Miranda Cosgrove to Perform ‘Raining Sunshine’ for Film

Miranda Cosgrove, the star of Nickelodeon series iCarly, will perform “Raining Sunshine,” the end-title song to Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, in theaters September 18. The song was written by Matthew Gerrard, Jay Landers, and Charlie Midnight. Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs film focuses [...]

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First: Night at the Museum

While it was largely expected that Christian Bale-led Terminator Salvation will beat others at the box office, it couldn’t despite some heavy pre-release hoopla to promote the film. Then who won? It’s Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, a comedy sequel to the 2006 Night at the Museum. According to Rentrak Theatrical’s Box [...]

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Romantic Proposal for Mobile Women in China

Harlequin Enterprises, a leading publisher of books for women, says that digital comics based on Harlequin novels will be made available for mobile distribution in China. Harlequin Comics are adaptations based on the publisher’s romance novels. Here are the trends. Warner Bros. Digital Distribution is also offering its first digital comic book “Terminator Salvation” for [...]

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Sony Walkman Ready to Walk with You

The new Walkman Video MP3 player comes under Sony’s X-series. It’s a portable entertainment device, which is Wi-Fi enabled and features an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) touch screen, Sony’s Digital Clear Audio Technologies, as well as embedded content provided by Slacker Radio and YouTube. Featuring a 3-inch OLED touch screen, the player promises better [...]

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YouTube-UMG Tie-Up: Behind the Scene Story

Universal Music Group (UMG) and Google’s video-sharing site YouTube are working together to offer a blended service, VEVO. The plan is to provide UMG’s music video content using YouTube technology and community support. Others are also fast and furious. The action taking place in the emerging tech-entertainment convergence market is just fit for making a Hollywood [...]

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Paramount too Prefers to Promote Digital Cinema

Close on the heels of a similar arrangement between Sony and Disney to promote digital cinema, Paramount Pictures is offering digital cinema support to exhibitors in the international markets. The idea is to accelerate the roll-out of digital and 3-D projection systems in theatres. The announcement was made at ShoWest by Roger Pollock, Paramount’s executive [...]

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