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Fair Friday ratings for Fox
Fox's "Dollhouse" got off to a credible start in the ratings Friday, but the Joss Whedon drama could be hamstrung by lack of lead-in support.
Top Stories:
News:
'Friday' scares up $45.2 million
Horror pic breaks box office records
Box office bump a no-show
Oscar nom's boost limited this year
Halle Berry preps for 'Payne'
Actress to star in heist film
Monahan set for Grisham's 'Associate'
'Departed' writer to adapt legal thriller
Rocket launches 'Predator'
Clark to direct aliens vs. Jane Austen pic
SAG, AMPTP to try talks
Membership First, 'Work' coalition set protests
film
'Friday' scares up $45.2 million
Horror pic breaks box office records
Box office bump a no-show
Oscar nom's boost limited this year
Halle Berry preps for 'Payne'
Actress to star in heist film
Monahan set for Grisham's 'Associate'
'Departed' writer to adapt legal thriller
Rocket launches 'Predator'
Clark to direct aliens vs. Jane Austen pic
'Wall-E,' 'Slumdog' win at ACE Eddies
Dickens nabs drama prize for 'Slumdog'
tv
Fair Friday ratings for Fox
Sluggish 'Sarah' doesn't help 'Dollhouse'
'Jimmy Fallon' finds head writer
A.D. Miles tapped for talkshow
'Slumdog,' 'Mad Men' top ADG Awards
'Dark Knight,' 'Button' also pick up prizes
Cartoon Network orders 'Squad'
Marvel brings superheroes to channel
China sponges 'SpongeBob'
Cartoon sweeps ratings on CCTV
Canada regulator seeks rule change
Limit may be imposed on Hollywood spending
international
'Button' still pops overseas
'Slumdog' has bite with international audiences
'Partner' draws buzz in Korea
'Benjamin' tops country's box office
China sponges 'SpongeBob'
Cartoon sweeps ratings on CCTV
Premiere losses escalate
Revenue rises slightly to $1.2 billion
'Dirty Dancing' closes in Toronto
Show ends after 582 performances
Canada regulator seeks rule change
Limit may be imposed on Hollywood spending
business
SAG, AMPTP to try talks
Membership First, 'Work' coalition set protests
Liberty circles Sirius XM
Malone close to buying major stake in co.
ITV to sell Friends Reunited
Staff to be cut by further 10%
Premiere losses escalate
Revenue rises slightly to $1.2 billion
FilmOn floats on Frankfurt exchange
VOD site plans international expansion
Cinema Popular launches
PolyBona, Jiangxin team on production house
music
Obama to honor Stevie Wonder
Musician to receive Library of Congress award
Peter Gabriel withdraws from Oscars
Musician will not perform nominated song
U2 takes a week with Letterman
Rockers set for 'Late Show' from March 2 - 6
'Bees' big at NAACP Image Awards
Jennifer Hudson wins multiple honors
Ronettes singer dies at 67
Estelle Bennett behind 1963 hit 'Be My Baby'
Herb Alpert, Lani Hall nab Ella award
Non-profit org pays tribute to duo
technology
FilmOn floats on Frankfurt exchange
VOD site plans international expansion
'Tomb Raider' maker sells out
Warner Bros. to lose $93 million in deal
EU signs pact with networking sites
Internet giants pact to improve safeguards
Midway Games files for bankruptcy
Video game co. in debt after ownership change
Video games go up in down economy
Industry profits increased 13% in January
Editors cover tracks with digital tricks
The Guilds: American Cinema Editors
legit
'Dirty Dancing' closes in Toronto
Show ends after 582 performances
'Minsky's' a work in progress
Musical adapts on its way to Broadway
'Quadrophenia' to tour U.K.
Jeff Young, John O'Hara adapting Who opera
Royal Court premiering 'Gaza'
Political play only 10 minutes long
'Equus' closure prompts rumors
Casting news of Robert Pattinson proved false
Box office sees slight uptick
Broadway Grosses
videogames
Midway Games files for bankruptcy
Video game co. in debt after ownership change
Video games go up in down economy
Industry profits increased 13% in January
'Tomb Raider' maker sells out
Warner Bros. to lose $93 million in deal
Prickly time as Sega axes staffers
Company cuts 560 staffers
Snoop Dogg inks multi-platform deal
Pact includes variety show, album, videogame
'Call of Duty' leads BAFTA game noms
Spielberg game scores noms for 'Boom Blox'
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'Dirty Dancing'
Toon has swept to the top of the ratings on Chinese state broadcaster CCTV's Kids Channel.
Studio is eyeing Beijing, since Disney has dibs on Shanghai.
"Slumdog Millionaire" continues to rack up awards.
The awards continue to pile up for �Slumdog Millionaire� and the AMC skein �Mad Men,� which topped the Art Directors Guild Awards.
�Slumdog Millionaire� continued its winning ways as the American Society of Cinematographers awarded Anthony Dod Mantle its feature film prize.
�Slumdog Millionaire� editor Chris Dickens earned top honors in the drama category at the ACE Eddie Awards.
CHARTS:
Weekend
February 13, 2009 - February 15, 2009 (*millions)
| FILM | GROSS | TOTAL* | ||
| 1 | Owl and the Sparrow | $5,198 | $0.04 | |
| 2 | Blessed Is the Match: Hannah Senesh | $1,697 | $0.02 | |
LATEST NEWS: WEEKEND B.O. > FOREIGN B.O. > | ||||
CHARTS: DOMESTIC B.O. > FOREIGN B.O. > | ||||
TV RatingsWednesday, February 11, 2009 (*millions)
| Top Show | Total |
| American Idol (Fox) | 24.6 mil |
| Top Shows | A18-49 |
| American Idol (FOX) | 9.4/23 |
| Lost (ABC) | 4.4/10 |
| CSI: NY (CBS) | 3.4/9 |
| Networks | |
| FOX | 9.4/23 |
| CBS | 2.9/7 |
| ABC | 2.6/7 |
| NBC | 1.6/4 |
CHARTS: TV PRODUCTION > TV SCHEDULE >
Reviews:
FILMS NOW PLAYING:
He's Just Not That Into You
A not-quite-romantic-comedy that should click with the young-adult demos of both sexes.
