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Web Exclusive: Revs down compared to same time last year -- The Japanese B.O. for the first half of 2008 is sharply down compared with the same period last year, according to figures compiled by the Bunka Tsushin entertainment news service.

Web Exclusive: Co. seeks release in 40 North American cities -- Gotham-based foundation Global Film Initiative has snapped up North American rights to Indonesian movie "The Photograph," which had its European bow this month at the Karlovy Vary fest.

Web Exclusive: Co. receives movie rights from Tartan Group -- Media Asia, the Hong Kong production and distribution outfit, has retrieved rights to movies including the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy, from the collapsed distributor Tartan Group.

Web Exclusive: Country aims for smooth transition over 3 years -- Japan's communications ministry on Thursday outlined its plan for smoothing the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting over the coming three years.

Videogames News: Legendary to finance videogame adaptation -- "Gears of War" has received a boost from Legendary Pictures, which is coming on board to co-finance and co-produce the project based on Microsoft and Epic Games' hit vidgame.

Film Festivals: Filmmaker stands behind feature -- Sensing another chance for a doc to influence the electorate, Michael Moore is tubthumping "The Youngest Candidate" at his annual film fest in Traverse City, Mich.

Los Angeles: Duo team for live-action feature -- Bryan Singer's Bad Hat Harry Prods. has teamed with Radical Pictures to develop a live-action feature from "Freedom Formula," a five-issue comicbook series created by Edmund Shern.

Technology News: MPAA developing Website devoted to movies -- The Motion Picture Assn. of America is developing a one-stop website on behalf of its studio members that will help users find movies online without resorting to piracy.

Exclusives: Network taps comedian for 'Comic' show -- Comedian Kevin Hart has been tapped as the new host of BET's "Comic View" and has also shot a reality pilot for the Viacom-owned cabler.

Labor Issues: Sally Field endorses Unite for Strength party -- The battle for control of SAG has kicked into high gear with the ruling Membership First faction entering a candidate slate including newcomers Keith Carradine and Joely Fisher and incumbents Joe Bologna, Lainie Kazan and JoBeth Williams.

Exclusives: Net to develop with McG, Malkin, Thumann -- FX has hit a "Crossroads," developing a drama project with McG and scribes Laurence Malkin and Chad Thumann.

TV News: Todd signs new two-year overall deal -- Don Todd, co-creator and exec producer of ABC's frosh success "Samantha Who?," has inked a new two-year overall deal with "Samantha" producer ABC Studios.

Los Angeles: Hurwitz, Schlossberg to pen third outing -- Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who wrote "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" and "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" and directed the latter, will return to write and direct a third installment for Mandate Pictures.

Web Exclusive: Guild aims at unfair working conditions on 'Idol' -- The WGA West is launching the third stage of its Truth Tour campaign aimed at gaining jurisdiction over FremantleMedia by pointing to allegedly unfair working conditions on such shows as "American Idol."

Music Reviews: Los Angeles-based duo Bitter:Sweet take a set of chilled-out, infectious, vintage-jazzy meets futuristic-electro tracks, and bring it to the stage while keeping the hipster crowd on their toes and thirsty for more.

Gotham: Yen Tan film screened at Outfest, AFI Dallas -- Here Films has acquired North American distribution rights to dramatic feature "Ciao" from director Yen Tan.

Film News: 'America Betrayed' directed by Leslie Carde -- Richard Dreyfuss has signed on to narrate documentary feature "America Betrayed" for Eclipse Entertainment and filmmaker Leslie Carde.

Weekly: Foreign sales agents search for star power -- At the Hollywood majors, there is a small coterie of actors who can guarantee that a film will be made. But in the world of foreign sales, there is a parallel universe, with a different group of actors who are considered bankable, even if they've only had a few film credits -- as long as those few films were successful enough to give them recognition around the globe.

Labor Issues: Overall activity for the week totals 176 permits -- Amid uncertainty over when SAG's contract stalemate will be resolved, offlot production of features in Hollywood has remained healthy.

Comic Book Biz: Graphic novel features 1930s gangsters -- Landscape Entertainment has acquired "Pretty Baby Machine," a graphic novel conceived by Clark Westerman, with illustrations by Kody Chamberlain.

Legit Reviews: "The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks," based on the children's book by Nancy McArthur, is about -- well, you get it. Sort of a child-friendly variation on "Little Shop of Horrors" for young audiences, the title character feeds not on blood but on stinky Argyles.

Legit Reviews: It's hard not to spend the first few minutes of "Stain" with your jaw in your lap. He can't say that! you think, but he totally can. "He," in this case, is Arthur, the father of a 15-year-old boy (or is he a 15-year-old man?

International News: On Digital Media license challenges MultiChoice -- The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa issued a pay TV license to On Digital Media on Monday, paving the way for it to go on air next year and finally opening up the market so long dominated by pan-African satcaster MultiChoice.

Music Reviews: The current Think Fast Tour links the end of Steely Dan's initial run with a handful of recent numbers, wholly focused on groove-oriented light funk tunes that Becker can talk-sing through. It is the most musically rewarding edition of Steely Dan since their decision tour in the mid-1990s.

Music Reviews: Jazz in July, the annual summer event at the 92nd Street Y, kicked off a seven-performance series with "Somewhere -- The Songs of Leonard Bernstein," a program celebrating the legacy of showtunes composed by the conductor and teacher.

Legit Reviews: College professor-turned-scripter Dorothy Marcic has culled selections from a century of top tunes to underscore her concept that the evolving history of the 20th century American woman has been chronicled in the popular music of the day.

Film Reviews: Seesawing from the gleefully stupid to the desperately stupid, “Step Brothers” is an indicator that the Judd Apatow juggernaut -- which often includes star Will Ferrell and helmer Adam McKay (“Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights”) -- has made one too many trips to the well.

Web Exclusive: Former Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg is the latest music iconoclast to tinker with some creative (and cheap) digital distribution. His latest album is a 44-minute Amazon download listed as a .49-cent track called "49:00".

Film Reviews: Nifty kidpic "Paula's Secret" handles strong stuff within a clever, frequently humorous tale.