Intrepid names Wyatt COO, CFO

Film News: Company ups Anil Kurian to VP of development -- Intrepid Pictures has hired veteran indie exec Trina Wyatt as chief operating officer and chief financial office and promoted Anil Kurian to VP of development.

Discovery, APM Music form Tracks

Music News: Unit making original cues available for licensing -- Discovery Communications and APM Music have partnered to form Discovery Studios Tracks, which will make original music cues from the Discovery family of TV channels available for licensing to third-party productions.

HDNet concert series debuts July 13

Music News: Sneak peek will include Good Charlotte perf -- Mark Cuban's HDNet will debut a concert series on July 13, opening with a sneak peek segment featuring Good Charlotte before a launch in the fall.

Kadokawa takes stake in school

Business News: Co. investing substantially in training -- Media conglom Kadokawa Group Holdings on July 1 will take a 15% stake in Amusement Media Academy (AMG), a private school that trains animators, game designers, comic artists, voice actors and other creatives at campuses in Tokyo and Osaka.

Russell Kelban joins Paramount

Business News: Exec named senior VP of brand marketing -- Paramount Home Entertainment has tapped Russell Kelban senior VP of brand marketing.

Universal ups Scoggins to senior VP

Business News: Creative exec developed Solar online -- Universal Pictures has upped Stan Scoggins to senior VP of worldwide digital asset management in the studio's creative services group.

Intrepid names Wyatt COO, CFO

Business News: Company ups Anil Kurian to VP of development -- Intrepid Pictures has hired veteran indie exec Trina Wyatt as chief operating officer and chief financial office and promoted Anil Kurian to VP of development.

CBS Interactive absorbs CNET

Business News: Quincy Smith to oversee expanded unit -- The Eye has absorbed CNET into CBS Interactive and reorganized the unit along five areas of focus, all overseen by CBS Interactive chief Quincy Smith.

MTV takes a stand on 'Rock Band'

Business News: Xbox 360 game to battle 'Guitar Hero' this fall -- Round two of the battle of the videogame bands is gearing up for fall as MTV disclosed plans Monday to release "Rock Band 2" in September.

Actors' Equity talks are free of drama

Business News: Union, producers agree to extend negotiations -- Legit thesp union Actors' Equity Association and the Broadway League, the trade association of stage producers and presenters, agreed early Monday morning to extend contract negotiations on a day-to-day basis.

NBC Universal promotes Vivi Zigler

Business News: Exec will lend expertise to company's websites -- NBC Universal has elevated Vivi Zigler to prexy of NBC Universal Digital Entertainment.

Discovery, APM Music form Tracks

Business News: Unit making original cues available for licensing -- Discovery Communications and APM Music have partnered to form Discovery Studios Tracks, which will make original music cues from the Discovery family of TV channels available for licensing to third-party productions.

Yahoo issues defense to investors

Business News: Netco offers reasons why Microsoft bid failed -- With one month to go before its annual shareholders meeting, Yahoo has issued its most elaborate defense of its failed negotiations with Microsoft yet.

IFC ups Lisa Schwartz to exec VP

Business News: Exec to supervise operations of film initiatives -- IFC Entertainment has upped Lisa Schwartz to exec veep of distribution, operations and business development.

Moscow fest makes 'Simple' choice

Film News: Karimi wins Gold St. George award -- Russia's Moscow Film Festival closed Saturday with the top Gold St. George award going to Iranian helmer Reza Mir Karimi for his femme-centered "As Simple as That."

'Boys' blooms at Japan box office

Film News: Teen drama grabs top spot -- "Boys Over Flowers, " a pic based on a hit TBS series about a working-class girl at an elite prep school who must contend with a four-man clique of rich, gorgeous guys, grabbed the top spot at the Japanese B.O. on its opening weekend of June 28-29.

'Extraordinary' success at Tandil

Film News: Drama sweeps Argentinean film festival -- Argentine adventure-suspense drama "Historias extraordinarias" (Extraordinary Stories) swept the eighth Tandil Cine, a growing film festival in the Argentinean province of Buenos Aires that wrappedJune 28.

NBR slates student aid

Film News: Board awards $75k in grants -- The National Board of Review will award $75, 000 in student grants among 10 schools in the New York tri-state area this year.

