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Jul
09 2001

"Sopranos" actor Iler appears in court

By: Guylaine Cadorette
11:58am EDT
Robert Iler appeared in court briefly Monday to face charges that he and two other teens robbed two Brazilian boys of $40 on Manhattan's Upper East Side but was not indicted, The Associated Press reports. The teen actor from HBO's hit drama...
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Jul
09 2001

Actors, studios close to new contract

By: Noah Davis
10:23am EDT
A tentative deal between the actors' unions (SAG/AFTRA) and the studios (AMPTP) is expected to be announced Monday, reports The Los Angeles Times. Negotiators, tired from two days of exhaustive negotiations, broke from talks at 9 p.m. PST Sunday...
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Jul
09 2001

SAG and AFTRA iron out details

By: Guylaine Cadorette
10:23am EDT
Talks between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists crept along on Monday due largely in part to the unions' ungainly approval process and their insistence that the agreement be written in precise...
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Jul
09 2001

Quote of the Day: Dunst on cutesy roles

By: Noah Davis
10:23am EDT
Crazy/beautiful star Kirsten Dunst, known as Hollywood's "all-American screen babe" and "teen queen," to Reuters about her adorable and cuddly screen persona: "Eeew. I'm just tired of all these stupid girl movies with stupid characters." ...
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Jul
09 2001

SAG contract and negotiations extended

By: Noah Davis
10:23am EDT
Negotiations between the actors unions (SAG/AFTRA) and the studios (AMPTP) were suspended just mere hours before the actors' current contract expired last night at 12:01 a.m. "Negotiations between AMPTP and SAG/AFTRA have adjourned for the...
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Jul
09 2001

"Sopranos" actor arrested

By: Erika Gimenes
10:23am EDT
The Sopranos actor Robert Iler was arrested Wednesday after being charged with two counts of second-degree robbery and one count of marijuana possession, according to The Associated Press. The 16-year-old actor, who plays the son of Tony...
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Jul
09 2001

Can Comcast cobble AT&T cable?

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
Cable operator Comcast Corp. stunned the industry over the weekend by offering to buy AT&T's cable business for $44.5 billion in stock plus the assumption of $13.5 billion in debt. The offer, amounting to a "hostile bid," comes after a similar...
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Jul
09 2001

When Yoda and the Godfather clashed

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
If any of the high drama that played out behind the scenes of the upcoming The Score was captured by set photographers, the ensuing "making of" feature ought to make the DVD a best seller. As reported in the current issue of Time, feuding between...
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Jul
09 2001

Go Hollywood, says U.K. film minister

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
Kim Howells, who was appointed Britain's minister for tourism, film and broadcasting last month, touched off an uproar over the weekend by condemning some of Britain's biggest movie hits and urging local filmmakers to follow the lead of their...
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Jul
09 2001

TVnewsweb is latest dot-com calamity

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
Last week's collapse of TVnewsweb, an Internet company that sold breaking news stories from freelancers, local TV stations and the BBC to TV stations, was being blamed on the slower-than-expected roll-out of broadband connections. The company...
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Jul
09 2001

Who's watching "Big Brother 2"?

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
George Orwell's "Big Brother Is Watching You" warning may sometimes ring true, but the reverse did not on Saturday night as the second episode of Big Brother 2 failed to attract ratings that were any larger than those for a mediocre summer...
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Jul
09 2001

A Titanic price for "Harry"?

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
Warner Bros. is hoping to persuade one of the major television networks to shell out $70 million for the rights to air Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Time magazine is reporting in its current issue. The figure dwarfs the $30 million...
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Jul
09 2001

"Raider" DVD may differ from movie

By: Guylaine Cadorette
10:19am EDT
Director Simon West says that he has produced a special and altered version of Tomb Raider for release as a DVD, including some scenes that were dropped from the original and cutting other scenes. In an interview with the online edition of...
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