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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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Dodgers drama: Frank McCourt still swinging

Embattled Dodger owner, Frank McCourt, is still fighting to keep control of the team. Yesterday, the Dodgers filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Today McCourt is trying to wrangle enough money to pay the team’s bills. More on McCourt’s dilemma and an upcoming hearing in U.S. bankruptcy court on the Los Angeles Times website.

Monday, June 27, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, June 27, 2011

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“Cars 2” a runaway winner at the box office

The final box office numbers for the weekend are out today. The animated sequel, “Cars 2” leads the pack with a debut of $66 million winning bragging rights as the number one film in the country. In second place, the Cameron Diaz-Justin Timberlake new R-rated comedy, “Bad Teacher,” with $31.6 million, followed by the superhero actioner “Green Lantern” $18 million, the sci-fi flick […]

Monday, June 20, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, June 20, 2011

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Entertainment Bits

“Jackass” star killed in car accident Actor Ryan Dunn was reportedly killed in a horrible car accident early this morning. The 34-year-old star of the R-rated “Jackass” movie comedy series apparently died when his Porsche crashed and exploded into flames in Pennsylvania. The Wrap has more on the tragedy. “Dilbert” creator in hot water over blog post The Internet is buzzing over the […]

Friday, June 17, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Friday, June 17, 2011

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ShowBiz Bits

McCourts’ divorce settlement and TV deal The battling McCourts announced a divorce settlement today — but it depends on a TV contract between the Dodges and the Fox network .So it’s not quite a done deal for Frank and Jamie. Details here on the Los Angeles Times website. “Green Lantern” burns red hot in theaters The “Green Lantern” made a ton of green […]

Thursday, May 26, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, May 26, 2011

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Oprah’s 25th year finale a ratings winner

“The Oprah Winfrey Show” finale was huge — in true Oprah style. On Wednesday, Oprah’s talk show wrapped up 25 years with a tribute to her fans, who stuck with her year after year. That show scored its biggest overnight rating for Oprah’s talker in 17 years, according to the website TV by the Numbers. If you missed the big episode, click over to the Oprah.com website and share […]

Thursday, May 19, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, May 19, 2011

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“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strange Tides” opening tomorrow

The big summer movies are rolling into theaters. Tomorrow, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strange Tides,” opens in the U.S. The fantasy adventure is the fourth installment in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film series. The movie is based on the book from 1987, “On Strange Tides,” by Tim Powers. Today over on the publishing site Galleycat, Powers talks about his fantasy […]

Monday, May 16, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, May 16, 2011

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Chick flicks hot at the box office

Chick flicks are packing them in at movie theaters. Two in the last couple of weeks have beaten projections and grabbed a lot of attention away from the front runner, “Thor”. While the superhero actioner held onto first place over the weekend, the debut of the raunchy female comedy, “Bridesmaid” is the talk of Tinseltown. The comedy about a down-on-her luck […]

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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Newspaper column gets greenlighted as a TV series

The New York Times column “Modern Love” is hooking up with Lifetime Television. A TV series based on the column got a pilot deal at the cable network, according to deadline.com The “Modern Love” TV series will use real stories from the newspaper column to create episodes that explore the state of modern relationships. The pilot will begin shooting this […]

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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Hollywood spec script market still fired up

At a time when the sale of spec scripts usually slows down — this year– those sales are still going strong. Scott Myers over on the screenwriting blog Go Into The Story is tracking 2011 spec script buys. Myers says the 29th sale was for a spec script written by the grandsons of the actor, Dick Van Dyke. Carey and Shane Van Dyke’s “The Watching […]