ABC has ordered four drama pilots, reports Variety. They are “Boom,” “The Adversaries,” “The Advocate” and “Kingmakers” “ ‘The Advocate,’ comes from Vendetta Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and is being written and executive produced by [Straight Outta Compton writer Sheldon…
The new CBS project “Supergirl” has cast one of its key characters. Set to co-star as James Olsen — loosely based on the longtime Superman character cub reporter Jimmy Olsen — is Mehcad Brooks of “Necessary Roughness” and “True Blood,”…
Calling the current standard outdated, the Federal Communications Commission has changed the definition of broadband. PC Magazine reports that the agency on Thursday raised the standard from 4 Mbps downloading to 25 Mbps. “In 2010, the commission ruled that speeds…
Cablevision Systems has filed a lawsuit against Verizon Communications in a battle over providing WiFi to consumers. Reuters reports that the suit, filed Thursday, [Jan. 29, 2015] accuses Verizon of false advertising with TV, radio and Internet messages that claim…
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel wrote in his memoir about the German death camps, “For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has…
It was the movie from 1945 that had barely seen the light of day —until earlier this week. Reels upon reels of raw footage recorded by military and newsreel cinematographers after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps by Allied forces…
CBS is planning a spinoff to its long-running hit police-procedural “Criminal Minds’ and is bringing aboard Anna Gunn from AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” Variety reports. “Gunn [who played Skyler White on ‘Breaking Bad’] will co-star opposite Gary Sinise as the female…
“Children’s entertainment giant Nickelodeon intends to follow the example of HBO and unveil a direct-to-consumer subscription service in February, the chief executive of Nickelodeon’s parent, Viacom said during a call with investors Thursday,” reports our good friend Brian Steinberg, Variety’s…
“Notorious former rap music mogul Marion ‘Suge’ Knight has been arrested on suspicion or murder after he allegedly ran over two men in his truck following an argument on a film set in Compton,” the Los Angeles Times reported this…
The following is from our good friends at “Access Hollywood.” Here’s part of an interview they did with Roseanne Barr about Bill Cosby that aired yesterday, Jan. 29, 2015. To read more of the interview at the Access Hollywood website,…