Trade Round-Up: Weinsteins Bankrolled, Bank Girds Itself For Beatings
· The still-unnamed Weinstein Co. gets funding from Goldman Sachs, who apparently found the coming years of physical and emotional abuse to be a good trade for a seat next to Gwyneth Paltrow at an Oscar party. [Variety]
· Revenge of the Sith takes in $16.5 million in just its first midnight showings, proving that not having to spend money on getting laid frees up capital for other nerd-intensive activities. [Variety]
· Warner Bros. leads studios with 32 shows on the network schedules, Fox is second with 25, and Paramount is right behind with 24. Apropos of nothing, CBS overlord Les Moonves releases a statement announcing that "Jeff Zucker is a little bitch." [THR]
· Topher Grace joins Thomas Haden Church as an undisclosed villain in Spider-Man 3. We're betting that Semiretarded Airplane Mechanic and Stuck In Puberty Boy will make worhty foes for the tubby wall-crawler. [Variety]
· Breaking! Gail Berman does something at The New Paramount™, though we can't be bothered to find out what it was. [THR]