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In his eponymous column, Senior Editor Neil Turitz takes a look at one of the hotter rumors circulating around the interwebs of late, regarding a key scene in the season finale of a beloved network show, the feuding stars who may or may not have filmed said scene together and the resulting scandal. Seriously, is this what we’ve come to? He has some things to say.
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A fair amount of action this week, with most of the major agencies getting in on things, with Gersh especially getting busy. Click on the link and see the various comings and goings from the past seven days.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
A new lawsuit from the American Federation of Musicians counts dozens of examples, from
Bridesmaids to
Argo, where music wasn't totally original. Sony's Columbia Pictures, Viacom's Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal City Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Warner Bros. Entertainments are all defendants in a lawsuit that offers some surprises about how old film music has been recycled in recent years.
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Oscar-winner Swinton has joined the cast and will play a Tibetan mystic who helps the Doctor learn the skills of being a sorcerer. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the titular sorcerer, while Scott Derrickson is directing the film. Shooting begins this fall and will hit theaters November 4th, 2016.
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After a lackluster 2003 version, the studio is taking another shot on Alan Moore’s comic series, which follows follows the literary icons Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, invisible man Rodney Skinner, Secret Service agent Sawyer, Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and the group’s recruiter, M, who use their powers and skills to save the world from destruction by the evil madman Fantom. John Davis is producing.
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The show will get a second season in 2016, series co-creator and exec producer Marta Kauffman announced at an FYC panel at the Pacific Design Center last night. She also suggested that part of the reason Netflix renewed it so quickly might have had something to do with Miley Cyrus tweeting about the show two weeks after its premiere.
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Today's younger generations are most likely to report being influenced by celebrity endorsements. Still, a celebrity endorser can be a major investment for some advertisers, so it’s important to choose someone who will represent your brand well and will also influence people to purchase your product. So how do you choose the perfect celebrity endorser these days?
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Hollywood had a holiday weekend to forget this Memorial Day, thanks to a disappointing performance by Disney’s latest big release. The Walt Disney Company’s
Tomorrowland topped the weekend box-office in the U.S., but the movie fell short of expectations in what was the film industry’s lowest-grossing Memorial Day weekend since 2001.
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Broad Green Pictures has released the first trailer from the upcoming film starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. Also starring Mary Steenburgen, Nick Offerman and Kristen Schaal, it hits theaters September 2nd.
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A24 has released the first trailer for the film, based on a true story. The film follows Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and author David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) on the closing days of the book tour of
Infinite Jest, the novel that made Wallace a literary sensation. It opens July 31st.
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