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A feature film director with two Academy Award nominations under his belt is working on a new TV series adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Deadline.com reports that Roland Joffe, who received Oscar nominations for…
An untitled CBS pilot about a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., has cast Anthony LaPaglia, the star of the network’s hit “Without a Trace,” reports TheWrap.com. LaPaglia will play a high-school football coach, who is also a retired CIA operative….
States are providing more funding for public television, which suffered after a sharp decline in support following the recession, Elizabeth Jensen reports in The New York Times. While funding is still down from the 2008 fiscal year, state support rose…
Many Los Angelenos were shaken awake by an earthquake this morning, March 17, 2014. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was a magnitude 4.4 that struck at 6:25 a.m. Pacific Daylight time, and was centered near where Mullholland…
The Walt Disney Co. has greenlighted what it’s calling its largest U.K. production ever, a four-part mystery adventure called “Evermoor,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The TV movie will debut on the Disney Channel, and in more than 160 countries,…
NBC Entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt says his mantra for developing new shows has been “bigger, louder and more event-like.” The Wall Street Journal reports that the mantra has led the network to push into new territory, taking risks with shows…
"Jay Leno to the rescue … of David Letterman? "In a bid to keep up with lovable new ‘The Tonight Show’ host Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman is working diligently to pull off the ultimate coup: getting the lantern-jawed comic to…
"David Brenner, 78, the gangly, toothy-grinned ‘Tonight Show’ favorite whose brand of observational comedy became a staple for other standups, died Saturday [March 15, 2014]," reports the Associated Press. The story continues, "Brenner, who had been fighting cancer, died peacefully…
"Oprah Winfrey, who put an obscure stretch of [Chicago’s] Near West Side on the map when she moved her television show there in 1990, is set to sell Harpo Studios for around $32 million to a Chicago developer…" reports Crains…
They say you can’t fight City Hall, but what about when City Hall lands the first blow? The City of Los Angeles has done just that, filing a nearly $10 million lawsuit against Time Warner Cable, Deadline.com reports. The suit…