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    Graham Tops N.Y. AFTRA Local

    The results of AFTRA's New York local elections are in.  Actor Holter Graham has been elected to a second two-year term as president of the New York local.

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    Ex-WMA Agents Find New Homes

    Former WMA agents Lanny Noveck and Dan Norton have moved to ICM, UTA has picked up longtime motion picture lit agents Ramses Ishak and Mike Sheresky from WMA, Paradigm has snapped up WMA agent Erwin More, and former WMA agent Renee Kurtz has landed at CAA.

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    Fast, but Not Furious

    According to writer-producer Gary Scott Thompson, product placement is necessary for the future of dramatic television. "With DVRs and TiVo, people are not watching commercials," he says. "So the support for the free TV is going to have to come within the context of the program."

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    Astaire and Kleban Awards Presented

    Musical talent on stage and off was honored on Monday, June 1, when the Kleban and Astaire awards were presented in separate ceremonies.

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    NYU Filmmaker Receives $100,000 Grant

    Musa Syeed received a $100,000 grant from the Sloan Foundation toward the cost of an original narrative film production.

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    Northwest Passage

    When the producers of the new musical 'Catch Me if You Can' come to Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre this summer for the show's pre-Broadway engagement, those involved are hoping for a 'Hairspray' redo.

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    Ian Astbury in 'Love' with Film, Theater Projects

    In between gigs with the Cult and recent studio collaborations with the likes of Lupe Fiasco, the Cult's Ian Astbury is in the process of adding the titles of theater producer and filmmaker to his resume.

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    The Book's Not Out Yet, but a Movie Is

    Viewers of the new "Star Trek" movie will first sit through a bleak, moody trailer for something called "Odd Hours," in which a bruised and bloodied hero leaves town with only his backpack and dog.

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    TV Pilot Listings

    'Driving Around With Joni' (Comedy, HBO). A wealthy, oddball 40-something widow takes to driving around the streets of L.A. with her French bulldog in search of life's meaning after the sudden death of her husband.

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    Los Angeles Production Listings

    'Burn Off' (Horror) is the story of a  weight-obsessed man who is introduced to a trendy new diet that guarantees miraculous results—and one very bloody side effect.