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Viacom channels go dark on EchoStar in dispute over programming fees (Entertainment, 17 articles)
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Ending a fee dispute that left millions of DISH satellite television customers without several popular channels, EchoStar Communications agreed early today on a new contract with CBS parent Viacom. EchoStar's Dish Network stopped broadcasting Viacom cable channels and signals from CBS-owned stations in 16 cities early Tuesday morning, after the companies failed to reach terms on a new contract. In the latest case of brinkmanship between the providers and deliverers of television, EchoStar Communications Corp. blocked Viacom Inc. channels, including the CBS-TV affiliate in Baltimore, from its subscribers in a dispute over programming costs yesterday. Dallas-area subscribers to Dish Network joined a million-plus customers in 15 other markets Tuesday struggling to face life without Survivor and, quite possibly, college basketball's March Madness spectacle. A dispute between the country's second-largest satellite provider and one of the most powerful media companies resulted Tuesday in thousands of Chicago residents going without some of their favorite television channels. " It's great to have our networks back in front of all our viewers, and to bring a new service, Nicktoons, to DISH Network subscribers said Viacom President Mel Karmazin
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'Secret Window' is another perfect fit for Johnny Depp (Entertainment, 8 articles)
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The good and bad news of Secret Window is that Oscar-nominated Johnny Depp provides a rounded character that won't fit into the square peg of writer-director Writer-director David Koepp's workmanlike adaptation of a gripping Stephen King novella (Secret Window, Secret Garden). With a shadow in his eye, a quaver in his voice and odd mute poppings of his mouth, Depp evokes fuzzy layers of private emotion. Depp is Mort Rainey , an author smarting from the breakup of his marriage, holing up in his rustic lake cabin, wrapping himself in a tattered striped bathrobe and a cocoon of self-pity.
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Review: 'Spartan' bare of Mamet style (Entertainment, 5 articles)
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At the beginning of " Spartan a lightning-fast political thriller from writer-director David Mamet , Curtis ( Derek Luke ), a young recruit in an elite special-ops force, attempts to introduce himself to his instructor, played by Val Kilmer . POLITICAL satire and action thriller mesh uneasily in Mamet's " Spartan which starts out promisingly, but quickly sinks under the weight of its own plot twists, ponderous pacing and Kilmer's monotonous performance as a ruthless special-ops agent. The action of "Spartan" is so choppy, the transitions so abrupt, and the pacing so deadeningly unvarying, the movie musters little suspense.
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Radio sorry for 'Jesus' interview (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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" The Practice the ABC legal drama that underwent major cast changes this season, is coming to an end - sort of. The network said Wednesday the series will conclude May 16 but will "evolve" into a new fall drama set in the " high-priced, high-end world of civil law. CBS to air rerun of Jesus' Mindful of the big box-office returns for Mel Gibson's film " The Passion of the Christ CBS is rerunning a TV movie about Jesus .
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Sharif's understated grace enlivens 'Ibrahim' (Entertainment, 9 articles)
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In a city known for celebrating the green, one St. Patrick's parade just isn't enough 04:42 PM CST on Friday, March 12, 2004 Her flighty sister Kate ( Lynne Adams ) has been shooting a documentary for a film class about the makeover Elizabeth's teenage daughter Sara ( Eva Amurri ) wants to give Elizabeth. Set in the England of 1390, ``The Reckoning'' casts Willem Dafoe and Paul Bettany as two men - an actor and a priest turned actor - trying to save a woman from a public hanging.
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See what it means to be Irish at festival (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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With St. Paddy's Day coming up Wednesday, it's time not just for the wearin of the green, but the spendin of the stuff as well. More than 110 million Americans will celebrate the day in some fashion, including 19.2 million who'll go out on the town and another 14.2 million who'll attend private parties, says the National Retail Federation. For the past three years, Cassidy has been translating English words back into Irish a process he calls " removing their phonetic overcoats '' so their origins can be acknowledged.
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Burn rubber: in the driver's seat for IMAX NASCAR thrills (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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THERE may be audiences somewhere - possibly in the southeastern United States - willing to fork over $12 to watch a 45-minute glorified infomercial like " NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience. It's hard to imagine hardened New Yorkers actually paying to see this totally uncritical, gee-whiz celebration of stock car racing, its fans and its history, breathlessly narrated by Kiefer Sutherland and perfunctorily directed by Simon Wincer The Young Black Stallion. The actual giant-screen race footage pales besides "Grand Prix" - shot 38 years ago in 70mm - and shots from the back seat of a car hurtling at around 200 mph provide a fairly murky view through the windshield.
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