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August 6, 2008

Judd Apatow and Big-Screen TV

4:11 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 |
Tom Maurstad   E-mail   News tips

He may now be one of the biggest brands in Hollywood, but Judd Apatow is still thinking small. In a recent phone interview, the creator of the TV cult classic Freaks and Geeks said that little, 18-episode, one-season show is never far from his thoughts.

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Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton starts film festival

2:08 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 |
Holly Warren   E-mail   News tips

According to CNN.com:

Robert Redford did it, so has Robert De Niro; now the latest actor to start a film festival is Tilda Swinton.

The Oscar winner's extravagantly titled "The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams" will be held in a rented ballroom in her home town of Nairn in northern Scotland at the end of August.

Swinton decided to create (and pay for) a festival that would, "run 8 1/2 days, that would be a six out of 10 on the grunge scale, that would serve home-made cakes and fish finger sandwiches, whose tickets would be £3/£2," according to the Ballerina Ballroom website.

Unlike the market-driven mania of, say, Cannes, the festival will not centre on premieres; rather a selection of Tilda and her friends' favorite films from throughout cinema history.

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Box office buzz

7:17 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 |
Stephen Becker   E-mail   News tips

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The Dark Knight just won't budge, as the year's biggest hit held on to the top spot for the third consecutive week. It's the first move to accomplish that feat since National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets stayed on top the last two weekends of 2007 and the first one of this year. Of the new releases, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor fared the best with $40.5 million.

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