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Universal catches ‘Asteroids’

Videogames News: Studio wins feature rights to Atari videogame — Universal’s won the bidding for feature rights to the vintage Atari vidgame “Asteroids” and set up the project with Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

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Voiceover announcer Ken Roberts dies

Obituary: Veteran introduced soaps ‘Love of Live,’ ‘Storm’ — Voiceover announcer Ken Roberts, who introduced soap operas “Love of Live” and “The Secret Storm,” died June 19 of pneumonia in New York.

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Japan’s Gonzo to delist, downsize

International News: Animation co.’s debts have exceeded its assets — Japanese toon house Gonzo will delist from the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 30.

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Japan’s Gonzo to delist, downsize

The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer

Legit Reviews: Something seems amiss from the moment John Malkovich strides onto the stage in Michael Sturminger’s unnerving “Comedy.”

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Citigroup, Relativity settle lawsuits

Film News: Dispute over restructuring of Sony Pictures deal — Citigroup and Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media have settled their lawsuits over Citi’s attempt to restructure the terms of their five-year slate financing deal involving Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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Nimrod Antal to direct ‘Predators’

Web Exclusive: Project scheduled for 2010 release — Fox has tapped Nimrod Antal (“Vacancy”) to direct “Predators” for producer Robert Rodriguez through his Troublemaker Studios.

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Nimrod Antal to direct ‘Predators’

Digital Domain loses termination suit

Business News: ‘Button’ vfx company to pay $2 million in damages — In a verdict handed down Thursday evening in Malibu, Christian Bradley ‚ÄúBrad‚Äù Call has won his wrongful termination suit against visual effects shop Digital Domain and has been awarded approximately $2 million in damages.

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Plan for Jackson service unveiled

Music News: 11,000 tickets available inside Staples Center — Details of next Tuesday’s public memorial for Michael Jackson are being released in Los Angeles by the owners of Staples Center.

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‘Transformers,’ ‘Ice Age’ battle for top

Film News: ‘Public Enemies’ takes $6.6 million from 3,319 — Paramount’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and Twentieth Century Fox’s 3-D toon “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” ended Thursday in a photo finish at the domestic box office, with “Transformers 2” narrowly winning.

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‘Transformers,’ ‘Ice Age’ battle for top

New York

Film Reviews: Poised to be the singing-and-dancing rainstorm after the drought, “New York” is the first major Bollywood release after last year’s strike, but it’s hardly business as usual.

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