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Entertaining RSS FeedsAntena 3 launches Nitro - Weekly International: Spanish broadcaster inks WB, Fox, U deals -- Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 is launching Nitro, a nationwide digital terrestrial free-to-air TV channel whose programming backbone will be dramas and movies from the U.S. majors. ...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Lexus drives global warming debate - H'w'd and D.C.: Carmaker's approach pits celebs vs. skeptics -- Hollywood for years has taken a leading role in "raising awareness" of global warming, but lately the message from environmental activists has given way to another sentiment: frustration.
... Nations partner to save heritage - Weekly International: Budget cuts hit sector but cross-border action keeps restoration thriving -- Europe's rich history, its devotion to art and culture and its glorification of cinema means that it houses some of the most comprehensive and sophisticated film archives in the world.
... 'Toy Story 3,' 'Inception' top foreign B.O. - Weekly: Holdovers hang on as markets catch up after soccer -- Studios continued to play catch-up with overseas auds during the July 23-25 weekend, as a handful of holdovers gained considerable steam in major international markets.
... Euros top up TV treasure troves - International News: Slew of state-backed national archives take the past seriously -- If anyone ever finds a copy of "Madhouse on Castle Street," a 1963 BBC play featuring a fresh-faced Bob Dylan, or TV studio coverage of the 1969 moon landings, the British Film Institute would like to know.
... Videotape challenge is in the machinery - Technology News: Saving old technology mean saving old shows -- In the preservation world, if film is hot, video is ice cold.
... Days of our archives - Weekly TV: Triage helps save shows most at risk -- Armies of robots won't save our television heritage from ruin.
... Fires, heat trouble Egyptian film preservation - International News: Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation helps restore Mid-east titles -- Egyptians have been avid filmgoers since the birth of cinema: The first movie theater in Egypt opened in 1897, the same year the Lumiere brothers sent a cameraman to shoot the earliest moving images of the land of the pharaohs.
... Vintage vidgames remain viable - Technology News: Museum repairs old consoles; rights-holders snap apps -- For media institutions and game publishers, videogame preservation and conservation have become serious concerns. Museums and universities are now trying to chart the history of a new and popular form of entertainment, and gamemakers are discovering ways to profit from the growing nostalgia around what used to be considered obsolete software.
... Broadway's library preserves past - Legit News: Archive's activites include keeping record for posterity -- Theater has a reputation for being among the most ephemeral of the arts: Once you've missed a live performance, it's gone for good.
... India faces monumental film restoration effort - International News: Government plans to digitize 8,000 films -- India's film history stretches back to the early part of the 20th century, and it's perhaps a reflection of the country's chaotic past that copies of its historically significant movies have been scattered far and wide -- among filmmakers and their heirs, private collectors and government facilities.
... Brits seek primetime hits - Brian Lowry: ABC's Lee the latest top exec from other side of the pond -- Here we go again -- foreigners streaming across the porous U.S. borders, with funny accents and strange manners, taking jobs that once belonged to God-fearing Americans.
... Remastering Center preserves Hong Kong film - International News: Biggest collection of kung fu movies to be remastered in HD -- In 2000, Celestial Pictures bought the Shaw Brothers film library, the world's largest Chinese film collection, encompassing more than 760 feature films released over a 40-year timeframe.
... Hitler homemovies get re-release - Weekly First Look: Banned in Germany, Mora's controversial 'Swastika' is remastered -- A documentary film on Adolf Hitler's home life that has been barely seen since its bow 37 years ago will be available to a new generation with theatrical distribution deals in Germany and the U.S.
... FilmSharks diversifies into trailers - Weekly Music and Technology: Company ties up to do work on Woody Allen pic -- The indie biz is tough all over, and FilmSharks Intl., an international film sales company out of Latin America, is gaining dividends from a diversification drive into marketing by partnering with the 14-month-old Trailer Co.
... 'Ladies' leaves Botswana in the lurch - International News: With HBO show gone, Kgalewood biz considers its options -- The scene from Alexander McCall Smith's "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" begins with the words, "Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill."
... MTV's 'Jersey Shore' big hit with teens - TV News: Reality series premieres to 5.3 million viewers -- To absolutely no one's surprise, the second-season premiere of MTV's "Jersey Shore" was a big hit with the teen crowd and was the year's top cable telecast in the 12-34 demo.
... AFTRA: Don't work for Stan Brooks - Film News: Union issues 'do not work' order to members over nonpayment -- The American Federation of Television & Radio Artists has issued a "do not work" order to its members against Stan Brooks and his Once Upon a Time Films banner, alleging nonpayment of over $1 million in to cast of "Sordid Lives: The Series."
... Ojai Valley, CA - Real Estate Links: Union issues 'do not work' order to members over nonpayment -- The American Federation of Television & Radio Artists has issued a "do not work" order to its members against Stan Brooks and his Once Upon a Time Films banner, alleging nonpayment of over $1 million in to cast of "Sordid Lives: The Series."
... It's official: Lee to head ABC Entertainment - TV News: Alphabet finalizes deal with exec to head programming, prod'n -- ABC's exec shuffle at the top is complete. ABC Family prexy Paul Lee has been upped to prexy of ABC Entertainment Group, overseeing programming for the Alphabet net and the ABC Studios production arm.
... The Vinyl Frontier - Film Reviews: Guys who grew up playing with "Star Wars" action figures now have an entirely new world of toys to collect.
... After the Revolution - Legit Reviews: A smart, funny and provocative play about three generations of leftist political activists.
... New Brow: Contemporary Underground Art - Film Reviews: Tanem Davidson makes a case for cultural legitimacy in this wide-ranging but dry docu.
... Rubicon - TV Reviews: Unlikely to be a huge hit but should develop cult credentials.
... Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Music Reviews: Band delivered with the proper blend of urgency and plaintiveness.
... Jasmina - Film Reviews: Asentimental but ultimately affecting fable about loneliness, responsibility and human goodness.
... Bardsongs - Film Reviews: Three musical morality tales are beautifully performed, and their stories effectively re-enacted.
... A Midsummer Night's Dream - Legit Reviews: There's much enchantment in Christopher Ashley's midsummer production at La Jolla Playhouse.
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