wynn Las Vegas in 2005 and the Bellagio in 1998 were about bringing a whiff of Park Avenue to the Strip, the Encore is about the hotelier’s loosening his pearls and swinging a little. Encore, which opened in ...

From BROOKS BARNES, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Steve Wynn,  Rock & Republic (designer),  Richard Serra

Questions as 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' Tops the Box Office

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch and Carol-Lynn Parente, executive producer, are taking questions. "Advertising becomes more important, not less important" as new technologies like cloud computing and the mobile Web ...

From BROOKS BARNES, The New York Times,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Fox News Channel,  Association of National Advertisers,  Hulk Hogan,  Sam Tanenhaus

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