http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com Show Business Blog Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:40:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Universal Studios or Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios is one of the largest American film studios. It was established in 1906 when Carl Laemmle started his first theater in Chicago. He started by playing short silent movies. He later switched to production and distribution. To start the production of ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/history-of-universal-studios/ The California based Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation formed after the merger of two companies Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures in 1935. Darryl F. Zanuck, Raymond Griffith, William Goetz and Joseph Schenck started the Twentieth Century Pictures in 1933 and the Fox Film Corporation's founder was William Fox ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/history-of-twentieth-century-fox-film-corporation/ Paramount Pictures Corporation owned by media conglomerate Viacom was founded in the year 1912. The founder Adolph Zukor of Famous Players Film Company decided to make feature films that would fulfill the demands of immigrants. By the mid of next year he made five successful films. In the same year ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/history-of-paramount-pictures/ The Grammy Awards are being hosted on an annual basis to honor best music talent in the record industry and is considered equivalent to Academy Awards. Originally called as the Gramophone Awards it was started by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Usually held in February, it constitutes ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/the-grammy-awards/ William Clark Gable who is popularly known as Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in a small town called Cadiz in Ohio. Clark Gable was also known by nicknames such "Gabe" and "The King". Clark Gable had five marriages. The first two ended in divorce with Josephine Dillon ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/clark-gable-a-short-bio/ What could be said about this great and prolific actor? An article isn't sufficient to describe the life of this immortal legend. A library of books written on him may still fall short of portraying the life of this never to be forgotten hero of Hollywood who gave innumerable memorable ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/charlie-chaplin-a-short-bio/ One of the greatest actors that Hollywood has ever seen Cary Grant was born on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, U.K. His original birth name was Archibald Alexander Leach. Cary Grant was a tall, handsome and Charismatic person. No wonder why everyone during that era wanted to be like ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/cary-grant-a-short-bio/ Born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, Michael Jackson was the seventh child of the family of nine. They were six brothers and three sisters - Sigmund, Toriano, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, Steven, Rebbie, Janet and La-Toya. He started his career by becoming the lead singer of the band Jackson ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/michael-jackson-a-short-bio/ Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger born in Austria is a very versatile actor along with being a great bodybuilder and now a politician and the Governor of California. He was the second son of his parents. His father being a police officer taught him great values and brought him up in a ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/arnold-schwarzenegger-a-short-bio/ The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are the most prestigious and popular film awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science or AMPAS situated in Beverly Hills, California started it in May 1929. PricewaterhouseCoopers since 1935 have managed the balloting process. In 1941 the confidential envelope system ... http://showbusiness.warnetnews.com/2008/04/09/the-academy-awards/