Deadline.com: Open Road To Bring Gregg Allman Biopic To U.S. Theaters

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Open Road To Bring Gregg Allman Biopic To U.S. Theaters May 18th 2013, 15:41 Open Road Films and Unclaimed Freight Productions' Randall Miller and Jody Savin are partnering to bring Gregg Allman biopic My Cross To Bear to U.S. theaters. Miller and Savin penned the screenplay based on the New York Times bestselling autobiography of the iconic blues singer. Miller will direct. Open Road will handle U.S. distribution. The story will focus on Allman’s early struggles through the formation of The Allman Brothers Band and the group's ultimate explosion on the music scene. Savin and Miller are working closely with Allman and his manager, Michael Lehman, both of whom will serve as Executive Producers. The film is expected to include original Allman Brothers tracks as well as re-recorded performances by the actor/musicians. Production is scheduled to begin late summer 2013 in Georgia. Casting is under way. The deal was negotiated on behalf of Open Road Films by Ortenberg and Ben Cotner, SVP of Acquisitions. Ben Weiss of Paradigm negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers. Miller and Savin recently produced CBGB about the famous New York City rock ‘n’ roll club. CBGB is being repped in Cannes by The Exchange and several large foreign deals are under way.

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Entertainment news - latimes.com: Robin Finck rejoins Nine Inch Nails ahead of summer tour

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Robin Finck rejoins Nine Inch Nails ahead of summer tour May 18th 2013, 14:16 Two days after Eric Avery revealed in a Facebook post that he'd left the band in order to "focus on my musical life here in L.A.," Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails announced Friday that Robin Finck had rejoined the influential industrial-rock group. Media files: 16x9

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Entertainment news - latimes.com: Kanye West premieres new music on sides of buildings worldwide

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Kanye West premieres new music on sides of buildings worldwide May 18th 2013, 15:42 Kanye West is scheduled to perform Saturday night on the season finale of "Saturday Night Live," where the rapper is widely expected to preview material from an upcoming album that may be released on June 18. Media files: 16x9

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Entertainment news - latimes.com: WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

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WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info May 18th 2013, 16:28 Documentary director Alex Gibney initially wanted to tell the advocate's story in 'We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,' but when the website founder wouldn't cooperate, the director decided to work on a profile of Bradley Manning, the Army private who allegedly leaked classified U.S. documents to the website. When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of powerful governments and corporations using little more than his laptop. Media files: 16x9

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Entertainment News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC

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Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC May 18th 2013, 15:32 CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city. Media files: 1de72ca0ab4d3710320f6a7067000fde.jpg (image/jpeg)

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Entertainment News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Jury gets first glimpse of defense in Jackson case

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Jury gets first glimpse of defense in Jackson case May 18th 2013, 16:13 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead: Media files: f9d20750a8712910320f6a706700bee5.jpg (image/jpeg)

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Backstage.com Advice: Backstage Member Austin Ku Shares Advice For Actors

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Backstage Member Austin Ku Shares Advice For Actors May 18th 2013, 16:00 Backstage member Austin Ku gives advice to fellow actors. Visit www.Austin-Ku.com or www.facebook.com/AustinKuActor, or follow on Twitter @secretaustinman.   CLICK HERE TO VIEW SLIDESHOW

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Techdirt.: Awesome Stuff: Cool Product Designs

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Awesome Stuff: Cool Product Designs May 18th 2013, 16:00 For this week's awesome stuff, we've got three different projects that just caught my eye for being different and interesting in a design sense. I don't know about you, but I've had a few too many experiencing having to try to inflate an air mattress of some kind or another, and realizing what a freaking total pain it is using regular valves (not to mention the inevitable annoying emptying process as well). So I have to say that the Windcatcher project definitely piqued my curiosity. I don't understand the mechanism behind it, but it certainly looks like an air mattress that you can fill with 4 or 5 breaths -- and all without having to put your mouth on anything. It looks kind of like magic, so check out the video. These guys still have a bit of a way to go on the funding front, having raised only about a quarter of the $50,000 they're seeking, but the product definitely has that neat design factor going for it. There's been something of a hipster revival in pinhole cameras lately, it seems, but the ONDU Pinhole cameras are definitely the nicest design I've ever seen. A nice wooden box with no exposed screws. A backplate that's held on by magnets. It just looks cool. Also, bonus points for the cool music in the video (apparently this is the musician. This project has already surged past its goals, so it's definitely going to get funded, and with another 25 days to go, it'll likely end up much, much higher. Finally, there are times when someone designs something and you wonder why no one else has done it before -- or even why such things aren't common. That was the feeling I got after seeing the Nuplug, which is basically an extension cord/surge protector/outlet that attaches to furniture. So, rather than having your outlets on the wall and behind furniture, you can connect them in a more convenient way. Given how much stuff folks are charging all the time these days, I could definitely see how this could be handy for many people. The one thing holding me back on this one, frankly, is that it's a bit on the ugly side -- in that it really stands out. Seems like something a little more subtle would be cooler. Maybe future iterations. This one also has a pretty ambitious $75,000 goal, and they're only a little past halfway there with 18 days to go. That's all for this week... Permalink | Comments | Email This Story

