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At the wonderfully named website Film School Rejects, Dr. Cole Abaius, using 10 real movies, explains in language even we here at TVWeek can understand how the new weighted voting system will work when the members of the Academy of…
Oprah Winfrey will be shutting down the part of Chicago’s Michigan Ave. known as The Magnificient Mile for the taping of the season premiere of her show, the Associated Press reports. Part of the show will include a performance by…
HBO has ordered 11 more episodes of "Broadwalk Empire," the Steve Buscemi-starring series set in 1920 at the dawn of Prohibition, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The program chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson (Buscemi), the undisputed ruler of Atlantic…
Susanne Smith McAvoy has been appointed to senior VP of marketing for the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. She previously was VP of ad sales. In her new position she will oversee marketing and branding for the channels and develop multiplatform…
The news director at a major New York TV station, who has held her job for the past 10 years, has unexpectedly resigned, the New York Daily News reports. Karen Scott has resigned her post as news director of Tribune Co.’s…
In her first official interview since quitting “American Idol,” Paula Abdul, when asked if she left the show over money, told TV Guide magazine that “I stand on principle where many people stand on money,” adding, “I’m a hard-working artist….
Sony has been talking to other studios about putting together a pre-DVD release pay TV window, Business Week reports.. Movies would be available via Internet-connected Sony Bravia TVs between their theatrical run and their DVD release. Sony tested the idea with…
Showtime is bringing back “The L Word” as a reality series following six L.A. lesbians as they go about their lives, Variety reports. The pay cable network gave the go-ahead, contingent on casting, for nine episodes of “The Real L Word:…
Carrie Prejean, the fired former Miss California USA, has sued officials of the pageant for libel, slander and religious discrimination, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, "Prejean has sued beauty pageant organizers claiming she was wrongfully fired for saying marriage should…