Lee talks shop at Karlovy Vary

Film News: Horror icon offers master class program -- British horrormeister Christopher Lee will pass on some tips of his ghoulish trade at the Karlovy Vary film festival next week.

India's Saregama sings new tune

Film News: Music unit expands into film production -- Saregama, one of India's leading music and video distributors, will spend 1.5 billion rupees ($35 million) over the next year to expand movie production, per vice chairman Sanjiv Goenka.

AMPAS pays tribute to Bergman

Film News: Org plans major retrospective, exhibit -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is planning a major retrospective and exhibit on Ingmar Bergman, set to debut in at its Beverly Hills headquarters in January 2010.

SAG, majors play beat the clock

Film News: Contract negotiations continue -- With expiration now only hours away, the Screen Actors Guild and the majors have resumed contract negotiations on the guild's feature primetime deal.

Intrepid promotes Wyatt, Kurian

Film News: Company recently released 'The Strangers' -- Intrepid Pictures has hired veteran indie exec Trina Wyatt as chief operating officer and chief financial office and promoted Anil Kurian to VP of development.

More films doing well at box office

Film News: Mid-range rovers boost numbers -- Mid-range films are helping to fuel a surge at the 2008 domestic box office that virtually no one expected.

HK auds want 'Panda,' 'Wanted'

Film News: Action pic, animated feature tops box office -- Box office in Hong Kong demonstrated the endearing charm of pandas, but "Wanted" was what auds really wanted.

Denmark sets new film festival

Film News: CPH:PIX to bow on April 16, 2009 -- New Danish international film festival CPH:PIX, born out of the remnants of the NatFilm Festival and Copenhagen Intl. Film Festival, wil bow April 16, 2009.

Camp preps folks for life lessons

Film News: Hollywood biggies reflect on summers past -- A lot of Hollywood notables began their training way before they got to the mailroom or somebody's desk. They started at summer camp.

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MTV takes a stand on 'Rock Band'

Music News: Xbox 360 game to battle 'Guitar Hero' this fall -- Round two of the battle of the videogame bands is gearing up for fall as MTV disclosed plans Monday to release "Rock Band 2" in September.

'Sweet' dreams for Madonna

Music News: Diva hard at work on upcoming tour -- The indomitable Madonna has been rehearsing her "Sticky and Sweet" tour in a massive space in New York. Her latest troupe of beautiful dancers is present, as is every other member of a massive Madonna undertaking.

Glitter en route to UK

Disgraced singer Gary Glitter tonight left Bangkok and is on a flight bound for London, the British Foreign Office said.

Britney 'feeling better than ever'

Britney Spears has shared the secrets to her svelte new figure, saying “I’m the healthiest I’ve been in my life.

ITV denies pressuring 'X-Factor' hopeful to talk about suicides

ITV today denied putting pressure on an 'X Factor' contestant to speak on the talent show about a spate of apparent suicides in her home county.

'Sex and the City' actress to star in ITV drama

'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon has signed up to the ITV follow-up to Quentin Crisp drama 'The Naked Civil Servant', it was announced today.

DAX 30 loses ground

FRANKFURT: the DAX 30 closed down 80.8 at 6237.0.

Little movement for FTSE

A stiff hike in oil prices cast a cloud over the London market today as they helped wipe out some solid gains enjoyed during earlier trading.

Further fall for ISEQ

The value of shares declined by more than 2% today in a session of heavy trading on the Irish Stock Exchange.

Heinz lifted by strong UK growth

Food firm Heinz today reported a 11% rise in first-quarter earnings after it achieved a record share of the UK soup market in the three-month period.

Butterfingers Drop Men, Women Out Of 400M Relays

Tyson Gay reached back to grab the baton "and there was nothing." He's
not the only American track favorite who will leave Beijing
empty-handed. The American men's and women's 400-meter relay teams both
misconnected on the final handoffs in their preliminaries Thursday, a
pair of stunning setbacks that made it that much easier for the
Jamaicans to say the Bird's Nest is really their house.

U. S. Softball Team Denied Gold, Loses To Japan

Losing for the first time since 2000, the American women's softball team were denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport's last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years. Maybe forever.