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Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger (Cold Mountain, Miss Potter, Bridget Jones’ Diary) will receive the Crystal Award for excellence in film at the Women in Film Awards in Beverly Hills in June.

Studiobriefing.com reports that MGM has become the fourth Hollywood studio to make its movies available for downloading on Apple’s iTunes Store.

The acclaimed talent of contemporary Spanish cinema, widely regarded as one of the world’s great filmmaking traditions, will be on display during The Spanish Film Festival which runs during April and May in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town at Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson.

According to Bloomberg News reports, Discovery Communications has axed 200 staffers which represents about 3% of the Maryland-based company’s workforce.

It was rumoured for some time that EMI Music would soon offer downloads for retail on a global basis.

The closing date for entries for the 2nd Annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) is Monday, 30 April at 16h00.

Global paid product placement grew 37.2% to $3.36 billion in 2006 and is forecast to grow 30.3% to $4.38 billion in 2007 according to PQ Media.

The picturesque Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar is set to play host to the 10th edition of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) from 29 June to 8 July. As East Africa’s largest cultural event, ZIFF celebrates the unique cultural heritage of Africa and the Dhow countries of the Indian Ocean region and their global diaspora.

The Producers Alliance (TPA) held its first AGM on 28 March at Atlas Studios in Johannesburg. The following members were elected to the board:

According to a study by Harris Interactive 35% of adult cell phone users are willing to accept incentive-based advertisements.