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Superman And Batman About Ready To Team Up
The producers of Man of Steel wanted to make it known that Batman and his enemies also live in the world of Superman and his and decided to drop hints of that common ground in...
Second City Cofounder Bernie Sahlins Dead A 90
Second City cofounder Bernie Sahlins, regarded as one of the most influential figures in improvisational comedy and topical satire, has died in Chicago at the age of 90, the Chicago Tribune reported today (Monday). Many...
Netflix Buys More Originals -- This Time From Dreamworks Animation
In what appears to be an accelerating race among video streaming service to see who can offer the most original programs, Netflix announced today (Monday) that it had signed a mult-year deal with DreamWorks Animation...
Will Batman Strategy Work For Superman?
Warner Bros. successfully revived its Batman franchise with the Dark Knight trilogy (Batman Begins/The Dark Knight/The Dark Knight Rises). This weekend will reveal whether it will able to revive its Superman franchise with what several...
Espn To Shut Down Its 3d Channel
Early adopters of expensive 3D television sets who could boast about being able to watch international sports events on the ESPN 3D channel were dealt an unexpected blow on Wednesday when the Disney-owned sports channel...
French Towns Ban Posters For Award-winning Gay Movie
France may have become the latest country to legalize gay marriage, but posters for an award-winning movie showing two men kissing have been taken down in two French towns, St. Cloud and Versailles, following protests...
Vietnamese Censors Ban Gangland Film
Vietnamese censors have refused to allow the release of a movie that includes scenes of gang fights in Ho Chi Minh City's Chinatown even after the filmmakers removed 15 minutes of the violent scenes, according...
Anything Worth Seeing At Theaters This Weekend? Probably Not
The box office will likely be caught pretty much in a holding pattern this weekend as moviegoers sit out the new fare in anticipation of next weekend's opening of Man of Steel. Forecasters say that...
Another Media Consolidation -- Young Broadcasting & Media General
In an all-stock deal, Media General and Young Broadcasting have agreed to merge. With Media General's 18 stations, and Young's 12, the combined company, which will be called Media General, will own 30 stations in...
Box Office Bombs Arrive At No. 1 On Home Video
You know things are pretty slow in the home-video business when a cheap horror flick that cost $3.5 million to make and earned just $17 million during its entire domestic run ends up at No....
Labor Dispute Halts Soap-opera Production
The trials and tribulations of the producers of All My Children and One Life to Live, the two soap operas that have been revived online, have the makings of a soap opera in their own...
Spending On Media Due To Skyrocket
The burgeoning economic growth of such countries as Brazil, China and India and the proliferation of digital mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets will result in a steady rise in entertainment spending over the...
Will Finke Leave Deadline.com?
Nikki Finke and Jay Penske have each denied a report by rival Sharon Waxman on TheWrap.com that Penske had fired Finke. The scourge of Hollywood media [i.e. Finke] has clashed repeatedly with her boss, who...
For The Record: Sharon Stone Was Not A Suspect
It was supposed to be satire, except that it wasn't funny -- and many readers concluded that it was fact. After all, the report, headlined Sharon Stone Named Suspect in Cannes Jewel Heist, appeared in...
Mike And Molly Sinks To Series Low As It Blows Out
CBS's Mike and Molly turned out to be another victim of the Oklahoma tornado as the delayed season finale of the show, titled Windy City, drew just 7.79 million viewers, a series low. That it...
Holder Tells Reporters He'll No Longer Target Them
That off the record meeting with reporters that Attorney General Eric Holder had arranged to discuss the DOJ's investigations of leaks of classified information to the press turned out to be anything but. Although several...
Dish Raises Its Bid For Clearwire
DISH Network, which sees itself operating at a disadvantage against cable operators since it cannot bundle phone and Internet services along with its TV satellite service, appears determined to wage a battle to the death...
Is Apple Planning To Introduce An Ipad Maxi?
If the size of the screen on your iPhone -- or even your iPad -- leaves something to be desired when it comes to watching a movie, Apple may have a solution for you in...
Fcc To Launch Sweeping Study Of News Consumption
The FCC is about to launch a study to determine whether all Americans have access to news and information, regardless of their location, ethnicity, financial resources or any other relevant factor. In doing so, he...
Fox Sports Issues Apology For Nascar Mishap
Fox Sports has issued an apology for what might have become a technical disaster of the first order on Sunday when the rigging of an overhead camera broke at the Charlotte Motor Speedway during the...
61 Groups Charge Obama Regime Threatens Press Freedom
A group of press, civil liberties, union, and Internet organizations have called on Attorney General Eric Holder to produce a full report on the Department of Justice's investigation of journalists and government whistleblowers. Your actions...
Chinese Iron Man 3 Tops Pirate List Again
For the second consecutive week, a high-definition video of the Chinese version of Iron Man 3 was the most-pirated movie of the week on BitTorrent last week, according to TorrentFreak.com, which tracks BitTorrent usage. The...
87-Year-old Jerry Lewis In France For Screening Of New Movie
Jerry Lewis returned to the country where he is regarded as a veritable cinematic deity. At the Cannes Film Festival, where his film Max Rose is being screened out of the main competition, the 87-year-old...
Bieber's Guests Required To Sign Nondisclosure Pact
Marking the latest effort by celebrities to erect a wall of privacy around their personal affairs, it was disclosed on Wednesday that teen singing star Justin Bieber is requiring guests at his home to sign...
Robert Redford Hailed At Cannes
obert Redford has received overwhelming praise for his performance in J.C. Chandor's independent film, All Is Lost, which screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival today (Wednesday). Daily Variety described it as an...
Billboard Music Awards Soar In Ratings
He was roundly booed after performing twice and receiving two awards, but Justin Bieber was no doubt a significant factor in ABC's telecast of the Billboard Music Awards drawing its best ratings in 12 years...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 20th May 2013
Ap Chief Calls Phone Records Seizure "Unconstitutional"
In perhaps the strongest condemnation ever delivered by the Association Press against an action by a U.S. administration, the AP's president and CEO on Sunday called the seizure of AP phone records last year unconstitutional...
Warhol's Marilyn Monroe Fetches More Than Any Of Her Movies
Andy Warhol's 1962 pop-art multiple images of Marilyn Monroe sold for $38.2 million on Thursday. The original silk screen grid, titled Four Marilyns, had been expected to fetch about $30 million. Reports said that it...
Internet Transforming Television
TV is rapidly undergoing a fundamental change from a shared experience to a more personal one as a consequence of the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield observed in a letter to...
Iron Man 3 In Second Place Among Pirated Movies
It may have earned nearly $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, but Iron Man 3 has ranked only No. 2 on the list of pirated movies downloaded via BitTorrent during the past two weeks, according...
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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