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Digg Top Stories: Things I Learned From Toilets On The Indian Subcontinent

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Things I Learned From Toilets On The Indian Subcontinent May 17th 2013, 12:12 Besides having spent years in India and Pakistan, I speak from the perspective of someone who never had the money to stay at the Marriot, the Hilton, close to the American embassy or monetary success.

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Digg Top Stories: U.S. Air Force To Deploy iPads

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U.S. Air Force To Deploy iPads May 17th 2013, 14:35 Just as the Defense Department granted iOS devices approva l for use on military networks, TheStreet reports that the U.S. military plans on saving around $50 million through its purchase of iPads.

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Digg Top Stories: The Strange Story Of Marie Antoinette's Watch

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The Strange Story Of Marie Antoinette's Watch May 17th 2013, 20:42 It was a watch so beautiful, so elegant, so precise, that it could only have been meant for royalty. Then it vanished without a trace.

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Headlines from Hitfix.com: Cannes Review: Tahar Rahim is radioactive in impressive 'Grand Central'

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Cannes Review: Tahar Rahim is radioactive in impressive 'Grand Central' May 18th 2013, 16:02 Rebecca Zlotowski takes a big leap with her sophomore effort "Grand Central" starring Tahar Rahim, Lea Seydoux, Oliver Gourmet and debuted in Un Certain Regard today at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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Headlines from Hitfix.com: TV Ratings: 'Shark Tank' finale leads ABC on Friday, while 'Nikita' finale rises

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TV Ratings: 'Shark Tank' finale leads ABC on Friday, while 'Nikita' finale rises May 18th 2013, 16:05 "Shark Tank" has been leading ABC to victories among young viewers all season, but facing CBS repeats this week, the entrepreneurial favorite pushed ABC to the top of the overall Friday heap as well.

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TVLine: What to Watch This Weekend: The Doctor Is Out, Ben Affleck on SNL, Simpsons Finale and More

