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Indies outpace majors at 82nd Academy Awards

Independent films once again collected the most Oscars at the Academy Awards ceremony, including Best Picture for Summit Entertainment and Voltage Pictures’ The Hurt Locker. The win brings to 18 the number of independent films earning Best Picture over the past 30 years, the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) announced. This year, indies collected ….

Preview photos from this week’s all-new episode of Human Target

Fox has posted teaser pics from this week’s all-new episode of the action series Human Target, titled “Salvation & Reclamation”, which airs Wednesday at 8PM. This week’s show is the first new episode since “Lockdown” on February 18th. In “Salvation & Reclamation”, Chance (Mark Valley) reunites with a fiery ex-flame (guest star Leonor Varela) when ….

Biggest names in Hollywood gather for “Night Before” fundraiser

As Tinsel Town gets ready for its biggest night of the year, Academy Award nominees and presenters joined some of the most well-known film stars in the world for the eighth annual “Night Before” party to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF). Money raised supports the extensive programs and services MPTF provides to ….

No Academy Awards telecast for Cablevision New York customers?

They finally pulled the trigger. After Cablevision and WABC-TV didn’t make progress in the their tense negotiations over retransmission Saturday, ABC followed through on its threat to take the station off the Cablevision system on this day of the Academy Awards, according to a report on THR. But instead of pulling WABC-TV in the nation’s ….

Conan O’Brien live comedy tour coming this spring?

THR reports that comic and talk show host Conan O’Brien will start a live comedy tour beginning mid-April, with the first stop being in San Diego, California or Seattle, Washington. Apparently TMZ reported earlier that the tour would kick off in Phoenix, but THR’s report states that report was inaccurate. O’Brien will likely have Andy ….

Police Academy and Pet Sematary remakes on the way to theaters

THR’s HeatVision reports that New Line is relaunching the Police Academy franchise, with original producer Paul Maslansky onboard for a new spin on the series, which originally spawned six sequels and a television series that lasted one season in 1997. No writer or director are attached to the project yet. The original Police Academy centered ….