deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 2/3/2009
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Merger rumors going round. Would make sense with Carl Icahn breathing down Lionsgate's neck, and Summit Entertainment's now valuable Twilight franchise.
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... . The most amazing thing? That the Billy Ray Cyrus bit is as topical as ever, even though Miley was just a twinkle in her father's pants at the time. The Summit/Lionsgate merger is not happening, from what we hear, and what Deadline Hollywood Daily hears, too . Jesse Metcalfe's ...
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