International News: Italian pubcaster RAI has inked free-to-air TV rights to CGI preschool series "Pocoyo."
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Film News: Won visual effects Oscar for 'Avatar,' 'Gump' -- Fresh off his visual effects Oscar win for "Avatar," Stephen Rosenbaum has joined the staff of Digital Domain.
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ShoWest News: Theater owners learn eco-friendly lesson -- ShoWest showed off its green side on St. Patrick's Day, with exhibitors displaying eco-friendly theater practices.
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Film News: Production company targets Andy McNab book series as franchise -- Hyde Park has acquired the rights to Brit author Andy McNab's Nick Stone espionage novels and is eyeing the series as a potential franchise.
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Film News: Actress lines up Madonna, De Niro projects -- Abbie Cornish has followed up her "Bright Star" turn with a pair of high-profile roles.
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Technology News: Struggling Vidtailer dealing with billion-dollar debt -- The decision by consumers to make fewer trips to the video store is forcing Blockbuster and its rivals to revisit bankruptcy protection.
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Front Page: Trio set for Paramount's untitled romantic comedy -- Veteran producer and director Ivan Reitman will get back behind the camera in May to direct Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in an untitled romantic comedy for Paramount Pictures.
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Film News: New Line hasn't officially announced start date -- Ian McKellan is predicting that the first of the two "Hobbit" films will start shooting in July, even though New Line hasn't officially greenlit the pics.
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Music News: Halperin brings King of Pop's final days to bigscreen -- The author behind "Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson" is tackling the King of Pop's last days for the bigscreen.
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TV News: Exec producer to adapt Israeli drama for U.S. -- As "24" potentially draws to a close, exec producer Howard Gordon has signed on to adapt Israeli drama "Prisoners of War" for U.S. auds.
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Film Reviews: Charming, millennium-spanning anime succinctly maps the dynamics of childhood imagination.
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Music Reviews: A bare-bones, rather tacky-looking production.
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TV News: 'Parks' production start date moved up -- NBC is working to accomodate the pregnancy of "Parks and Recreation" star Amy Poehler.
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Film News: Council partners with science, entertainment orgs -- The Entertainment Industries Council has partnered with science and entertainment organizations in their effort to expand the number of college graduates in the fields of science, engineering, technology and mathematics to 400,000 by the year 2020.
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Film Reviews: Shaggy-dog story is casually cheeky and frankly celebratory.
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TV News: FX drama has most premiere viewers since 'The Shield' -- "Justified" arrived like gangbusters Tuesday night.
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Legit News: New plays by Lowe, Weitzman on tap for 2010-11 season -- The 2010-11 season at the Denver Center Theater Company includes world preems by Michele Lowe and Ken Weitzman.
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Music News: Female singers return with 36 dates and names -- The femme gathering of tribes formerly known as Lilith Fair, which is staging a comeback after more than a decade of going MIA, has announced eight of its 36 summer dates.
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Legit Reviews: Regional presenters won't be fighting over the latest opus from Suzan-Lori Parks.
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TV News: Carriage conflicts spur review of rule -- The FCC will undertake a review of the retransmission consent rule amid the growing contentiousness among broadcasters and cable operators on carriage agreements, FCC boss Julius Genachowski said Wednesday.
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