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Sharon Waxman of The New York Times reports the latest on the ongoing dispute between Peter Jackson and New Line over the possible remake of The Hobbit:
In February 2005 Mr. Jackson sued New Line, saying he was owed money from the trilogy. Mr. Jackson has said he sued over profits from “The Lord of the [...]

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BBC News claims that The Star Wars Kid is the most viewed viral video of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQibs3albtM

If you aren’t familiar with the story the Wikipedia has all the details here.
There were numerous remixes of the video but this one (with some nifty lightsaber effects) stands out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onrXnQXKLg0

The full top ten list of viral videos is:
1. Star Wars [...]

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Despite being pipped by the penguins of Happy Feet at the US box office, Casino Royale is still doing the business in every other country in the world.
Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily reports:
007 so far is doing Da Vinci Code-like biz in all 50 countries where it’s opened No. 1 (except the U.S. where it opened No. [...]

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Only a couple of months after dismissing “movie bloggers” as “daft” and possessing short attention spans Rachel Cooke is at it again in The Observer. Only this time the subject of her ire is people who blog about books. Although I’m tired of the tedious level of debate that pits mainstream media against new media [...]

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How in touch are the BBC with the readers of their news website?
Chris Riley has created a clever site that compares the current stories on the BBC News front page against the most popular stories on it.
It is an interesting exercise in analysing the dynamic between readers and editors. Should BBC News - as a publicly funded service - give us the stories [...]

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