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Universal Chief Ron Meyer Addresses VOD Fiasco, Admits Cowboys & Aliens, Land of the Lost, Wolfman Kinda Stunk

Of the major Universal Studios flops in recent memory, a handful stand out for their massive, and high profile, box office failings: 2009’s Sid and Marty Krofft adaptation Land of the Lost , 2010’s abysmal Wolfman and geek cult film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , and this summer’s megawatt disappointment Cowboys & Aliens . No one, it seems, is more painfully aware of Universal’s missteps than longtime studio head Ron Meyer, who candidly addressed his recent Tower Heist VOD experiment , revisited his rise through the ranks to the top of the Universal chain, and admitted Wednesday in Savannah that some mediocre movies deserve their fate: “We make a lot of shitty movies. Every one of them breaks my heart.”

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Universal Chief Ron Meyer Addresses VOD Fiasco, Admits Cowboys & Aliens, Land of the Lost, Wolfman Kinda Stunk

Lily Tomlin on Robert Altman, David O. Russell and a Lifetime of Achievement

In a career spanning over four decades Lily Tomlin has virtually done it all — but, as she told Movieline this week at the Savannah Film Festival , in town to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, she’s not done yet. After rising to stardom on Laugh-In (where she created indelible characters like Ernestine the telephone operator and Edith Ann, the impossibly precocious 5-year-old), the funny woman won Grammys for her comedy albums, won a Tony for her one-woman Broadway show, earned an Oscar nod making her dramatic debut in Robert Altman’s Nashville , and starred in ’80s comedy classics like 9 to 5 and The Incredible Shrinking Woman .

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Lily Tomlin on Robert Altman, David O. Russell and a Lifetime of Achievement