In a deal designed to stem the tide of runaway production from Hollywood’s home state, California Gov. Jerry Brown today announced his support of legislation that will triple tax credits for entertainment companies doing business in the state. “The increase…
A new comedy series co-created by Zach Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel has received an order from FX. Variety reports that the cable channel ordered 10 episodes of “Baskets,” which will star Galifianakis. The series tracks a man who…
An international clothing retailer has apologized and removed a children’s shirt from stores after customers pointed out that it looks like the uniforms worn by Jewish prisoners in Nazi concentration camps, the Los Angeles Times reports. The fashion chain Zara…
With new residual agreements struck between studios and the three largest Hollywood guilds, thousands of hours of classic and more recent television shows will become available to air on digital services and cable networks, reports The New York Times. “The…
This year’s MTV Video Music Awards were lower-key — and lower-viewership — than the 2013 ceremony, when Miley Cyrus captured worldwide attention with her foam finger twerking. But Cyrus made her voice heard again this year — even while speaking…
A television and film producer who was in Beverly Hills for a pre-Emmy Awards party was arrested over the weekend after police officers mistakenly accused him of “armed bank robbery and accessory to robbery of a Citibank,” KTLA.com reports, citing…
In a regulatory filing, Comcast said it expects its $45.2 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable to close in early 2015, Bloomberg reports. The timing is based on Comcast’s expectations about when it believes it will receive regulatory approvals. The…
In 1950, there was a huge spike in the number of homes with TV sets in the U.S., jumping from about 4 million homes to 10.5 million homes. The year before, the number of TV homes had jumped by about…
There was no “Miley Moment” akin to last year’s foam finger twerking brouhaha, so it turned out to be a tamer night at the 31st annual MTV Video Music Awards, held Sunday, Aug. 24, at the refurbished Forum in Inglewood…