Fred Schruers
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Relativity’s Kavanaugh a No-Show at Upbeat U.S.-China Film Summit
Relativity chief absent following Chinese co-production kerfuffle
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Inside the Hotel Bel-Air’s Renovation: Picketers to Presidential Suites
The hotel recently completed a $100 million dollar renovation, and it shows. It opens this Tuesday
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Review: Steve Jobs Bio Needs the Deathbed Confession
Walter Isaacson’s 600-page doorstop lacks the part in which the sacred monster comes out from behind his objects and confesses to his sins
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Hotel Bel-Air Gets Back to Business After Protest-Marred Re-Opening
A multi-million dollar renovation adds luxury touches to good reviews, but a small army of laid-off union workers isn’t smiling
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Production Manager: ‘I Used to Wander Through Musso & Frank’s to Get Work. Not Today’
As the film business keeps migrating away from L.A. and its unions, a veteran unit production manager laments a freelance workforce that’s profoundly lacking in job security
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Conrad Murray Trial, Day 15: Defense Grills Propofol Expert on Cross-Examination
Chernoff gets snappish and sarcastic as he tries to rattle Dr. Steven Shafer
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Conrad Murray Trial, Day 14: Propofol Expert Lays Into Doctor Again
Dr. Steven Shafer says that Murray’s method of administering drug to Jackson was “intrinsically dangerous”
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Sony’s John Calley Tribute Is Fond and Funny
Led by his former boss Howard Stringer and fellow exec Amy Pascal, the tributes to the late producer flowed fast and like Calley, loose
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WGA’s Keyser: There Isn’t Enough Interesting Work for Writers
“While we are encouraged by the strength of our employment in television, we are simultaneously more concerned about the movement in the other direction in features”
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Google’s Page: ‘We Had a Great Quarter!’ – Earnings Up 33% on Revenue of $10B
With social networking arm Google+ also hitting the 40 million user mark in Q3, Wall Street bumps company’s stock 6%
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Apple Can’t Keep Up With Demand for iPhone Updates
Apple servers are overwhelmed as iPhone users rush to upgrade their devices in advance of iPhone 4S’s debut on Friday
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Conde Nast’s New Mogul Dawn Ostroff: Forget Cable, Digital Is the Future
EXCLUSIVE: Former CW chief says companies must play to consumers’ taste or “they’re going to go elsewhere”
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‘Black Swan’ Lawsuit Stirs Intern Debate: Education or Exploitation?
In a down economy are movie companies relying too heavily on free labor?
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Robert Towne to Write ‘Battle of Britain’ for GK Films
Veteran screenwriter to chronicle the World War II aerial combat saga for producers Graham King and Tim Headington
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‘English Patient’ Producer Saul Zaentz Sues Miramax For $20M
Producer’s years-long struggle with Miramax over Oscar-winning film’s profits is subject of a new lawsuit