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Source: New ‘Variety’ Not Aiming to Become Gossip-Entertainment Mag
Well, well. It's very fluid in the whole Variety-Deadline/Penske story. Yesterday Jay Penske met with the Variety to reassure them no immediate changes would...
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Exclusive Update: Rolling Stones Concert Tix Will Go on Sale Next Week
Exclusive UPDATE: The Rolling Stones will indeed play a few 50th anniversary concerts. And I am told they will go on sale next week--...
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Ben Affleck A List “Argo” Premiere: Sting, Gere, Michael Douglas, Bette Midler for Dinner
What to do when everyone on the New York A list wants to see a movie that's already had a Hollywood premiere and is...
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Hollywood Trade Wars Begin As Deadline Buys Variety
The Hollywood trade newspaper wars have now begun-- or really lurched into a new nuclear level. Penske Media Group, which owns Nikki Finke's Deadline.com,...
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Lois Smith. Greatest Hollywood Publicist of All, Dies at 85
Lois Smith has died at age 85. She was a great friend and mentor for 30 years. Lois was tough when she had to...
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A Classic NY Night: Seinfeld, Tony Bennett, Paul Simon, Sting and All Star Rockers
Thursday was the kind of classic night New York night you only get when the stars line up just right.
At the Cort Theater, Paul...
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MAD Magazine Sends Up Apple’s New Misbegotten Maps
You may be aware that Apple jettisoned Google's beautiful maps for a new app of their own--an app of maps that turned into mishaps....
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Madonna Gives Another $750K to Kabbalah, But Little to Anyone Else
Madonna-- rich, rich, rich--is not very charitable at this point. Her new tax filing for her Ray of Light Foundation paints an interesting picture...