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What to Watch This Weekend: The Doctor Is Out, Ben Affleck on SNL, Simpsons Finale and More May 18th 2013, 16:14 On TV this weekend: Doctor Who‘s secret is revealed, Orphan Black has a civil war on its hands, a new class enters the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ben Affleck is Mr. Saturday Night, a Family Guy moonlights on The Simpsons (and both of those shows end their seasons) and The Cleveland Show has its swan song. Here are 15 programs to keep on your radar. SATURDAY, MAY 18 8 pm Doctor Who (BBC America) | Season finale: The Doctor’s secret is discovered. (If you want a hint about what he’s hiding, check this out.) (Next up: a 50th anniversary special that will air later this year.) 9 pm 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (HBO) | Artists including Usher, Don Henley, John Mayer, Public Enemy, Carole King and Jennifer Hudson perform to honor this year’s class – which includes Heart and Quincy Jones — during the three-hour event. 9 pm Orphan Black (BBC America) | Sarah’s actions pit the Orphans against each other. 10 pm 48 Hours (CBS) | The news journal investigates gang and drug wars in Chicago. 11:30 pm Saturday Night Live (NBC) | Season finale: Argo star/director Ben Affleck hosts with musical guest Kanye West. (SNL will be back next season, minus at least one of its Not Ready for Primetime Players.) SUNDAY, MAY 19 7 pm The Cleveland Show (Fox) | Back-to-back season (series?) finale: Dr. Fist reveals that Freight Train’s newly nice nature may be the result of dementia, and the kids’ schedules overwhelm Cleveland and Donna. (Unofficially cancelled.) RELATED | May Sweeps Scorecard 2013: Deaths, Weddings, Births and More 8 pm The 2013 Billboard Music Awards (ABC) | Performers at the three-hour ceremony include Pitbull, Christina Aguilera, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and Prince. 8 pm The Simpsons (Fox) | Back-to-back season finale: If the guy Marge meets online tonight sounds like Family Guy‘s Peter Griffin (or Stewie, Brian or Quagmire), it’s because Seth MacFarlane provides his voice. (Yep, renewed.) RELATED | Season Finale Scoopapalooza: More Than 100 Spoilers on Your Fave Series’ Endgames 9 pm All-Star Celebrity Apprentice (NBC) | Two-hour season finale: Trace and Penn put the finishing touches on their charity event, and then The Donald and his hair fires one of them. 9 pm ACM Presents: Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night (CBS) | Two hours: The country-music star hosts an evening of performances by his wife Faith Hill, Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Ne-Yo and Pitbull, among others. 9 pm North America (Discovery) | Miniseries premiere: Tom Selleck (Blue Bloods) narrates this two-hour foray into “the incredible array of wildlife that lives in our own backyard.” (Side note: The New Jersey Meadowlands are in my backyard, and I’m fairly certain I don’t want to know what’s living there.) 9 pm Game of Thrones (HBO) | King’s Landing hosts a wedding, and Daenerys meets the Titan’s Bastard. 9 pm Mr. Selfridge (PBS) | Two-hour season finale: Tragedy strikes on the day polar explorer Sir Earnest Shackleton comes to the store. (British network ITV has renewed the series for a second season; no word yet on when/if it will debut in the U.S.) 9 pm Family Guy (Fox) | Back-to-back season finale: A time machine malfunction creates big problems for Stewie and Brian in Vegas, and the Griffins get tossed from the posh Barrington Country Club. (Yep, renewed.) RELATED | May Season Finale Calendar: What’s Ending When? 10 pm Mad Men (AMC) | Don is disrupted by a surprise visitor. Peggy looks for inspiration. (Maybe she’ll find it in Dream Ted’s smoking jacket?) Hit the comments with your must-see picks from the weekend’s lineup! Follow @kimroots Media files: DoctorWho_Season7_finale kimberlyrootstv Doctor Who The Simpsons

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TVLine: Exclusive First Look: The Goodwin Games Cast Takes Part in a Violent Beatdown!

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Exclusive First Look: The Goodwin Games Cast Takes Part in a Violent Beatdown! May 18th 2013, 16:05 At first, everything's going so well in this exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from a promo shoot for Fox's The Goodwin Games (premiering Monday at 8:30/7:30c). The cast — including TVLine faves Scott Foley and Becki Newton — looks great. They’re doing a fine job of explaining the comedy’s premise. But then… Well, let's just say that things taken an ugly turn when sticks are pulled out. RELATED | Fall TV Schedule 2013: What's on When? And Versus What? We could describe to you the savage beating that takes place. But really, you have to see it to believe it. And, conveniently enough, if you press PLAY, you CAN see it. Click here to view the embedded video. Media files: the goodwin games andypatrick the goodwin games TheGoodwinGames.mp4 (video/mp4, 13.5 MB)

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Bloody Disgusting: [Random Cool] Portugal Wins With This Incredible ‘Evil Dead’ Print Ad!

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[Random Cool] Portugal Wins With This Incredible 'Evil Dead' Print Ad! May 18th 2013, 15:10 I feel like a lot of advertisers have lost focus on what advertising is. Many of the ads we see today just go through the motions, so much so that we literally block them out as they’re blasting across our small/big screens. I went to school for advertising, which is why I’m so incredibly sensitive to how something is being sold to me. “9, the Creative Shop” out of Portugal has shared an extremely impressive print ad for Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead, which was placed into various newspapers back in April. Title Evil Dead: The Night of the Living Dead in Portugal, the poster was placed on the Obituaries page with a bunch of empty slots where the deceased announcements used to remain. Now that the dead are living, there’s no need for obituaries. “Clever girl,” as Muldoon would say. What are some of the most memorable ads you’ve seen lately? This is a good exercise to show you how good/bad of a job they’re doing… Media files: evil-dead-2.jpg evil-dead_ evil-dead-3

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Bloody Disgusting: [Saturday Morning Cartoons] Revisiting the Awful “Little Shop”

