MGM
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Scoop: The Comeback of MGM and James Bond
If nothing else, the studio’s financing roller-coaster ride illustrates how the insiders in Hollywood still manage to enchant outsiders on Wall Street
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Edward Jay Epstein -
Former MGM Chief Mary Parent Takes Deal at Paramount
She joined MGM in 2008, and had been a well-regarded producer at Universal
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Hollywood Publicist-Turned-Producer Walter Seltzer Dies at 96
Worked with Brando, Douglas and Heston — was sole MPTF trustee to oppose closing of the fund’s long-term care center
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Qualia Capital Founder Ken Schapiro Is MGM’s New COO
The new chief operating officer begins work at the studio Monday
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MGM Promotes John Bryan to Top Domestic Television Slot
This TV Network creator takes lead duties in MGM’s Domestic Television division
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Tim Kenneally -
Spyglass’ Jonathan Glickman Named President of MGM Motion Picture Group
Spyglass executive tapped to head newly restructured movie studio, filling in for the departed Mary Parent
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Jim Packer Named President of Lionsgate’s Worldwide Television Distribution and Digital
Former MGM exec will try to sell shows and improve digital distribution
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Daniel Craig to Return for 23rd ‘Bond’; Sam Mendes to Direct
Next ‘007’ movie will start production later this year and premiere Nov. 9, 2012
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Gollum, Gandalf on Board for Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit’
Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen will reprise their “Lord of the Rings” roles in the two-part prequel
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Exclusive: Knoxville & Samberg on ‘Three Stooges’ Shortlist
Australian comic Shane Jacobson is also a candidate for Peter and Bobby Farrelly’s slapstick comedy
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Post-Bankruptcy, MGM Launches Classic TV Channel
Studio will partner with Weigel Broadcasting to start Me-TV; new channel will feature “Dick Van Dyke” and “Cheers”
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MGM Vacating Century City Tower for Beverly Hills
The financially troubled studio has signed a lease for office space at 235-269 N. Beverly Drive
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Ex-Pixar CFO Ann Mather to Head New MGM Board
Mather takes position with company just out of Chapter 11
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Tim Molloy -
MGM Exits Bankruptcy, Barber and Birnbaum Assume Control
Studio emerges with $500 million in exit funding
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MGM Lays Off 50 in Distribution, Post-Production
As the studio enters bankruptcy, an eighth of the staff is let go