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Press Junkets; Predicting the Box Office

Hosted by Claude Brodesser-Akner Jan. 09, 2006 Entertainment

The director of Syriana reveals the indignities of the press junket. Plus, a new computer model promises to predict how Hollywood movies will do at the box office.

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