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Award-winning producer and Killer Films co-founder Christine Vachon has joined the March roster of SXSW keynote speakers.Organisers announced the entire festival and conference line-up on Tuesday February 17 ahead of the event, set to run in Austin, Texas, from March 13-22.Programming includes the Conversations series with Ryan Gosling, Sally Field and Amy Schumer from the upcoming summer release Trainwreck, as well as Jeff Nichols and collaborator Michael Shannon and Henry Rollins.All in all 150 features will screen, of which 102 are world premieres, 14 are North American premieres and 11 are US premieres.SXSW programmers culled the 256 films including 106 shorts from close to 7,500 submissions, marking a festival record.Previously announced keynote speakers are Ava DuVernay, Mark Duplass and RZA. Ondi Timoners Russell Brand documentary Brand: A Second Coming will open the film festival on March 13.Conference subjects, panels and disc
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NBC completed its acquisition of Vivendi Universal s entertainment assets earlier today 12 in NewYork as the companies merged to create NBC Universal, the latest mediaconglomerate with expected 2005 revenues of $15bn.The new companyhas a mind-boggling range of cross-promotional opportunities with assetsincluding Universal Pictures, NBC Network, seven cable channels including USAand Bravo, 29 television stations and interests in five theme park
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