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· Sony throws Columbia Tri-Star worldwide marketing president Geoffrey Ammer into the mouth of a volcano to atone for year that saw the disastrous releases of Stealth, XXX: State of the Union, and Bewitched. Should the slump continue next year, his predecessor will have her throat cut ceremonially in an ancient Aztec temple. [Variety]
· NBC becomes the latest network to jump into bed with Apple, offering downloads of current (The Office, L&O, Leno) and library (did someone say Knight Rider?) shows at the iTunes online store, [THR]
· We know that Var has its cute little way of playing with language, but they should really spare us the unfortunate and inevitable image of pocket-sized DreamWorks Animation mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg "tapping" anyone. [Variety]
· The Weinsteins sign home video distribution agreements with a company called Genius Products just to sound more intelligent; we make largely irrelevant joke about a company name to mask (poorly) our utter lack of originality. [THR]
· Hollywood Out of Ideas, Recycled Directors Edition: Paramount and producer Steven Spielberg bring Stephen Sommers, who was originally attached to the movie but left to do another project, back to write and direct the When Worlds Collide remake. [Variety]