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  • Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014
Final Oscars Voting Begins Friday
Beverly Hills, CA -- 

 Final voting for the Oscars will open on Friday, February 14, at 8 a.m. PT and close on Tuesday, February 25, at 5 p.m. PT, the Academy said today.

Academy members may vote online or cast paper ballots. The accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers will tabulate and verify the results.

Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscars, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.

  • Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014
Online content influences China's traditional TV
By Louise Watt
BEIJING (AP) -- 

A popular online show about a young Chinese couple's trips to the far corners of the world is set to be broadcast on the country's main television network, highlighting how popular online content is influencing China's highly regulated mainstream media.

"On the Road," by the Youku site's entertainment unit, is to air during a prime-time evening slot next month on state broadcaster China Central Television's flagship channel, CCTV-1.

The surging popularity of online content, particularly among 20-somethings who consume entertainment on their mobiles and tablets, is luring viewers away from state TV, which the Chinese government sees as a tool to mold public opinion. Privately owned video sites are seeing advertising revenue grow as well as the number of people who are paying to watch premium content, even if this number is still relatively small.

The first season of "On the Road," which saw the More

  • Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014
Jeffrey A. Greenbaum Elected GALA Global President
NEW YORK -- 

Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, managing director of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, has been elected the next global president of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA).

A collection of leading advertising lawyers and firms from around the world, GALA provides resources to individuals and corporations interested in finding solutions to problems involving complex legal issues affecting advertisers and marketers. Greenbaum will replace outgoing GALA head Douglas Wood, who led the organization since its inception 12 years ago.

“I am very honored to be assuming the role of GALA global president,” Greenbaum said. “I want to thank Doug Wood for his leadership over the past dozen years and the members who have put their confidence in me as GALA’s new leader. GALA is a tremendous organization. It has been a terrific resource for advertisers and marketers worldwide and I look forward to helping carry on its tradition of excellence over the next More

  • Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014
Netflix comes to the rescue of 'Clone Wars'
By Michael Liedtke, Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 

Netflix's Internet video service is coming to the rescue of "Star Wars" fans left in limbo by the abrupt cancellation of "The Clone Wars," an animated television series that embellishes the lore of the Jedi Order and Sith Lords.

The sixth and final season of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" will be shown exclusively to Netflix subscribers in the U.S. and Canada beginning March 7 as part of a licensing deal announced Thursday. Financial terms weren't disclosed.

The Los Gatos, Calif., company has already pledged to spend about $3 billion this year on licensing video as it tries to expand its audience of 48 million worldwide subscribers.

A significant chunk of that money is being earmarked for video that can only be seen on Netflix. One of the company's most popular exclusives, the Emmy-award winning political drama "House of Cards," returns for its second season on Friday.

The resurrection of " More

  • Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014
Lady Gaga shoots video at Hearst Castle
SAN SIMEON, Calif. (AP) -- 

Tourists are giving way to dancers as a production crew takes over Hearst Castle on the California coast, where Lady Gaga is shooting a big-budget music video.

The San Luis Obispo Tribune says filming is taking place this week at the indoor blue-and-gold tiled Roman Pool and the outdoor Neptune Pool.

The pop diva had yet to be seen as crewmembers carried in bags full of fake flowers and a giant plaster seashell Tuesday.

Shoots at the state historical site are extremely rare. Gaga is donating $250,000 to the Hearst Castle foundation in addition to underwriting a $25,000 water supply study and paying special fees.

She will also make a water conservation public service announcement and a short feature on the castle built by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst.

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  • Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014
Danes hoping for 4th Oscar with "The Hunt"
A May 16, 2013 file photo of Danish director Thomas Vinterberg poses for photographers during a photo call for the jury of Un Certain Regard at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File )
By Jan M. Olsen
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- 

When Danish director Thomas Vinterberg wrote the script for "The Hunt" — one of this year's contenders for Best Foreign Language Film — he pictured a young Robert de Niro as the lonely teacher whose life crumbles because of an innocent lie.

