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July 2008
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Paramount films fuel Viacom
From Variety | July 29, 2008Business News: Revenues up 21% to $3.9 billion last quarter -- Paramount’s triple play — Indy, "Iron Man" and "Kung Fu Panda" — punched up... more
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DWA financials exceed expectations
From The Hollywood Reporter | July 29, 2008Inspired by a fat and lazy cartoon bear, DreamWorks Animation exceeded second-quarter financial expectations and predicted that its hit film... more
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Hot Button Review - Tropic Thunder
From The Hot Blog | July 28, 2008Tropic Thunder strikes me as the ultimate example of Stars Gone Wild. Let’s put aside that the commercial viability of movies about movies... more
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China's imported 'Panda'
| July 28, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesIf there was ever a subject and a genre tailor-made for China's film industry, it would seem to be "Kung Fu Panda." The panda is a national... more
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Mattel second-quarter profit falls, but tops view
From Reuters: Business News | July 18, 2008NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mattel Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday as higher sales of brands such as Speed Racer and... more
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Chinese artist suing over 'Panda'
From Variety | July 17, 2008Film News: Bandi calls DreamWorks' depiction 'insulting' -- Chinese performance artist Zhao Bandi, best known for using panda images in his... more
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Lucy Liu Jumped At Chance To Do ‘Kung Fu Panda’ — Then Made It Up...
From Access Hollywood | July 15, 2008Lucy Liu had some trouble learning her lines for the hit summer animated film “Kung Fu Panda.” But that wasn’t her fault — a lot of the time... more
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Europe cheers Hollywood hit parade
From Variety | July 15, 2008International News: 'Mama,' 'Panda' add to box office surge -- Hollywood blockbusters dominated the European box office over the weekend as... more
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China won't play Games with pirates
From Variety | July 14, 2008International News: Offenders to walk Olympic plank -- Olympic visitors coming to Beijing hoping to pick up a pirated copy of "Iron Man... more
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European summer in full swing
From Variety | July 11, 2008International News: 'Mamma Mia,' 'Kung Fu' kick off season -- Summer is in full swing at the European box office as this weekend sees “Mamma... more
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Kung Fu Panda Writer Reveals Process
From Thompson On Hollywood | July 10, 2008One of my Internet spies sent me this post from a writers' forum: an uncredited screenwriter on Kung Fu Panda describes the fabled Jeffrey... more
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Intel to replace AMD as DreamWorks supplier
July 9, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesIntel Corp., the world's biggest computer chip maker, has supplanted Advanced Micro Devices Inc. as the supplier of microprocessing equipment... more
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Asian Cinema Scene: Did 'Panda' Teach China?
From Cinematical | July 8, 2008Filed under: Animation, Politics, Cinematical IndieCould a cute children's movie about an adorable furry animal ignite change in a country... more
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Brad Pitt & Son Pax Visit Angelina Jolie
From Usmagazine.com | July 8, 2008The 4-year-old wore a Kung Fu Panda shirt to see his pregnant mom in a French hospital more
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'Hancock' reignites Euro BO
From Variety | July 8, 2008International News: 'Kung-Fu Panda' kicks off in U.K., Germany -- Europeans demonstrated their enduring affection for Hollywood A-lister Will... more
