SAG nominations announced January 4, 2007 9:54 pm
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As mentioned here last week, the Screen Actors Guild today announced their nominees for the 13th annual awards show. The winners will be announced live on TNT and TBS on January 28th.
Continue reading to view the entire list of nominees.
Showtime to enter gaming realm January 4, 2007 8:30 pm
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CBS-owned cable channel Showtime is gearing for a second quarter launch of a online gaming-service ala GameTap called On Broadband.
The service will offer on-demand and downloadable games as well as reviews and cheats for PC users equiped with a broadband connection.
“While it might not seem like a natural, when you think about it, it makes a lot of sense for Showtime,” Showtime chairman and chief executive Matthew Blank told the AP. “We are used to dealing with a premium customer. We have the marketing and promotional expertise to be in those businesses.”
No specific game titles or content for the service have been announced yet.
Top DVD Sales for the week ending December 24th January 4, 2007 7:04 pm
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Newcomers Invincible and Step Up were no match for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest as the second film in the ‘Pirates’ franchise took the top spot for the third straight week.
Other new releases for the week before Christmas were Fearless at number eight, direct-to-dvd American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile at number 12, and the disappointing box office performer Lady in the Water at number 15.
Filling out top 1o after Pirates, Invincible and Step Up were Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby at number four, The Devil Wears Prada at number five, Cars at number six, Barnyard at number seven, Air Buddies at number nine and The Fox and the Hound 2 at number 10.
Among TV Shows on DVD, Grey’s Anatomy: Season 2 was the only boxset to place in the top 20 overall DVD charts, coming in at number 17 (three spots up from the week before.)
New Grindhouse trailer released January 4, 2007 6:41 pm
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A new trailer for Grindhouse (the Rodriguez/Tarantino double-feature film) has been released. Check it out at IGN Movies here.
The movie, or should I say movies, will be released in theaters this April 6th.
HBO and J.J. Abrams team up for medical drama January 4, 2007 6:23 pm
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HBO and J.J. Abrams are in negotations for Abrams to executive produce and possibly direct a medial drama pilot that was recently given the green light by HBO.
The project, currently untitled, is a hospital drama that will focus on the patients point of view. It’s based on the book “The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness” and will be written by Tom Schulman and Rafael Yglesias.
Source: — [The Hollywood Reporter] — HBO OKs medical drama pilot with Abrams
The CW greenlights new Schwartz TV project January 4, 2007 6:13 pm
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Though one of Josh Schwartz’s show’s was just canceled (The O.C.) he has a few others waiting in the wings.
Variety reports that The CW has just greenlit Gossip Girl, Schwartz’s second pilot pickup (NBC greenlit Crumbs earlier).
Gossip Girl is based on the popular book series of the same name and marks the first-ever scripted pilot order for The CW.
Source: — [Variety] — CW gives Schwartz some good news
Warner Brothers to announce single Blu-ray/HD DVD optical disc January 4, 2007 9:00 am
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Understanding that consumers are wary of buying into the new high-definition players, Warner Brothers plans to announce a new disc (Total HD disc) capable of playing film and television content in both formats.
Executives at Time Warner (parent of Warner Brothers) hope the disc will generate an increase of sales of the new High-Definition players. Barry M. Meyer, the chairman and chief executive of Warner Brothers, said in an interview that the company came up with the Total HD disc after concluding that neither Blu-ray or HD DVD was going to lose the format war anytime soon.
“The next best thing is to recognize that there will be two formats and to make that not a negative for the consumer,” Mr. Meyer said. “We felt that the most significant constituency for us to satisfy was the consumer first, and the retailer second. The retailer wants to sell hardware and doesn’t want to be forced into stocking two formats for everything. This is ideal for them.”
The disc will be debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next Tuesday.
Source: — [The NY Times] — New Disc May Sway DVD Wars
LG Electronics set to debut first dual-mode HD DVD/Blu-ray player January 4, 2007 8:45 am
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South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics. Inc. announced Thursday their intention to develop the worlds first Optical Disc Player capable of supporting the two competing disc formats — Blu-ray and HD DVD.
LG will debut the player next week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company had originally planned to release models for each format, but decided against that approach, fueling speculation that they were moving in this direction towards a dual player.
The new model will hit the U.S. market during the first quarter of this year, with LG adding that they will announce a timeframe and price point for the device during CES.
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