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Entertaining RSS Feeds'Talent,' 'Brother' top quiet Wednesday - TV News: CW's 'Plain Jane' fails to attract suitors -- NBC's "America's Got Talent" and CBS' "Big Brother" were the top demo performers on a Wednesday that was especially quiet on the ratings front -- even by summer reality-show standards. CW, meanwhile, laid an egg with its new "Plain Jane" makeover series. ...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Turner sells stake in Hindi channel - Asia: Real to relaunch as English-language web -- Time Warner's Turner Asia Pacific Ventures has sold its stake in Hindi-language general entertainment channel Real and television production house Miditech back to their partners Alva Brothers Entertainment.
... Entertainment One extends reach - Europe: Distrib expands biz into Scandi, South Africa -- Global film and TV content distrib Entertainment One, which recently rebranded as eOne, announced Wednesday that it's expanding its home-entertainment biz into Scandinavia and South Africa.
... Beta to rep Porchlight titles - International News: Sales company signs deal with On Pictures/Zeta -- Jan Mojto's Beta Film has inked deals to rep the film catalogs of U.S. producer-distrib Porchlight and Spain's On Pictures/Zeta Group.
... World Cup scores for Univision - TV News: Revenues jump 23% to $640 million -- Execs of Univision reported on Thursday that the Spanish-language media giant scored big with its second quarter earnings from its coverage of the World Cup.
... Antena 3 launches Nitro - International News: Spanish network inks WB, Fox, U deals -- Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 is launching Nitro, a nationwide free-to-air TV channel whose programming backbone will be dramas and movies from the U.S. majors.
... Channel 4 licenses 'The Event' - International News: Series to launch in U.K. in October -- U.K. hybrid pubcaster Channel 4 has acquired U.S. drama series "The Event" from NBC Universal International Television Distribution.
... BSkyB inks exclusive HBO deal - International News: Deal thought to be worth $234 mil over five years -- Blighty's dominant paybox, BSkyB, has reiterated its financial firepower by signing an output deal with HBO believed to be worth £150 million ($234 million) over five years.
... Venice reveals competition titles - Film News: Festival lineup includes 79 world premieres -- The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of 79 world premieres, comprising an ample American contingent, alongside robust European and Asian representations, making for a carefully calibrated mix of classic auteur and genre fare, as well as more esoteric offerings.
... Bloody good shows - Emmy News: Emmy drama nominees show their gory side -- Quick, call Dexter Morgan. The Emmy drama race is a bloody mess.
... Mark Wahlberg: The star as multi-tasker - Profile in Excellence: Mark Wahlberg: Thesp's career takes many twists and turns -- Mark Wahlberg's career arc reads like a particularly fanciful Hollywood narrative.
... Drama showrunners keep a tight grip - Emmy Central Top Stories: Grooming a successor is rare for top hourlongs -- Although "Breaking Bad" showrunner Vince Gilligan is eager to praise the creative staff around him when it comes to his Emmy-winning cable series, he believes he's speaking for many other showrunners when he says the job "requires someone who's a control freak."
... Two partners with one vision - Los Angeles: Duo learn to work the HBO brand -- Steve Levinson, who has been Mark Wahlberg's partner at Leverage Management for nearly two decades, attributes the star's success as a producer to several reasons.
... 'Pilgrim' takes on Hollywood - Film News: Premiere pumps up guests -- Tuesday's premiere of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" at Grauman's Chinese Theater featured so much ass-kicking mayhem that guests were feeling a little pumped.
... Scribe joins 'Tapped Out' - Headline Newsletter Film News: Markowitz to rewrite martial arts comedy -- Chockstone Pictures ("The Road") is revving up development on martial arts comedy "Tapped Out," naming scribe Michael Markowitz of "Horrible Bosses" to rewrite.
... Composer likes mystery of the unknown - Music News: Kaczmarek infuses American bluegrass in 'Low' score -- It could be said composer Jan Kaczmarek ("Finding Neverland") is attracted to the unknown.
... Comcast, NBC U extend comments period - Headline Newsletter TV News: Critics want more time to pore over merger material -- Comcast Corp. said it has no problem with a request to extend by two weeks the FCC comment period for critics of its proposed joint venture with NBC Universal.
... U.K. Film Council backlash - International News: Biz leaders rally, decry government's film funding cuts -- Leading lights from Blighty's film biz have got through the grieving stage and moved swiftly into anger. Acceptance may have to wait.
... HFPA dines with the stars - Los Angeles: Assn. gives over $1.5M in donations -- Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. held its annual lunch yesterday to announce recipients of its charitable donations.
... Kinetic pacts for formats - Americas: TV shingle pacts with STV Group -- TV shingle Kinetic Content has already signed its second U.K. deal, pacting with Scotland's STV Group to work together on new formats.
... Prince of Homburg - Legit Reviews: Munby presents Kleist's ideas as veering between comedy and tragedy.
... Young Frankenstein - Legit Reviews: Tuner plays better in the Pantages Theater than Mel Brooks' first legit smash, "The Producers."
... Who Killed Nancy? - Film Reviews: Among the unanswered questions in the universe, "Who killed Sid Vicious' girlfriend Nancy Spungen?" probably ranks quite low.
... After Shock (Tangshan dadizheng) - Film Reviews: Feng Xiaogang's heartrending depiction of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake satisfies on every level.
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