LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Retro Television Network (RTN), which is owned and distributed by Equity Media Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:EMDA), announced today that it will partner with White Knight Broadcasting to bring RTN programming to Shreveport (KSHV-DT) and Baton Rouge (KZUP-CA). The network will launch late this year in both markets.

In case you missed, it Sarah Silverman told her boyfriend, Jimmy Kimmel, last night that she was having the, uh, extracurriculars with a certain movie actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter. This is the best "SNL" sketch not to appear to "SNL" in a long time. (By the way, it takes a minute to get to the song; and moms, dads, mannies, and nannies, there's a lot of "effing.")

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- DISH Network(r) (Nasdaq:DISH) announced today that "Frank TV" star Frank Caliendo will headline its new multimedia marketing campaign, which highlights DISH Network's HD programming, DVR leadership and its new promotions, including a new HD standalone package.

Re Mark Feeney's blog entry on Arthur Penn: What he said. But also allow me to urge you, if you're anywhere in the vicinity of the Harvard Film Archive tomorrow (Saturday) at 3 p.m., to go see "Little Big Man," Penn's epic anti-Western and one of the great forgotten films of its era. When it came out in 1970, star Dustin Hoffman (above, being laved by Faye Dunaway) was between "Midnight Cowboy" and "Straw Dogs" (okay, also between "John and Mary" and "Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?"), and he plugs right into Penn's arch wavelength as Jack Crabbe, the 121-year-old survivor of Custer's Last Stand who narrates his life in flashback. In some ways the film has dated, and in some ways it has come through the other side and become un-dated: the Washita River massacre scene that Penn visually ties to the Vietnam War and My Lai may have felt a New Hollywood stretch ten years ago but it stings today.

It's a curious work, pirouetting between picaresque and tragedy, parody and polemic. It goofs on Native Americans even as it reveres them as the authentic flower children. (Chief Dan George's wonderful, Oscar-nominated performance encapsulates both extremes.) In "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," John Ford famously pondered the difference between the legend and the facts in the Old West. "Little Big Man" just howls with laughter and rage at any attempt to distinguish between the two. Overall, it's a damn sight more complex and troubling -- more entertaining, too -- than "Dances with Wolves." Worth seeing, and worth seeing on a big screen. (Thomas Berger's original novel is well worth reading as well.)

The quietly blistering Romanian drama "4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days" finally opens in the Boston area, at the Kendall to be precise. See why a lot of critics put it on their Best-of-2007 lists or see it for Anamaria Marinca's performance as the kind of friend we all want but rarely deserve.

The African Film Festival kicks off at the MFA today. I was at Sundance and couldn't pre-screen the offerings, but Wesley did and has this to say. That Cameroonian sci-fi sex mystery sounds kind of amazing.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Empire Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings (Nasdaq:SSTR), announced the PC-DVD ROM version of the best selling arcade racer "FlatOut Ultimate Carnage" is being prepared for a June 2008 worldwide release.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Feb. 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Patient Portal Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:PPRG) announced today that its TB&A Television Services subsidiary has been awarded an eight-year contract from Cortland Regional Memorial Medical Center of Cortland, NY to provide the most advanced digital technology platform for television education and entertainment services.

HONG KONG, Feb. 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Hong Kong-based Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB:ALIF), a leading provider of award-winning mobile 3G technology and applications, announced that its m-commerce portal, www.botme.com, has been completely revamped and is now powered by a complete new back-office content management system.

A small update today, due to time restraints. Traditionally the festival has a closing film that was announced just recently, knowing The Band’s Visit from Israel. Then there is also the surprise film scheduled for tonight. I know what it is, but let’s keep things fun and not tell. The hint the Festival gave was that it features an American actor last seen in one of the films of the Festival six years ago. You do the math. Tuesday evening ended with one of the creepiest films I have ever seen, the Spanish fake horror shock-doc [REC]. I sat in a room full of professionals and reporters that were unabashedly screaming their lungs out. It is part of the Rotterdämmerung program of the festival. Next is the gastronomical Estômago, reminiscent of Perfume. (more…)

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 31, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) issued the following statement regarding recent developments in the Tivo Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp. lawsuit: