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Entertainment News June 16 READ THE BEST COLUMNISTS ON ENTERTAINMENT ON THE NET TODAY! WATCH TODAY'S SHORT FILM OF THE DAY TODAY'S POLL: What is the #1 quality of SUCCESS in the Film/TV industry?
Thanks chiefly to the knockout one-two punch of “Indiana Jones” and “Iron Man,” Paramount Pictures International has passed $1 billion in international box office grosses six weeks earlier than last year. Studio sped past the $1 billion milepost on June 14, making it the first studio to bank $1 billion internationally this year. Last year, PPI’s first in operation, the studio grossed $1.6 billion in total, reaching the $1 billion mark at the end of July. PPI’s strong showing thus far this year is founded primarily on the boffo box office success of two summer tentpoles, which have combined for $560 million and are still in running. “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” has banked $350 million and is yet to bow in Japan, and Robert Downey Jr. starrer “Iron Man” has chalked up $210 million in PPI territories ($250 million total international). Other key performers for PPI have been family fantasy “The Spiderwick Chronicles” ($91 million), J.J. Abrams scarer “Cloverfield” ($90 million) and the Coen brothers’ “No Country for Old Men,” which, boosted by its best picture Oscar win, lassoed $86 million at international wickets. “This achievement is testament to the continued growth of the international marketplace, the fantastic films that we have for international distribution, and the first class team we have working for PPI around the world,” commented Andrew Cripps, president, PPI. Read reviews of the top 6 films at the box office this weekend
Deadline approaching. Be a part of the fastest growing and most unique Film Festival in the world today: FILM SUBMISSIONS - See the full details to submit your film SCREENPLAY SUBMISSIONS - See the full details to submit your script TV PILOT AND SPEC SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS - See the full details to submit your TV script ONE PAGE SCREENPLAY CONTEST - Exciting contest where the WINNING script is made into a film Broadway ushered fresh talent into the winner's circle at the 62nd Tony Awards Sunday, when a fistful of prizes including best musical and play went, respectively, to In the Heights and August: Osage County, both written by Rialto newcomers. But the evening's biggest winner in terms of sheer numbers was a 50-year-old chapter from American musical theater history. A vibrant chronicle of life in a close-knit Upper Manhattan Latino community, infused with hip-hop, reggaeton and salsa rhythms, In the Heights bagged four Tonys including score for 28-year-old composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda, who began the project as a student production during his sophomore year at Wesleyan U. In keeping with the spirit of the show, Miranda rapped his acceptance speech. A blistering three-act comedy-drama about an epically dysfunctional Oklahoma family squaring off after the mysterious disappearance of its boozing poet-patriarch, August won five Tonys. Transferred from Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company with most of its original 13-member ensemble intact, the production marks the Main Stem debut of Tracy Letts, whose smaller-scale previous plays Bug and Killer Joe both ran Off Broadway. Along with comparisons to the work of Eugene O'Neill, Edward Albee, Lillian Hellman, Tennessee Williams and Sam Shepard, the play has racked up almost every conceivable theater prize this season, including the Pulitzer and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award.I can guarantee you this moment beats the hell out of auditioning for JAG, deadpanned actor-playwright Letts. In addition to lead honors for Heights and August, winners in nine of the remaining 24 competitive Tony categories were making their Broadway debuts. News June 16, News June 16, News June 16, News June 16
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