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Shearmur joins push at Lionsgate

2008-09-04T21:21:00.001-07:00

President of production�alongside Mike Paseornek

A year and a half after leaving Paramount, Alli Shearmur has landed at Lionsgate as chief Executive of motion picture production alongside longtime Lionsgate production head Mike Paseornek.

Shearmur and Paseornek, wHO will each carry the same title, will write up to co-COO and motion picture radical president Joe Drake. Shearmur's lock on the position has been in the air for some time, and she officially starts Tuesday.

"I'm selfsame excited to be part of a team once more," Shearmur aforementioned. "I'm most looking fore to being at a place that has a real sentiency of momentum and an agile, discernment approach to making movies. They appear to be very creative, out-of-the-box thinkers."

While Paseornek has helped to build the mini-major into an more and more ambitious studio, he and Shearmur will now fundamentally run two separate production divisions, with each turn out six-spot to eight films per year. The studio claims that these slates will remain passably undefined, Paseornek will focus on Lionsgate's bread-and-butter writing style projects, such as urban comedy and horror, patch Shearmur testament shepherd larger-scale, talent-driven mainstream productions.

The repose of the in-house yield team will be schism among the two wings, with production vps Jim Miller and Wolfgang Hammer reporting to Shearmur and executive vp Lisa Ellzey and senior vp John Sacchi staying in Paseornek's camp.

"As Lionsgate continues to expand, our goal on the motion picture production side is to foster an environs characterized by creativity and focus," Drake said. "Alli has superb instincts in developing properties, and she brings a substantial base of talent relationships into the Lionsgate fold. She is a terrific complement to Mike, and together they ar going to build upon the formidable infrastructure and brand identity that Mike has already established."

Shearmur exhausted several age as an executive at Walt Disney Pictures and then at Universal, where she had a hand in launching the "American Pie" and "Bourne" series. She and then moved to Paramount, where she was promoted to co-president of production under Gail Berman in early 2005. That tenure complete in disappointment when Paramount topper Brad Grey let Berman and Shearmur go in January 2007, going Shearmur's co-president, Brad Weston, in charge of Paramount's production division.

Shearmur is a producer on Doug Liman's DreamWorks ignoble moon figure being written by Dan Mazeau.

It power not take long to see whether a power-sharing arrangement will work for Paseornek and Shearmur tending Lionsgate's belligerent efforts to expand its scope, even without the executives sharing a co-president title.

"Mike Paseornek is awesome at what he does, and he has an incredible running record," Shearmur said. "As people continue to do business with us at Lionsgate, it's going to be clear where to bring the movies, and it's such a friendly, collaborative work environment that it should be a very easy process to manage. It's really enlighten what Mike has been brilliant at."

Lionsgate recently re-upped its arranging with Tyler Perry for another trey years, and it acquired a $340 million credit facility with J.P. Morgan.

On the development horizon are "Warrior," which Gavin O'Connor co-wrote and will engineer; "Conan," a fast-tracked project with multiple scripts in the workings; "Severance Package," with Brett Simon writing and guiding; "Rambo V," to be written and directed by Sylvester Stallone; "Korean Wedding" from writer Jason Filardi; and "Kane & Lynch," a picture game adaptation that will star Bruce Willis.

The studio has generated nearly a half billion dollars in boxoffice this past financial year. Its fall slate includes "Disaster Movie" (opening Friday), "Bangkok Dangerous" (Sept. 5), "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys" (Sept. 12), "Religulous" (Oct. 3), "W" (Oct. 17), "Saw V" (Oct. 24) and "The Spirit" (Dec. 25).

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'Harry Potter' Games Producer On Life After The Movies: 'There's More Stories That We Can Tell'

2008-08-25T18:21:00.001-07:00

SAN FRANCISCO � Nothing lasts perpetually, not regular the magic "Harry Potter." But don't tell that to Electronic Arts, the company that produces the "Potter" video games for Warner Bros. EA hopes to make the Boy Who Lived continue to entertain game fans, even after the two-part "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" has bowed out of theaters.

"I think that's a not bad opportunity," Wiimote-clutching "Harry Potter" executive producer Jonathan Bunney told MTV News concluding week at an EA summer press event. "Certainly, we've through with it with 'Lord of the Rings.' We've prolonged beyond the movies at that place. We did it with James Bond for a while. I don't know what we'll do with 'Harry Potter.' It'd be fun to, I think. There's more stories that we can tell."

