House scribes Garrett Lerner and Russel Friend have inked new deals that will keep them at the NBC Universal production house through 2009, and elevate them to the title of executive producers on the Fox drama.... FX has ponied up $30 million for cable rights to Night at the Museum, Deck the Halls, Date Movie and The Marine.... Borat topped both the DVD sales and rental charts last week. Placing No. 2 in sales was Disney's for-the-love-of-god-hurry-because-it's-heading-back-into-the-vault Peter Pan.... Jonathan Antin (Blowout), Giulana De Pandi (E! News), Vanessa Manillo (sleeps with Nick) and Jerry Springer are among the judges for the Miss USA Pageant on March 23.
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South Park presents its first-ever episode in HD today via the Xbox Live Marketplace. The Comedy Central series debuts its 11th season Wednesday.... NBC News vice president Alexandra Wallace is the new executive producer of Nightly News with Brian Williams.... Cartoon Network's Adult Swim premieres Blood +, a series based on the anime Blood: The Last Vampire, on Saturday, March 10, at 12:30 am/ET.... Hawaii Five-O: The First Season is now available on DVD.... Are you a Southern California resident looking to hang with Tara Conner and this year's 52 Miss USA contenders? Check out the contest at UniversalStudiosHollywood.com.
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First, Miss Nevada was exposed as an Internet porn queen, then Miss USA herself got spanked for underage drinking. Now Miss New Jersey, aka Ashley Harker, has decided to give up her tiara because she is pregnant by her live-in boyfriend, she tells the Philadelphia Daily News. In her stead, the Turnpike State will be represented in March's Miss USA pageant by runner-up Erin Abrahamson, whose shellacked bangs suddenly seem quaint rather than scandalous.Tuesday's Today's News column was written by Ben Katner
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Donald Trump, who owns the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, is considering stripping Tara Conner, the reigning Miss USA, of her tiara, due to reports of the 20-year-old's underage drinking, late-night carousing and unbridled man-chasing at NYC nightclubs. I sensed trouble the moment she, instead of wishing for world peace, expressed a hope to one day do beer funnels with Tara Reid.
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