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Jury Awards Michael Jordan $8.9M In Brand Market Value Case
Jurors at a civil trial focused on the market value of Michael Jordan's identity have handed him a major win, ordering a grocery-store chain to pay him $8.9 million for invoking his name in a steak ad without his permission.
The amount was close to the $10 million his attorneys said the...
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New Paul Thomas Anderson film set for New York Film Festival
Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson will debut a "one-of-a-kind sonic experience" at the 53rd New York Film Festival.
The director and his longtime collaborator, Radiohead member Jonny Greenwood, made the film during a trip to northwest India. "Junun"...
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Sci & Tech Committee Considering 20 Achievements For Academy Awards
The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 20 scientific and technical achievements, involving 11 distinct investigations, have been selected for further consideration for 2015 Academy Awards.
The list is made...
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Director NAN Lands His 1st Career U.S. Roost, Joins The Devil You Know
International production and new media company The Devil You Know has signed director NAN for U.S. representation. Currently repped in France by 75 (Soixante Quinze), NAN in joining The Devil You Know lands his first U.S. production company home in his 12-year...
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Tabletop director and DP Michael Ognisanti joins Dictionary Films
Dictionary Films has signed director and DP Michael Ognisanti. He had been on the roster of the Chicago-based production company MK Films since 2004, where he was trained as a motion control operator and began assistant-directing and shooting under director Mark...
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The Barbarian Group expands sr. leadership team
Tech-centric creative company The Barbarian Group is strengthening its sr. executive leadership team with several new hires and promotions following new business wins (Etihad Airways and KIND Snacks) and organic growth from existing clients. In a new role for the...
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Film industry spokeswoman to be Biden's communications chief
Vice President Joe Biden has chosen a top film industry official and former spokeswoman for John Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign to be his new communications director, the White House said Monday.
Kate Bedingfield joins the vice president's team...
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PBS taking live, three-night look at Monterey Bay
PBS is bringing a live whale watch into the nation's living rooms - and throwing in some seals, sea otters, dolphins and pelicans.
For three evenings starting Aug. 31, the public broadcaster is airing a collaboration with the BBC about marine life in...
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2nd Straight Week For "Straight Outta Compton" Atop Box Office
"Straight Outta Compton" easily maintained its box-office lead with an estimated $26.8 million in ticket sales over a sleepy late summer weekend at North American multiplexes, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Universal's N.W.A biopic, a much...
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LEADER Instruments introduces Spanish and Portuguese websites
LEADER Instruments Corporation has created two websites to support new and existing customers in Latin America. These are in Spanish and ...
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TV Bahia selects Grass Valley solutions to increase news operations efficiencies
TV Bahia, a regional broadcaster in Brazil, has partnered with Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, to bring greater efficiency to its news workflow, effectively reducing the total cost of operations for its newsroom environment. A TV Globo affiliate, TV Bahia has...
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