Universal Studios

...he and writer-director Jason Woliner, one of Ansari's collaborators on MTV's sketch comedy show "Human Giant," have sold Apatow and Universal Pictures on a pitch for the Randy movie, along with two other movie ideas. Ansari notes that he...

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...sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday. Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co. ; Sony...

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...of Disney's new practice of including both Blu-ray Disc and DVD copies of its recent high-profile home video releases as combo packs, Universal has also decided to take a similar approach with the re-release of several catalog titles. The...

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...Universal spans the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks; cable channels such as Bravo and CNBC; the Universal Pictures movie studio and Universal theme parks. The acquisition would turn the Philadelphia-based cable TV operator into one of the...

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...campaign when a film is released overseas. Every culture is a wee bit different, so marketing tweaks happen all the time. But Universal Pictures really goofed in a big way when it released a new poster for the U.K. release of its hit...

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Michael Jackson's children: Blanket, Paris and Prince Michael, accompanied by Michael's alleged honorary son Omar Bhatti visit Universal Studios over the weekend. Prince Michael had an indoor skydiving lesson - just like David Archuleta...

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...of the kind being used in the current conflict and remain quick and manoeuvrable in rough terrain. It is expected to cost around GBP1m. Universal also makes gun barrels and vehicle chassis for defence customers including BAE Systems and...

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...L.A. Times, Variety and the New York Times -- by buying big chunks of Oscar ads to promote the season's leading awards contenders. But Universal Pictures has outdone all its rivals. The studio just paid $20,000 to the Alaska Press Club as part...

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FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Universal Pictures has agreed to pay $20,000 to the Alaska Press Club to settle complaints about fake news archives used to promote the movie "The Fourth Kind," the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. The Anchorage...

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...to the Alaska Press Club after using fake news archives to promote the movie "The Fourth Kind." In this film publicity image released by Universal Pictures, Milla Jovovich is shown in a scene from, "The Fourth Kind." Universal Pictures...

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