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Variety: takes reviewers to the knacker's yard
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (U.S.A.)

Reviews, a workhorse of Variety, with enormous brand cut through, will no longer be written by full time staff. And we are not supposed to care.

My Kitchen Rules: a second series
Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Seven announces a second series, and a hunt for contestants.

Crafting the Rom-Com: part two aka Where is the Love?
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

The Australian Film Television and Radio School popped a question that makes the screen sector mumble and look at its collective feet. Why doesn’t Australia make Romantic Comedies? Rachael Turk watches a certain determination to not get personal...

SBS Ratings: week 10, ending 4th March
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

What's the Problem with Nudity beat Hitler's Bodyguard, but not in the regions where viewers much preferred Big Bang in Tunguska about a large explosion in a useless piece of countryside.

Eliot Rocke Mudfest: not just a pretty name
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

The Mudgee Short Film Festival (officially named as above) has announced its finalists, which includes three Australian entries.

Box Office: week ending 10th March 2010
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Alice In Wonderland sucked $10,377,137 from Australian pockets, as our contribution to the largest opening weekend evah.

Wellington: WELLYWOOD sign a source of some embarrassment
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

Wellington is about to erect a 28m by 3.5m sign on a hill - WELLYWOOD. Sadly, it is not a homage to the local boot industry, but an embarrassing genuflection to a terrible pun about cinema. We think they should have gone for THE SHIRE.

Toon Boom: Animate 2 announced
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Canada)

Emmy® Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the upcoming release of Toon Boom Animate 2, a new version that provides professional animators with more power and flexibility for creating traditional, digital, cut-out and Flash-style animation.

Faraway Bay: icon looks for iconic price
Perth Now
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Faraway Bay, famed Kimberley resort and location, may be mystically fertile (just ask Nicole) but it hasn't been a fountain of youth for its aging owners. So, they are moving on. In revenge, it will be bought by a consortium of whale hunters and strip mined for iron ore to be used only for harpoon tips.

Sky TV: time to switch off over
Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

The early switchover to digital will now give all 785,000 pay TV customers the choice of more than 110 channels, movies and sport in HDTV plus On Demand movies and events through MY SKY HDi and interactive services including electronic programming guide, the Weather Channel, pay-per-view and games.

Indian Film Festival: short film winners
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

The winners of the 2010 Indian Film Festival: Bollywood and Beyond Short Film Competition have been announced.

Passengers: Daddo, Bond, Baranyai and a crazed adventure in an LA traffic jam
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Move to Los Angeles, get the career choofing, spend too long in traffic, decide to make an indy feature - the story of Michael Bond, Cameron Daddo, László Baranyai and a carload of invisible ninja crew on the freeway is truly wonderful.

Ratings: Tuesday 9th March
Oztam
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

It's cooking over cars, but not by much.

Ratings: Monday 8th March
Oztam
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

The Scientologists bump 'Four Corners' into 15th place.

MTV promotion: Philip Bourchier O’Ferrall
Music Week
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

MTV International expands the role of the wonderfully named exec already responsible for its digital stuff in "UK, Ireland and Australia, New Zealand".

Marilyn Monroe: on the net you can buy anything, even someone else's memories
Business of Cinema
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Unable to commercialise amateur 8mm footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Misfits, the Australian owner will sell it online, using a site run by a man called Pike Barkerding. It is a tad poignant, if a bit pink.

Rupert Murdoch & Middle East: touching faith in free enterprise
The Australian
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Murdoch runs his familiar agenda at the Abu Dhabi media conference. A "yes but you can't get there from here" moment.

Montana: advertising on Coro
The Publican
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

Montana Wines starts a TV advertising campaign in the UK. Strangely, it will screen during Coro, not normally considered must-see viewing for wine drinkers.

Playpen: the iPad ad
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Apple debuted [deeboooted?] the iPad advertising at the Oscars. You think this thing won't roooool your world?

TVNZ: Samoan BSA complaint partially upheld
Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

TVNZ is considering an appeal against the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) order to pay the Samoan government $5,000 in legal costs. Complaints were laid by Samoa's Attorney General after an April 2009 One News/Tagata Pasifika item which suggested Samoa was "awash with guns and drugs".

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