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[Saturday Morning Cartoons] Revisiting the Awful "Little Shop" May 18th 2013, 15:27 Saturday morning cartoons were hotter than ever in 1991, which is why there are literally a plethora of pilots and single-seasoned shows that failed to make it to a second round. Such the case with the god awful “Little Shop,” Fox’s attempt at a cartoon based on Little Shop of Horrors, featuring Seymour and the now brunette Audrey as children. Says Wiki, the concept of the adaptation is credited to Ellen Levy and Mark Edward Edens, and the series was produced by Tom Tataranowicz. The horror elements in previous versions of the story, in which characters are eaten by the plant, are toned down for children in this series. We’ve added the first episode from the failed first season below for your Saturday Morning Cartoon special. Next week, we promise to get you something awesome. Wiki explains that the show followed “self-proclaimed nerd Seymour Krelborn, an adolescent boy who works in a flower shop, keeps a pet Venus Flytrap named Junior. Junior sprouted from a 200 million year-old seed and has the ability to talk and hypnotize people. Only Seymour is aware of Junior’s abilities. The flower shop is owned by stodgy Mr. Mushnik, whose daughter Audrey is the object of Seymour’s affections. Audrey, however, does not seem to reciprocate his feelings. Buck-toothed Paine Driller, a neighborhood bully, continuously targets Seymour. Episodes focused on the pubescent exploits of the leads and frequently featured a moral. They also featured a couple of musical numbers per episode. Consistent with the “urban” persona of the plant in the musical, Audrey Junior raps in the series during his numbers, and speaks in a hip-hop dialect. Also featured are a trio of singing flowers reminiscent of Crystal, Ronette, and Chiffon (the three chorus girls in the musical).” Media files: little-shop

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Bloody Disgusting: Watch the Funny Animated Short Film “Giant Squid”

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Watch the Funny Animated Short Film "Giant Squid" May 18th 2013, 15:17 Here’s the pretty funny short film “Giant Squid,” animated and directed by Maxwell O. Perry for Dimly Lit Films. It features the voices of Jason Glassbrenner, Lauren Wanveer Glassbrenner, Anna Hatchett, Ryan Hall, Maxwell Perry, and Frances Wasylewski. “When Elise’s boyfriend is abducted by a giant green killer squid in the Atlantic Ocean, she enlists the help of a marine biologist and a drunken squid poacher to track the squid before it is too late…but the squid has other plans.“ Media files: Screen-Shot-2013-05-18-at-8.16.53-AM.png

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Vulture: 10 Pop Culture Questions Answered by Vulture This Week

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10 Pop Culture Questions Answered by Vulture This Week May 18th 2013, 16:00 Every week, Vulture faces the big, important questions in entertainment and comes to some creative conclusions. This week, we gave you the lowdown on upfronts, a farewell to The Office, and much as we can to feed your Arrested Development appetite. You may have read some of these stories below, ... More »

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TheWrap.com - Entertainment Industry Analysis, Breaking Hollywood News: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' On $80M Pace After $21M Friday at Box Office

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'Star Trek Into Darkness' On $80M Pace After $21M Friday at Box Office May 18th 2013, 15:51 "Star Trek Into Darkness" cruised to more than $21 million at the box office on Friday and J.J Abrams' space epic sequel is on pace for an extended weekend total of around $80 million. That's big, but on the low end of analysts' expectations and under the $100 million that distributor Paramount had hoped to see. Saturday and Sunday will be critical, and the film received an "A" CinemaScore from first-night audiences, so word of mouth should be strong. Related Articles:  How the Battle Over 'Star Trek' Rights Killed J.J. Abrams' Grand Ambitions 'Fast & Furious 6' Opening Day Universal's Best-Ever in U.K. Why 'The Great Gatsby' Reveals a Huge Divide Between Hollywood and Its Fans (Video) read more

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TheWrap.com - Entertainment Industry Analysis, Breaking Hollywood News: 'Fast & Furious 6' Opening Day Universal's Best-Ever in U.K.

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'Fast & Furious 6' Opening Day Universal's Best-Ever in U.K. May 18th 2013, 15:57 "Fast & Furious 6" raced out of the gate as the No. 1 film in the U.K. and Ireland on Friday, posting Universal's biggest opening day ever in that market with $4.6 million. That figure beats the $3.6 million that the fourth film in the franchise, "Fast & Furious," opened with in 2009 and is the year's second-best opening day in the U.K., just behind the $4.7 million of "Iron Man 3." Warner Bros. rolled out "The Great Gatsby" on Thursday in the U.K., and that film has taken in $2.5 million. Related Articles:  CinemaCon: 'Fast & Furious 6' Recognizes - Shock of Shocks - Moviegoers Aren't Just White Men 'Fast & Furious 6' Director Justin Lin Responds to James Franco's 'Annapolis' Criticism 'Fast & Furious' Writer Chris Morgan Lands TV Deal at 20th Century Fox TV read more

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