Entertainment

  2010 FEB 19 - (VerticalNews.com) -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), the leading next generation studio, announced that it will partner with Crest Animation Studios to co-produce the Stereoscopic 3D animated family feature NORM OF THE NORTH as the second film in their three-picture deal. Lionsgate will distribute in North America. The announcement was jointly made today by Joe Drake, Lionsgate Co-Chief Operating Officer and Motion Picture Group President; Mike Paseornek, Lionsgate President of Motion Picture Production; Ken Katsumoto, Lionsgate Executive Vice President of Family Entertainment; Noah Fogelson, CEO of Crest Animation Productions; and Seemha Ramanna, Managing Director Crest Animation Studios ...read more

  2010 JAN 29 - (VerticalNews.com) -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE:LGF), the leading next generation studio, has named media industry veteran Peter Iacono as managing director, international television, it was announced by Kevin Beggs, president of Lionsgate television programming & production. He will be responsible for oversight of all international distribution, sales and marketing, and the burgeoning third party acquisitions business for the Lionsgate international television group's comprehensive slate of top-rated and critically-acclaimed entertainment programming, which includes such hit series as "Mad Men", "Weeds", "Crash" and "Paris Hilton's My New BFF" along with "Blue Mountain State," which debuts on Spike TV this week. He will also oversee international format sales and production. Mr. Iacono is based in Los Angeles and his appointment is effective immediately ...read more

  2010 JAN 1 - (VerticalNews.com) -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), the leading next generation studio, earned a combined nine Golden Globe® Award nominations today in the film and television categories, the highest number of nominations in the studio's history.

  The company earned five Golden Globe nominations for its recent, critically acclaimed films PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE and BROTHERS, including a nomination for PRECIOUS for Best Picture - Drama ...read more