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Jerry Seinfeld to Be Microsoft's New $10M Pitchman

21 August 2008 9:40 AM, PDT

Apple has Steve Jobs as its pitchman, as well as Justin Long's popular "Mac Guy" character, so now rival Microsoft will have Jerry Seinfeld – who'll appear alongside company founder Bill Gates in new commercials for Windows Vista, the Wall Street Journal reports. Seinfeld, 54, will be paid about $10 million for the ads, which are set to debut Sept. 4, says the newspaper. In all, Microsoft is prepared to spend $300 million to beef up its image, and is also considering Chris Rock and Will Ferrell as additional pitchmen. The software giant's (more)

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New Airline Broadband Service Allows Movie Rentals

21 August 2008 10:34 AM, PDT

Giving air travelers the opportunity for the first time to "rent" movies streamed to their laptops, American Airlines on Wednesday launched Gogo, an Internet service that is now available aboard certain non-stop flights between New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami. Initially, the service will be tested on 15 aircraft for a three- to six-month trial. The broadband service is being provided at a cost of $12.95 on most flights by Aircell, the same company that provides on-board telephone service (voice-over-Internet sites are being blocked by Aircell). Travelers merely wanting to watch a movie in flight may also have to take into account the cost of the rental.

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Restored Godfather Movies Return To Big Screen

21 August 2008 12:12 PM, PDT

The first two Godfather movies have been restored and are returning to the big screen.

Cleaned-up 35mm versions of the mafia epics - directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro - will be screened at September's Gotham Film Forum in New York before hitting movie theatres across the U.S.

The work has been carried out by Robert A. Harris, under the direction of Coppola and original cinematographer Gordon Willis.

Harris - who also worked on a Lawrence of Arabia restoration - (more)

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Final Weekend Tracking: 'Death Race' May Zoom to Narrow Win Over 'Tropic Thunder'; 'House Bunny' with Likely $8M-$10M; 'The Rocker' Not Ready to Roll with Just $9M-$11M for 5 Days!

19 August 2008 10:49 PM, PDT

Steve Mason is now on Facebook. There are four new wide releases this week, but only of them is likely to top $10 million for the traditional 3-day weekend. The Jason Statham vehicle Death Race (Universal) seems to be getting some traction in industry tracking, although a huge (more)

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MGM Slates 'Cabin' For Release a Week Before 'Saw VI'

21 August 2008 11:48 AM, PDT

MGM has slated Drew Goddard's (Cloverfield) latest project, The Cabin In The Woods, for release October 23, 2009, although early announced dates like these rarely stick. In addition, MGM is putting the film out a week before Lionsgate's Saw VI, which will hit theaters on October (more)

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Feature: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (in Woody Allen's Movies)

20 August 2008 7:33 AM, PDT

By Matt Singer

As far back as last February, the press began speculating about a supposed lesbian tryst between the stars of Woody Allen's new film "Vicky Christina Barcelona." Under a headline reading "Sapphic Steam," the New York Post's Page Six announced that they'd learned from an anonymous source that (more)

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