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Chuck Ross

Chuck Ross is the managing director of TVWeek.com. He's been involved in the TV business ever since he sold cable TV subscriptions in Santa Monica, Calif., door-to-door in the mid-to-late 1970s. He's had regular gigs reporting and/or editing about TV and advertising for Cablevision magazine,The Hollywood Reporter, the San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Media and Advertising Age. He first joined the predecessor to TVWeek, Electronic Media, in 2000.

Here’s the List of Winners at Last Night’s Academy Awards — and Why the Win for ’12 Years a Slave’ Was a First in the Oscars’ 86-Year History

For the first time since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has been handing out Oscars, starting in 1929, a film with a black director — "12 Years a Slave," directed by Steve McQueen — was honored as…

VH1 Cancels Scripted Series

VH1 is pulling the plug on a scripted original series. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel has canceled the hourlong dramedy “Single Ladies,” which is executive produced by Queen Latifah. The show, which marked VH1’s first…

Early Results Show Last Night’s Oscars Were the Highest-Rated in Nine Years

With daytime TV favorite Ellen DeGeneres hosting the 86th Academy Awards, Sunday’s ABC broadcast saw a ratings improvement over last year and pulled in the show’s biggest numbers since 2005, based on early results, TheWrap.com reports. "The ABC telecast earned…

Disney Halts Funding for Boy Scouts

"Walt Disney Co. said it will stop financial support for Boy Scouts-related organizations beginning next year because of the Scouts’ policy banning adult leaders who are gay," the Los Angeles Times reports. The Boy Scouts organization indicated it is "disappointed"…

Golden Globe Winner Joins CBS Stalker Drama

A veteran of TV drama series who is a Golden Globe winner and a Primetime Emmy nominee has signed on with a new CBS stalker drama project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dylan McDermott is joining the cast of the…

Why YouTube Owner Google Is ‘Freaking Out’ About a New Court Ruling

Google “is really freaking out” over a court ruling last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The ruling Wednesday determined that “Innocence of Muslims” actress Cindy Lee Garcia could assert copyright interest in her performance, potentially allowing her…

’30 Rock’ Actor to Star in CBS Drama From ‘Breaking Bad’s’ Vince Gilligan

An actor from NBC’s “30 Rock” will take on a starring role in a new CBS drama. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that actor Dean Winters is joining the project “Battle Creek." Winters will portray Detective Russ Agnew of the Battle…

Famous French Director Dies Over the Oscar Weekend. The Late Francois Truffaut, Himself a Legendary Movie Maker and Film Critic, Once Called One of This Director’s Works ‘The Greatest Film Ever Made’

It was sad to learn this past Saturday of the passing of one of the most famous French filmmakers. Alain Resnais, whose movies were a staple of movie art houses worldwide in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at age…

From John Travolta Mispronouncing Actress-Singer Idina Menzel’s Name to the Writer and Director of ’12 Years a Slave’ Snubbing Each Other, It’s the ‘7 Weirdest Moments at the Oscars’

Thanks to Emily Wright at the Boston.com blog Movie Nation for posting the "7 weirdest moments at [the] 86th Academy Awards." About John Travolta she wrote, "Don’t presenters usually practice their lines? Well, John Travolta sounded like he had never…

THIS IS THE PAGE WE POSTED LAST YEAR. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE CHUCK ROSS’ PICKS FOR 2014 (NOT 2015 ON THIS PAGE)Printable Oscar Ballot — The Academy Awards Telecast is Tonight, Live, on ABC at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time (8:30 p.m. ET). Plus, See Who We Pick to Win

Today, Sunday, March 2, 2014, is the live telecast of the 86th Annual Academy Awards on ABC. To print out a ballot that you can mark, please click this: Oscar Ballot 2014a.pdf If you would like a ballot that is…