Recently added articles from Daily Variety:
Just for H'wood.(ARMY ARCHERD 1922-2009)(Obituary)
Sep 10, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Showbiz has lost one of its defining voices, an industry institution and beloved figure in Hollywood. Army Archerd, who reported on showbiz for more than half a century at Daily Variety, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He had a rare form of ...
WB turning page: studio takes control of DC Comics.(DC Entertainment)
Sep 10, 2009; ... Get ready to see more superheroes take flight at Warner Bros. After years of trying to figure out an efficient way to work with DC Comics and exploit more of its costumed characters--which include Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash and Green Lantern--as movies, TV shows ...
Home shopping TV pops at Peacock.
Sep 10, 2009; ... Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer are partnering to adapt the Augusten Burroughs book "Sellevision" for NBC. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fuller also has a second script--his first stab at a half-hour comedy--in the works at the Peacock. "Sellevision" revolves ...
He-Man Universe shifts.
Sep 10, 2009; ... Warner Bros. and Mattel will be parting company on "Masters of the Universe" the live-action reinvention of the signature Mattel toy line that WB and producer Joel Silver have been developing since 2007. Mattel and WB didn't see eye to eye over the direction of the project and ...
Could it be magic.
Sep 10, 2009; ... Barry Manilow, matinee idol? Single Cell partners Sandy Stern and Michael Stipe and Playtone partners Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks have joined forces to develop a romantic comedy that will exploit the song catalogue of iconic singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. Manilow's manager, ...