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After picket lines went up about a week and a half ago, a settlement has been reached in the dispute between IATSE and the production company behind the reality show “Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge,” Deadline.com reports. The union had…
A familiar PBS franchise is being expanded as the broadcast service positions itself for what’s being called a “documentary boom.” Variety reports that “Frontline” will become a multi-part investigative series. Executive producer Raney Aronson unveiled the plans Sunday during the…
CBS has just released new promo clips for “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” which premieres Sept. 8. Among them is this one featuring Mitt Romeny, which is identified as the “Late Show Pancakes Promo”:
“Comedy Central is asking advertisers to plunk down more than $1 million to buy ads across the network in order to secure a spot during the Aug. 6 finale” of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” reported our good friend…
“A member of the ‘All Things Considered’ family has died,” begins NPR’s Susan Stamberg, who continues, “Alan Cheuse, who reviewed books on our air nearly every week since the early 1980s, passed away [Friday, July 31, 2015] after a car…
“[A] product of Beatles-era Liverpool who became a [British] national treasure over a 50-year music and television career, has died,” reports the Associated Press. Her name was Cilla Black, and she was 72. The AP continues, “Former Beatle Paul McCartney…
With Jon Stewart’s final night as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” fast approaching, the man who has been at the helm of the late-night institution for 16 years has revealed who his last three guests will be. Leading…
Actor James Woods has served noticed that he’s not one to go quietly when targeted by Twitter trolls. ABC News reports that the legendary actor, known for roles in many successful movies including “Casino,” “Salvador,” “Ghosts of Mississippi,” “Nixon” and…
A singer who has long been identified with a song that was one of the biggest hits of 1970 has died. Country songstress Lynn Anderson, who had a megahit with the Joe South song “Rose Garden” in 1970, died Thursday…
The pay-cable channel Starz announced today that it has greenlighted another season of the drama series “Black Sails.” The pirate saga’s 10-episode third season was already set for 2016, and the new order extends the show to a fourth season….