As Bunney points out, this isn't without precedent. This fall, EA will release "Lord of the Rings: Conquest," a multiplayer action game modeled after the "Star Wars: Battlefront" series. "Conquest" is an alternate-timeline take on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy series that lets players become wickedness and control the forces of Sauron.

Right now, Bunney and his team in London are focused on finishing up the video game version of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," just that doesn't stop him from speculating on what the future might sustain for the boy wizard.

"There's an chance to go back to the original movie," he said. "The technology has moved on so much. When we were low making those games, we were making it for PlayStation 1, and today we've got, you know, the Wii. I think there's opportunities to [revisit stories].

"We make to figure out whether anyone wants to purchase those or not!" he added with a laugh.

There might be a few people who'd pay for more "Harry Potter" adventures, Mr. Bunney: The last book sold more than 11 jillion copies in just 24 hours.

One of the virtually popular rumors among "Harry Potter" aficionados is the prospect of a massively multiplayer on-line version of Hogwarts, in the vein of "World of Warcraft" and "EverQuest." Warner Bros. has aforesaid it's concerned in producing an on-line "Harry Potter," and so is EA.

"We've talked about it a lot," Bunney said. "The reality is that we're focused on the flick games. I think in that respect could be a playfulness MMO for 'Harry Potter.' "

But for now, there's work to be done. "Half-Blood Prince" is most finished, and Bunney's eyes are craning toward "Deathly Hallows" and the challenge of qualification a game (or iI) based on a picture show that's being split in half, a first for the series.

"We haven't in truth thought around what we're going to do even so, but it's going to be in truth exciting," Bunney said. "Obviously, it's a great opportunity to get two games, but I want to make certain we make two capital games. We don't roll in the hay how close those movies are going away to be, how far apart they're going to be and where they're going to cut them in half."

"Half-Blood Prince" was scheduled to release alongside the pic in November, but Warner Bros. has since pushed the cinema to the summer. EA has not confirmed a similar retard, but industry analysts anticipate it to follow in Warner Bros.' footsteps.

For practically more around interactive "Harry Potter" games, check out the Multiplayer blog.

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New Drug Development In Bladder Cancer: Understanding Biology To Develop Future Leads

2008-08-15T19:03:00.001-07:00

�UroToday.com - Chemotherapy is effective in both topically advanced and metastatic vesica cancer. Two randomized trials have demonstrated that preoperative administration of Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Adriamycin, Cisplatin (MVAC) or Cisplatin, Methotrexte,Vinblastine (CMV) better survival in patients with muscle invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Other advantages of neoadjuvant therapy include the in vivo monstrance of

Amy Winehouse - Fielder-civil To Move To Countryside Jail

2008-08-07T18:27:00.001-07:00

AMY WINEHOUSE's jailed married man BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL is to be touched to a prison outside of London amid fears for his safety.

Fielder-Civil is currently portion a 27-month sentence in the British capital's Pentonville Prison later on being convicted on charges of heartrending bodily harm (GBH) and perverting the course of justice. The charges radical from a 2006 assault on a London public house landlord.

But according to U.K. tabloid reports, the 26-year-old - world Health Organization has been seeking guidance from reenforcement group the Samaritans - will be transferred to a gaol in Suffolk in the English countryside this weekend (02-03Aug08), after begging prison house officials for the move because he felt suicidal.

This comes just days afterward Fielder-Civil reportedly broke down in crying in his cell, screaming, "Why me?", and lachrymation down photos of his famous wife.

Meanwhile, the Rehab hitmaker is said to have begun househunting in the Suffolk area to be good her disruptive spouse when he is transferred.

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Marco Beltrami

2008-06-23T06:36:00.000-07:00

Artist: Marco Beltrami

   Genre(s):
Soundtrack
   Easy Listening
   Soundtrack
   Easy Listening

Discography:


3:10 To Yuma - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

   Year: 2007
Tracks: 21


Live Free Or Die Hard

   Year: 2006
Tracks: 21


I Robot OST (Score)

   Year: 2004
Tracks: 15


Terminator 3 - Rise Of The Machines

   Year: 2003
Tracks: 21

Machinegun Kelly

2008-06-16T14:47:00.001-07:00

Artist: Machinegun Kelly

   Genre(s):
Rock: Hard-Rock

Discography:

White Line Offside

Year: 2004
Tracks: 10

Naomi Campbell - Campbells Convict Cannes Date

2008-06-02T10:06:00.000-07:00

Supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL stepped out with a controversial new beau at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Wednesday (22May08) - her date was a convicted swindler.

