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Daily Archives : Aug 19, 2009

Streisand Turns to QVC to Promote New Album

Eight-time Grammy winner Barbra Streisand will use television to hawk her new CD, "Love Is the Answer" with a special hour on the QVC Shopping Channel, according to BroadwayWorld.com. Streisand’s collaborator and co-director, Richard Jay-Alexander, will be appearing on QVC on…

CBS Fall Preview Special to Showcase Five Series New to the Network

The cast from "How I Met Your Mother" will get together for a 30-minute special called "CBS Fall Preview," the network announced. The show will air on Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and will also be available…

Time Warner Signs Deal to Show Clips From Its Networks on YouTube

YouTube and Time Warner Inc. have signed a deal that will allow viewers to see clips from Time Warner cable networks including Cartoon Network, CNN and Adult Swim, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Reporter says that the move is a…

Major Oops! iTune Makes Second New-Season Episode of ‘Mad Men’ Available Five Days Too Soon

According to the Mashable.com Web site, iTunes had the second episode of "Mad Men," season three, posted and available for downloading on the site late Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning, the show had been pulled, but "My Old Kentucky Home"…

‘Friday Night Lights,’ ‘Parenthood’ and ‘Southland’ Add Cast Members

NBC has added regulars to three of their dramas, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “The Great Debaters’” Jurnee Smollett has been given a part on “Friday Night Lights,” Joy Bryant of “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” has joined “Southland,” and “Prison…

’60 Minutes’ Creator Don Hewitt Dead at 86

Don Hewitt, the newsman who created CBS’s definitive magazine show, "60 Minutes," and during his decades at the network worked behind the scenes with legendary CBS News reporters Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, has succumbed to cancer at age…

Gina Torres Joins Cast of CW’s ‘Gossip Girl’

Gina Torres, best known for her roles on “Alias” and “Firefly,” will be seen on the CW’s “Gossip Girl” next season, reports TV Guide. At present, he actress is scheduled for two episodes, but will recur on the series. –Alex Jacobius

Video: Richard Hatch, The First ‘Survivor’ Winner Who Went to Prison For Over Three Years For Tax Evasion Finally Talks; He Tells ‘Today’s’ Matt Lauer That The Reason he Got Jail Time Was Because He is Gay; UPDATE: Hatch Re-Arrested After Being on ‘Today’

Hours after the video, below, with Matt Laurer was shown on the “Today” show, Richard Hatch was re-arrested and sent back to prison. He had been serving the remainer of his time in house arrest at his sister’s house in…

Jon Gosselin Talking to Endemol About New Series Called ‘Divorced Dad’s Club’

Does Jon Gosselin want off “Jon & Kate Plus 8”? He’s in talks to appear in Endemol’s “Divorced Dad’s Club,” which looks at the lives of famous divorced fathers, says TMZ.com. TLC hasn’t been happy with Gosselin, and sent him…

Contestant on VH1 Reality Show ‘Megan Wants a Millionaire’ Sought by Police as a ‘Person of Interest’ in Murder of a Model

A contestan on VH1’s reality show "Megan Wants a Millionaire,"  Ryan Jenkins, is not only a person of interest in the murder of model Jasmine Fiore, but is also her husband, according to reports quoted by examiner.com. –Chuck Ross