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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.
Barbie’s Ditching Malibu: Famed Doll Will ‘Sell’ Dream Home for $25 Million
Malibu will be losing one of its most famous residents; Barbie, the classic children’s toy, will be "selling" the beach house that she has called her residence in Malibu since 1971, reports The New York Times. The asking price is…
Fans of ‘Game of Thrones’ Author George R.R. Martin Are Unhappy About HBO Deal
Fans of George R.R. Martin, the author whose books are the basis of HBO’s "Game of Thrones" series, are less than thrilled about the writer’s new deal with the pay-television network, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. HBO signed…
Lifetime Reunites Pair From ‘Broadcast News’ — Both Oscar Winners — for ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ Miniseries
Lifetime has cast two Oscar-winning actors in its miniseries "Bonnie and Clyde," which comes from "Smash"’s Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that William Hurt and Holly Hunter are joining the project. The pair starred…
Non-TV Fun: Finally, Skiers Can Throw Away That Paper Trail Map They Use While Skiing to Pick the Best Way Down the Mountain as Google Maps Adds Trail Maps to 38 Popular Ski Areas
"Google announced on its blog today that its Google Maps app, available for free on Android devices and iPhone, now includes 38 new maps of ski runs and lifts from some of the most popular ski resorts in the United…
TV Station Groups Sinclair, Gannett Soar in 4th Quarter
Revenues for the Sinclair Broadcast Group soared 58.8% in the 4th quarter, compared with a year earlier, reports TVNewsCheck. Similarly, TVNewsCheck separately reports that "Gannett Co. reported strong fourth quarter financial results that included total television revenues that were 45.7% higher" than a year…
‘The Office’ Actor Joins ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ TV Project
The pilot for CBS’s update of "Beverly Hills Cop" has cast an actor from NBC’s "The Office,’ according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. David Denman will play a detective — the Judge Reinhold role from the movie — in…
Makeup Artist Legend Who Created Yoda for the ‘Star Wars’ Films and the Ape-Like Creatures in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Dies. Model for Yoda Was Partly Himself.
A legendary makeup artist has died. He was Stuart Freeborn, who created Yoda for the Star Wars film "The Empire Strkes Back." Freeborn, 98, "died in London of a combination of ailments associated with his age, according to AP," reported Deadline.com The…
TBS and TNT to Increase Number of Episodes it Orders for Its Original Programs by More Than 40%
Good news for folks working on original programming that’s aired on TBS and TNT. "In a call with analysts Wednesday morning [Feb. 6, 2013] to discuss the media giant’s fourth quarter and year-end results, Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes said…