Estranged Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have moved their Plan B film production company from Warner Bros to Paramount Pictures.
The move was came after their business partner, Brad Grey, was appointed chief executive at Paramount.
Plan B's first big film, the Tim Burton-directed remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is out in July.
With a change in Oklahoma law last year, Indian casinos are in the midst of a building boom as they start to offer blackjack, poker and Vegas-style slot machines.
The only things missing are the craps and roulette tables long associated with Las Vegas gaming palaces. But you still can't buy alcohol in most of the Oklahoma casinos.
At the Choctaw Casino just north of Denison, the current facility is dwarfed by one being built down the road.
Sir Elton John secured a bumper £25 million payday yesterday (15-05-05) by agreeing to continue his Las Vegas shows for another two years.
Bosses at the world-famous Caesars Palace are over the moon with the runaway success of Elton's 'The Red Piano' show which has played to packed audiences in Caesars' Colosseum venue, winning rave reviews.
They have offered the flamboyant rocker an improved deal. Elton said: "I am delighted with the extension of 'The Red Piano'.
Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference returns for its second big year July 17-19 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Last year's inaugural Casino Marketing Conference was an overwhelming success, and conference organizers Raving Consulting and Ascend Media Gaming Group are planning an even bigger show for 2005.
Several hundred top marketing professionals from across the country and Canada, representing commercial, tribal, local and mega-casinos, are expected at the 2005 event. Here's a sampling of what they'll experience.
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber admits he is kicking himself after Catherine Zeta-Jones was turned down for one of his musicals.
The reason? The Welsh lovely was too BEAUTIFUL for the role.
The multi-millionaire West End maestro revealed lovely Catherine auditioned as the leading lady in Aspects Of Love before she hit the big time.
Back in 1990 she was hoping to play Rose Vibert when she was an aspiring 20-year-old actress.
The 2005 Asian Casinos Expo in Suntec, Singapore will feature a speaker from e-Smart Technologies. e-Smart CEO Mary Grace will be speaking on the conference’s second day, June 23.
Ms. Grace will be speaking about the future of online casino sites, and much of her talk will be about e-Smart’s Biometric Verification System and “Super Smart Card.”
The conference will begin with a discussion of building casino resort areas, and will discuss both land-based casinos and their online casino counterparts.
OLN Wins Rights to Air Reruns of CBS's 'Survivor' Series Even Though Winner Already Known
OLN has bought the syndication rights to the 10 seasons of CBS' "Survivor" series, and will begin airing the reality show's first season July 24.
OLN, the cable channel formerly known as the Outdoor Life Network, will premiere the reruns after its coverage of Lance Armstrong's final ride in the Tour de France, a competition that usually gives the network its best ratings of the year.
Could Casino gambling be coming to Ohio? Governor Taft is fighting efforts to bring in slot machines and other forms of gambling, but many Ohio mayors disagree with the Governor and want casinos in the state.
"I think it's very hypocritical the stance we have, we won't allow casino gambling, but we'll advertise lotto ticket sales in the state," said Jerry Ellender, Carlisle Mayor.
The mayors are concerned about Ohioans gambling in Indiana, Michigan and Ontario.
Whether or not Michael Jackson's jurors still have a reasonable doubt about his guilt, the wild world of Internet betting has rendered judgment: the smart money is on acquittal.
No longer limited to chats around the water cooler and late-night talk shows, speculation about the outcome of the Jackson trial has become a staple of online betting sites and trading exchanges.
With the trial in Santa Maria, California, nearing its end, online speculators believe the likelihood of an acquittal is higher than Jackson's chances of being convicted.
A Las Vegas-based gambling company announced plans Wednesday for a new hotel-casino in the fast-growing area of south Reno.
Station Casinos Inc. said it has reached an agreement with an affiliate of Alabama-based Bayer Properties Inc. to buy 50 acres on the southwest corner of South Virginia Street and the Mount Rose Highway.
The sale was first revealed last week in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The price of the deal was not revealed.
