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Daily Archives : Sep 3, 2010

Video: On Eve of Labor Day’s Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Jerry Lewis Says He’d Like to ‘Smack [Lindsay Lohan] in the Mouth’

Evidently nothing gets Jerry Lewis, 84, more enraged than an out-of-control starlet, according to an interview with Lewis on Inside Edition. Lewis, who will host the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon for the 60th time this weekend, unleashed a rant about Lindsay…

Report: ‘American Idol’ Deal for Jennifer Lopez to Join Judging Panel Is Imminent

Jennifer Lopez is in final negotiations to join "American Idol" as a judge, reports TMZ.com. The deal could be signed as early as next week, the story says. The show’s producers believe she could help re-energize the Fox show, the…

Will ‘Glee’ Move to New York City? Plus a Jay-Z and Alicia Keys Connection

One of television’s biggest shows may be moving to the Big Apple, reports the New York Post. Fox’s hit comedy "Glee" will enter its second season with the show choir trying to make its way to New York City for…

The End of Serendipity—Why Barnes & Noble’s Closing of Its Store Across From Lincoln Center on New York’s Upper West Side is a Bad Thing, Including Bad for TV and the Studios

It’s not like Barnes and Noble is some great monument to independent bookselling–quite the opposite, in fact. Nevertheless, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, in today’s entry, tells why the closing of the Barnes and Noble bookstore across from LIncoln…

After Stalker Ordeal, ESPN’s Erin Andrews Gets Special Treatment in Hotels

Not surprisingly, ESPN’s Erin Andrews is receiving special treatment at hotels following her stalker ordeal, in which a man booked rooms next to hers and shot videos of her through a peephole, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. When…

‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’ Promises to Carry on Flagship’s Tradition of Hiring Theater Talent

"Law & Order: Los Angeles," the newest version of the crime drama that will debut later this month, is pledging to carry on the same tradition as the original "L&O" show by hiring local theater talent, reports the Los Angeles…

Is Apple’s Ping the Future of Social Commerce?

Om Malik of Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek thinks the answer is yes. Of all of Apple’s announcements on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, Malik writes that "the most impressive to me by far was Ping, the music-only social network that Apple is opening…

Dana Carvey’s Untitled Sketch Show Project at Fox Is Dead

Comedian Dana Carvey’s untitled sketch show project at Fox is dead, reports Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The show was to pair Carvey with former Fox late-night host Spike Feresten, but Fox was working on the project…

DVR Alert: This Weekend Good Opportunity To See Movie With Two of the Most Famous People to Ever Star in a TV Series

This Labor Day weekend is a wonderful opportunity to see two stars who basically defined TV in its early days in one of their few movie appearances together. It’s Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, in the closest they came to making…

With Expensive Smartphones Comes Ways to Avoid Losing Them — With Irritating and Sometimes Embarrassing Techniques

Rich Jaroslovsky of Bloomberg takes a look at devices designed to keep you from losing your expensive smartphone, and finds that the problem-solvers "intend to irritate, and by and large do a good job of it." There are people who…