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Nikki Finke

Oscarmania! (Or Not): A Political Stew on Light Simmer

William Bradley | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
William Bradley

Even before Jack Nicholson introduced the first lady of the United States to present the award for best picture, this year's Oscars had developed an unusual political cast to it, both in personalities and in substance.

Anna Almendrala

Famed Hollywood Trade Journal Changes Hands

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 10.09.2012 | Los Angeles

It's the end of an era for Variety, a daily and weekly print publication that has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1905. Penske Medi...

Nikki Finke Takes On Outgoing Publisher

deadline.com | Posted 08.15.2011 | Media

From Day One of her consultancy, I felt like I was battling the force of darkness at every turn....

Nikki Finke Announces Return From Medical Leave

deadline.com | Posted 06.06.2011 | Media

Thank you so much for the hundreds of well wishes during my medical leave. ...

Finke Hits Waxman With 'Cease And Desist' Letter

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Deadline.com and its parent company MMC is embarking on an intensifiedĀ legal campaign to protect its original content. I began Deadline Hollywood Dai...

Nikki: Let's All Be Done With Barry Dilller

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

After all,Ā he's no longer aĀ HollwoodĀ honcho anymore. Plus, nobody wants to do business with himĀ given his horrible track record of providing share...

PHOTOS: Which Angelenos Made Vanity Fair's 100 Most Influential Moguls List?

Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Vanity Fair just released their annual list of the hundred most influential moguls in the world, and it's no surprise that Angelenos make up more than...

Is Hollywood Racist?

Nick Kreiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Nick Kreiss

A while ago Nikki Finke got a hold of an internal memo from CAA and posted it. How did the agency respond? They fired the Latino assistant they thought was responsible, even though nobody there in fact leaked it.

Publishers Can Take Warning from Broadway's Collected Stories

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
James Sims

Margulies has written two plays that act out the "what if" scenarios that publishers should seriously be thinking about.

Finke Vs. Waxman: The Battle Rages On

The Huffington Post | Billy Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

It had been a while since the last flare-up in the never-ending war of words between Hollywood columnists and arch-nemeses Nikki Finke and Sharon Waxm...

Amid Dismal Summer, Studio Execs Now Considering 'Originality'

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Top agencies like CAA and WME are hosting intimate confabs with 20th Century Fox (Tom Rothman and/or Emma Watts) and Warner Bros (Jeff Robinov and/or ...

Weekend Box Office Review (04/11/10)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Scott Mendelson

Since the top three movies are uncommonly close this weekend, rankings could be affected by the final numbers when released tomorrow. There was only one new release this weekend, Date Night.

Nikki Finke: Hollywood Reporter Offered Me Editor-In-Chief Position In December

Deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

The fact is that Deadline's surprising editorial and financial success opens up a lot of opportunities almost daily. For instance, in early December 2...

An Open Letter to Variety

Nick Kreiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Nick Kreiss

We used to rely on you, Variety. At festivals, your film reviews gave insecure acquisition execs the push they needed to buy the tiny little movie they liked.

NBCU's Jeff Zucker Launches Charm Offensive

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Within the next hour, Jeff Zucker will be sitting down with Los Angeles-based showbiz journalists for one of his annual off-the-record sessions. But t...

Industry Buzz: Which Young Heartthrob Should Star In Captain America?

http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Hollywood is abuzz with speculation about who will star as Captain America in Paramount's adaption of the beloved Marvel Comic Book. Nikki Finke's De...

iPad: What Impact Will It Have on Hollywood?

Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

As the world scrambles to determine whether the iPad is a game-changer or a modern day Newton, the implications for media consumption and the entertai...

The 2009 Black List Revealed

Deborah Schoeneman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Deborah Schoeneman

Behold the Black List! The coveted list of the best unproduced screenplays of the year, compiled by about 300 development executives and high-level a...

With "Avatar," Technology Has Never Looked So Human in Film (VIDEO)

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Jose Antonio Vargas

Technology has never looked so human in film. James Cameron has created a wholly believable, realistic world, at once marking a new cinematic era and expanding the possibilities of film in our technology-dependent, digital entertainment-driven 21st century. From here on out, movies will be divided into two epochs: B.A. and A.A. Before "Avatar," After "Avatar."

Nikki Finke Poaches Variety Star To Edit New York Version Of Deadline

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Deadline.com is going bicoastal. Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC)'s Jay Penske and Deadline.com's Nikki Finke today announced the hiring of Mike Flemi...

Nikki Finke Slams NYT's Bill Carter: 'Never Met A Network Boss Whose Knob He Didn't Shine'

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Carter is very touchy when folks like me accuse him of never having met a network boss whose knob he didn't shine. In response, he likes to claim that...

Finke: The Oscar Badmouthing Has Begun!

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

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Bob Lefsetz: Music World's Nikki Finke?

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Meet the most influential man you've never heard of. Bob Lefsetz, a 56-year-old blogger, is to music what Nikki Finke is to Hollywood -- a reclusiv...

HuffPost Game Changers: Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Entertainment?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

(VOTING IS NOW CLOSED) HuffPost's Game Changers celebrates 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders in 10 categories who are harnessing the power of ...

Why the Big Fade for Bruno?

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
William Bradley

Why the big fade? It's actually not much of a mystery. Once you see the movie, the only mystery is why it wasn't predicted in the first place.