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It may have been the worst idea of the year. Here’s the setup. On Wednesday morning, Nov. 13, 2013, someone at JPMorgan tweeted: "Tomorrow at 1pm ET $JPM Vice Chairman Jimmy Lee takes over @JPMorgan to answer your questions for…
One of the popular correspondents on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” has been hired by HBO to host his own show on the pay cabler, reports our friend Cynthia Littleton at Variety. Littleton writes that John Oliver’s “move to topline…
"The news couldn’t have come as more of a shock: Yesterday, Mark Lacter, Los Angeles magazine’s business columnist, died of a massive stroke. He was a mere 59. I began editing Mark’s column when he came to the magazine eight…
A 41-year-old Canadian woman was found guilty today of stalking and harassing actor Alec Baldwin and his wife. The New York Times reports that Genevieve Sabourin received a sentence of 210 days in jail before being taken out of the…
Comedian and performance artist Andy Kaufman died in 1984 — or was that just another one of his tricks? CNN reports that rumors are swirling this week that Kaufman faked his death and has been alive all this time. The…
CBS and ABC finished in a close race for No. 1 in Wednesday prime time, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo, while a surge in viewers for "The X Factor" wasn’t enough to let Fox keep pace….
By Chuck Ross Images of what transpired live, on TV, in the hours and days after President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed almost 50 years ago, on Nov. 22, 1963, seem to be indelibly etched in our collective…
NBC is reviving a series it canceled three years ago. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that the network is reviving the competition show "Last Comic Standing." The comedy talent competition lasted seven seasons in its first run on…
A late-night show that lost much of its audience when it transitioned to a new channel has been canceled. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell" got the ax. The show moved in September…
An actress who was believed to be the last surviving adult cast member from the groundbreaking CBS comedy "I Love Lucy" has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Shirley Mitchell was 94. Mitchell died of heart failure, according to her…