How to Survive Film Festival Season...

Heading off to Venice, Toronto, Telluride or Deauville? Celebrity health experts share their tips for staying in one piece during the festival frenzy. Those summer nights are over, and film festival season is kicking off. Whether you're saying "Ciao, Venice," "Bonjour, Deauville," "Hello, Telluride" or "Oh, Canada" for TIFF, you'll be spending the next few weeks out of the office and likely in the air, in screenings and meetings and rushing from one red carpet...

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Nigerian film biz on the rebound

Nigerian film biz on the rebound As fundamentalism ebbs, audiences return By CHRISTOPHER VOURLIAS KANO, NIGERIA -- Long before the Islamic insurgency brought a wave of violence to northern Nigeria, filmmakers in the country's growing Hausa-language industry were taking up their own battle against a conservative crackdown. The fight over an industry popularly known as "Kannywood" began more than a decade ago, when Sharia law was re-introduced after nearly...

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Judge Rules DGA Foreign Levies Reports Acceptable But Lawyer Claims They Don't '

Judge Rules DGA Foreign Levies Reports Acceptable But Lawyer Claims They Don't ' The court finds that the guild is complying with a settlement agreement, dismissing plaintiff counsel's argument that more information should be required. A California judge ruled Wednesday that the Directors Guild is complying with a 2008 settlement agreement requiring it to report certain data related to foreign royalties, brushing aside the motion of a lawyer who...

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8K Ultra High Def TV Format Developed by Japan's NHK set to be Next Global Stand

Public broadcaster NHK to get international approval after public viewing demonstrations of the new format at London 2012. TOKYO - Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) or Super Hi-Vision, an 8K system that delivers 16 times the resolution of current HD (high definition) technology, is set to be approved by the International Telecommunication Union as the next generation global television format. London 2012: Public Broadcaster NHK Leading Olympics Coverage...

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Why the Apple v. Samsung Ruling May Not Hold Up

Why the Apple v. Samsung Ruling May Not Hold Up By Pamela Jones - Groklaw Late in the process yesterday at the Apple v. Samsung trial, when the parties and the judge were reviewing the jury verdict form, Samsung noticed that there were, indeed, inconsistencies in the jury's verdict form, a possibility Samsung anticipated [PDF]. Here's the jury's Amended Verdict Form [PDF], amended to fix the mistakes. Here's the original [PDF]. Here's the...

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Skepticism opening up to the concept of "$100-$500/day working from home"

Skepticism opening up to the concept of "$100-$500/day working from home" and affiliate marketing!!! DAY No.1 A friend that reads numerology told me that for me to continue growing i need to open up... meaning been les "french" and skeptic... Another friend send me his link to this new company that is not a cam but an affiliate marketing company... I already was skeptic but decided to just listen and do what was expected of me... DAY No.1 How to make $100-$500/day...

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Apple awarded $1 billion in Samsung patent case

Apple awarded $1 billion in Samsung patent case Federal jury rules Samsung violated Apple's copyright on tablets, smartphones By ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a jury decided Friday that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad. The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion. An appeal is expected. Apple Inc. filed its patent infringement...

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Apple Products Shown in 30% of Hollywood's Top Movies, for Free...

Apple Products Shown in 30% of Hollywood's Top Movies, for Free... In the so-called "tech trial of the century," Apple is showing off just how much it has captured the hearts and minds of Hollywood. Samsung Scores European Success In Tablet Wars With Apple Apple is in the midst of a jury trial that accuses rival Samsung of infringing its patents and trademarks on its iPhone and iPad products in creating and marketing the Galaxy devices. The...

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U.K.'s Production Film Market Pacts With India...

The British producers' meet and greet will link with Primexchange in Goa aiming to ignite Euro-Indian collaborations. LONDON – The Film London Production Finance Market (PFM), backed by the British Film Institute, the mayor of London, Europe's MEDIA program, U.K. Trade & Investment Producer Marianne Gray to Deliver Keynote at The Film London Production Finance Market Europa's Le Pogam gives PFM keynote The fresh links with Primexchange will see one...

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New coin boosts African filmmakers

New coin boosts African filmmakers Sub-Saharan region still lags in growth of film industry By CHRISTOPHER VOURLIAS "Soul Boy," from Tom Tykwer's Nairobi-based One Fine Day Films, was a hit at international film festivals, including Berlin. S. Africa pic biz looks for solid ground Despite producing such auteurs as Ousmane Sembene, Souleymane Cisse and Djibril Diop Mambety, the slow growth of film in sub-Saharan Africa is largely a story of unrealized potential. While...

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