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Hobbled by a depressed DVD market and drooping sales of movies to foreign television networks, Hollywood studios are finally reining in runaway marketing budgets. Lionsgate, already one of the leaner operations, boasted that it cut marketing expenses...
Tags: Hollywood, New York City, Publicist, Twitter, Universal Studios, Toy Story, Paramount Pictures, Public relations, Marketing, Publicity, Entertainment Culture
Goliath Battle with CBS Goes On [Feuds] Best Known As: Business Person Gist: Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein; May 27 1923) is majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements,...
Tags: Sumner Redstone Stories, Los Angeles, Brent Redstone, National Amusements, Michael Redstone, CBS, Paramount Pictures, Business Finance, Viacom, CBS Corporation, Sumner Redstone, Entertainment Culture
The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside. It's a view rarely offered, but Jason Reitman, the director of "Juno" and "Thank You for Smoking," has done just that. Reitman has spent much of October and November...
Tags: Jason Reitman, Los Angeles, Ivan Reitman, George Clooney, Juno, Ghostbusters, Walter Kirn, Up in the Air, films, Entertainment Culture, Viacom, Jeff Bridges, Paramount Vantage, Academy Award for Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire, Academy Awards, Paramount Pictures, Robert Duvall
Oren Peli's ghost story, filmed on a video camera in his own house for just $15,000 (£9,000), has become one of the most profitable movies of all time. "I'm pleased and overwhelmed and a bit shocked," Peli told BBC News on Friday. "The whole thing has...
Tags: Paramount Pictures, Oren Peli, box office, Paranormal Activity, United Kingdom, London, films, Horror film, Entertainment Culture
Viacom says its third-quarter profit jumped a better-than-expected 15 percent as a stronger movie slate offset continuing declines in advertising and DVD sales. The media conglomerate controlled by billionaire Sumner Redstone owns a wide range of media...
Tags: Viacom Inc., Paramount Pictures, MTV, rock band
"Paranormal Activity" has hit No.1 box office spot over the weekend. The low budget Paramount Pictures film, surprised with estimated US$22 million ticket sales on its fifth weekend release. It has beaten big budget Imagi Studios's "Astro...
Tags: Paranormal Activity, Box Office No. 1 Hit, Paramount Pictures, Astro Boy, Amelia, Imagi Studios, Fox Search Light, Los Angeles Times, Paramount Pcitures chairman Brad Grey
Kenny Ortega is no longer on board to direct the Footloose remake, Variety reports . Ortega reportedly left the project over creative and budgetary issues with Paramount Pictures. Sources said that Ortega wanted to make a music-heavy $30 million project,...
Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey had an unusual message for an industry in which taking credit for the latest hit is standard practice. "Evidently we have a situation where you put one foot in front of the other every day at the studio," he said...
Media analysts are starting to weigh in with their takes on the Disney-Marvel deal. The general consensus is that it makes sense for Disney, but shareholders may have to wait awhile for a payoff. Of course, preaching patience to shareholders is like trying...
Tags: Walt Disney Co., Marvel Entertainment Inc., Universal Orlando, Marvel Comics, Paramount Pictures, iron man, Harry Potter, Hollywood
Redbox Automated Retail LLC said it’s signed a deal with Paramount Home Entertainment Inc. to place the movie studio’s DVDs in Redbox’s 15,000 rental kiosks when the DVDs are initially released for the public through the end of the year. The deal allows...
Tags: Redbox Automated Retail LLC, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment Inc., night dvd, dvd rental, trial deal