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‘The Dictator’ Opens Below Expectations On Wednesday

Perhaps Sacha Baron Cohen and Paramount overdid it a little with their marketing efforts in the run up to the release for The Dictator.  A Super Bowl ad and a series of viral talk show appearances did not exactly translate into box office gold as the comedy opened to a meager $4.2 million on Wednesday. 

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‘Sin City’ Sequel Gets a Release Date; Rourke, Alba Confirmed to Return

Sin City is back.  Dimension Films just released a press announcement confirming a release date for the long-gestating sequel. 

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Critics Shrug Off ‘Battleship’ In Early Reviews

Tomorrow features the domestic launch of the board game-spawned blockbuster known as Battleship.  This is an effort from Friday Night Light’s Peter Berg who recruited an ensemble cast in the form of Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, and Alexander Skarsgard in the hopes that it would translate into box office gold for this [...]

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CW Announces Exclusive Web Content for Digital Platforms

Special digital brands for television networks are all the rage nowadays, and CW has announced their intentions to the join the party today via a new studio called CWD. 

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USA Network Announces 2012-13 Development Slate: 6 Comedies, 6 Dramas, 4 Unscripted

Earlier today, USA announced their 2012-13 development slate which includes the obligatory dramas, but also reality and comedy programs which is a new trick for the most-watched cable network. 

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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Beats ‘The Tonight Show’ For The First Time Ever

The late night dynamic has never been the same since the NBC fiasco that was The Jay Leno Show.  When the talk show host returned to The Tonight Show his ratings were noticeably down, and they never completely recovered. 

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CW Sets 2012-13 Primetime Schedule: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Grabs Thursday Slot, ‘The Carrie Diaries’ Premieres in January

The last of the broadcasters to bring out their primetime schedule for the fall was CW who earlier today announced their future programming plans. 

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Ashton Kutcher to Host “Punk’d” Ahead of “MTV Movie Awards”

When it was announced that Punk’d would be returning for new episodes after five years off the air, it was widely reported that Ashton Kutcher would only be taking a behind-the-scenes executive producer role.  Well, given today’s news, it would certainly appear as if we were punk’d as he most certainly will be hosting an [...]

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‘Iron Man 3′ Recruits ‘Pacific’ Actor James Badge Dale for Second Major Villain

Iron Man 3 just received another villain today.  Of course, having a second bad guy is not a new trick for this series as the film’s predecessor had two as well, but it is interesting to hear the news confirmed as it may suggest that Guy Pearce will not necessarily be a villain after all. 

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4.7 Million Watched President Obama On ‘The View’ Yesterday

The president’s appearance on The View yesterday attracted quite the audience.  According to Nielsen data, the broadcast attracted a 15-month high in viewership with 4.7 million tuning in. 

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