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Germany might pass legislation that would prevent late-night work emails, reports The Huffington Post. According to the article, “Last month, German Labor Minister Andrea Nahles commissioned a study to assess the psychological and economic effects of work-related stress. The findings,…
There’s been a lot of good journalism written in the past week or so about a poorly reasoned, stilted and vexing essay penned by New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley about Shonda Rhimes. One of the must-read critiques countering…
“[T]he NFL has teamed with filmmaker Jon Favreau (‘Iron Man’) and producer Kevin Misher (‘Carrie’) for a sprawling scripted series that chronicles the history of football in America,” reports Nellie Andreeva in an exclusive for Deadline.com. The report adds that…
“The Who’s first song in eight years explicitly references Daft Punk and AC/DC,” reports the U.K. newspaper The Guardian. The article says the new song, titled “Be Lucky,” “will appear on the band’s forthcoming 50th anniversary compilation, [and] claims the…
“The video of Ray Rice punching his fiancee inside a casino elevator was sent to NFL headquarters to the attention of league security chief Jeffrey Miller in April, a law enforcement official says,” reports the Associated Press. The story reports:…
ESPN has suspended one of its best-known personalities for blasting National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, reports Richard Sandomir in The New York Times. Writes Sandomir, “On Monday, ESPN’s Bill Simmons challenged his employer to discipline him for excoriating NFL…
A well-known and highly respected cable programming CEO “predicted a ‘bumpy half-decade to decade’ for the TV industry, as it seeks to adjust to new means of delivery and metrics,” reports our good friend Brian Lowry in Variety. The story…
Executives of a major studio and Starz met Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, to discuss a possible acquisition of the premium cable movie service, reports Meg James in the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The studio is Rupert Murdoch’s 21st…
“Two years after ‘Desperate Housewives’ ended its eight-season run, one of the stars of that series, Eva Longoria, is looking to return to the small screen as star of a half-hour, single-camera comedy series,” writes our good friend Nellie Andreeva…
With a worldwide gross of over $6.2 billion, one entertainment product “has now achieved the most successful box office total of any work in any media in entertainment history,” reports the Associated Press. It’s the stage musical version of “The…