MGM Mirage opposes report Ho 'unsuitable' partner

A top MGM Mirage executive said Wednesday the gambling giant would challenge a recent U.S. regulatory report calling Pansy Ho, daughter of a famous Macau kingpin, an "unsuitable" business partner for its casino in the Chinese city.

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NJ finds MGM's Macau partner `unsuitable'

New Jersey gaming authorities want MGM Mirage, co-owner of the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, to cut ties with its Macau joint venture partner due to her father's alleged ties to organized crime in China.

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Comcast, MGM to launch action movie VOD channel

Comcast Corp. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. said Tuesday they are teaming up to introduce a video-on-demand channel featuring action movies and TV shows.

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MGM Reaches Deal for Middle East Project

Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. reached an agreement with one of Abu Dhabi's largest real estate developers for an entertainment destination likely to cost billions of dollars, MGM said Wednesday.

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LAS VEGAS — Some of the world's top architects and designers have taken a fresh deck of cards and created a Xanadu on the Las Vegas Strip.

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When the National Museum of American History reopened last fall after an extensive renovation, ruby slippers danced up and down the National Mall.

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MGM Mirage Senior Vice President Punam Mathur is leaving the gaming industry after 13 years to join NV Energy as vice president of human resources, effective April 29, the energy company announced today.

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MGM Mirage is facing increased pressure over its massive CityCenter development, amid questions about whether it will make a $220 million project payment.

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MGM Mirage and Deutsche Bank are in discussions that could give the casino company additional financing it needs to complete its CityCenter project in exchange for operating or taking ownership of the troubled Cosmopolitan project, sources said.

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The prosecution has dropped the most serious charges against the irreverent Swedish filesharing service The Pirate Bay on only the second day of its trial for assisting widespread copyright infringement.

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Montalban's death was announced at a meeting of the city council by president Eric Garcetti, who represents the district where the actor lived. Garcetti did not give a cause of death.

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With critical plaudits and advertising dollars flowing to Hulu, the popular online hub for television shows and feature films, YouTube finds itself in the unanticipated position of playing catch-up.

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On Monday, YouTube will move forward a little, announcing an agreement to show some full-length television shows and films from MGM, the financially troubled 84-year-old film studio.

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Here's another reason to spend even more time at Myspace. The popular social networking website recently added a feature that allows members to send out their favorite video clips via a quick bulletin.

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Sci Fi Channel isn't about to let down "Stargate" fans. The network is set to announce the order of a new series from MGM Television, "Stargate: Universe," that will mark the third entry in Sci Fi's longest-running original series franchise.

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It's an eye-opener on the degree to which we are, without realizing it, a militarized society...But let me just quote Chalmers Johnson on The Complex: "Americans who still think they can free themselves from the clutches of the military-industrial complex need to read this book.

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SCI FI Channel has renewed its hit original series Stargate Atlantis for a 20-episode fifth season. Produced and distributed by MGM Television, Stargate Atlantis is set to resume production in early 2008. Its fourth season is currently airing Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

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...Police said the investigation into Disney food services worker Tony Guerra, 21, began in Australia when he allegedly posted a listing asking for child pornography.

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HD Disk Wars: Mutual Assured Destruction

The protagonists in the increasingly desperate Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD war are both determined to win at all costs, even if that means financial disaster for both camps.

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On a night four years ago, five soldiers back from three months in Iraq went drinking at a Hooters restaurant and a topless bar near Fort Benning, Ga.

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MGM to distribute low-budget comedy from Stargate Atlantis star David Hewlett directly to online ddistribution before putting it in a DVD box.

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The $25 million "Fame" remake is slated to hit theaters in summer 2008 and will be based on the Alan Parker film set at the New York Academy of Performing Arts, which starred Irene Cara and Debbie Allen and launched a generation of wannabe performers.

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TUAW on MGM announcement:

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Apple announced Wednesday that MGM is now offering titles from its catalog of feature films for purchase and download on the iTunes Store.

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The working title of the third Stargate television series has been unveiled! The series currently exists in the form of a one-page treatment of the story and characters, with the title Stargate Universe, executive producer Robert C. Cooper told GateWorld exclusively.

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On November 22, Ian McKellen put the Jackson/Walsh letter on his series, "E-Post: The Lord of the Rings" and added a comment: "The LOTR fans are already expressing a sense of betrayal.

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Here's a list of ten interesting open source legal cases.

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According to Variety, Casino Royale has shot past the worldwide record for a James Bond movie, thanks mostly to strong international performance over the Christmas holiday weekend.

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Two Movies for the Hobbit?

IGN.com is reporting that MGM is considering making the Hobbit into two films instead of one. I personally hope that they do not. There are number of reasons for this. To start with The Hobbit is shorter than any of the Lord of the Rings books.

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