Published on May,21 2012 - by Variety
Director and producer Kevin Gill, a key figure in the early days of MTV, died on May 2 in Venice, Calif. He was 54. His television career began at the nascent cable network in early 1983, where he directed the original ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by The Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES _ Digital Domain, the award-winning visual effects company behind the blockbuster "Transformers" films and "Tron: Legacy," is expanding into the Middle East with plans to open a 150,000-square-foot production ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Variety
Actor and voiceover artist C. Lindsay Workman died on April 24 in Claremont, Calif., following a brief illness. He was 88. Workman did a range of voiceover work, creating characters for a series of animated "Garfield ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Variety
"The Office" is bolstering its exec producer ranks as the NBC comedy preps for its ninth season. "Girls" and "Sarah Silverman Program" alum Dan Sterling has signed on as an exec producer, and longtime series writer ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Just as wealth and social status are often linked to good health in humans, the animal kingdom too has its benefits for those at the top of the hierarchy, according to a US study out Monday.After studying 27 years worth ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Variety
ReelzChannel has signed on to broadcast the creative arts portion of the primetime Emmy awards for the second year in a row. Spike Jones, Jr. will also return to produce the kudocast, which will be taped Sept. 15 for air ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by ABC News Radio
Universal Island RecordsWhile we wait for Mumford & Sons to release their second album, the band is giving us a little something to tide us over. According to Rolling Stone, the band has written, arranged and ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Dairy farmers have warned that they risk being put out of business after some of Britain’s largest milk “middlemen” announced steep price cuts from June 1. Most of the country’s largest milk processors – who buy milk ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Japanese actor-director Takeshi "Beat" Kitano on Monday rejected accusations he made disparaging remarks about same-sex marriage on a talk show, after drawing criticism from gay rights campaigners.Kitano, whose yakuza ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
A Chinese billionaire has become the owner of the world’s largest chain of cinemas after buying more than 5,000 screens in the US for $2.6bn (£1.64bn). On Monday, at a glitzy signing ceremony in Beijing, Wang Jianlin, 5 ...