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Ann Coulter Cries Foul Over Today Cancellation

The "liberal media elite" is taking another bashing, and this time it's not from Sarah Palin.Controversial conservative pundit and author Ann Coulter took to her website to bash NBC's Today show for its last-minute cancellation of her first- and fourth-hour appearances on Tuesday. Coulter was set to promote her new book, Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and Their Assault on America, and suggests it was her right-leaning rhetoric that caused the cancellation, not NBC's claim that the show wanted to devote more time to the Middle East conflict."I guess this ends the 'they just want to get ratings' argument about liberal media bias," Coulter wrote. She also bashed NBC ...

Tue, Jan 6, 2009

Ann Coulter Cries Foul Over Today Cancellation

Pat Hingle, Batman's Commissioner Gordon, Dies at 84

Pat Hingle, a veteran character actor best known for his role as Commissioner Gordon in four Batman films, has died after battling blood cancer. He was 84.Hingle, who was diagnosed with myelodysplasia, a blood disease similar to leukemia, in November 2006, died just after 10 p.m. Saturday in his North Carolina home, according to The Associated Press.Born Martin Patterson Hingle, the actor's career ...

Mon, Jan 5, 2009

Pat Hingle, Batman's Commissioner Gordon, Dies at 84

Doctor Who!? BBC Names Unknown As New Time Lord

The producers of BBC's time-travel drama Doctor Who have named their choice for the new actor to bring the intergalactic time traveler to life, and he definitely puts the "Who?" in the title.Matt Smith, a virtual unknown, has been named as the 11th actor to portray The Doctor, according to the BBC News. Viewers will begin seeing Smith in ...

Sat, Jan 3, 2009

Doctor Who!? BBC Names Unknown As New Time Lord

Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford Files for Divorce

Gossip Girl actress Kelly Rutherford is ending her marriage to German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch after two years, according to legal documents.In the papers, filed on Dec. 30 in a Los Angeles County superior court and obtained by TMZ, Rutherford cites "irreconcilable differences" as the grounds for calling it quits. Giersch filed for legal separation the same day, People reports.Rutherford, 40, recently announced that ...

Sat, Jan 3, 2009

Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford Files for Divorce

Heather Locklear Escapes DUI Charges, Gets Probation

Heather Locklear has pleaded no contest to a lesser offense to avoid DUI charges stemming from a September arrest.The former (and future?) Melrose Place star pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor reckless driving charge in a Santa Barbara, Calif., court Friday, according to The Associated Press. Locklear's attorney ...

Sat, Jan 3, 2009

Heather Locklear Escapes DUI Charges, Gets Probation

Starsky & Hutch's Captain, Bernie Hamilton, Dies at 80

Bernie Hamilton, best known for his role as by-the-book police Capt. Harold Dobey on ABC's 1970s cop drama Starsky & Hutch, died Tuesday. He was 80.The actor died of cardiac arrest, Hamilton's son, Raoul, told The Associated Press.Hamilton was born in ...

Fri, Jan 2, 2009

Starsky & Hutch's Captain, Bernie Hamilton, Dies at 80

The Digital TV Transition: Questions Answered

Imagine a chilly February night. Fresh off your winter hiatus, you've settled back into your ritualistic viewing of Lost and 24 and the occasional According to Jim. (Come on, somebody out there is watching it.) You throw another log on the fire, grab the remote, but for some reason, your favorite show isn't on your TV screen. Sound like a Doomsday scenario? Well, come Feb. 17, it could be a reality if you're not adequately prepared for the Digital TV Transition.You've probably been hearing about this DTV D-day for a while now, but if you haven't taken action, now's the time to start. We know it's a little confusing, so we've put together the basic info you need to make sure you see Jack Bauer save the world with the rest of us ...

Wed, Dec 24, 2008

The Digital TV Transition: Questions Answered

Bruckheimer, Bay Saddle Up for HBO's Cocaine Cowboys

The Hollywood pyrotechnics industry just got the best Christmas gift ever.Big-screen heavyweights Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay are teaming with HBO to executive produce drama pilot Cocaine Cowboys, to The Hollywood Reporter.The project, inspired by Billy Corben's 2006 documentary, chronicles the early days of cocaine trafficking in Miami ...

Sat, Dec 20, 2008

Bruckheimer, Bay Saddle Up for HBO's Cocaine Cowboys

NBC to Re-Air Beijing Olympics Highlights

Thought you had heard the last of the Olympics until 2010? Think again.On Saturday, Dec. 27, NBC will broadcast Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony: TV Event of the Year, a two-hour special hosted by Bob Costas and Matt Lauer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.In addition to reliving the breathtaking production that kicked off the games, the special will ...

Sat, Dec 20, 2008

NBC to Re-Air Beijing Olympics Highlights

PETA Names Oprah Its "Person of the Year"

Continuing her way toward total world domination, talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey has been named "Person of the Year" by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.Winfrey was selected for using her talk show to bring light to issues important to the Norfolk, Va.-based animal rights group's mission, with episodes that have, for example, focused on ...

Sat, Dec 20, 2008

PETA Names Oprah Its "Person of the Year"

HBO and Harpo Films Enter Multi-Year Relationship

HBO announced Tuesday that the cable network had signed an exclusive multi-year deal with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films to develop and produce scripted television programming.Though there was no acknowledgment of any projects in the works, future endeavors will potentially include miniseries, movies, documentaries and series. Kate Forte, Harpo Films' president, said ...

