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Review: 'Lions for Lambs'
Talky, back-bendingly liberal but also deeply patriotic, "Lions for Lambs" plays like all the serious footnotes scripter du jour Matthew Michael Carnahan left out of "The Kingdom."
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Departments:
News:
Will producers turn to U.K. writers?
London grapevine is abuzz with gossip
Studios: What to shoot amid strike?
Bond, 'Da Vinci,' 'X-Files' on the bubble
WGA strike enters fourth day
No new talks have been scheduled
Mark Wahlberg to star in 'Max'
Actor, Moore feel Fox's 'Payne'
Mueller to stay at Venice fest
Baratta returns to Biennale
Films vie in Oscar animation race
Twelve films compete for feature prize
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News:
Bernie Mac back for new show
Fox an 'Under' achiever
NBC Universal renews 'Martha Stewart'
Syndicated program to return for fourth season
Late night tout is out
Studio film promos blitzed by strike
Networks go to backup plan
Strike triggers deployment of pilots
CNN taps Newsweek editor
Zakaria to launch new global news program
Crime crossover clicks for CBS
'CSI'-'Without a Trace' episode a big success
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News:
Will producers turn to U.K. writers?
London grapevine is abuzz with gossip
CNN taps Newsweek editor
Zakaria to launch new global news program
Thalidomide drama is hit for ARD
'Side Effects' beats soccer in ratings
Mueller to stay at Venice fest
Baratta returns to Biennale
'Lions' struggles against Euro critics
Marketing focuses on stars
BAFTA reinstates current affairs award
Move follows protests from programmakers
News:
WGA strike enters fourth day
No new talks have been scheduled
Lionsgate sees second-quarter bust
Despite recent success, studio's net down from '06
Disney reports stellar earnings
Studio, media networks key to strength
Will producers turn to U.K. writers?
London grapevine is abuzz with gossip
Warner buys TT Games
U.K. company publishes 'Lego' videogames
NBC Universal promotes Manfredi
New exec VP oversees cable, syndie sales
News:
YouTube launches in Germany
Legal wranglings delayed local site
Herbert Barrett, 97, music manager
President of HB Management co. Ravi Shankar
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News:
YouTube launches in Germany
Legal wranglings delayed local site
Warner buys TT Games
U.K. company publishes 'Lego' videogames
Telefonica adds to Movistar content
FICOD reflects fast-moving new media scene
News:
Broadway stagehands to strike
Move will darken most productions
'Invention' sparks reinvention
Sorkin's former movie pitch hits Broadway
'Lion King' expands its roar
Broadway musical finds global niche
Matthews basking in multitasking
'History' actor is playwright, manager, dramturg
'Mermaid,' 'Frankenstein' revive auds
Broadway Grosses
Chicago tops neutral week
Road Grosses
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'GTA' maker settles lawsuit
Take Two spends $2.75 mil on 'coffee' burns
Xinhua, NBC team for Olympics toon
'Ring Force Five' will debut on DVD
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Fall Schedule:
Check out our roundup of the fall network skeds and new show information.
VPlus Features
Global Contenders
Legit Leader: 'The Color Purple'
Up Next: Latin American Filmmakers
Variety profiles ten Latin American filmmakers set to make a splash on the cinema scene.
Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery
Top Stories:
'Invention' sparks reinvention
"The Farnsworth Invention" has slid smoothly onto Broadway, with an initial workshop production at the La Jolla Playhouse in February transitioning swiftly into a Rialto incarnation that opens at the Music Box Theater Nov. 14.
Broadway hit by strike
Productions shut down as stagehands protest
Author Norman Mailer dead at 84
Writer was a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
'Gangster' still bullies box office
Cop drama tops 'Lions,' 'Claus' with $7.2 mill
First week of strike comes to end
Variety speaks with comedy writers
Broadway stagehands to strike
Move will darken most productions
TOP REVIEWS:
Beowulf
Director Robert Zemeckis delivers a muscular, sometimes stirring but ultimately soulless reinterpretation.
CHARTS:
Weekly
November 2, 2007 - November 8, 2007(*millions)
| FILM | GROSS | TOTAL* | ||
| 1 | American Gangster | $56,359,975 | $56.36 | |
| 2 | Bee Movie | $46,214,135 | $46.21 | |
| 3 | Saw IV | $13,026,019 | $53.08 | |
| 4 | Dan In Real Life | $9,980,882 | $24.81 | |
| 5 | 30 Days Of Night | $5,029,597 | $35.26 | |
| 6 | Game Plan, The | $4,900,338 | $83 | |
| 7 | Martian Child | $4,263,114 | $4.26 | |
| 8 | Michael Clayton | $3,635,961 | $33.93 | |
| 9 | Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? | $3,230,149 | $51.69 | |
| 10 | Gone, Baby, Gone | $3,051,673 | $15.6 | |
TV Ratings
Thursday, November 8, 2007 (*millions)
| Top Show | Total |
| CSI (CBS) | 21.9 mil |
| Top Shows | A18-49 |
| Grey's Anatomy (ABC) | 8.1/19 |
| CSI (CBS) | 6.4/15 |
| Without a Trace (CBS) | 6.3/17 |
| Networks | |
| CBS | 5.8/15 |
| ABC | 5.0/13 |
| NBC | 3.5/9 |
| FOX | 2.4/6 |
Blogs:
Scribe Vibe [new]
WGA Strike Blog is Variety's portal for all things writers strike -- reports from the picket lines, interviews with those impacted and breaking-news updates.
Red Carpet District [new]
Get your Oscar fix in a single sitting as Kristopher Tapley filters film awards coverage for laymen and insiders alike.
Littleton On the Air
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Thompson on Hollywood
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The Circuit
From Sundance to Cannes, Berlin to Toronto, The Circuit is the place to find out what really happens on the red carpet. Parties, premieres and people - everything that makes up a film festival.The Set List
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Army Archerd
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Johnson on Politics
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The Stylephile
The Stylephile is a potent cocktail of sweet and sour musings on the culture of keeping up appearances. Style should never be a humorless pursuit; let style editor Caroline Ryder entertain you.
The Knife
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Variety On The Town
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VPage Photos
Glenn Close feels the love from Bette Midler at the Sundance Institue gala on November 5.
Javier Bardem at the Variety screening of his latest feature, 'No Country for Old Men.'
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