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Daily Archives : Oct 12, 2010

One ‘Friends’ Star Separates, Another Quietly Marries

There’s marriage news afoot for stars of the former NBC hit "Friends." Courteney Cox, who currently stars in "Cougar Town," has separated from David Arquette after 11 years of marriage, according to TMZ.com.  The couple issued a statement saying that…

Reality Star Kim Kardashian Does Nude Photo Shoot For W Magazine

"Kim Kardashian hides her voluptuous body behind a thin coat of silver paint that leaves nothing to the imagination in W magazine’s Art issue," reports TheImproper.com. To see the photos themselves, please click here. Kardashian and her sister are in…

Legal Drama ‘Outlaw’ Canceled by NBC, Marking Third Casualty of New Season

The legal drama "Outlaw," which stars Jimmy Smits as a former Supreme Court justice, has been canceled by NBC, making it the third casualty of the new television season, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog.  As previously reported,…

To Promote Reality Show Site and Win $1 Million, Man Takes off Clothes and Shouts ‘Battlecam.com’ Just Feet from President Obama

In one of the strangest stunts to get attention for a new Website, a formerly homeless man stripped naked and shouted "Battlecam.com" while just 40 feet away from President Barack Obama, according to a report in the New York Post. …

Bravo Set to Announce Four Reality Shows in Development, Including One With ‘Project Runway’ Contestant

Bravo is working on four reality shows, including one featuring a contestant from "Project Runway," reports James Hibberd in The Hollywood Reporter.  The untitled show will track "Runway" contestant Chris March and a crew of fashion designers as they create…

Stephen J. Cannell’s Greatest TV Achievement and How It Almost Didn’t Happen

For any of us who have enjoyed TV since the 1970s, part of what we enjoyed was the work of Stephen J. Cannell, who died on Sept. 30–much too young at 69–of complications from melanoma. He wrote more than 1,000…

Tennessee Sisters Who Are YouTube Phenoms Sign With Kinetic Content to Develop Reality Series

The Fowlers sisters from Tennessee have become YouTube phenomenons with 160 million views on the video network and now may be headed to TV, according to Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com.  The pair — Ellie, 22, above left, and Blair, 17 —  may…

Bret Michaels, on Eve of New Reality Show, Says He’s 75% to 80% Back to Peak Form

Bret Michaels, the frontman for the band Poison and the winner of last season’s "Celebrity Apprentice," tells the New York Post that he’s 75% to 80% back to his peak form as he prepares to debut his new reality show…

Video: Edgy ‘Simpsons’ Opening Credit Sequence By Satirical Street Artist Banksy, Including Sad, Sweatshop Employees Creating ‘Simpsons’ Animation and Novelties, Was Approved by Fox

Al Jean, the executive producer and showrunner of "The Simpsons" tells the New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog that the edgy opening sequence of Sunday’s episode, created by the British artist Banksy, was approved by Fox.  "Well, I haven’t been fired…

ABC News Starts Internal Interviews to Find Replacement for President David Westin

ABC News is beginning the process of looking at internal candidates to replace outgoing President David Westin, reports Marisa Guthrie at B&C.  Disney-ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney visited ABC News headquarters last week in New York, when she met…