Percy Miller, a.k.a. hip-hop entrepreneur Master P, is prepping the launch of a new cable network aimed at African-American viewers, the Hollywood Reporter says. The channel, Better Black Television, is looking to debut in 2009 with a lineup of positive,…
The Screen Actors Guild missed another significant deadline in its contract negotiations with the studios, the Hollywood Reporter says. Producers gave the guild until Friday to accept the terms of the “final” offer proposed on June 30 and still receive…
Isis, a 22-year-old contestant on the new season of “America’s Next Top Model” was born physically a male, but now identifies herself as a woman, according to US Weekly. The inclusion of a transgender contestant was hailed by GLAAD as…
“Moonlight” star Alex O’Loughlin has signed a one-year talent-holding deal with CBS, the Hollywood Reporter says. Under the deal, O’Loughlin will star in an upcoming project from “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Criminal Minds” producer Mark Gordon. He will also be able…
David Talbert has signed a script deal with ABC Studios for a comedy project based on the early years of his marriage, Daily Variety reports. Talbert, a playwright, has written 12 plays in addition to working on the feature film…
HBO has chosen Alan Taylor to direct the pilot for the comedy pilot “Bored to Death,” starring Jason Schwartzman, the Hollywood Reporter says. Taylor has previously worked on the network’s “Sex and the City” and “The Sopranos,” for which he…
Soccer star David Beckham will take part in the Olympic ceremonies representing England, which will host the 2012 games, People magazine reports. Beckham, who now plays for the L.A. Galaxy, was involved the London’s bid to get the Olympics, the…
The finale of the fourth season of Bravo’s reality series “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” follows the comedienne as she visits wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Tom Shales of the Washington Post says it’s…
“Skins,” a new series on BBC American about a group of teens, starts too cool for its own good, but warms up with sympathetic and interesting characters, according to the Los Angeles Times. “It’s all elevated by looking really beautiful…