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Lionsgate, Carl Icahn call 10-day truce

Corporate raider Carl Icahn and Lionsgate have agreed to a 10-day truce to jointly work on M&A deals, documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal.

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Broadcast TV makes rebound in Emmy noms

Broadcast networks had reason to cheer in terms of major Emmy series category nominations after more than a decade watching pay TV and basic cable make inroads at their expense.

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Emmy’s most nominated individual adds five

Hector Ramirez, the most nominated individual in Emmy history, didn’t have time to dwell on earning six more noms Thursday to bring his total to 60. He was rushing off to start work on yet another series, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”

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‘Despicable Me’ eyes $30-35 million bow

Friady’s two wide openers are freighted with the creative ambitions of their respective distributors, and both are tracking well: Universal dives into 3D animation for the first time with “Despicable Me,” and Fox dusts off a decades-old fright franchise with “Predators.”

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Rookie series rock the Emmys

It was a nod to the new and not much of a sendoff to the old that best describes the selection of 500-odd contenders for Emmy statuettes unveiled before dawn Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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