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Daily Archives : Feb 8, 2019

One of HBO’s Top Executives Exits the Company

A top executive at HBO is leaving the premium cable channel after 10 years and will return to producing. Deadline reports that David Levine, executive vice president and co-head of drama is headed out, with fellow EVP and co-head of…

African American Film Critics Association Awards Celebrate 10th Anniversary — See the Full List of Winners

Every awards ceremony taking place this season and each trophy presented engenders a certain amount of pride, but pride was there in extra special doses at the 10th annual African American Film Critics Association Awards show held Wednesday night. For…

Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Extortion and Blackmail

Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, identified in a report published Thursday by The New York Times as “the richest man on earth,” is accusing the National Enquirer of “extortion and blackmail,” The Times reports. Bezos lays out…

Former ABC Sports Broadcaster Arrested

A longtime sports broadcaster who was at ABC Sports and who reportedly started the catchphrase “Let’s go to the videotape” was arrested in Florida for allegedly defacing a sign. TMZ reports that Warner Wolf is accused of ripping the word…

CBS Finds 12 Million Additional Super Bowl Viewers

Anyone who’s looking for a way to pump up viewer numbers might want to take a cue from CBS, which found 12 million extra viewers for last Sunday’s Super Bowl. The network reported today that viewership for the game between…

HBO Unveils Premiere Plans for ‘Veep,’ ‘Leaving Neverland,’ ‘Big Little Lies’ and Other Shows

HBO just announced a number of premiere dates, including the news that the final season of “Veep,” which was delayed by star Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ cancer diagnosis, will premiere Sunday, March 31. It will be the comedy’s seventh season. The Michael…

Prime-Time Drama Series Poised to Break a Record

A broadcast drama series airing in prime-time will set a record on Feb. 28 when it airs its 332nd episode. ABC announced that the telecast will make “Grey’s Anatomy” the longest-running prime-time medical drama in history. The episode, “We Didn’t…

Three More Big-Name Recording Artists Refuse to Perform at Grammys

The Grammys appear to have run into a problem when it comes to connecting with artists from the rap and hip-hop communities. The show’s longtime producer, Ken Ehrlich, told The New York Times that three artists who are among the…

Michael Moore TV Project Scrapped

Plans for a TV series from documentary filmmaker Michael Moore have been scrapped after being in the works for some time, Variety reports. Turner pulled the plug on its plan to revive Moore’s landmark series “TV Nation,” according to the…

Behar, ‘The View’ Mum on Blackface Controversy

“Joy Behar waded into the day’s hot-button issues on ‘The View’ but no mention was made during Friday’s live show about her own use of blackface many years ago,” the AP reports. “The 76-year-old led discussions of Jeff Bezos, Cardi…