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Nikki Finke

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Nikki Finke
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Deadline: Nikki Live-Snarking Emmys - Deadline

Yes, I’ll be interrupting my vacation and live-snarking the Emmys this Sunday starting at 5:00 PM PT. But only because the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was hoping I wouldn’…
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#1 ‘Gravity’ Defies Hanks With $200M Global: ‘Captain Phillips’ $26...

SUNDAY 11 AM, 6TH UPDATE: Warner Bros’ hit holdover Gravity had outstanding international holds in all key markets of 38 territories now in release, dropping only 27%. The cume now stands at …
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Live-Snarking The Meanest Golden Globes

ADVISORY: TECHNICAL GLITCHES CAUSED THE WEBSITE NOT TO UPDATE IN A TIMELY FASHION. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. I am live-blogging (more like live-snarking) the 68th Annual Golden Globes starting a…
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Oscar Hangover: Finke/LA Weekly Column

Oscar’s got a hangover, says my latest LA Weekly column, and only a self-help step program’s gonna fix that. My advice to improve ratings includes: No more uncomfortable opening monologue, sh…
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EXCLUSIVE: First Ever Harry Potter Theme Park Planned At Universal ...

I’m told that Universal Studios Florida is finalizing terms to bring a type of “Harry Potter World” to its Orlando resort. The themed area would be at a previously unused portion of the amusement p…
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Can Oscar Voters Forgive & Not Forget Mel?

Will Mel Gibson Become A Late Player In This Oscar Race? In these weeks leading up to Friday’s opening of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the showbiz media is treating Oliver Stone much like…
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Will Zalaznick’s MTV Maneuvering Backfire?

Ever since the NBC Universal-Comcast merger was announced last year, the obnoxious Lauren Zalaznick has been lobbying for a bigger role within the combined company. And, in the process, she’s…

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OSCAR MOGULS: Jeff Robinov Q&A

The Deadline Team of Nikki Finke, Pete Hammond, and Mike Fleming have spent recent days interviewing the studio moguls to gauge their perspective on this very close Oscar race: Warner Bros 12 Nomin…
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BIGGEST MEMORIAL WEEKEND B.O. EVER! ‘Hangover Part 2’ Shatters Come...

SUNDAY PM/MONDAY AM, 7TH UPDATE: As a frustrated studio bigwig who didn’t have a fresh film playing emailed me dripping sarcasm, “Yay, another day of counting other people’s money…
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What Really Happened With Lynne Segall…

When I started Deadline Hollywood in March 2006, I did it to create a different kind of media outlet that told the truth about showbiz. It also meant I would be destroying (or destroyed by) the Hol…
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EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Moguls Stopping Obama Donations Because Of Pre...

EXCLUSIVE: Internet sites on their SOPA-Strike may be conducting a blackout but Hollywood studios are conducting a boycott. I’ve learned that Hollywood studio chiefs individually and as a gro…
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HBO Not Proceeding With Fox News’ Roger Ailes TV Movie Produced By ...

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: I scooped yesterday that HBO had done a secret deal for an Untitled Roger Ailes Project being executive produced by Fox News rivals from MSNBC. Today I’ve received this emai…
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‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ Weak $18M But Opens #1; ‘Parker’ A...

SUNDAY 3:30 AM, 4TH UPDATE: Saturday’s box office was big after Friday’s business slowed when R-rated newcomers dominated North American movie theaters. The turnaround put this weekend…
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#1 ‘Oz’ Holds For $281.8M Worldwide Cume; Halle Berry In #2 ‘The Ca...

SUNDAY 8 AM, 4TH UPDATE: Jetlagged from traveling but home at last. Let’s start with the domestic bad news because that’s what Hollywood craves. New Line’s The Incredible Burt Won…
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21st Century Fox Is Rupert’s Renamed Showbiz Giant “To Take Us Into...

UPDATE: No Name Change For 20th Century Fox BREAKING… 21st Century Fox replaces the previously announced name Fox Group for the independent media and entertainment company. The publishing sid…
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WME Was Responsible For CAA “CAAN’T” Attack Ads Posted At Century C...

4TH UPDATE 5:30 PM …Refresh for latest: More photos: EXCLUSIVE… 3RD UPDATE 2:10 PM: Nikki Finke just learned that WME was responsible for today’s “CAAN’T” ad at…
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‘Pacific Rim’ $9M Opening In China Biggest Ever For Warner Bros: Se...

EXCLUSIVE… UPDATED: I’ve just learned that momentum is building for a Pacific Rim sequel based on the international box office for the Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros summer tentpole. Th…
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Nikki Finke Live-Snarks 65th Emmys: At Least TV Isn’t As Bad As Its...

The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards by the Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences begins from the Nokia Theatre in Downtown LA at 5 PM PT today… Come for the cynicism… Stay for the subversion……
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Oscar-Buzzed ‘12 Years A Slave’ In Top Ten, ‘Jackass: Bad Grandpa’ ...

SUNDAY AM, 4TH UPDATE: The most interesting news of the weekend, at least to me, is that New Regency’s financed and produced Best Picture Oscar frontrunner 12 Years A Slave marketed and distr…
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Ex-LA Times Showbiz Czar Sallie Hofmeister Joins Sitrick And Compan...

The veteran newspaper editor and reporter is following Jim Bates and the late Mark Saylor from the Los Angeles Times to the Century City offices of Sitrick And Company. “Like many of my new partner…
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Deadline.com’s Parent Company MMC Sends ‘Cease & Desist’ Letter To ...

Deadline.com and its parent company MMC is embarking on an intensified legal campaign to protect its original content. I began Deadline Hollywood Daily exactly 5 years ago in March and have seen it…