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· Lions Gate makes a deal with Panamax Films to produce a slate of Spanish language telenovela films aimed towards a growing Hispanic population, proving the time-tested studio technique of underestimating your audience s intelligence knows no cultural bounds. [Variety]
· Robert DeNiro returns to familiar mob territory in The Winter of Frankie Machine, playing a bait shop owner who upon finding out that he's "been targeted for a hit, gets back in the business. Ari Emanuel excitedly anticipates future opportunities to trot out his hilarious just when I think I m out, they pull me back in! Pacino impression. [Variety]
· NBC renews E-Ring when the show gets a modest ratings boost after a timeslot switcheroo with Martha Stewart s lame duck Apprentice, which in turn pits her against ABC s unstoppable Lost. Martha learns the hard way that audiences would much rather see a dirt-smeared Michelle Rodriguez blow Shannon away then watch a room of semi-retarded candidates slap-fight over flower arrangements. [THR]
· Al-Jazeera is having a tough time selling its English language network to the US, with a rep explaining, There is still a negative perception of the Al-Jazeera brand." Apparently America is just not ready for the next razzle-dazzle reality sensation, Dancing With The Suicide Bombing Stars. [Variety]
· Mandy Moore will play daughter to Diane Keaton s meddling mother in Gold Circle Films' Because I Said So, hotly buzzed to be the best forgettable, mediocre meddling-mother /daughter movie since Anywhere But Here. [Variety]