Google’s growth in paid clicks grew sharply in April, which rivals Microsoft and Yahoo saw slower growth, the Wall Street Journal reports. The figures from comScore Inc. reverses earlier figures that showed Google’s click slowing, which raised concers about the…
Starz added Luis Chavez, Arlene Tur and three others to the cast of its new television-series version of the Oscar-winning film “Crash,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Meanwhile, ABC signed Nicole Ari Parker to play opposite Damon Wayans in its comedy…
DreamWorks obtained the rights to get a first look at the next film project from “Sex and the City” writer-director Michael Patrick King, Daily Variety reports. King, who was with “Sex” for all six seasons, is in the outline stage…
Gus Johnson, announcer for CBS’s new mixed martial arts series, is taking lessons at a Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy to get closer to the sport, the New York Times reports. Mr. Johnson who has trained in boxing and kung fu, is…
Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been treated about equally by the press, despite claims to the contrary by the Clinton campaign, Daily Variety reports, citing a study by the Pew Research Center and Harvard University’s Public Policy…
Cliff Drysdale, seen on TV late night covering tennis on ESPN, talks to the Wall Street Journal about a career that seen him register about 12 million miles in the air. Mr. Drysdale, who is marking his 50th year as…
More Detroit viewers watched their hockey team play for the Stanley Cup on TV than tuned in to see if their basketball team would get into the NBA Finals, the New York Times reports. The Detroit Red Wings’ loss to…
Sweaters worn by Bill Cosby playing Dr. Cliff Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” are being sold on eBay with the proceeds going to charity, the Associated Press reports. Minimum bid are set at $5,000 for the sweaters, recently found in…
The premiere episode of USA Network’s new series “In Plain Sight” is “one of the worst pilots in cable television history, a near fatal combination of cliché and overkill,” the New York Times says. Two other USA shows, “Psych” and…
Dish Network added local features to its interactive television service related to this year’s presidential election, Multichannel News reports. Dish launched its election portal in January as an attempt toward unbiased coverage, Multichannel News says. —Danny King