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'Carol' in tune with box office
Box Office: Disney's holiday feature grossed an estimated $31 million from 3,683 runs domestically.
Gyllenhaal goes straight to 'Source'
Film: Actor is in negotiations to star in sci-fi thriller 'Source Code.'
Columbus sails with CJ
Film: 1492 Pictures has made a three-year development deal with CJ Entertainment.
Peter Dunn named to top post at CBS
TV: Exec has been upped to prez of the entire CBS Television Stations group.
'Curb' parks at TGN, TV Land
TV: TV Guide Network and TV Land are feeling pretty, pretty good about their latest programming acquisition.
'Football' scores win for NBC in ratings
TV: NBC's highest-rated "Sunday Night Football" sent some rival nets to season lows.
'A Christmas Carol'
The Robert Zemeckis-directed 'Christmas Carol' grossed an estimated $31 million from 3,683 runs domestically.
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Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to star in sci-fi thriller 'Source Code' for Vendome Pictures and Mark Gordon Co.
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Chris Columbus
Chris Columbus enters a three-year development deal.
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CBS
Peter Dunn has been upped to prez of the entire CBS Television Stations group.
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'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
TV Guide Network and TV Land have jointly picked up the basic cable rights to HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
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Eagles vs. Cowboys
NBC’s 'Sunday Night Football' contest, featuring the Cowboys vs. Eagles, dominated last night’s ratings race.
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CHARTS

Weekend Estimate November 6, 2009 - November 8, 2009 (*millions)Market data provided by Rentrak.
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Film Reviews

Pic introduces a potential star in Iko Uwais, but only fitfully works as an action movie.
A lovestruck townie tries to steal a girl away from a traveling fair.

TV Ratings

NBC's highest-rated "Sunday Night Football" sent some rival nets to season lows.
"The League" is suddenly in the game, while the O.C. "Real Housewives" squeezed strong numbers.

TV Reviews

Without some fine-tuning, show provides a slim platform even for those who share her politics.
Lifetime Movie Network is following its elder sibling into the true-crime.

Films Now Playing

Docu offers a heretofore unseen glimpse of the star's creative process.
Fleet of foot, emotionally attuned to its subject and instinctively faithful to its source.

Legit Reviews

The clever writing is unfortunately as uneven as a zombie attempting to shamble up a staircase.
The one-act gains considerable fizz from punchy production and bristling interplay of its actors.

Weekend Box Office

Lionsgate's "Precious" opened to a record-breaking per location average.
"Disney's A Christmas Carol" easily took the top spot Friday with close to $9 million.

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