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L.A. Planning Commission gives OK to NBCUniversal expansion
The Los Angeles City Planning Commission recommended Thursday that NBCUniversal be allowed to move to the next stage of approval for a long-planned expansion at its San Fernando Valley site, after the company agreed to fund a bikeway and make other...
Tags: Ann M. Simmons, Movies, NBC (tv network), NBCUniversal, Entertainment
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Nickelodeon hopes for rescue by 'Ninja Turtles'
The turtles are being unleashed in the nick of time. On Saturday morning, Nickelodeon will take the lid off a slicker, hipper version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." The armed reptiles, a hugely popular cartoon franchise in the '80s and '90s, are...
Tags: iCarly (tv program), Meg James, SpongeBob SquarePants (tv program), Nickelodeon (tv network)
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Casting directors ratify new three-year contract
Hollywood's casting directors have ratified a new three-year contract. Teamsters Local 399 business agent Steve Dayan said the union's casting directors overwhelmingly approved a new contract Tuesday that gives them modest increases in wages and...Tags: Collective Contract, Unions, Wage Contract Issues, Richard Verrier, Career and Workplace
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Brad Sherman leading Howard Berman in race, independent poll shows
Rep. Brad Sherman had a 13-point lead over fellow Democratic Rep. Howard Berman, according to a poll taken for KABC Channel 7. Conducted by SurveyUSA, the poll is the first independent sampling of voters released since the June primary, in which...Tags: Elections, Jean Merl, Howard Lawrence Berman, Polls, Brad Sherman
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Assembly speaker to perform in Prop. 8 play '8'
Assembly Speaker John A. Perez(D-Los Angeles) will soon be trying his hand at another profession: acting. California's first openly gay speaker will join an all-star cast in San Francisco next month for a reading of "8," a play about the federal trial to...
Tags: John A. Perez, George Clooney, Gays and Lesbians, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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Report: California lost $3 billion in film crew wages from 2004 to 2011
California lost $3 billion in wages from 2004 to 2011 because of film and TV production flocking to other states and countries, a new study concludes. Burbank-based Entertainment Partners, the industry’s largest payroll service company, which...
Tags: Cinema Industry, Richard Verrier, Credit and Debt
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Porn star joins valley business leaders in opposing condom requirement for adult film productions
The porn star who’s made a name for himself with his guy-next-door looks and role opposite Lindsay Lohan in an upcoming indie flick came out Thursday against a proposed initiative to require condoms on adult film sets in Los Angeles County. At a...
Tags: Lindsay Lohan, Companies and Corporations, HIV, Syphilis, AIDS
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Spinning a love story at Warner Bros.
Boot camps before meetings? Yoga classes at lunch? Workouts near or at work are convenient and efficient. But if you happen to be employed at Warner Bros. in Burbank, there's more to it than accessibility. On Fridays when the sitcom "Mike & Molly" isn'...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Mary MacVean
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Amanda Bynes cited for driving with suspended license near Bob Hope Airport
Amanda Bynes was cited Sunday morning for driving with a suspended driver license, and her car was impounded, police officials said. Bob Hope Airport police spokesman Victor Gill said Bynes was pulled over at 8:20 a.m. She was not detained and no details...Tags: Amanda Bynes, Richard Winton, Bob Hope
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Students write essays to see Proposition 8 play in Woodland Hills
The price of admission to last weekend's play at El Camino Real Charter High School was anything but typical. Then again, neither was the play. Students had to submit essays describing their views on gay marriage. The play, "8," dramatizes the 2010 trial...
Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Same-Sex Marriage, Howard Blume
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Chief executive says animation and franchises are key for Universal
Acknowledging that the movie business is "not for the faint of heart," NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke said he'd like to see more animation and more franchise films out of Universal in the years ahead. "We've had our ups and downs for the...
Tags: Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (movie), Battleship (movie), The Bourne Legacy (movie), Joe Flint, The Five-Year Engagement (movie)
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Disney takes $50 million write-down on canceled animation project
Walt Disney Co. will take a $50 million write-down in the current fiscal quarter for a stop-motion animation project it canceled in August. The untitled movie was to be directed by Henry Selick, the well respected filmmaker behind "Coraline" and "The...
Tags: The Nightmare Before Christmas (movie), Animation (genre), Ben Fritz, The Walt Disney Co.
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