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  • Comcast quarterly profit rises

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp's quarterly profit rose 22 percent as customers signed up for additional phone and Internet services, helping the top U.S. cable operator fight competition from phone and satellite operators.

    November 4, 2009, 11:26 pm
  • Time Warner profit beats estimates, but raises outlook

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit, and the media powerhouse raised its full-year earnings forecast in a sign that advertising sales at networks like CNN and TBS are showing life.

    November 4, 2009, 10:53 pm
  • Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar organizers on Tuesday named an unlikely pair of hosts for March's Academy Awards, comedian Steve Martin and "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin, a past loser at the world's top film awards.

    November 4, 2009, 6:19 pm
  • Comcast to release more video-on-demand on DVD day

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comcast Corp on Tuesday said it expects its video-on-demand service to release about 100 movies this year on the same day they come out on DVD, up from 35 in 2008, in a trend that has boosted sales.

    November 4, 2009, 5:46 pm
  • Obama's brother emerges in China with novel

    GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's half-brother made a rare appearance on Wednesday in southern China, his home for seven years, to launch a novel he says draws on his painful childhood under an abusive father.

    November 4, 2009, 5:19 pm
  • Disney wins China nod for Shanghai theme park

    SHANGHAI/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co's breakthrough deal to build one of its signature theme parks in Shanghai marks a significant advance for Western media and entertainment firms trying to crack a tough China market.

    November 4, 2009, 5:07 pm
  • Berenstain Bears to make big-screen debut

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen.

    November 4, 2009, 3:26 pm
  • Fall auctions off to a limp start at Christie's

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fall art auctions began with a stumble on Tuesday, falling short of expectations despite conservative pricing that marked Christie's modest sale of Impressionist and modern works.

    November 4, 2009, 2:40 pm
  • Jaglom's homage to theater has wide appeal

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Playwright Henry Jaglom's homage to theater people is populated with a host of eccentric but lovable characters who bring to mind Kaufman and Hart's "You Can't Take It With You."

    November 4, 2009, 1:39 pm