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Moonves optimistic on local biz(12/9 8:00PM)
TV: CBS TV, radio assets improving, will work together.
Cameron Diaz is a ‘Bad Teacher’(12/9 8:00PM)
Film: Actress is set to star in Columbia’s raunchy comedy.
Dealmakers Impact Report '09(12/9 8:00PM)
Features: A year after the financial collapse, the entertainment biz seems to be on the verge of recovery.
Lots of choices for Slamdance(12/9 8:00PM)
Film: 18 films have been selected from a record 5,000 submissions.
Eye on the Oscars: Best Picture(12/8 8:00PM)
Features: No easy path to make -- or sell -- pics exploring the essence that sparks genius.
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CBS topper Leslie Moonves is bullish on the value of local media.
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Cameron Diaz is heading back to school for Columbia Pictures' raunchy comedy 'Bad Teacher.'
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Dealmakers Impact Report '09
The funding frenzy made fortunes, but also bred bad showbiz practices.
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'William Burroughs: A Man Within'
Slamdance's 2010 feature competition will include 'William Burroughs: A Man Within' (above).
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'The Last Station' is one of several films this year that delve into the creative process.
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Film Reviews

Broken Lizard's fifth bigscreen comedy seems unlikely to expand their fan base.
Vintage images of a city on the decline are woven into the story of a couple separated for decades.

Award Central

Mavis Spencer has been tapped for trophy post.
For a creative medium, cinema has had a deeply troubled relationship with creativity -- at least whe

TV Reviews

Michael Jackson's brothers go about the humbling task of trying to jump-start their careers.
Telepic proves about as annoying as its title.

Films Now Playing

A so-so heist-gone-awry thriller, "Armored" doesn't exactly take its audience captive.
Writer-director John Lee Hancock takes the field with another feel-good sports drama.

Legit Reviews

Snarling comedy about social graces devolving into the more primal state of belligerent self-interes
An imaginative symbiosis between Michael Grandage's riveting production and John Logan's new play.

Weekend Box Office

The domestic box office has rocketed to its best year ever.
"The Blind Side" sacked the competish at the domestic box office, grossing $20.4 million.

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