How 'Avengers' Silenced Disney's Marvel Critics; Robert Downey Jr.'s $50M Payday; ABC Upfront: Analysis, Trailers, Kimmel's Best Jokes; Sorkin to Pen Sony's Steve Jobs Film; Gavin Smith Search Update

TOP STORIES How 'Avengers' Silenced Critics of Disney's Marvel Deal Marvel Moolah: Robert Downey Jr. 'Avengers' Pay Set to Hit $50 Million Upfront Analysis: ABC VIDEO: Watch Trailers for All of ABC's New Series Jimmy Kimmel's Eight Funniest Lines From His ABC Upfront Monologue Aaron Sorkin to Write 'Steve Jobs' Movie for Sony Gavin Smith Mystery: Family Urges Public to Join Weekend Search for Missing Executive MOVIES Warner Bros. Crosses $1 Billion Mark in International Gross Cannes 2012: Amy Adams to Star in Film Adaptation of Gillian Flynn's Novel 'Dark Places' Alexander Payne Chooses Bruce Dern and Will Forte for 'Nebraska' Universal Acquires International Rights to Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden Movie EXCLUSIVE: 'Contagion' Writer Tapped to Pen 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Sequel Cannes 2012: Alec Baldwin and James Toback Filming a Documentary, 'Seduced and Abandoned' William Friedkin to Serve as Guest Director of the Los Angeles Film Festival TV UPFRONTS 2012: ABC Moves 'Revenge,' Creates TGIF Block Upfronts 2012: ABC Chief Opens Up About Marvel Hopes, Broad Comedy and His Own Status Upfronts 2012: Adult Swim Orders Eight Pilots, Including a Project From 'Community's' Dan Harmon Upfronts 2012: Marvel's 'Hulk' Still in the Works at ABC Syfy Sets Dates for 'Warehouse 13,' 'Alphas' Returns and 'Eureka' Farewell Lifetime's 'Blue Lagoon' TV Movie to Premiere in June Upfronts 2012: Sofia Vergara Makes Surprise Appearance at Univision Upfront BUSINESS Warren Buffett Establishes New Position in Viacom Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy Aims to 'Disrupt' Broadcast Radio CBS' 'Let's Make A Deal' Sued for Allegedly Not Providing Access to Disabled People MUSIC Jordin Sparks and John Legend to Honor Whitney Houston at Billboard Music Awards Tribute MTV VMAs to Be Held at Los Angeles' Staples Center Warner Music Group Logs Smaller Loss on Falling Revenue Justin Bieber Manager Scooter Braun, Universal Music's Lucian Grainge Team Up for Label, Consultancy Deal STYLE AND CULTURE Carine Roitfeld Producing Runway Show for AmFAR Gala in Cannes Novelist Carlos Fuentes Dies at 83 INTERNATIONAL 'The Sapphires' to Open Melbourne International Film Festival Cannes Exclusive: Ketchup Entertainment to Launch Domestic Distribution Label Rome Film Festival President Fires Back at Government's Date Change Criticisms 'The Inbetweeners' Sex Comedy Boosts U.K. Broadcaster Channel 4's Revenues 'The Voice' Heads to Middle East, North Africa TECH Cannes 2012: 3D Comes Into Sharper Focus   follow on Twitter | THR on Facebook | forward to a friend  © 2011 The Hollywood Reporter, All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy   unsubscribe from this list | update newsletter preferences