The runway queen - who has an assault conviction to her name - arrived at the premiere of new movie Che with Christian Rocancourt, a fraudster who has spent five years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from investors.

According to the New York Post, Rocancourt, 40, has impersonated members of Manhattan's famous Rothschild and Rockefeller families and pretended to be the son of actress Sophia Loren in the past, to dupe investors out of money.

Campbell celebrated her 38th birthday after the premiere, with a party aboard Sean 'Diddy' Combs' yacht.

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Zoe Ball In Narrow Miss After TV Shoot Car Crash

2008-05-27T00:16:00.001-07:00

Zoe Ball came within inches of being hit by a car near her home in Hove on Friday during a TV shoot, her husband Fatboy Slim has revealed.

The DJ, whose real name is Norman Cook, said the incident “could have been carnage”.

The cameraman who was filming Ball was treated for cuts and bruises when the car clipped him after the elderly female driver lost control.

"Zoe is totally okay, she is a little bit shaken but she is definitely not injured,” Cook said in a statement.

“She was filming a promo for the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) at the end of our road. A woman came out of a parking space and appeared to lose control and careered into Zoe's cameraman.”

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Gone Without Trace

2008-05-18T22:28:00.001-07:00

Artist: Gone Without Trace

   Genre(s):
Rock: Hard-Rock

Discography:

Gone Without Trace

Year: 2004
Tracks: 10

The Offspring Debut New Single 'Hammerhead'

2008-05-08T00:19:00.000-07:00

The Offspring Debut New Single 'Hammerhead'

Newly Record album Ascend And Fall, Rage And Good will to be Released June 17 on Columbia River
Records
Single hits wireless Crataegus oxycantha 5 and is available for free download on
hypertext transfer protocol://www.materialization.com

Newly York, May 5 -- The Offspring experience returned.

Dexter Holland (vocals, guitar), Noodles (guitar), Greg K (basso) and
Pete Parada (drums) ar train up for the June 17, 2008 release of Rise
And Come, Rage And Grace [Columbia University Records], an impressive freshly set of songs
from one of rock's near exciting and enduring bands. The bingle,
"Hammerhead," volition be available for liberate download at the revamped
hTTP://www.offspring.com beginning Whitethorn 5, the saame day that the sung is formally
released to radio. A special gatefold vinyl edition of the album with
memory access to a release download of the record album testament be released aboard the
traditional CD and download.

The Offspring entered the studio with legendary producer Bob Stone
(Metallica, The Cult) to record 12 new songs culled from the most
productive songwriting catamenia in the band's account. The end resultant role is a
broad stretch album forging new territory spell staying true to the band's
vision. Every strain on the band's eighth studio album delivers.

That's quite the acquirement for a band that has performed over M
shows and has sold more than 34 1000000 albums worldwide, including their
1994 liberation "Smash," which more than a decade after its release remains
the highest-selling album of all time on an independent label.

The band's initial hitch dates ar listed below and on hypertext transfer protocol://www.materialization.com
where new dates will be added as they are announced.

English hawthorn 16 91X X-Fest San Diego, CA
17 KROQ Frankfurter Joint Irvine, CA
18 KJEE Summer Round Up Santa Claus Barbara, CA
30 Electric Festival Madrid, Kingdom of Spain

June 6 Rock in Rio de Janeiro Festival Lisbon, Portugal
7 Rock am Ring Festival Nurburg, FRG
8 Stone im Ballpark Festival Nuremberg, Deutschland
13 Greenfield Fete Interlaken, Svizzera
14 Download Festival Donington Park, England

July 4 Rock For People Festival Hradec Kralove, Czech Commonwealth
5 Volt Festival Sopron, Republic of Hungary
6 Eurockeennes Fete Belfort, Anatole France
8 Rockwave Festival Athens, Greece
26 93.3 Big Gig Denver, CO

August 9 Virgo the Virgin Mobile Festival Baltimore, MD

Rise And Fall, Fad And Free grace track-listing:

Half-Truism
Cartel In You
You're Gonna Go Far, Thomas Kyd
Loggerhead
A Lot Wish Me
Takes Me Nowhere
Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?
Nothingtown
Stuff Is Messed Up
Get You
Let's Hear It For Stone Freighter
Rebel And Settle

