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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

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Brad Grey, the big-wheel talent manager, is "expected to be named head of Paramount Pictures as early as this week," according to a Sunday story by L.A. Times reporters Claudia Eller and Sallie Hofmeister. The move "is likely to bring sweeping changes for the storied and recently troubled studio." Sources said Grey was in the final stages of negotiations with Paramount parent Viacom Inc. to succeed studio chief Sherry Lansing, who announced two months ago that she would retire after 12 years on the job. Grey, the story noted, "has a relatively poor box-office track record, having produced such flops as City by the Sea, What Planet Are You From? and The Cable Guy." However, the likely ex-chairman of Brillstein-Gray "does enjoy strong ties with talent and agents, whose frayed relationships with Paramount [Viacom honcho] Tom Freston [who hired Grey] is eager to mend." Paramount production president Donald De Line is apparently on his way out, as he told Freston he'd be gone if he were passed over for the Paramount gig.

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