carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/19/2008
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Perhaps there has been some pulling back because of broader trends in the economy. With more slots available on more days, the backers of "Frost/Nixon" have apparently decided that more is better.
shocktillyoudrop.com - 12/15/2008
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You read it here first , fiends. Rob
Zombie is re-teaming with Dimension Films to direct a
follow-up to 2007's Halloween entitled H2 . Variety , who confirmed our news break (yet, sadly, offers no credit), says the new film will pick up where ...
Confirmed! Zombie to Write/Direct Halloween 2
darkcampaign.com - 12/16/2008
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A bunch of folks in our community have
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Hollywood Trades are Clearly in the Tank for Frost/Nixon
Film School Rejects —
... The photo above comes to us from The New York Times’ David Carr, known more fondly as The Bagger. In one of his updates today, Carr points out that both Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter have been doing what they always do, allowing their covers to be used for big, loud “For Your Consideration” advertisements. But over the past two weeks, both THR and Daily Variety have been taken over by Universal and Imagine Entertainment’s Frost/Nixon, a serious Best Picture candidate. ...
Three Weeks
Awards Daily —
... The Carpetbagger posted two items yesterday that tied loosely together - one was reporting the news that Deep Throat, Mark Felt, had finally died. This was to be the moment we discovered Deep Throat’s identity; didn’t Woodward say that he would only reveal the source once the source was dead? But Felt decided to reveal himself some time ago. Anyway, he’s dead. Meanwhile, the Bagger reports on the plethora of Frost/Nixon covers in the trades and how Universal is pulling out the stops. ...
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