A lawsuit filed against Fox News by a Maine school official was thrown out, saying airing 2007 parody story fake-quoting the official as fact was done without malice, the Associated Press reports. Fox ran a retraction after the official, Lewiston,…
With Japanese game shows becoming increasingly popular here, Vin Di Bona Productions has acquired the right to “Masquerade,” a long-running hit in Japan, the Hollywood Reporter says. ABC has already picked up “I Survived a Japanese Game Show” and “Wipeout,”…
Gary Cole, last seen in ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” will be a co-star in the network’s new drama pilot “Good Behavior,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Catherine O’Hara headlines the show about a family of criminals who decide to go straight.
Massachusetts has garnered about $545 million in film-based revenue since it started enacting entertainment-production based tax breaks in 2006, compared with $6 million for 2005, the New York Times reports. Other states such as New York and Michigan have substantially…
Federal Communications Commission official Daniel Gonzalez has been accused of bilking investors as a boardmember of an energy company described by Federal authorities as a Ponzi scheme by personally guaranteeing millions of dollars with a net worth far less than…
Joe Scarborough’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC is generating ratings similar to what “Imus in the Morning” was getting when radio host Don Imus was fired after some racially offensive comments last year, the New York Times reports. The host, a…
Former “Tonight Show” sidekick Ed McMahon faces foreclosure of his Beverly Hills home after falling almost $650,000 behind on his mortgage payments, the Associated Press reports. Mr. McMahon, 85, who has a $4.8 million mortgage, hasn’t worked since breaking his…
Kyra Sedgwick of “The Closer” leads a group of actresses portraying female detectives who regularly appear on Emmy-nomination lists, the Los Angeles Times reports. All of the broadcast networks and each version of “Law & Order” feature female detectives either…
Hugh Rowland, featured in the History show “Ice Road Truckers,” said on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” that the producers of the show promised him a lease on a new rig, the New York Post reports. Rowland said he agreed…
The player: William Wang, chief executive officer of Vizio Inc. The play: Mr. Wang has grown closely held Vizio from its 2002 launch to revenue of about $2 billion last year by selling some of the market’s least expensive high-definition…