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Box office ready to unwrap(12/22 6:30PM)
Film: 'Avatar' to be joined by Christmas bows of 'Sherlock Holmes,' 'Chipmunks' and 'It's Complicated.'
CBS dominates week(12/22 4:44PM)
TV: CBS dominated primetime's ratings race last week thanks to originals and 'Survivor' finale.
Comcast seals exec deal(12/22 5:11PM)
NBC U Stakes: Comcast has struck a five-year employment pact with Stephen Burke, the No. 2 exec at Comcast.
Disney, CBS eye Apple TV service(12/22 5:43PM)
Technology: Apple is looking to enlist CBS and Disney to provide programming for the new Internet service.
Liberty names Albrecht as Starz chief(12/22 7:02AM)
TV: Former HBO topper Chris Albrecht has been named prexy and CEO of Starz by Liberty Media Corp.
Christmas marathons planned(12/22 8:12PM)
TV: What started out as a scheduling lark has now spread across the cable yuletide landscape.
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'Sherlock Holmes' will face box office champ, 'Avatar,' which grossed an additional $16.4 million on Monday.
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'Survivor'
'Survivor: Samoa' matched or slightly improved upon its fall finale of last year.
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Stephen Burke
Burke will oversee NBC Universal once the cabler's transaction with General Electric is completed.
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Steve Jobs
The Wall Street Journal first broke news of the exploratory chats on Monday night.
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Chris Albrecht
As head of HBO, Chris Albrecht oversaw series such as 'Sex and the City,' 'Sopranos' and 'The Wire.'
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'A Christmas Story'
For the 13th year in a row, Turner will dust off the 1983 cult fave 'A Christmas Story' for Christmas day.
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Film Reviews

Such predictable pap is generally better suited for romance novels or Lifetime movies.
A frenetic but funny follow-up that offers twice the number of singing-and-dancing rodents.

Award Central

TOKYO -- "Villon's Wife" leads the Japan Academy Award nominations with four including one for bes
Hollywood union publicists have tapped James Cameron to receive their Motion Picture Showmanship Awa

TV Reviews

The HBO documentary delivers a pretty bracing wallop.
Michael Jackson's brothers go about the humbling task of trying to jump-start their careers.

Films Now Playing

Cameron creates another world entirely in "Avatar" and it's very much a place worth visiting.
An engaging piece of lightweight existentialism highlighted by a winning turn from Clooney.

Legit Reviews

Hilariously refracted through the shaky memories of company members.
A perfectly serviceable production of Oscar Wilde's airtight comedy "The Importance of Being Ernest.

Weekend Box Office

With a socko $16.4 million domestically on Monday, Twentieth Century Fox's "Avatar" continued its bo
The film business is just $98 million short of hitting $10 billion in ticket sales.

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