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Madagascar Earns $63.5 Million at Box Office: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 10, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media

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Shelly Palmer

"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" took home the top spot at the Box Office this week. The DreamWorks-Paramount production took in $63.5 million at 4,056...

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DreamWorks Signs Deal With Universal

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 10.13.2008 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks studio has signed on with Universal Pictures to distribute its films as his company parts ways with ...

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DreamWorks To Close Deal With Universal

Waxword | Posted 10.08.2008 | Entertainment

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DreamWorks has all-but-officially closed a distribution deal with Universal, with an announcement expected in the next few days, my sources tell me. ...

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Dreamworks And Paramount Finalize Split, Geffen Ends Relationship

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Posted 10.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, Paramount, Dreamworks, Entertainment News

'm told the decision as to the new distributor for DreamWorks 2.0 will be made at the beginning of the week by Steven Spielberg. (Of course, odds are ...

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It's Hard Out Here For a Princess

Daniel Holloway | Posted 06.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Steve Jobs, Kung Fu Panda, Angelina Jolie, New York Times, Disney, The Princess and the Frog, The Simpsons, Pixar, Dreamworks, Wall-E, Entertainment News
Daniel Holloway

Disney's plans for hand-drawn animation are unclear, with only one project currently announced: The Princess and the Frog, a musical set in New Orleans that is scheduled to premiere in December 2009.

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Dubailand Lead Parade Of New International Theme Parks

Los Angeles Times | Kimi Yoshino | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Dubai, Universal Studios, Walt Disney, Busch Entertainment, Mideast, Abu Dhabi, Six Flags, Far East, Theme Parks, United Arab Emirates, Dreamworks, Dubailand, Business News

From the Los Angeles Times' report on the growth of theme parks abroad, particularly in the Middle East: Twenty-five years after Walt Disney Co. bega...

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Zucker Signals NBC Might Be Interested In Buying The Weather Channel

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media

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NBC U CEO Jeff Zucker says he likes the Weather Channel, but not for the $5 billion Landmark Communications is said to be seeking. "Obviously, (The We...

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Redstone, Grey Buddy Up After Geffen Vitriol

New York Post | Peter Lauria | Posted 12.03.2007 | Business

Read More: Geffen Redstone, Paramount, Viacom, Vanity Fair, Sumner Redstone, Paramount Pictures, David Geffen, Hollywood, Dreamworks, Brad Grey, Business News

All the chatter about Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey getting fired - which was all anyone in Hollywood could talk about during the former talent age...

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Enchanted: The Best Disney Movie Since Beauty & the Beast

Alex Remington | Posted 11.27.2007 | Entertainment

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Alex Remington

With Enchanted, Disney seems to have regained their faith in, and much of their skill at, what they do best.

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NYT Wrong: DreamWorks Not In Talks With NBC

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 11.18.2007 | Media

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Today's story in The New York Times would be laughable if it weren't also so inaccurate. The article demonstrates that Sharon Waxman doesn't even know...

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Dreamworks In Talks To Join NBC

New York Times | SHARON WAXMAN and BROOKS BARNES | Posted 11.17.2007 | Business

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Seeking a way out of an acrimonious relationship at Paramount, the DreamWorks principals -- two Hollywood heavyweights, David Geffen and Steven Spielb...

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Geffen Blasts Redstone In New "Vanity Fair," Calls "These People" A "Nightmare"

Vanity Fair | Bryan Burrough | Posted 11.06.2007 | Business

Read More: Viacom, Michael Ovitz, Steven Spielberg, Sumner Redstone, David Geffen, Cbs, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dreamworks, Brad Grey, Business News

There was a time, not long after Sumner Redstone came to Southern California four years ago, when the world must have seemed rosy and new and full of ...

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DreamWorks CEO Katzenberg Shows Off His Sense Of Humor In Seinfeld Spoof

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 10.19.2007 | Business

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During last night's NBC primetime lineup, a series of promos for Jerry Seinfeld's upcoming "Bee Movie" aired. DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg showe...

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Heartbreak For DreamWorks: Ben Stiller Flick Tanks

AP | David Germain | Posted 10.07.2007 | Entertainment

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There's something about a reunion of Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers that audiences didn't want to see. Stiller and the Farrellys' "The Heartbre...

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DreamWorks Principals Expected To Bolt Paramount Late Next Year

Los Angeles Times | Claudia Eller | Posted 09.21.2007 | Media

Read More: Sumner Redstone, David Geffen, Paramount, Viacom, Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks, Media News

Less than two years after Steven Spielberg and his partners sold DreamWorks SKG to Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures for $1.6 billion, a divorce appear...

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