Film and Motion Picture Newshttp://www.filmsandbooks.com/films-and-motion-pictures-news/Film and Motiona Picture Newsen-US2008-10-12T18:58:28ZSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Studio Sport: The Summer Play Offs, or Total Summer Standingshttp://www.filmsandbooks.com/films-and-motion-pictures-news/2006/10/16/studio-sport-the-summer-play-offs-or-total-summer-standings.htmlFilms and Books Magazine2006-10-16T11:53:27ZIn an act of piracy, led by comical Pirates, Beuna Vista landed in top spot of the studio takes for summer 2006 in a box office jump:

Number One: Buena Vista
Number Two: Sony Pictures
Number Three: 20th Century Fox
Number Four: Warner Brothers Pictures
Number Five: Universal
Number Six: Paramount
Number Seven: New Line Cinema
Number Eight: MGM

]]>Mel Gibson Ashamed Just In Time?http://www.filmsandbooks.com/films-and-motion-pictures-news/2006/10/14/mel-gibson-ashamed-just-in-time.htmlFilms and Books Magazine2006-10-14T16:03:44ZControversial News and ViewsGibson appeared in an interview with Diane Sawyer, apparently humiliated and ashsmed. “I am ashamed that they come out of my mouth,” Gibson said, referring to his anti-Semitic rant when arrested for drinking under the influence in Malibu.

Gibson’s tactic, some analysts suggest, has much do with the imminent launch of his $50 million dollar epic Apocalypto, a violent and subtitled epic told in the Mayan language scheduled for release December 8 by Buena Vista. His “public humiliation” may impact the release.

In fact, Alan Nierob, Mel Gibson’s PR representative said, “It couldn’t have been sold properly if he didn’t do this.”

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