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London’s Science Museum has “Bond, James Bond” exhibit opening October 16: “We have 100 different things from the 20 Bond films so far, including at least one from every film,” Nicola Osmond Evans, a spokeswoman for the museum, said Friday. The exhibition, which will fill up two floors, will open …

Website B-Movie Theater announces this year’s inductees to the B-Movie Hall of Fame: “B-Movies have long been ignored by the critics and award-givers, but audiences love them and have kept the B-Movies alive all of these years,” says Ron Bonk, founder of B-Movie Theater and curator of the B-Movie Hall …

Spiritual comfort and Harry Potter were highlights of the year: The search for spiritual sustenance after last year’s September 11 attacks has boosted the profits of religious publishers while children have demonstrated an insatiable appetite for the exploits of a boy wizard. With the industry hit by the current global …

Cable network buys five former network shows: The network has bought “Dilbert” (30 half-hours) from Columbia, “The Ben Stiller Show” (13 half-hours) from Warner Bros., “Clerks” (only six half-hours) from Disney and “Gary & Mike” (13 half-hours) from Paramount. Comedy Central also bought a fifth busted network-primetime series, “Undergrads” (13 …

Universal, CinemaNow link for online movies: CinemaNow Inc. on Monday said Universal Studios will make several films, such as “The Scorpion King” available at its Web site, marking only the second deal linking the Web distributor with a major Hollywood studio. U.S. moviemakers, concerned with digital piracy of films and …

Harry Kim’s new “Marketing and Vine” coverage for AdAge begins with this overview: The buttoned-up world of brand marketing and the freewheeling entertainment industry are not the most natural bedfellows. While hitching a brand wagon to a celebrity has always had appeal, most marketers have trodden warily in their relationships …

PW reports: Sales in both the adult and children’s segments declined in August, and sales fell in seven of the 11 categories tracked by the AAP. According to the association’s monthly sales estimates, adult hardcover sales were down 8% in the month, while trade paperback sales were off 2.5%. Children’s …

We mentioned that there was a tentative deal reached between the “small webcasters” and the RIAA regarding royalty payments over the weekend, but that at the last moment SOMETHING happened to jeopardize the deal: Under an agreement reached previously, royalty money would be distributed directly to musicians, rather than going …

This article in the NY Times says very little about Cleveland, but the market clearly wasn’t big enough for two alt weeklies. Free Times’ competitor, Scene, has been around for 30 years, and there was precious little to distinguish between the two publications. Stung by brutal competition and an even …

Poison drummer Rikki Rockett is a middle-aged man who wears makeup, plays hair metal, and paints toilet seats in hotel rooms throughout the land. I have nothing bad to say about a man who cares so little about appearing ridiculous. I am continually fascinated by the sociological anomalies created by …