For better or worse, little people have long been associated with show business.
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For dwarves, movies and reality TV bring another pop culture surge
For better or worse, little people have long been associated with show business. Possibly because of their natural ability to attract curiosity, they’ve been cast in circuses and films over the years, with stars ranging from General Tom Thumb of P.T
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For little people, movies and reality TV bring another pop culture surge
John Latenser doesn’t want to lose his dome. The Bethesda-based location scout was standing last week on one of Hollywood’s favorite spots in D.C., a sliver of pavement at the edge of the reflecting pool with the U.S.
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Filming movies in Washington, D.C., just got harder
John Latenser doesn’t want to lose his dome. The Bethesda-based location scout was standing last week on one of Hollywood’s favorite spots in the District, a sliver of pavement at the edge of the reflecting pool with the U.S.
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Filming movies in Washington just got harder
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LOS ANGELES — Americans’ spending on home videos has finally emerged from the recession — helped by more purchases of higher-priced Blu-ray discs and greater outlays on cut-rate rentals from Netflix and Redbox. For the three months through September, home movie spending rose nearly 5 percent from a year earlier to $3.9 billion, the first increase since early 2008, according to industry …
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US home video spending lifted by rentals from Netflix and Redbox, along with Blu-ray purchases
SAN FRANCISCO — Redbox’s DVD rental kiosks are attracting movie lovers fed up with Netflix’s video subscription service. But now Redbox’s owner, Coinstar Inc., is risking its own customer backlash by raising its prices, the same move that triggered Netflix’s recent loss of 800,000 U.S
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