Lawyers representing Red Granite Pictures, headed by the Prime Minister of Malaysia's stepson, have demanded a journalist retract an article that suggests illicit funds may have been behind the film. | Read More
The move by Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen as an attempt to further improve the country's human rights reputation before the world's media come to town. | Read More
Overall revenue fell one percent at the British box office, while Universal's "Despicable Me 2" and "Les Miserables" were the top two performers. | Read More
The other nominees for the British Academy award, the only decided by public vote, are "12 Years a Slave"'s Lupita Nyong'o, and Brit actors Will Poulter and George MacKay. | Read More
Around 50 people who say they were abused by the ex-BBC host have called for one overarching investigation into how he evaded justice for so long. | Read More
New broadcast deals for Major League Baseball and European soccer leagues will push the market up 14 percent this year, according to research group Deloitte. | Read More
A Company Czech, the local division of A Company Filmed Entertainment, will distribute "I, Frankenstein" and "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" in 2014. | Read More
This story first appeared in the Jan. 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. How dependent is Hollywood on cable TV networks? Thanks to ad growth and gains from carriage fee negotiations, cable network units now contribute more than 60 percent of nearly all entertainment giants' operating profits, according to a THR analysis of data from the first three quarters of 2013. (CBS Corp., which has a smaller cable portfolio, is the exception, though its growth outpaced most peers.) | Read More
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