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Article: Hollywood version of fantasy leagues
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JAKE COYLE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-05-2006
Hollywood version of fantasy leagues
By JAKE COYLE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 06-05-2006, Monday
Section: THE MIX
Edtion: All Editions
If you'd rather be Harvey Weinstein than George Steinbrenner, then this might be the game for you.
Just like number-crunching sports fans who draft, analyze and trade players in baseball, football and other sports, some people are turning to the movie biz for a new kind of statistics-based game.
In fantasy movie leagues, after picking a roster of upcoming films, you monitor the box-office results and Oscar hype. With each dollar your films earn at the multiplexes, and with each Oscar ...