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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.
Liberty Media Corp., controlled by cable czar John Malone, said today it will spin off its Starz cable group into its own company, the Los Angeles Times reports. The move is part of a series of recent financial moves by…
A superstar country singer was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence after what has been described as a single-car collision in Texas, TMZ.com reports. Randy Travis — who had an arrest for alleged public intoxication earlier…
An Academy Award-nominated actor revealed that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and announced his retirement from acting. The U.K.’s Daily Mail reports that Bob Hoskins, known for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “The Long Good Friday” and a string…
Jimmy Fallon is no longer in discussions to host the Oscars in 2013, with talks stalling because of concerns from ABC executives and Disney Chief Robert Iger, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. Iger and other ABC executives didn’t…
For the second time in recent weeks, CNN has issued an apology for playing a musical selection at the wrong time. The cable news channel said it’s sorry it aired the song "Only the Good Die Young" after a segment…
Sherman Hemsley, known for his role as George Jefferson on the classic television sitcom "The Jeffersons," died from lung cancer, reports TMZ.com, citing the El Paso County Texas Medical Examiner. A postmortem report said the primary cause of death was…
Lindsay Lohan has lined up her next acting role, and it’s with one of pop music’s biggest names, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Lohan will star in a new music video with Lady Gaga from the singer’s album…
Jennifer Lopez has sued her former chauffeur Hakob Manoukian for at least $20 million, claiming Manoukian tried to extort and defame her, reports E! Online. Lopez is alleging Manoukian threatened to reveal "disruptive and potentially damaging" information about her unless…
"The Daily Show" has scored an interview with "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson before he’s set to appear on ABC’s "Good Morning America," according to The Hollywood Reporter. In what will now be his first televised interview since news broke of…
NBC Chairman Robert Greenblatt isn’t talking with former "America’s Got Talent" judge Sharon Osbourne any longer, after she quit the show and alleged NBC had discriminated against her son, reports the New York Post. "I have no reason to talk…