"In another curious twist to an already bizarre case, Scott Rudin has walked away from 'The Reader' and will no longer be involved with The Weinstein Co.'s December release. It also looks as if he will not be credited as a producer on the Stephen Daldry period romantic-drama starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, though there was no official word at press time. Donna Gigliotti remains as a producer on the film, with the late Anthony Minghella and the late Sydney Pollack also credited as producers. Rudin's move -- coming several weeks after Rudin and Harvey Weinstein claimed to bury the hatchet -- appeared to take the Weinstein Co. by surprise." (THR)
"former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for his work as an 'outstanding international mediator' in conflicts from Indonesia to Northern Ireland, the entire institution of the Nobel Committee has grown so self-important that this is a worthwhile opportunity to question its judgment and ultimately its usefulness. The 1973 Peace Prize, awarded to then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho for their role in the Paris Peace Accords, remains a head-scratcher ..The Nobel Prize in Literature also has been guilty of sins of omission. Many of the last century’s most celebrated writers, such as Leo Tolstoy, Graham Greene, Vladimir Nabokov, Mario Vargas Llosa and Philip Roth, have been ignored by the Committee." (ForeignPolicy)
"Producer Vito Bruno has somehow gotten ahold of one, and it happens to be the original dance floor from Saturday Night Fever. And Bruno has big plans for the floor, which was the original one from Brooklyn's 2001 Odyssey club, site of the film that immortalized polyester leisure suits, girly-voiced male singers, and future Scientologists." (Musto)
"Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris can never be accused of being shy, or, putting his foot in, oh well...in an extensive interview with Billboard, he talks about the digital piracy issues, UMG’s efforts in digital music, working with YouTube and its plans for a Hulu-like music video site, and other issues ..(On the) Smartest person in music industry: Steve Jobs. 'He came back stronger and smarter than anyone has ever done in any industry....We work with him and we try and get what we want with him and I’m sure we aggravate the hell out of him sometimes, but when you look at the whole picture, we make a lot of money through iTunes. We consider him a friend . . . I talk to him about once a month.'" (Paidcontent)
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