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Flood of A List Stars Including Robert Downey Jr, Directors, Producers, Writers Follow Their Publicists to Five Star PMK BNC

A huge number of stars, producer, directors, and writers have come with their publicists to five star agency PMK-BNC. Joy Fehily and Michael Donkis...

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Biz Booming with New Book Planned for Sale in 4 Editions

J.K. Rowling is already a wizard at making money, but now she's becoming a true star. In July, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"...

NFL’s Roger Goodell 6th Highest Paid CEO in US– More than Disney, Aetna, GE, Time Warner

I'm re-running this story from last May. The next report on the NFL Foundation won't come out til this spring. They're very clever making...

Michael Jackson’s Long Financial Saga with Sony Maybe Coming to An End

The long -- and I do mean loooong-- financial soap opera involving Sony Music and Michael Jackson may finally be coming to an end. Michael's...

Beatles Still Not Streaming on Apple Music: May Be Soon, But Not Exclusively

Two months into Apple Music and still no Beatles. It's odd because the Beatles have an exclusive downloading arrangement on iTunes. You still can...

Music Biz Skid As Top 20 Albums of the Week Sell a Total of 426,500 Copies

The whole record industry is waiting for Friday and the release of a new album by country superstar Luke Bryan. His last album, released...

Box Office: Adam Sandler’s “Pixels” Failure Adds to Sony’s Terrible Year– Can James Bond Save Them?

Poor Sony Pictures. They are under siege. First came the bruising hack into their emails that forced out studio chief Amy Pascal. The embarrassments...

Leonardo DiCaprio Raises $40 Mil, But Foundation Hasn’t Filed Itemized Report Since 2008

Big headlines: Leonardo DiCaprio's private foundation raised $40 million for environmental causes ast night in St. Tropez. Lots of big stars were on hand,...

Paul Newman Foundation President Nearly Doubled Salary in Four Years

Robert Forrester, CEO of Newman's Own, Paul Newman's charitable foundation, has nearly doubled his salary in the last four years. In 2010, the Foundation...

Emmy Nominations: The Surprises, the Snubs, the Lack of Network Nods

Snubs: The Good Wife completely shut out. Jane Fonda and "Grace and Frankie" out, but Lily Tomlin in. No lead actors for "Downton Abbey."...