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have signed Fillion to a talent holding deal, aiming to either develop a new property for the “Firefly” star or else to slot the actor into an existing show.

Austin Nichols has inked a talent holding deal with HBO. Under the pact, Nichols will be cast in a drama or comedy series project for the premium cable channel. The deal is somewhat unusual for HBO, which rarely signs actors to holding deals.

LOS ANGELES - “Dancing With the Stars” finalist Stacy Keibler has signed a talent holding deal with Disney’s Touchstone TV studio.

Under the pact, the former wrestler will star in a pilot for the studio or will join an existing Touchstone TV series. She became a hot commodity following her turn on the second installment of ABC’s reality competition “Dancing With the Stars,” on which she finished third.

Alphabet and sibling ABC Studios have inked a talent holding deal with Wolf. Goal is to develop a project built around Wolf or to cast him in one of the net’s 2008-09 pilots.

Keenan left shortly after Lloyd and the duo began developing new projects for Paramount as a team, landing a blind series commitment from CBS for the short-lived comedy “Bram and Alice.”

They are shooting a pilot and it already has a blind series commitment.

The network has opted to pass on the Bernie Mac-led comedy pilot despite being given a blind series commitment back in November. FOX and producer Warner Bros. Television nevertheless are hoping to develop something new with the actor/comedian, who has a talent holding deal with the studio.

rather than order a pilot, the pay cabler has taken the unusual step of giving a blind series commitment to the untitled project.

Cowell, also repped by attorney Sam Fischer

a blind series commitment, and Cowell will be giving his opinion to Idol contestants for the next three years. The deal has Cowell taking home about $150,000 per episode for the third installment of Idol, a significant bump from the salary he received last season. American Idol 3 will make its bow in January.

” On scripts you do revisions on different color pages. The first draft is white, the second set is blue.

Warner Bros. agreed, viewing the miniseries as a loss leader for a blind series commitment. That’s the only way Warners would go forward. Even back then they were looking at the longer term of how to make money on series.

Position 4: Head to Toe

I’m usually using at 5 pm in order to adapt to what is used in England, but official in Croatia would be 17 o’clock.

although 24 hour format is used in Croatia, we often just say Vidimo se u pet!, and by the context it’s obvious it’s 17 o’clock, 5 pm, not 5am.

Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG: Sarah Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent

Final counting showed that he won 52 per cent of the 133 million votes, giving him a six-point lead in the popular vote and a thumping majority in the electoral college over John McCain.

Two years ago Mr Obama correctly identified that the overwhelming sentiment in this presidential election would be a desire for change.

This will be America’s most costly presidential race. Barack Obama will spend north of $700m and John McCain more than $450m. Add the other candidates and third-party groups and the total expenditure will break $2.4 billion.

Karl Rove

prijevod, not prijevoda, prijevoda is genetiv, you need nominativ

How would you translate the following? kako bi preveo slijedeće?

-  ovde je gotov isto kao vama. ovdje je gotovo isto kao vama
 here is almost the same as to you
 
- U 17 sati vec pocinje da bude mracno i zima je 
at 17 pm it’s getting dark and it’s cold

 
- al nisje bas dosta  ali nije baš dosta
but it isn’t quite enough

CNN’s Ralitsa Vassileva talks with Princeton University professor Cornel West about Barack Obama presidential victory.

Vassileva: “All my black American friends cried”

• Official: Spain denies asylum to Omar bin Laden
• Spain did not give a reason for turning down the asylum appeal

Google backed off to avoid a challenge from the U.S. Justice Department

Michael Crichton’s resume needs no more elevating than his shoes. He is 6 ft. 9 in.

“Science is a kind of glorified tailoring enterprise,” Crichton wrote in Travels, “a method for taking measurements that describe something — reality — that may not be understood at all.”

Crichton died unexpectedly Tuesday “after a courageous and private battle against cancer,” the release said.

He was 66.

Crichton, a medical doctor, was attracted to cautionary science tales.

Why did she continue to see him? “I was stupid. What more can I say?”

“Sasha and Malia,” Obama said in his victory speech at Chicago’s Grant Park, “I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the White House.”The new White House pet will follow in the paw-steps of a menagerie of animals that have had the run of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue over the years.

Speaking from the White House, Bush said the people had chosen a president “whose journey represents a triumph of the American story.”He said: “It will be a stirring sight to watch President Obama, his wife, Michelle and their beautiful girls step through the doors of the White House.”I know millions of Americans will be overcome with pride at this inspiring moment that so many have waited for for so long.”

Obama in Iran

What Obama win means in Iraq 2:58CNN’s Phil Black reports from Iraq on the reaction to Barack Obama’s election win.

Obama wins in the UK 1:42CNN’s Atika Shubert visits one of London’s predominately black communities to get reaction on Barack Obama’s win.

For Beckham’s part, his loan move from parent club LA Galaxy in January, albeit only until the MLS season kicks off again in March, is a complete no-brainer.The advantages for Beckham are endless. He gets to play for a top European side, keeps himself match-fit while the MLS is in hibernation, and remains on the radar of England coach Fabio Capello who, as a former Milan coach, will be able to keep a vigilant eye on developments in Italy.

Planet in Peril: Battle Lines - Special Reports from CNN.com

Commentators and ordinary citizens agree that by choosing an African-American for president, America will be preaching the same brands of democracy and freedom it lives at home.Now that the first test is over, on to the burning issues and the inheritance that Barack Obama receives from his predecessor. In one analyst’s words: “Obama has bought what Bush broke.”

She brought energy, popularity but ultimately became a drag on McCain

CNN’s Errol Barnett looks at iReporters’ reactions from around the world to Barack Obama’s election

Having glimpsed the victims of Katrina, the jailers of Abu Ghraib and the failed financiers of Wall Street, the world can see the next president of the United States. He is a symbol of what America wants to be now.

OBAMA, Japan — Barely anyone in this room can vote but that doesn’t matter. When the TV screens flashed: “Obama wins the Presidency,” and after a gap needed to translate the English on the screen to Japanese, they started chanting with abundant pride, “Obama! Obama!”

Born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, he was awarded 11 U.S. military honors including the Bronze Star in Vietnam. He holds America’s highest civilian honors, too, and an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. 

In 10 years he went from colonel to four-star general. He has an MBA. He held the highest military position in America.

Young voices speak on Obama win

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Palin contemplates future

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The International Herald Tribune said that America had “leaped” across the color line, calling Obama “a 47-year-old black man who made history both because of his race and in spite of it.”

Kenya declares natl. holiday 1:43Barack Obama’s African family celebrates his victory. CNN’s Nkepile Mabuse reports.

# John McCain met with boos as he pledged to work with Barack Obama

Obama himself acknowledged the international impact of the poll in his acceptance speech at Chicago’s Grant Park, referring to “all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces [and] those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world.” He could safely assume that the overwhelming majority of his international audience would be cheering his victory. Respect and admiration for his country slumped during President George W. Bush’s years in office. Surveys conducted during the campaign showed that if non-Americans were allowed to vote in the U.S. election, Obama would score massive wins in all but a few countries.

What if somebody could be a PM in the UK and after those served terms be eligible for the US presidency?

Or what if the world governments had their own “Idol” version, leading to the US Presidency?

One globe - one world - we’re in this together

Despite networks calling the presidency for Obama relatively early in the evening, his win over John McCain received a higher household rating (41.5) than any election night since since 1980, according to Nielsen.

The coverage was seen by more viewers than 2000’s nail-biter (61.6 million). It’s also up compared with the 2004 election (59.2 million). The combined number represents the highest Nielsen audience tally since the Super Bowl in February (97.5 million).