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"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest has sold a show to Fox. Deadline.com reports that the broadcast network ordered a dating program from Seacrest. Not many details of the project are known, but the show is called "Dream Date" and is…
21st Century Fox Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch has taken a pay cut. The Los Angeles Times reports that Murdoch’s fiscal 2013 compensation declined slightly to $28.9 million. The previous year, Murdoch received a $30 million compensation package — which was…
"Life expectancy for women who live to age 50 is going up around the world, but poor and middle-income countries could easily make greater gains, according to a new World Health Organization report," The New York Times reports. The article…
"Microsoft said it has reached an agreement to acquire the handset and services business of Nokia for about $7.2 billion, in an audacious effort to transform Microsoft’s business for a mobile era that has largely passed it by," writes Nick…
By Chuck Ross For someone like me, whose favorite genre of motion picture is film noir, and who also has a huge interest in TV, a movie such as 1948’s “Pitfall” is irresistible. Here’s the most basic of descriptions about…
In the video, below, in the first few seconds you’ll see this boulder move. Then just watch the rest of the video.
"Veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 after a suspected heart attack while on board a cruise ship," reports the BBC. The story continues, "A family statement said he had been giving a speech aboard…
By Chuck Ross With the Labor Day weekend upon us, here are two movies I consider must-sees — one on TV in a few hours, and the other on TV tomorrow afternoon. First we have one of the best bio-pics…
"In one of the biggest commitments ever for HBO, the pay cable network has nabbed ‘Westworld,’ a drama series inspired by Michael Crichton’s 1973 sci-fi movie," writes Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The story continues, "The project, from J.J. Abrams‘ Bad…
A&E has canceled a drama series. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel made the decision not to go ahead with a fifth season of "The Glades." The decision comes even though the show’s fourth-season finale hit season highs in viewership,…