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OSCARS! Which agencies were the big winners?

March 12, 2010 - 8:47 am

By Jay A. Fernandez

Last month, we tallied the Oscar nominations collected by each of the major agencies. That chart looked like this:

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OSCARS: Which agency dominated the Oscar noms?

February 2, 2010 - 5:28 pm

By Borys Kit

How did the major agencies do in today’s Oscar-nomination frenzy? Let’s take a gander. (They just love it when we do this.)

But first, some asterisks:
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Jared Hess bucks his way to WME from UTA

January 13, 2010 - 4:26 pm

By Borys Kit

Writer-director Jared Hess has left UTA and signed with WME.

The move comes after Hess’ last movie, the indie comedy “Gentlemen Broncos,” failed at the box office when it was released in the fall by Fox Searchlight.

MV5BMTc1MjIzNjE3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzAyNDY3MQ@@. V1. SX600 SY400  300x200 Jared Hess bucks his way to WME from UTAHess grabbed Hollywood’s attention in 2004 with “Napoleon Dynamite.” Two years later he followed it with his first studio feature, the Jack Black Mexican wrestling comedy “Nacho Libre,” which Paramount released to $80.2 million domestic.

“Broncos” was panned by critics and mustered only $113,000 at the box office.

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