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Following eight days of trial testimony examining whether Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' tune, one of the most successful songs of the young century, was improperly drawn from a soulful hallmark from the prior one — Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit
Got to Give It Up, a jury comprised of five women and three men decided to order Thicke and Williams to pay $4 million in copyright damages plus profits attributable to infringement.
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The studio and Witherspoon’s Pacific Standard ended last night very close to winning a book rights auction to
Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield, a Gayle Tzemach Lemmon book that Harper will publish late next month. It’s the story of the creation by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command of a pilot program that allowed elite women soldiers on the battlefield with Green Berets and Army Rangers in Afghanistan in 2010.
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Actor is attached to produce and star in Universal Pictures’ adaptation of the Josh Dean article
The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang, which tells the story of a group of bank robbers who perpetrated crimes without ever having to fire their guns.
Gangster Squad and
Zombieland helmer Ruben Fleischer will direct, and Scott Stuber will produce.
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Fox has shelved the project, a remake of the popular BBC show that starred Idris Elba and was created by Neil Cross, because it has been unable to find the right actor to fill Elba’s considerable shoes. Marlon Wayans was apparently considered, but dismissed. Now, the network is going to wait until pilot season is over to reassess the situation.
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Word has come down that the studio is planning to shoot the third film in the trilogy this fall in Vancouver, with
Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski returning to helm the new film, alongside star Garrett Hedlund. The 2010 film earned more than $400 million at the worldwide box office.
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The series, known as
Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, will bring at least 20 new titles. These will range from novels to young adult titles to stickerbooks, each containing Easter Eggs that hint at events in
The Force Awakens. Del Rey, DK and Marvel Comics will be among the book's publishers, and while storyline details are under wraps, the idea is to raise anticipation for the picture.
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It’s an impressive list of extremely talented artists, many of whom have already begun working on big, studio projects. Warner, Disney, Paramount, Blue Sky, DreamWorks Animation, they’re all represented here, as are others. Check it, and them, out.
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Cable net has partnered with Get Schooled, a national non-profit co-founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Viacom, to award one skilled and innovative animator with a $25,000 scholarship, by creating an original animated short. This partnership marks the first-ever animation scholarship program between the 2 organizations, which will help elevate and support the best up and coming animators by giving an opportunity.
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And finally, here’s the latest trailer for the upcoming Pixar film, starring the vocal talents of Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Lewis Black, Bill Hader and Phyllis Smith. It hits theaters June 19th.
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The Oscar-nominated, 194-page screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, dated November 10th, 1998.
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