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TV Ratings: 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' Rises, Wins Last Night of 2012
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ABC took another New Year's Eve ratings crown Monday night, besting all nets in adults 18-49 (3.1 rating) and total viewers (10.7 million). After the two-hour special New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Celebrates Dick Clark (2.6 adults), the first hour of the official show, Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest, started its road to midnight with a 4.1 adults rating. Even with its 2011 showing in the demo, the show surged in total viewers from last year with its largest haul since 2000 (13.3 million viewers). New Year's Eve With
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- Michael O'Connell
Holiday Box Office: 'Les Mis' Beats 'Django' on Monday for No. 2, 'Hobbit' Safely on Top
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Tom Hooper's Les Miserables pulled ahead of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained on New Year's Eve, grossing $6.3 million on Monday to place No. 2 behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and pushing its domestic total to $73 million. Peter Jackson's Hobbit took in $7 million for a domestic total of $228.6 million. Django, from The Weinstein Co., took in $5.2 million for a cume of $73 million. Django and Les Mis have been in a relatively close race since both opened on Christmas Day, with Django winning the weekend. The film
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- Pamela McClintock
Foreign Films Overtake Domestic Productions at 2012 Chinese Box Office
13 hours ago
Hong Kong – While releasing the year-end figures about soaring takings at the Chinese box office in 2012, officials from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television’s Film Bureau have emphasized how the spectacular leaps in earnings -- total revenue rising by 28 percent, takings of homegrown films by 14 percent – showcased the “potential and hope” of the country’s film industry. Coupled with the much-reported, record-shattering performance of Lost in Thailand -- the comedy has already taken 940 million yuan (Us$150.7 million) up until Dec. 30, with many expecting the film to surpass Titanic 3D as
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- Clarence Tsui
Hugh Hefner, Crystal Harris Wed at Playboy Mansion
16 hours ago
Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris have finally tied the knot. A year and a half after she broke off their first engagement, Harris married the Playboy founder on Monday, New Year's Eve, at the Playboy Mansion. Photos: 18 of Hollywood's Hit and Miss May-December Marriages "Today is the day I become Mrs. Hugh Hefner. Feeling very happy, lucky, and blessed," Harris, who was Playboy's Miss December 2009, tweeted earlier in the day. She already has changed her name on Twitter to "Crystal Hefner." She also tweeted photos of the flowers and wedding setup with messages including "The
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- THR Staff
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Baby to Appear on E!
20 hours ago
Looks like the E! family is getting even bigger. Reality superstar Kim Kardashian is expecting her first child with rapper Kanye West -- he made the surprise announcement during a Dec. 30 concert in Atlantic City -- and plans to document her journey on the network. Photos: Inside Kardashian Inc. "Kim and Kanye are an incredibly dynamic couple, and their baby news is just so exciting," E! president Suzanne Kolb tells The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. "Like so many Kardashian fans, we love it when this close-knit family gets even bigger. We look forward to sharing the joy as
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- Leslie Bruce
Times Square Live Stream: Watch the Ball Drop on New Year's Eve (Video)
20 hours ago
As 2012 comes to a close, all of the broadcast networks will be reporting from New York City's Times Square as the ball drops to ring in the new year. For those uninterested (or unable) to catch the festivities on the tube, the below live stream will have a webcast from Times Square without any commercials -- and, for the first time, an up-to-the-minute feed of GIFs of the night's more memorable moments. Watch below:
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- THR Staff
Media Stocks Crush Market Averages in 2012
21 hours ago
Entertainment conglomerates in 2012 proved they can weather a faltering economy better than other industries, thus their shareholders were rewarded with outsized profits. The S&P 500 rose 13.4 percent in 2012, but six of the seven media conglomerates significantly outperformed that benchmark, the laggard being Sony, which saw its stock drop 38 percent during the year. Photos: 2012's Biggest Rule Breakers The best performer was NBCUniversal parent Comcast, which enjoyed a 61 percent surge, leaving the company with a $99.3 billion market capitalization, making it the most valuable company among the seven conglomerates. The next best performer was
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- Paul Bond
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