variety.com - 8/5/2008
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'Milk' will open on Oct. 29 As he approached 65, the phenomenon that is Mick Jagger cancelled his contract to do a book about his life. Now Robert Downey, Jr. is doing the same. The sizzling star of "Iron Man" signed up with Harper Collins last year but now he is handing back his advance. Maybe he feels there are just too many of those "how I came back from addiction" memoirs out there. And ...
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Tuesday Business Links: The Orchard Gets Rights to Sony/ATV Master Recordings
Coolfer —
• The Orchard has inked a deal for marketing and digital distribution rights, outside of North American, to all Sony/ATV Music Publishing owned master recordings. The deal covers labels Dial Records, Four Star, Hickory and Challenge Records. (Press release)
• The Rodgers & Hammerstein Music Publishing business has been put on the market with a price tag of $250 million. (Variety)
• Live Nation-owned House of Blues will open a new club in Houston on October 18. The opening night concert will feature The Blues Brothers with Dan Aykroyd and ...
Did David Carr Make Robert Downey Jr’s Memoir Obsolete?
SpoutBlog —
April 2008: David Carr (a former drug addict turned respectable media reporter) publishes a massive profile of Robert Downey Jr (a former drug addict turned respectable media phenom) pegged to Downey’s upcoming film, Iron Man, in the New York Times. At the time, there is a whiff of bad buzz in the air about the film––that the feature can’t sustain the energy of the trailer, that one political party won’t appreciate messages inserted the film apparently to the delight of the other; that audiences won’t buy Downey as a superhero.
May 2008-July 2008: Iron ...
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tunaflix.com 8/5/2008 —
IESB has a few choice quotes from Robert Downey Jr. about what to expect from Iron Man 2 , which we’ve got for you here:
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theradreport.com 8/6/2008 —
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Marvel's Q2 profit jumps 52% —
Variety.com 8/5/2008
Business News: Earnings increase on film licensing, presales -- Marvel's operating profit jumped 52% in the second quarter on strong licensing results and foreign presales of "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk." Revenue surged 55% to $156.9 million ...
Marvel's Q2 profit jumps 52% —
Variety.com 8/5/2008
Business News: Earnings increase on film licensing, presales -- Marvel's operating profit jumped 52% in the second quarter on strong licensing results and foreign presales of "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk." Revenue surged 55% to $156.9 million ...
Marvel upgrades guidance, stock falls —
Hollywood Reporter 8/5/2008
Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk got no respect from investors Tuesday. In its first financial report that includes revenue from producing its own movies, Marvel blew past Wall Street's expectations, then it raised guidance, and the stock plunged.
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