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An executive producer of HBO’s “True Blood” is working on a civil rights drama project at AMC. Variety reports that Alexander Woo of “True Blood” will write the script and executive produce with Aaron Kaplan. The project, called “Bombingham,” revolves…
Shirley Temple Black, 85, who was the most popular movie star in America during the Great Depression years 1935 to 1939, died late Monday evening in her Woodside, Calif. home, The New York Times reports. The Times story says that…
A television personality who is the star of a cable series revealed that he’s behind a pop-up parody of Starbucks called “Dumb Starbucks,” a Los Angeles shop that was swarmed with customers. USA Today reports that writer and comedian Nathan…
One TV program topped NBC’s Olympics coverage head-to-head in the key demo. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that "TV’s reigning ratings champ," AMC’s "The Walking Dead," launched its midseason run Sunday night with a strong performance both in total…
Sunday night’s Olympics coverage on NBC was about even with the fourth-night coverage of the Winter Games four years ago, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the NBC programming averaged a 6.9 rating in…
Wow: Samuel L. Jackson wouldn’t let an entertainment reporter hear the end of it after the hapless correspondent — KTLA’s Sam Rubin — asked a question that revealed he was mixing up Jackson and another well-known actor, Laurence Fishburne, ET…
An A&E show has received an order from the network for 18 more episodes. A&E announced today that it is picking up additional episodes of the reality series "Wahlburgers," which features the Boston-area burger business of Mark, Donnie and Paul…
Actor Shia LaBeouf has been seen pulling some strange antics lately, and his odd behavior continued over the weekend during a press conference in Berlin to promote his new movie "Nymphomaniac." LaBeouf made a hasty exit after he was asked…
A longtime newsman who joined CBS News in 1964 after stints at ABC and NBC has died. The Associated Press reports that Marty Plissner, the former political director of CBS News, died Thursday of lung cancer. He was 87. Plissner,…
A former star of NBC’s late-night sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" has been arrested. USA Today reports that comedic actor Chris Kattan was arrested early today in Encino, Calif., for allegedly driving under the influence. Kattan reportedly was weaving…