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Nine women accuse Vincent Cirrincione of sexually harassing them over a nearly 20-year period. Who is Cirrincione? He’s a Hollywood agent, known for launching Oscar-winning Halle Berry’s career and having also managed a number of other successful black actresses. “Three of the women say he pushed for sex as a condition for representing them, and that he did not take them on when they refused,” the Washington Post reported on Friday. “A fourth said he offered to help advance her career if she agreed to have sex with him monthly. A fifth actress said he masturbated in front of her...

I once knew a guy who wanted to be a singer. I didn’t think he could sing very well, but in all fairness, that never stopped Justin Bieber. In any case, I inquired as to whether he was in a band. He said, “no.” I asked whether he had a demo tape. Nope, he didn’t. I wondered if he was regularly performing anywhere or getting lessons. Uh-uh, he wasn’t. Baffled, I asked him how he expected to become a singer without doing any of those things. He told me that he was hoping to be “discovered” by someone in the...

        The other day a guy I work with sent me an email. Attached to it was a flowchart. It was titled, “How To Make A Michael Cera Movie”. Not surprisingly, despite the sarcasm, it was pretty accurate. Which is really kind of sad. If you're going to make a movie about youth rebellion, you might want to start by tossing out any movie formula.         However, I don't think that this is a consideration when you cast Michael Cera. Nothing against him personally, but, after “Superbad”, “Juno”, and “Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist”, it is becoming apparent that he is just...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Poor Jim Carrey. His movies have raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading entertainment magazine says the comedian's asking price of $25 million a film has become "a bit of a gamble." ADVERTISEMENT In its issue out this week, Entertainment Weekly rates top stars on whether they are worth the money. Among those whose asking prices have become too high are Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell and Eddie Murphy, the magazine said. It added that after years of ever-rising star salaries, the prices for top talent are now coming down because...

War of the windowsPic biz frets as B.O. fades & DVD usurp key datesBy IAN MOHR One side is ready to boycott. Another is making peace offerings. The topic on everyone's mind but nobody's lips: the incredible shrinking window between a film's theatrical opening and its release on DVD. The factions -- exhibitors, indie distribs and the major studios -- don't want to talk about it, but all sides agree: The rules are quickly changing and something needs to be done -- fast. Last year, studios waited an average of four months and 16 days to release theatrical pics on...

Jeb Bush [FL's Favorite Gov] Jeb Bush, Florida governor If you want to blow up a bridge [while making a movie] and score a tax incentive while you do it, then Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is your man. An unabashed movie fan who hits his local multiplex nearly every weekend, Bush revels in his state's status as the third-most-active production hub (after California and New York) and in Miami's role as the global center of Latin entertainment. But Bush is particularly a fan of the industry's high-paying jobs and its annual $1.16 billion infusion to the Florida economy. Whether...

<p>December 19, 2003 -- Bizarro King of Pop Michael Jackson was slapped with nine charges yesterday - seven accusing him of performing lewd acts on a boy and two accusing him of plying the youngster with liquor to make it easier to molest him.'</p>