On Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the Committee had begun an examination of records charting contacts between intelligence officials and Bigelow and Boal.

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Then she compared the rankings with, among other things, the daily advertising budgets for Hollywood movies, as reported by TNS Media Intelligence.

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Similar cases of misbehavior by costumed performers have been reported in Hollywood.

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According to Deadline Hollywood, which first reported the news, the deal will allow DeGeneres to develop and executive produce scripted, unscripted and social media fare.

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Hollywood bigwig David Geffen, meanwhile, is reported to have bid on the Los Angeles Times.

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And in 2012, NPR reported, Google started to spend money for Hollywood and New York writers and producers to create YouTube channels.

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Jail break films have long been a staple offering of Hollywood but, in a real life reversal of form, the Los Angeles Times reported that a former prisoner of the California State Prison in Sacramento, one Marvin Ussery, attempted to break into the jail.

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