March 11 2010
Review: ‘Out of League’ takes title too literally (AP)
AP - Remember the hoo-ha over whether Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl made a believable couple in Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up"?
March 11 2010
Disney, Starz sign extend film licensing deal (AP)
AP - Walt Disney Co.'s Disney-ABC Domestic Television and Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz Entertainment said Thursday they signed a new exclusive licensing agreement for Disney movies that will last through 2015 — three years longer than a previous deal.
March 11 2010
Top 20 Concert Tours (AP)
AP - The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
Reuters - Giant-screen movie operator Imax Corp said on Thursday a strong slate of films, including the blockbuster "Avatar", helped it bounce back to a fourth-quarter profit and it forecast a "very strong year" ahead.
March 11 2010
Broadhurst Box Office Opens for ‘Enron’ (Playbill)
Playbill - The box office at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre opens March 11 for sales to the U.S. premiere of Lucy Prebble's Enron, the highly theatricalized tale of the financial scandal and collapse of the American energy corporation.
March 11 2010
Disney to release Indian film in southern dialect (AP)
AP - Encouraged by the reception of its Hindi animated movie, Disney is shooting a new adventure film in the southern Indian dialect of Telugu as it deepens its localization drive in the populous country.
March 11 2010
Watch ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ Trailer Now!
Watch 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Trailer Now!
The love triangle between Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner heats up in the third "Twilight" installment.
March 11 2010
Imax posts 4Q profit, reversing loss (AP)
AP - Giant-screen movie technology company Imax Corp. posted a fourth-quarter profit Thursday, reversing a year-ago loss on a sharp jump in its movie theater equipment sales and rentals.
March 11 2010
Sushi chef charged with serving illegal whale (AP)
AP - Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.
March 11 2010
3-D boosts box office worldwide to record $30 bln (AP)
AP - The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.