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Clooney tells Cruise to mock himself

2008-05-02T20:51:00.001-07:00

Clooney tells Cruise to mock himself

Hollywood principal George Clooney has advised Uncle Tom Cruise to "make playfulness of himself" in order to growth his popularity.
Clooney made the comments in an interview with Time, locution that he isn't afraid to bemock himself.
The actor said: "Ahead they could kill me on 'Batman & Robin', I said: 'It's a bad motion picture, and I'm the worst thing in it.' You try on to defend an indefensible position, you'll calculate wish a shmo."
"The guys I hollow don't do that. Look at Winston Churchill. He said: 'These are our shortcomings. Now let's get past tense it'."
Referring to Cruise, Clooney said: "I talked to him the other daylight, and he's a good egg. There's aught self-serving around what he's locution. He has to turn it into a way to realise play of himself."

Olsen and Leto 'not back together'

2008-04-29T08:51:00.001-07:00

Olsen and Leto 'not back together'

Ashley Olsen has denied reports she's second in the munition of ex-boyfriend actor Jared Latona after the couple was spotted retention hands at a recent epoch Los Angeles company.
Guests at the Art of Elysium event on 12 January watched as Olsen and the actor-turned-rocker kissed and cuddled, simply her hades importune people are meter reading excessively much into the meeting.
Contactmusic quotes a congresswoman for Olsen as locution: "They aren't back together. They're friends."

Philbin is the Oscars Red Carpet host

2008-04-29T05:41:00.001-07:00

Philbin is the Oscars Red Carpet host

US TV legend Regis Philbin has been announced as the host of the 30-minute red carpet arrivals record at the Oscars in February.
Commenting, Oscars producer Dennis Doty said: "Regis is the perfective tense guy to serve as server. He knows everyone, and everyone loves Regis! I'm thrilled that he has agreed to be the ringmaster for this year's extravaganza."
Philbin is seen as 1 of the pioneers of the loss carpet interview at the Oscars, having first covered the event in the 1970s.
The nominees for the 80th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday 22 January; the Oscars volition take blank space on Billy Sunday 24 Feb.

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Neil Patrick Harris: Britney Comments Were Misquoted

2008-04-29T03:33:00.001-07:00

Neil Patrick Harris: Britney Comments Were Misquoted

In an exclusive statement to Amusement Weekly, Neil St. Patrick Harris has responded to the Associated Press article that suggested that he would not care Britney Spears to appear on his CBS situation comedy 'How I Met Your Mother', with the worker locution he wrote to EW "to set the record straight". Spears invitee starred as a lovestruck receptionist on the sequence, which aired MArch 24 and earned the series its highest ratings in the 18-49 demographic in its 2005 debut on air. In the AP narrative, Harris was quoted as saying, "I'm in the minority that our testify does non need stunt casting in order to come after.... I interest that if they begin 'Will & Grace'-ing us likewise much, that the show will suffer." At first base, the AP stood by its story, with AP amusement editor program Jesse Capital saying, "I regard his right to change his stance, simply...Neil Saint Patrick Harris told us unequivocally that he did non believe that Britney should be on the testify." However, by late Friday (April 11), the AP had "issued a clarification to our story". "Zellig Sabbatai Harris did not allege that he opposed a return betrothal for Spears, and our lead said that he did," American capital said in a statement. Bomber Harris has released a comment to EW.com, locution:"It seems that yesterday a author took or so quotes of mine and speculated an opinion about their purpose. I write to you to set the record straightaway. "As I have said altogether along, Britney did a great book of Job on the depict. She actually did. In fact, we are altogether hoping that she returns rather soon to repeat her use as Abby. See, that instalment garnered our highest ratings of the time of year — I would never ignore or discourtesy that fact. I am just real protective of our show, and its capacity. I suffer a heights standard of calibre, and hope to assert it on every grade. Video is big business, I realize that. I experience great faith in our casting section, as well as [Twentieth One C Charles James Fox Television set] and CBS, to find the capture person for every role on our show. I was remiss in speculating other than. My line verbal description is to act, and I should really do just that. "Britney Spears fits into our pretense world rattling easily — if she chose to give I lav only think that Carter [Bays], Craig [St. Thomas], and the stay of the writers would make a humdinger of a plot line for her. We should be so lucky."Pic courtesy of CBS. Taken by Drop Lipson.