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• 'Bravo-lebrities' unveiled at net's upfront
  TV News: Execs talk future, expansion at presentation -- Wednesday evening's Bravo upfront looked more like a movie premiere than an ad buyer presentation. Lauren Zalaznick's high-rent NBCU cabler literally rolled out the red carpet for guests including Zalaznick herself, NBCU prexy Jeff Zucker and Sarah Jessica Parker - celebs posed for paps poste […]
• Solved: Mathematics of the blockbuster
  Film News: Study finds pattern that also describes attention spans -- HOLLYWOOD'S golden age may have ended in the 1950s, but it is only recently that Tinseltown appears to have hit upon a mathematical way to capitalise on our fickle attention spans. […]
• Merv Adelson to advise Warner Bros.
  Web Exclusive: Showbiz vet to serve as consultant for studio -- Showbiz veteran Merv Adelson has been retained to serve as an executive advisor and consultant to Warner Bros. Entertainment and its businesses in new media start-ups and other early development companies Barry Meyer, chairman and CEO of the studio made the announcement Thursday. […]
• John Ferriter joins sports shingle Octagon
  TV News: Former WMA rep will focus on TV packaging -- John Ferriter, a former top TV tenpercenter at WMA, has been tapped for an exec role at sports and entertainment marketing shingle Octagon. […]
• Reynolds, Bateman to star in 'Change-Up'
  Film News: Actors sign on for Universal comedy -- Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman have signed on to star in Universal's body-switching comedy "The Change-Up." […]
• Chad Ocho Cinco to play in 'Tournament'
  TV News: NFL receiver to star in reality competition for VH1 -- Chad Ocho Cinco is looking for a Mrs., NCAA tournament style. […]
• Merlin Olsen dies at 69
  Obituary: Hall of Fame football player appeared on 'Little House' -- Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" who followed up football with a successful television career in "Little House on the Prairie," NFL broadcasts and commercials, has died. He was 69. […]
• 'American Idol' crushes Wednesday competition
  TV News: Fox series nabs 20.5 million viewers -- Even though it declined more than 10% week to week, Fox's "American Idol" dominated Wednesday's primetime ratings scene on a night that also saw good showings by ABC's "Modern Family," CBS' "Criminal Minds" and NBC's "Law & Order: SVU." […]
• DreamWorks, Showtime ink output deal
  TV News: Meanwhile Disney and Starz extend TV pact thru 2015 -- It's a busy morning for the pay TV biz: Showtime has cut an output deal with DreamWorks Studios that will feed up to 35 theatrical pix into the feevee cabler's pipeline in the next few years. […]
• Abu Dhabi's Mubadala backs Raine
  International News: Government-owned company takes 9% stake -- Mubadala Development Company, the strategic investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government, has underscored its ambition to become a major showbiz player by acquiring a 9% stake in U.S. boutique merchant bank The Raine Group, the company said on Thursday. […]