Front Page: Jokinen directing thriller for Hammer Films -- Hilary Swank will star in "The Resident," a thriller set to shoot next May under the reconstituted Hammer Films banner.
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Front Page: Red Pearl to distribute films throughout region -- Overbrook Entertainment's Will Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz have teamed with Diana Jenkins' D Media to launch Red Pearl Pictures, which will distribute Western films throughout the Middle East.
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Front Page: Lil Wayne receives eight nominations -- Southern rapper Lil Wayne, whose "Tha Carter III" is the biggest-selling album released this year, received eight Grammy nominations Wednesday night to lead the field in the 51st annual Grammy Awards.
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Front Page: Complete nominations list, part 1 -- An up-to-the-minute list of nominees for the 51st annual Grammy Awards
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Front Page: Smith, Wankel step up as co-chief exec officers -- In the wake of the sudden death of Shubert Organization chairman Gerald Schoenfeld, the appointment Tuesday night of Philip J. Smith and Robert E. Wankel as co-CEO's reflected a company that looks to remain consistent.
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Front Page: Series picked up for third season -- Showtime has picked up a third season of "Californication."
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Front Page: Recession takes its toll on publishing industry -- The recession-damaged book biz is reeling from a nasty succession of deep cutbacks.
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Front Page: Hourlong 'Office' to lead out Super Bowl -- "ER" will conclude its 15-season run with a two-hour finale March 12, and an hourlong original episode of "The Office" will lead out of Super Bowl XLIII.
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Front Page: NBC sets 'ER' finale, cuts 'Knight Rider' order -- "ER" will conclude its 15-season run with a two-hour finale in the middle of March sweeps, while "The Office" has secured the plum post-Super Bowl slot.
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Front Page: Festival announces drama, documentary slate -- “This is a festival about which people in the future will say, Wow, that was a year a lot of new talent came out of it.” So predicts Sundance Film Festival director Geoffrey Gilmore about the 2009 event, which will unspool Jan. 15-25 in Park City, Utah.
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