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· All Hail Adam Sandler, Lord of Television: TBS/TNT and CBS fart out $27 million for the TV rights to The Longest Yard. [Variety]
· The two-hour finales of American Idol and Lost are huge ratings winners, proving that people will stay in and watch TV if you offer compelling content or pander to the nation's text-messaging-addled 15-year-olds. [THR]
· The Weinstein Co. finally reveals its release schedule, including the Tarantino-Rodriguez double-team Grind House, Sin City 2, and at least one effort to demonstrate their commitment to cynical, long-played-out, franchise crap, Scary Movie 4. [Variety]
· Filmmaker Ismail Merchant, still dead. [THR]
· Forced-out former Paramount co-pres Tom Jacobson finally makes peace with the Brad Grey regime, signing a first-look producing deal with the studio. But just so Jacobson remembers who's boss, his office on the lot will consist of a dog-bed in the corner of new president Gail Berman's office. [Variety]