Universal Studios

Facebook Releases 2012 Year In Review, Allows Users To Follow Suit - Posted December 12, 2012
With 2012 drawing to a close, Wednesday was year in review ti... [AllFacebook]

No Injuries in Universal Studios Backlot Fire - Posted December 8, 2011
A small fire broke out Thursday at the Universal Studios backlot inside a three-story building on the corner of Lankershim and Cahuenga boulevards in Universal City. ... [GalleyCat]

Et Tu Universal? - Posted December 5, 2008
Universal Studios is also in the muck. As many as 500 gone, say the trades. ... [FishbowlLA]

Should 'Blade Runner' Be On Boardwalk or Park Place? - Posted November 12, 2008
What has Hollywood come to when it's looking for subject material in board games? Okay, maybe for a game show (look at "Tic Tac Dough"), but a movie? Well, considering that videogames and comic books have become not only the norm, but an extremely... [FishbowlLA]

Disney-ABC Adds Three Execs to Digital Media - Posted September 9, 2008
The good people at Disney sent over this press release, touting their poaching of Karin Timpone and Lauren DeVi... [FishbowlLA]

Universal Studios Wants You To Know It Is Still Open - Posted June 4, 2008
In the aftermath of the backlot burn, Universal Studios sent out this press release to alert the media (hey, that's us!) to the fact that, in their words, "the show must go on!" (For everyone, we're guessing, except that g... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted June 3, 2008
Sticking To His Story: Good on Duke Helfand for following up on the story he wrote in ... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted June 2, 2008
Bo Diddley dies: The obit for Bo Diddley notes that he's been given credit for everything from rock to heavy metal to rap, and the piece by ... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 10, 2007
South Central Days: Reporter John Mitchell makes much of the art-kinda-sorta-imitating-life aspect of this tale about a gang member who made a film about his violent demise. But we're much more fascinated by the fact that the fo... [FishbowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Oct. 11, 2007 - Posted October 11, 2007
DiCaprio, Clooney Team Up for WB Warner Bros. has a super A-list project on its hands courtesy of a big-screen adaptation of Beau Willimon's play called Farragut North, Var's Michael Fleming reports.... [FishbowlLA]

Costumed Characters Help Spain Promote Reading - Posted August 16, 2007
The Times reports on a most unusual campaign dreamt-up by the Spanish Federation of Publishers (FGEE) and backed by the Government: Little Red Riding Hood, Mary Poppins, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are just some of the characters accosting tourists on the coasts, part of... [GalleyCat]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted July 13, 2007
Lee Baca's Paris: The Sheriff's Dept. has launched an internal investigation to see whether Paris Hilton got special treatment in the slammer. So far, they've found that she had access to a cordless phone at all hours and that the heiress "... [FishbowlLA]

It's Official: There Will Be a Harry Potter Theme Park - Posted May 31, 2007
As first confirmed last month by Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke (who today offers a slew of first-look pictures) Warner Bros. and Universal Studios ... [GalleyCat]