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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In 2008, virginal vampires ruled the bookshelves and the big screen, thanks to Stephenie Meyer's fantasy romance tale, "Twilight."]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136625 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 rparekh@adage.com(Rupal Parekh) http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136592
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- Since Adam Fogelson took over as head of marketing and distribution in 2007, Universal Pictures has enjoyed back-to-back record-breaking years at the domestic box office, with last year being the best in the studio's history.]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136592 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 cbrodesser@adage.com(Claude Brodesser-Akner) http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136600
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Being promoted from general manager of Bravo in 2004 to president of all of NBCU's women- and lifestyle-entertainment networks in just four years is the result of a career-long commitment to branding that permeates all of Lauren Zalaznick's work.]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136600 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 ahampp@adage.com(Andrew Hampp) http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136604
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Advertisers such as Verizon Wireless, Bluefly and Unilever's Dove Go Fresh have been clamoring for extensive integrated sponsorships in "Gossip Girl," a sign that blue-chip brands see value in the show's audience beyond its on-air limits.]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136604 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 ahampp@adage.com(Andrew Hampp) http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136632
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Tina Fey is a brand all her own -- an on-air and online juggernaut who's one of the strongest forces in entertainment today.]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136632 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 bsteinberg@adage.com(Brian Steinberg) http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136627
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- Nevermind its Oscar for Best Picture or its nearly $350 million in worldwide grosses -- that "Slumdog Millionaire" was released at all is something of a minor miracle.]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136627 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 cbrodesser@adage.com(Claude Brodesser-Akner) http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136634
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- One of the rare bright spots for the music business of late is a tatted-up, blunt-smoking, cough-syrup-swilling rapper from New Orleans who goes by the name Lil Wayne.]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136634 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 mcreamer@adage.com(Matthew Creamer) http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136635
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The secret to USA's hit espionage series "Burn Notice"? Updating a familiar concept not seen on TV in decades, courtesy of creator Matt Nix, who helped develop an innovative online gaming component to keep fans engaged in the storyline in between episodes.]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136635 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 ahampp@adage.com(Andrew Hampp) http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136637
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Nancy Dubuc had one singular challenge when she was appointed exec VP-general manager of the History Channel at the beginning of 2007: How do you make history entertaining?]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136637 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 ahampp@adage.com(Andrew Hampp) http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136643
From "Pirates 2" to Pirate Bay, here are 10 entertainment properties that nearly got an "A" this year.]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136643 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136642
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The opening of Tyler Perry Studios last fall was also a milestone for Mr. Perry and a sign that he'd rightfully earned his throne atop a multimedia empire that he, as a writer, actor, director and producer, can claim was built by hand.]]> http://adage.com/entertainment-alist09/article.php?article_id=136642 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 rparekh@adage.com(Rupal Parekh)