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FILM REPORTER
CAROLYN GIARDIA writes about VFX expert Hoyt Yeatman, who helped design a 360-degree high dynamic range camera that helps the combining of live action and CG by capturing the lighting dynamics of a motion picture location or set. Read column
RISKY BUSINESS
Hollywood was caught by surprise when a pair of recent openers -- "The Simpsons Movie" and "The Bourne Ultimatum" -- shot up to the $70 million mark. The massive openers, GREGG KILDAY writes, spoke to several factors. Read column
FILMMAKER FOCUS
MARTIN GROVE interviews Tom DiCillo, the writer-director of "Delirious," a comic drama starring Steve Buscemi that turns the tables by focusing on a paparazzo. Read column
TV REPORTER
ESPN might get all the headlines and plaudits, but Versus -- the other Stamford, Conn.-based sports channel led by Gavin Harvey, pictured -- is carving out a niche for itself in the unforgiving world of sports TV, PAUL GOUGH writes. Read column
THE PULSE
Sometimes a movie's quality and great boxoffice coincide, like in the case of "The Simpsons Movie." But, RAY RICHMOND writes, it's a shame that that ever since boxoffice grosses went mainstream, the cash-equals-significance mindset has gone public, too. Read column
GAMES REPORTER
PAUL HYMAN talks to Just for Laughs festival co-founder and former CEO Andy Nulman, pictured, who nowadays is focusing on mobile video games -- and why they aren't connecting with the intended audience. Read column
RAMBLING REPORTER
1959's "Porgy and Bess" -- which starred Sidney Poitier -- has rarely been screened. Now, in conjunction with the Oct. 21 publication of "Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King," the movie will screen Sept. 26-27 at the Ziegfeld in Manhattan. Read column
MUSIC REPORTER
Stalking success beyond the Cheetah Girls is Kiely Williams, pictured, who is joining Anna Faris, "American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee and Rumer Willis on Columbia Pictures' "The Bunny House," TAMARA CONNIFF writes. Read column
STREET TALK
"Shrek the Third" is performing so well that one analyst has raised his earnings per share estimate on DreamWorks Animation, which once upon a time was being shunned by investors, PAUL BOND writes. Read column
THINK TANK
The Senate Commerce Committee took less than five minutes to OK reinstating the FCC's ability to fine broadcasters for a slip of the tongue. One of those voting for it was Sen. David Vitter, who recently apologized for being in the database of the "D.C. Madam." He's just the guy BROOKS BOLIEK wants protecting his kids from indecent programming. Read column
DIGITAL REPORTER
Verizon Wireless and MediaFlo USA's MediaFlo TV service playable on the LG VX9400 cell phone may not have gotten the media attention the Apple iPhone did -- but mobile live televised sports could prove to be a killer proposition. Read column
SHARPER PICTURE
With a recent study showing Americans dissatisfied with international coverage by domestic TV news outlets, BBC World News sees an opportunity for its service in the U.S., STEVE BRENNAN writes. Read column
ON LOCATION
Continuing the tradition of its predecessors, Universal Pictures' "The Bourne Ultimatum" uses authentic, far-flung locations whether it's New York City or Tangier, BORYS KIT writes. Read column
POSTCARD
EYTEK, Hungary -- Once this small village 16 miles northwest of Budapest was home to Soviet ballistic missile silos. Today, on an 84-acre site that broke ground last September and is still under construction, Korda Studios is open for business, Read column
INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE
MILAN -- Spike Lee, in Italy to receive the 41st Fiesole Master of Film prize, was also present to scout his upcoming "Miracle at St. Anna," which deals with the role of black American soldiers in WWII. Read column
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