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  • Tuesday, Jun. 6, 2017
Al Pacino to star as Penn State's Joe Paterno in HBO biopic 
In this Sept. 16, 2006 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno watches the college football game against Youngstown State in State College, Pa. Al Pacino will star as late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in an upcoming HBO biopic directed by Barry Levinson. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, FIle)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Al Pacino will star as late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in an upcoming HBO biopic directed by Barry Levinson.

HBO says the film will focus on Paterno dealing with the fallout from the child sex abuse scandal involving his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The all-time winningest coach in major college football history was fired days after Sandusky's Nov. 2011 arrest and died two months later at the age of 85.

A report commissioned by the university and conducted by a team led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh concluded that Paterno and three administrators hushed up the allegations against Sandusky.

The three administrators were sentenced to jail terms Friday. One of them, former university President Graham Spanier, plans to appeal his conviction.

  • Monday, Jun. 5, 2017
Former Guatemalan judge pleads guilty in FIFA soccer probe
Former Guatemalan judge Hector Trujillo leaves Brooklyn federal court after pleading guilty, Friday, June 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
By Larry Neumeister
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

A former Guatemalan judge pleaded guilty Friday to wire fraud and conspiracy in the global soccer corruption probe, admitting that he accepted bribes from a company trying to secure sports marketing contracts.

Hector Trujillo, 63, took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes for sports marketing contracts, U.S. prosecutors said.

Trujillo was general secretary of Guatemala's soccer federation when he was arrested in December 2015 in Port Canaveral, Florida, while taking a Disney cruise with his family.

As he pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court, Trujillo admitted taking bribes and agreed not to contest any sentence less than four years and nine months in prison. He spoke through a Spanish interpreter, saying his crimes occurred between 2009 and 2016.

"I recognized that I deprived the federation of my honest services," Trujillo said, appearing emotional enough that a court employee brought him a box of tissues. "I know More

  • Monday, Jun. 5, 2017
Peter Sallis, voice of "Wallace and Gromit," dead at 96 
In this Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005 file photo, British actor Peter Sallis, who voices the part of Wallace poses with a person dressed as the character 'Wallace' on arrival at the Leicester Square Odeon, London for the premiere of "Wallace & Grommit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit." (AP Photo/Paul Ashby, File)
LONDON (AP) -- 

British actor Peter Sallis, who played irrepressible, cheese-loving inventor Wallace in the "Wallace and Gromit" cartoons, has died, his agent said Monday. He was 96.

Sallis' talent agency, Jonathan Altaras Associates, said he died Friday at a retirement home for actors in London.

Born in London in 1921, Sallis began his working life in a bank, but caught the acting bug as a Royal Air Force serviceman during World War II. After the war, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and built up a diverse career onstage and in British film and television.

He became famous in Britain as a star of the long-running sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine." Sallis was proud to have appeared in every episode during the show's 37-year run.

Millions around the world know his voice from animator Nick Park's "Wallace and Gromit," which charted the adventures of a cheese-loving Yorkshireman with a passion for inventing wild contraptions and his More

  • Monday, Jun. 5, 2017
Director Mathew Amonson joins Ataboy Studios
Mathew Amonson
NEW YORK -- 

Ataboy Studios, a NYC-based creative production company headed by owner Vikkal Parikh, has added director Mathew Amonson, a.k.a. “Nosnoma,” to its roster. Known for his talent in various disciplines (and for combining them when called for) such as 2D cel animation, 3D animation, stop motion, live action, and interactive animation, Nosnoma has more than a decade of experience working in the New York animation community, developing, leading and implementing a wide range of productions. 

Amonson has directed for such brands as Oreo, Sony, Cadbury and KPMG. His animation direction credits include Ray Ban, Google, HP and Panera. He has served as creative director/EP on work for XFINITY, Fresh Direct, Chipotle and Heineken. Additionally, Amonson directed the pilot as well as the first two seasons of a live music TV show, Live from the Artists Den. Nosnoma has worked closely with the likes of Ogilvy & Mather, Creature, Buck, The Hive, Kinky More

  • Monday, Jun. 5, 2017
Donut Brand Studio launched
Ben Conrad
LOS ANGELES -- 

Digital media publisher Donut Media has launched Donut Brand Studio to develop millennial-driven, automotive-themed content. Led by Donut CCO and automotive filmmaking innovator Ben Conrad, former GoPro head of motorsports media James Kirkham, and athlete-driven automotive content providers Jacob Agajanian and Andrew Laputka, Donut Brand Studio will function as a full-scale creative services operation. 