Tue, Dec 16, 2008

HBO and Harpo Films Enter Multi-Year Relationship

Halle Berry, Tyler Perry to Host 40th NAACP Image Awards

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and director/writer/actor Tyler Perry have been selected to host the 40th NAACP Image Awards in February.Berry, who won an Academy Award for her role in Monster's Ball, and Perry, whose credits include Diary of a Mad Black Woman and TBS' House of Payne, are both former Image Award winners.The ceremony ...

Tue, Dec 16, 2008

Halle Berry, Tyler Perry to Host 40th NAACP Image Awards

Peter Falk Has Alzheimer's, Claims Daughter

According to a document filed by Peter Falk's daughter, the Columbo star and four-time Emmy winner is suffering from Alzheimer's disease.Catherine Falk filed a petition Friday in a Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking approval for a conservatorship of her 81-year-old father, according to The Associated Press. The documents claim Falk no longer recognizes people and now requires constant care in his Beverly Hills home following a recent hip surgery.A hearing has been scheduled ...

Tue, Dec 16, 2008

Peter Falk Has Alzheimer's, Claims Daughter

Fox Reality Channel Married to the Idea of Househusbands

Look out housewives, Real and Desperate alike — the boys are back in town.Fox Reality Channel has ordered nine hour-long episodes of Househusbands of Hollywood, a gender-reversing take on the trophy-spouse genre, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show will follow several stay-at-home spouses of successful L.A. women.Among the Househusbands to be featured are ...

Tue, Dec 16, 2008

Fox Reality Channel Married to the Idea of Househusbands

Dennis Quaid and Wife Settle Babies' Overdose for $750,000

Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly have reached a $750,000 settlement agreement with Cedars-Siani Medical Center for the accidental overdose of Quaid's newborn twins in 2007.The agreement, which is pending the approval of a Los Angeles judge, ends the lawsuit filed by Quaid after twins Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace were accidentally given an overdose of blood thinner Heparin in November 2007, two weeks after they were born via gestational carrier. The children ...

Tue, Dec 16, 2008

Dennis Quaid and Wife Settle Babies' Overdose for $750,000

Laurence Fishburne Inks First-Look Deal with CBS

After becoming the newest cast member of CBS' biggest hit show, Laurence Fishburne seems to want to settle down with the network.The recently introduced CSI star has signed a first-look deal with CBS Paramount Network TV to develop new small-screen projects, Variety reports. As outlined in the pact, Fishburne ...

Tue, Dec 16, 2008

Laurence Fishburne Inks First-Look Deal with CBS

Jay Leno Won't Be Visiting Late Show... for Now

Though many details about Jay Leno's new prime-time talk show remain fuzzy, one thing is clear: Leno won't be making an appearance David Letterman's show anytime soon.Letterman hinted to Rolling Stone in September that he'd perhaps like to have Leno on his show the first night that NBC's late-night king was out of a job. But Leno tells the New York Times he will not be making a trip to New York on June 1 out of respect for his Tonight Show replacement, Conan O'Brien."It would look like ...

Tue, Dec 16, 2008

Jay Leno Won't Be Visiting Late Show... for Now

Patrick Swayze Calls Tabloid Reports on Condition "Lies"

Patrick Swayze may be fighting for his life against pancreatic cancer, but he also is battling the tabloids.The Dirty Dancing star has released a statement to People, responding to recent reports in the National Enquirer that his cancer has spread to his liver and that the actor was preparing for his death by saying goodbye to his family.Swayze has been responding well to treatment since he was diagnosed earlier this year and recently wrapped filming on his A&E TV series The Beast. The actor called the latest reports "lies" and referred to tabloids as "the only thorn in my side." Get his full statement after the jump.

Tue, Dec 2, 2008

Patrick Swayze Calls Tabloid Reports on Condition "Lies"

Eric McCormack, Angela Bassett to Announce SAG Award Nominees

The nominees for the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be announced on Dec. 18 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.Former Will & Grace star Eric McCormack and ER's Angela Bassett will reveal the nominees with SAG president Alan Rosenberg, according to Variety. The announcement ...

Tue, Dec 2, 2008

Eric McCormack, Angela Bassett to Announce SAG Award Nominees

Miley Cyrus: I Would Love to Work with Leibovitz Again

Tween idol Miley Cyrus may have been "embarrassed" by her scandalous Vanity Fair photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz, but that doesn't mean Cyrus is opposed to going in front of her lens again.The Hannah Montana star, who recently turned 16, originally called the photos featuring her with only a blanket wrapped around her chest a "mistake." Now, however, Cyrus tells ...

Tue, Dec 2, 2008

Miley Cyrus: I Would Love to Work with Leibovitz Again

Sci Fi Greenlights Battlestar Prequel Caprica to Series

Twitchy Battlestar Galactica fans can rest a little easier.The Sci Fi channel has given the green light to Caprica, the buzzed-about prequel to Battlestar, according to Variety. The cable channel has already produced a two-hour TV movie/backdoor pilot, which was set to debut in December, but will now launch the series in early 2010.The series, starring Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson and Polly Walker, is set 50 years before the Cylon attack ...

Tue, Dec 2, 2008

Sci Fi Greenlights Battlestar Prequel Caprica to Series

Frank Spotnitz, Gabrielle Union Developing NBC Procedural

Gabrielle Union and X-Files writer/producer Frank Spotnitz are reteaming to develop a new series for NBC.The duo, which worked together on ABC's short-lived Night Stalker during the 2005-2006 TV season, is developing a procedural for the Peacock, according to Variety. Spontitz will write the show and Union, best known for her role in Bring It On, will star as a detective who must ...

Thu, Nov 27, 2008

Frank Spotnitz, Gabrielle Union Developing NBC Procedural