Automakers such as Audi and Lamborghini have reached deals to have their cars prominently displayed in movies such as “Iron Man” and “The Dark Knight” while Toyota and General Motors have reached similar deals with television shows such as “Weeds”…
CBS met with MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann twice about replacing Dan Rather as anchor of the “CBS Evening News” before hiring Katie Couric, the New York Times reports, citing a New Yorker article set fore release today. Then-CBS News President Andrew…
Fox and ESPN plan to make bids for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic games, threatening NBC’s hold on the games, the New York Post reports, citing unnamed insiders at the networks. Ratings for the Olympics have been declining, but NBC…
Cable operators like Time Warner Cable are taking a stand against cable networks that provide their content for free online, AdAge reports. Time Warner Cable is threatening to withhold the subscriber fees it pays to cable networks for content. Time…
Showtime’s “Weeds” is among successful shows that are trying to improve quality to attract a new audience by altering some of the shows’ basic characteristics, USA Today reports. For the fourth season of “Weeds,” which starts this week, the main…
“Grey’s Anatomy” actress Katherine Heigl’s remarks about the reasons she pulled her name off the Emmys supporting actress ballot triggered speculation among the ABC show’s writers and producers that she may leave the series to further pursue a movie career,…
Writers Guild of America writers and producers who walked off the set of new Fox animated series ”Sit Down, Shut Up!” received breach of contract letters over the weekend, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily reports. The writers left the set after finding…
Lifetime signed Angie Harmon, Bernadette Peters and Amanda Bynes, among other actresses, to play in original movie “Living Proof,” about a doctor who developed the breast cancer drug Herceptin, the Hollywood Reporter says. Swoosie Kurtz and Regina King will also…
“Guiding Light” executive producer Ellen Wheeler, a former star of soap operas “All My Children” and “Another World,” is trying to boost viewership for the 56-year-old program, the Los Angeles Times reports. She’s experimenting with using hand-held cameras instead of…
SAG pushed a message of unity on Friday, while AFTRA unleashed its “Vote Yes” campaign, the Hollywood Reporter says. The campaign features pictures of members Sally Field, Jane Curtin and James Cromwell with the text “We’re voting yes on the…