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Daily Archives : Jul 22, 2015

And Now It’s the Washington Post’s Turn to Report on the Full Cosby Deposition. Says the Post: Cosby Lived ‘in a kind of parallel world of pursuit, seduction and clandestine sex that the comedian constructed as he was also crafting a public image as the ultimate family man and a rumpled, comic father figure.’ Plus, Cosby Lawyer Responds to Deposition’s Release on ‘GMA’

The Washington Post reports Wednesday night, July 22, 2015, that like The New York Times before it, it has also reviewed Bill Cosby’s full deposition from a case that was settled back in 2006. Writes the Post, “In more than…

NBA Superstar LeBron James Signs Major TV and Film Production Deal

The biggest star in the NBA is about to go Hollywood in a big way. Variety reports that Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James signed a production deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment to develop original content for TV, film and digital…

Piers Morgan Sounds Off — and Takes a Side — in the Taylor Swift-Nicki Minaj War That Erupted Over the VMA Nominations

Piers Morgan had more than a few unkind words for one of the combatants in the war of words between Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift that has been raging since Swift received seven nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards…

Controversial ESPN Personality Lands at HBO

An ESPN veteran who exited the company amid cloudy circumstances in May has landed a new TV gig. The Los Angeles Times reports that Bill Simmons signed a new multiyear deal with HBO that will include a weekly series. Simmons,…

A Cult Sensation Returns Tonight

Tonight is the night that fans of a certain TV cult sensation have had marked on their calendars for months. The third installment in Syfy’s “Sharknado” series — “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!” — premieres tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT,…

VH1 President Steps Down; New GM Takes Over

The president of VH1 has stepped down after seven years on the job, with a new general manager being named to take over his duties. “Chris McCarthy has been named General Manager of VH1, overseeing all creative and business functions…

How Apple Just Lost $60 Billion in Three Minutes

Even as Apple’s quarterly revenues grew by 33% and profits surged 38% to $10.7 billion, the company lost more than $60 billion in market value during a three-minute span Tuesday, Time magazine reports. The reason? According to Time, it’s all…

Discovery Acquires Sports Channels

Discovery Communications has announced an agreement to acquire full ownership of the leading sports channels group across Europe and Asia. The company will acquire Eurosport for €491 million from TF1 Group, which announced it will exercise a put option on…

HBO Renews Series

HBO will be bringing back one of its original series. The pay-cable channel has ordered a second season of the comedy “The Brink,” Deadline.com reports. Created by brothers Roberto Benabib and Kim Benabib, the freshman series stars Jack Black and…

Massive Newsreel Archives of AP, Movietone Added to YouTube

The Associated Press and British Movietone are putting their extensive archives of newsreels on YouTube, ABC News reports. “They will place more than 1 million minutes of digitized film footage on the video-sharing platform,” the story reports. “The archive will…