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Isla Fisher and a bulging bag of inane antics wrestle to a draw in "Confessions of a Shopaholic."
BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS:
Film Reviews:
Raging Sun, Raging Sky
The power of desire has rarely been so ravishingly lensed as in "Raging Sun, Raging Sky."...
Crossing Over
You can feel the characters being moved around like pieces on a chessboard in "Crossing Over," an overweeningly deterministic mosaic of U.S. immigrati...
Pink
"Pink" is a slight, languidly paced modern fairy tale that oh-so-mildly sends up domestic stereotypes. ...
My One and Only
Renee Zellweger stars as a Southern belle in this chirpy period pic....
Polanski Unauthorized
Roman Polanski won't lose any sleep over "Polanski Unauthorized," a basement tape-quality slum through the most famously traumatic episodes in a sensa...
TV Reviews:
Spectacular!
A hodge-podge of youth musical cliches that might as well have been titled "High School Musical: Me, Too!" ...
Right America: Feeling Wronged -- Some Voices From the Campaign Trail
Alexandra Pelosi is back on the campaign trail, giving a forum to -- and putting faces on -- those jeering crowds at McCain-Palin rallies who booed an...
Oliver Twist
Director Coky Giedroyc's grittier, reality-based approach to Sarah Phelps' adaptation contrasts sharply the popular and nostalgic musical account "Oli...
Important Things With Demetri Martin
The first episode of "Important Things With Demetri Martin" is much like the comedian himself: Somewhat aloof and not quite sure how to connect with a...
Stealing Lincoln's Body
The History Channel purports to be presenting "the last unknown story" of Abraham Lincoln.
...
Music Reviews:
Paul Simon
Paul Simon's Valentine's Eve show at New York's newly reopened Beacon Theater was supposed to be a celebration of the restored venue. The focus change...
Cinema Paradiso
Always in tune with the times, Jazz at Lincoln Center made an alluring two-fold musical statement at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola that celebrated the upcomi...
Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today
American actor-singer Alan Cumming made his concert hall debut Saturday night with two performances at Lincoln Center. The Scotland-born thesp used th...
51st annual Grammy Awards
With music sales and the show's own ratings -- down 12% last year -- in free-fall, the producers of this year's Grammy Awards telecast had no choice b...
Katy Perry
No matter what you think about her music, you have to give Katy Perry this: at least she's honest about her ambitions....
DVD Reviews:
Open Season 2
Boog is back but not so Martin Lawrence, who voiced the domesticated bear in "Open Season" (Mike Epps takes his place). Same goes his antler-challenge...
Magnificent Obsession
Criterion has long harbored a weakness for helmer Douglas Sirk, and this two-disc release of his 1954 version of "Magnificent Obsession" furthers the ...
Mary Poppins
The 45th anniversary of "Mary Poppins" returns as a two-disc DVD edition and remains the exact same collection as the 40th anniversary package Disney ...
The Express
The extras on the DVD offer a bit more insight into Ernie Davis' real-life struggles and accomplishments, but not nearly enough to make it a must buy....
The Films of Michael Powell
Of all Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's films, "A Matter of Life and Death" is the most rhapsodic, so three cheers and then some to see it bow ...
Video Games Reviews:
Fusion Fall
There's been something of a gold rush for free browser-based, kid-friendly online games recently, particularly from cable networks like Nickelodeon an...
Lord of the Rings: Conquest
A beloved fantasy franchise loses its most distinctive quality -- the epic scope of its battles, backdrops, characters and themes -- in Electronic Art...
The Tale of Despereaux
The demise of troubled publisher Brash Entertainment almost kept "The Tale of Despereaux" videogame off shelves, a fate averted by a last minute deal ...
Prince of Persia
One of the most visually stunning videogames ever made, it melds a hand-painted look with spare sound design and haunting music to create an aesthetic...
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force
Disney's first major extension of Club Penguin since buying the hugely successful kids virtual world for up to $700 million last year turns out to be ...
Legit Reviews:
Love/Stories (or But You Will Get Used to It)
With his new showcase at the Flea Theater, Itamar Moses risks serious abuse on the subject of gender politics. But the final word on the writer's five...
Man of La Mancha
While other voices tout mindless, candy-colored tuners as the order of the day in our parlous times, Reprise begs to differ, offering up a "Man of La ...
A Delicate Balance
The term "dysfunctional family," that all-purpose label used by armchair psychologists, was not yet in vogue in 1966, the year Edward Albee's "A Delic...
Time Stands Still
Play's two hours fly by as if time has stood still and you've barely taken a breath....
Uncle Vanya
Celebrity couple Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard may be the big draw for this Classic Stage Company production of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya." But w...
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PHOTO GALLERIES: |
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 Beyonce Knowles delivered one of many impressive performances at the NAACP Awards.
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 Steve Martin attends the 'Pink Panther 2' premiere in Germany.
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 Stars Gwynteh Paltrow, Joaquin Phoenix and Vinessa Shaw attend.
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 Renee Zellweger, Willem Dafoe and Irene Jacob promote their films at the festival.
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 'Brazil,' 'L.A. Confidential' and 'Apocalypse Now' are among the honored films.
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 'The International' stars Clive Owen and Naomi Watts arrive for Monday's premiere in New York.
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Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks at Tuesday's Cancer Benefit in L.A.
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