nydailynews.com - 6/15/2009
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Fox's axed man blames Scientologists Saturday, June 13th 2009, 8:34 PM Fox News bowed to pressure from Kelly Preston , Tom Cruise and other members of the Church of Scientology when it fired columnist Roger Friedman , the entertainment journo is expected to charge in a wrongful termination ...
deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 6/15/2009
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deadlinehollywooddaily.com —
Fired Fox News freelance gossip columnist Roger Friedman's
lawyer, Martin Garbus, is making an explosive claim to
journalists that Wolverine's Internet leak can be blamed on boss Rupert Murdoch. I'm shocked that Garbus, a respected NYC attorney ...
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Claims: Murdoch Caused 'Wolverine' Piracy? Friedman ...
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Is Rupert Murdoch Responsible For The Wolverine Leak? [Wolverine Leak]
io9 —
... anxious to bring the film on board his yacht and asked 20th Century Fox to make a copy for him. But then Murdoch had outside people do it, and that's how the film leaked onto the web. Either way, Murdoch is allegedly quasi-responsible for taking the unfinished work print outside of its secure, post-production environment. If true, we can't wait to hear how Fox spins this... or whether the investigation into the leak suddenly, and quietly, just goes away. Fox's axed man blames Scientologists [NY Daily News], Claims: Murdoch Caused 'Wolverine' ...
Daily Scan for 06.16.09 - Akira Is Dead, Guillermo Del Toro Talks The Hobbit
SciFi Scanner —
• First a fake trailer appears with Nathan Fillion starring as Hal Jordan, then Green Lantern scribe Marc Guggenheim tells SciFi Wire that the movie is on track for a summer film date. More than coincidence, we hope?
• Remember that whole Wolverine leak controversy? Well a Fox writer fired over the affair alleges owner Rupert Murdoch himself might be responsible. He also blames Scientologists for his firing, though, so he's not exactly a credible source.
• Director Ruairi Robinson is apparently off ...
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