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CBS Executive Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves offered some pointed comments about Donald Trump and the presidential race during an appearance Monday at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Moonves…
Today is pop star Justin Bieber’s birthday, and after a website published his net worth and earning potential, Time magazine featured the story in its Money section. The headline magnet badboy turns 22 today, March 1, 2016, and the website…
Tribune Media, which includes 42 TV stations and WGN America among its assets, is exploring the sale of some assets, the Chicago Tribune reports. The move by the company, which put the Tribune Tower up for sale last year, comes…
Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews broke down in tears as she appeared in a courtroom Monday in Tennessee to testify in a case in which she was secretly videotaped by a stalker as she undressed in hotel rooms. “Andrews has filed…
Oscar-winning actor George Kennedy, known for his roles in a series of successful films in the 1960s and 1970s, has died. Variety reports that Kennedy died Sunday in Boise, Idaho, at 91. Kennedy won an Oscar in 1968 for his…
The daughter of an actor who made an impact both on film and on television is upset about what she says was a snub during the Oscars ceremony. The New York Times reports that the daughter of Abe Vigoda was…
“Apple Inc. [has] won a pivotal clash with the U.S. over privacy rights, with a Brooklyn judge ruling that the company doesn’t have to help unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone,” reports Bloomberg Business. The story adds, “For months, Apple has…
Even with high expectations for Chris Rock’s turn as host amid a widely publicized diversity controversy, the turnout for Sunday’s Academy Awards telecast was down. The Los Angeles Times reports that the ABC broadcast delivered 34.3 million viewers, down 6%…
Oscars host Chris Rock received generally positive reviews for his handling of the diversity issue, but some of his material backfired. In particular, The New York Times reports, a bit aimed at Asian Americans has drawn criticism. “Introducing the accountants from…
A number of the Academy Award winners added their voices Sunday night to the discussion of diversity, or the lack of it, in Hollywood and at the Oscars. Here are a few examples, compiled by the AP: Alejandro G. Inarritu,…