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International News: Eyeworks cashing in on satirical news program -- Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas has sold the format of "Caiga Quien Caiga" (CQC) to Portugal's top broadcaster TVI, its latest sale of the satirical news program as it prepares to pitch a specially made pilot to U.S. networks.

International News: John Malone subsidiary consolidates trio -- Ascent Media, a wholly owned subsid of John Malone's Discovery Holdings, has finessed its London post-production operations by merging One Post, St. Anne's Post, Stream and Media Management into one brand -- Ascent 142.

Front Page: 'Asset-backed' money in wake of Times layoffs -- On the heels of announcing steep layoffs at the Los Angeles Times, Tribune Co. said Thursday it had arranged a $300 million bank loan with Barclays Bank, most of which would be used to pay off part of an existing loan.

Legit Reviews: The Old Globe's lovely but empty "Romeo and Juliet" plays the first half as a blithe Italian Renaissance romantic comedy, until an inadvertent misstep suddenly plunges all concerned into chiaroscuro tragedy.

International News: Second-quarter receipts drop 50% -- Germany's box office dropped a whopping 50% in the second quarter of the year, compared to the first, as sunny skies and soccer kept Teutons either outdoors or glued to the tube.

International News: Antena 3 TV to bid on free-to-air license -- Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 TV is mulling a move into Latin America.

Film Festivals: Sales and industry office pacts with Cinando -- The Toronto Intl. Film Festival sales and industry office will partner with online database reference source Cinando as part of its commitment to offer expanded services this year, it was announced Thursday.

Award Central News: Comedy nabs nine nods from Argentine journos -- "Lalola" was the big winner at Wednesday's 38th Martin Fierro TV awards, taking home nine prizes.

Film News: Star Wars event to offer clips of film, TV series -- Japanese fans will see clips from Lucasfilm Animation's "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" at Star Wars Celebration Japan, a three-day event in Tokyo starting July 19.

TV News: Michael Rosen has been with show since '05 -- Michael Rosen is the new exec producer for the Saturday edition of CBS' "The Early Show."

Music Reviews: It's not every day that Tommy Lasorda appears on the same program as Aaron Copland, but that was the case at this year's Hollywood Bowl July 4th Spectacular, "A Ball at the Bowl."

Front Page: Film takes in $17.3 mil on first full day in release -- Sony's Will Smith tentpole "Hancock" grossed $17.3 million from 3,965 runs on Wednesday, its first full day in release. Film's cume is $24.1 million when factoring in the $6.8 million earned in Tuesday night previews.

International News: Film to be directed by Jordan Scott -- StudioCanal has snapped up France, Benelux and U.K. rights to Jordan Scott’s 1930s British boarding school set drama “Cracks,” which toplines Eva Green as a beloved teacher whose soaring popularity is threatened by the arrival of a beautiful foreign student.

Film Festivals: Meg Ryan also to attend film festival -- Tim Roth and Abigail Breslin have been added to the list of Hollywood stars expected to attend Italy’s Giffoni Film Festival dedicated to kiddie pics, along with Meg Ryan and a host of top Italo thesps, including Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

International News: Premium Gallery taken off the table -- Italo TV giant Mediaset said Wednesday it will not allow rival Sky Italia to carry its Premium Gallery pay TV channels.

International News: Corp. airs second Chinese co-production -- The BBC will this month begin airing "Beijing: Biography of an Imperial Capital," the second factual skein it has co-produced with a Chinese broadcaster.

International News: A Company teams with Senator, Filmklik.hu -- Eastern European distribution group A Company and Senator Ent. are expanding into video-on-demand by partnering with Hungarian VOD platform Filmklik.hu on joint ventures in Germany and throughout Europe.

Business News: Iliad borrows $1.6 billion for Alice purchase -- France’s Iliad, owners of Gallic broadband TV operator Free, Europe’s biggest IPTV operator, will pull down a syndicated loan for just north of Euros 1 billion ($1.6 billion), mostly to buy Alice, Italia Telecom’s rival Internet TV player in France.

International News: New media arm will delve into library -- Luc Roeg’s London-based film production and sales agency Independent is launching a digital distribution division.

International News: Exec to report to StudioCanal boss -- Jan-Pelgrom de Haas has been named managing director of Kinowelt, replacing Bertil le Claire, who ankled his post in May. De Haas begins immediately and reports directly to Olivier Courson, CEO of parent group StudioCanal.

Business News: Stock price hits new low -- Battling U.K. terrestrial web ITV is borrowing an additional £110 million ($217.8 million) to support its turnaround plan with a new bond issue.

International News: Event spins off Hong Kong Film Festival -- Chinese drama "Ocean Flame" has been set as the opening film of Summer IFF, the commercially oriented spin-off from the Hong Kong Intl. Film Fest.

Film Reviews: Observational docu "End of the Rainbow" puts the human factor first and lets viewers draw their own conclusions about big-picture politics as it charts the establishment of a multinational gold mine in a remote part of Guinea.

DVD Reviews: A could-be-cult item with promising homevid potential, the box office non-starter "Charlie Bartlett" has its fans, but they have little to cheer about on this DVD release.

DVD Reviews: Fox Searchlight's Spanish-language specialty pic "Under the Same Moon," tried to court a wide audience in theaters and came up short. However, family audiences will likely discover the crowd-pleasing road trip on DVD.

DVD Reviews: Fans of Wong Kar Wai's Hong Kong films will find much to enjoy about "Nights," whose beautiful sights (courtesy of lenser Darius Khondji) look nearly as good on TV as they did in theaters. However, the DVD's limited extras won't help illuminate the filmmaker's famously mysterious shooting style.

Film Reviews: More a provocation than a fully realized film, "Memorial Day," New York experimental theater director Josh Fox's feature debut, strives for a bold connection between spring-break party excess and Abu Ghraib.

Music Reviews: The reunion of 1960s folk-jazz supergroup Pentangle coincided with the closing night of Glastonbury, depriving the gig of the media attention it deserved and might otherwise have generated.

Legit Reviews: Writer's block and failed idealism atop the craggy cliffs of Cornwall circa WWI is hardly the obvious stuff of old-fashioned summertime comedy.

Videogames News: Without so much as a subtitle, Atari is rebooting the “Alone in the Dark” franchise, previously known to some as the progenitor of the "survival horror" genre and others as a terrible Uwe Boll movie.

Film Reviews: Nifty kidpic "Paula's Secret" handles strong stuff within a clever, frequently humorous tale.