MGM's contingency plans (NYT, WSJ)
With a little over a week to go before the deadline hits for second-round bids on MGM, the studio is still considering other options to help reorganize its almost $4 billion debt load.
Warners off to see the 'Wizard'? (LAT)
The Los Angeles Times reports that Warner Bros. is mulling a new trip down the yellow brick road. The studio is said to be examining two existing "Wizard of Oz" projects, with an eye toward giving one of them a modern gloss.
Reviewing Variety's decision to nix top crix (TOH, TW, TBP)
The news that Variety has let go its veteran chief critic Todd McCarthy - not to mention such stalwarts as Derek Elley and David Rooney - has spilled its fair share of Internet ink. Following is a round-up of some of the fallout.