By leveraging the audience, data and insights of Donut Media, Brand Studio offers something truly unique to current and prospective clients in the automotive sector. “Because of the close relationship with our publishing wing, Donut Brand Studio is able to provide a suite of services unlike anyone else in the space,” Conrad contended. “When we approach a project, we are not just relying on the strength of our creatives – which of course is very strong. We are working off of hundreds of millions of views, hundreds of thousands of fans, and millions More

  • Friday, Jun. 2, 2017
Google's Chrome browser to block some ads starting next year 
This Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, shows the Chrome logo displayed at a Google event, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
By Tali Arbel, Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Websites that run annoying ads such as pop-ups may find all ads blocked by Google's Chrome browser starting next year.

The digital-ad giant's announcement comes as hundreds of millions of internet users have already installed ad blockers on their desktop computers and phones to combat ads that track them and make browsing sites difficult.

These blockers threaten websites that rely on digital ads for revenue. Google's version will allow ads as long as websites follow industry-created guidelines and minimize certain types of ads that consumers really hate. That includes pop-up ads, huge ads that don't go away when you scroll down a page and video ads that start playing automatically with the sound on.

Google says the feature will be turned on by default, and users can turn it off. It'll work on both the desktop and mobile versions of Chrome.

Google says that even ads it sells and manages will be blocked on websites that don't More

  • Friday, Jun. 2, 2017
NatGeo TV kills off movie adaptation of O'Reilly book 
In this Oct. 1, 2015, file photo, Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel program "The O'Reilly Factor," poses for photos in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

The National Geographic TV network says it won't air "Killing Patton," its next planned movie adaptation of Bill O'Reilly's book series on the deaths of historical figures.

The network wouldn't comment on whether the decision had anything to do with the harassment allegations that led to O'Reilly's April firing at Fox News Channel. It was not making any of its executives available for an interview, a spokeswoman said.

In a statement, National Geographic said the movie was in development for a couple of years and "it was a difficult project to crack creatively."

The network's four previous movies on the deaths of Abraham Lincoln, Jesus and John F. Kennedy and the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan had all been ratings winners. Also unclear Thursday was whether National Geographic had any plans to go into business with O'Reilly again.

The decision was first reported Thursday by The Hollywood Reporter.

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  • Thursday, Jun. 1, 2017
Ron Howard to direct documentary on tenor Luciano Pavarotti 
This combination photo shows director Ron Howard at the Kaleidoscope 5: LIGHT event in Culver City, Calif., on May 6, 2017, left, and opera singer Luciano Pavarotti. Howard's production company announced Thursday, June 1, 2017, that the Oscar-winning director's next project would be a documentary on famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. (AP Photo/File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Following his successful Beatles documentary, Ron Howard is sticking with music. The Oscar-winner is directing a documentary about Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor who rose to superstar status.

Howard's Imagine Entertainment and White Horse Pictures announced the untitled project Thursday.

Pavarotti transcended opera to become a leading tenor. Howard says Pavarotti's life is full of great drama and contradictions.

The tenor became a best-selling classical artist, with more than 100 million records sold, and he had the first classical album to reach No. 1 on the pop charts. He died from pancreatic cancer in 2007 at age 71.

The untitled documentary does not have a release date.

Howard's last film, "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years," won the Grammy Award for best music film.

  • Thursday, Jun. 1, 2017
Kinsale Shark competition launches Creative Bravery Award
Robert Senior
KINSALE, Ireland -- 

The Kinsale Shark Awards has launched the Creative Bravery Award, a new accolade for this year’s season and festival.

In association with Creative Social, the award celebrates work which has the courage and tenacity to push boundaries regardless of the risks and potential consequences. This is work that only the bravest clients will support and which will have represented a huge leap of faith.

Chaired by Saatchi & Saatchi WW CEO Robert Senior, the jury includes L.A Roynane, ECD Havas, Mary Doherty of Red Dog and Juliette Larthe of Prettybird.

Senior said: “Bravery is the difference between creativity as a narrative and creativity as a business principle.  But there is bad and good bravery. Bad bravery simply seeks to shock. Good bravery seeks to solve a business problem through an unlikely but powerful idea that touches the audience and accelerates the business. The Kinsale Bravery Awards will be recognizing, rewarding and More

  • Thursday, Jun. 1, 2017
Bonnie King elected president of Film Florida; board of directors named for 2017-’18
Bonnie King
ORLANDO -- 

Bonnie King, film commissioner for the Space Coast Film and Television Office, a Committee of the Brevard County Tourist Development Council (TDC), has been named president of Film Florida. It was announced at the Film Florida Annual Meeting in Destin, FL, along with the entire Film Florida Board of Directors for 2017-2018.

“It is a privilege to serve as president of Film Florida,” commented King. “I look forward to working side by side with industry professionals as we seek opportunities to strengthen the film, TV and digital media industry. Florida is open for business and competing for high wage jobs in the film, television and digital media industry and we plan on continuing to spread that message.”

King works closely with local associations for independent filmmakers in the Space Coast area. Her responsibilities include developing film, television and print opportunities for the space coast. This includes feature films, television More

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