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“In a bid to rejuvenate itself in the digital era, the once iconic pop culture magazine Rolling Stone has sold a 49% stake to a Singapore-based startup company, BandLab,” Variety reports. “The deal was announced over the weekend by Wenner…
[Originally Published May 8, 2014] Back in 1961, in his fiftieth year, my dad decided to take up golf. My brother and I were rather surprised. Our dad liked watching baseball and football, but we don’t recall him participating in…
The vice chairman of Paramount Pictures is exiting after 11 years with the studio and eight years in his current job. Variety reports that Rob Moore is leaving his post. Moore has overseen the studio’s worldwide marketing, distribution, digital and…
AMC has ordered a second season of a show featuring one of the stars of “The Walking Dead.” Deadline.com reports that the cable channel picked up “Ride with Norman Reedus.” The travel series tracks Reedus — “Walking Dead’s” Daryl Dixon…
A new late-night show starring a past winner of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” has received the green light at Freeform. The project will star Iliza Shlesinger, who won season six of “Last Comic Standing” back in 2008, becoming the first…
NBC is counting on a sophomore series to be “the cornerstone of its next generation of comedies,” according to Variety, which reports that the network gave a full-season order to “Superstore.” The show, which stars America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren…
One of the founding members of the Monty Python comedy troupe has been diagnosed with dementia. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Terry Jones, 74, received the diagnosis. Along with John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam…
NBC has given a renewal to a series featuring a cast of TV veterans. In an exclusive, Variety reports that the network has ordered a second season of “Better Late Than Never.” The summer travel show, which stars William Shatner…
A lot is riding on the presidential debate scheduled for Monday between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and one person with more at stake than most is “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt. CNN notes that the debate, which Holt…
Viacom’s credit has been downgraded by Moody’s Investor Service following a disclosure by the company that it will tap into debt markets to maintain liquidity, The Los Angeles Times reports. “The ratings firm on Thursday lowered Viacom’s credit to one notch…