The Hollywood Reporter’s best of the week

The Hollywood Reporter’s list of its 10 best stories of the week:

HOW PRESIDENT OBAMA‘S ELECTION WIN IMPACTS HOLLYWOOD (ANALYSIS)

What the president’s re-election means for industry causes like SOPA, Israel and the environment as showbiz flexes its political muscle.

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`THE HOBBIT’ PRODUCERS SUE `AGE OF THE HOBBITS’ STUDIO FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT

Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, MGM and producer Saul Zaentz seek to stop the low-budget film for allegedly violating their rights to the `Hobbit’ name.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/hobbit-producers-sue-age-hobbits-387585

JARED LETO RETURNING TO ACTING WITH `DALLAS BUYER’S CLUB’

The 30 Seconds to Mars frontman joins Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner in the AIDS drama, playing a flamboyant cross-dresser.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jared-leto-returning-acting-dallas-386911

KIM DOTCOM’S `ME.GA’ PLAN FOILED BY SMALL AFRICAN NATION

Gabon forbids the Megaupload founder from using their .ga domain.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/kim-dotcoms-mega-plan-foiled-387437

FOX NEWS TOPS CABLE’S ELECTION NIGHT RATINGS, GROWS FROM 2008

Winning primetime in total viewers — and thus far shy of only NBC across all nets — first numbers have the network earning its most-watched block ever.

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