But when fellow Dane Mads Mikkelsen, known for his roles as the icy villain in the James Bond movie "Casino Royale" and the brilliantly evil Hannibal Lecter on TV's "Hannibal," signed on, his vision changed.

"It was really awesome when I got Mads," he said. "But, I had to rewrite the script."

Vinterberg says his original idea was that the lead character, Lucas, would be a young, tough blacksmith. However, he toned it down and turned him into a humble, quiet kindergarten teacher, popular with the children. The small-town teacher becomes the victim of a modern witch hunt over a 5-year-old's false accusation of pedophilia.

"I changed it because I thought More

  • Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014
Claudia Llosa shows 1st English film in Berlin
From left, actors Cillian Murphy, Jennifer Connelly, director Claudia Llosa and actress Melanie Laurent pose for photographers at the photo call for the film Aloft during the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)
BERLIN (AP) -- 

Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa, a winner of the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival five years ago, is back at the event with multinational new movie "Aloft" — her first work in English.

Llosa brings together Cillian Murphy, Jennifer Connelly and French actress Melanie Laurent in "Aloft," which uses flashbacks to explore the relationship between a mother and son. The director says forgiveness is a central theme.

Llosa said as she presented the film Wednesday: "Of course it's a challenge, directing in a language that is not your mother tongue — (but) I feel comfortable in English." She said her cast helped her find the right words.

"Aloft" is one of 20 films competing for Berlin's Golden Bear award, which Llosa's "The Milk of Sorrow" won in 2009.

  • Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014
Nominated costumes get museum treatment in LA
In this Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 photo, 2014 Oscar-nominated costumes for "The Great Gatsby," by costume designer Catherine Martin are on display at the 22nd annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Tonya Wise/Invision/AP)
By Sandy Cohen, Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

The burgundy velour suit Christian Bale finished with an ascot stands next to the slinky, leopard-print gown worn by Jennifer Lawrence in "American Hustle." Five of the flashy, low-cut dresses worn by Amy Adams occupy extra-small mannequins beside them.

These Oscar-nominated costumes are among the stars of FIDM Museum's 22nd annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibit, which features outfits from all five Oscar contenders this year: "American Hustle," ''12 Years a Slave," ''The Great Gatsby," ''The Invisible Woman" and "The Grandmaster." The free exhibit, on view until April 26, also features dozens of designs from other popular films, including "Man of Steel" and "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."

Curator Kevin Jones and his team inadvertently predicted the nominees when they requested the costumes months ago.

"I'd like to say that we have all this insider information and it's totally More

  • Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014
Nielsen: Olympics kickoff jolts NBC to week's win
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

The Winter Olympics are once again golden for NBC.

Nielsen says the first four nights of NBC's Olympics programming seized the top four slots in last week's audience ranking. Friday's opening ceremony took first place for the week. It was seen by nearly 32 million viewers.

Overall in prime time, NBC was seen by an average 17 million viewers.

But runner-up CBS held its own, with an average of nearly 10 million viewers. Its "Beatles: A Grammy Salute" anniversary special drew 14 million viewers to rank ninth.

Cable's AMC notched the eighth-ranked show, "The Walking Dead." It was seen by more than 15 million viewers.

The week's top-rated cable networks in prime time were History, AMC and USA.

NBC's "Nightly News" remained the top-rated evening newscast.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014
"Inbetween Worlds" debuts at Berlin Film Festival
BERLIN (AP) -- 

A drama highlighting the problems facing foreign forces' local helpers in Afghanistan, "Inbetween Worlds," made its debut Tuesday at the Berlin International Film Festival. Filmed in northern Afghanistan, the competition entry from Austrian-born director Feo Aladag follows the efforts of a German army captain to connect with locals via his interpreter, played by 18-year-old Mohsin Ahmady.

The movie was made largely in and around the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which is German forces' main base. Asked how it was to direct a movie as a woman in Afghanistan, Aladag replied that she expected it to be more difficult — though "of course, you have a headscarf and you're not running around in a T-shirt; you try to act respectfully." About half the film team were Afghans.

Aladag said she was motivated by a lack of films about modern More

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