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Got a Spare Billion Laying Around? Contact Dish Net–The Satellite Player Just Filed For a $1 Billion Debt Offering

On the heels of better than expected sub growth in quarter 2, Dish Network has filed for a one billion dollar debt offering, Multichannel News reports. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, Multichannel says. The offer will…

Don Cornwell, Who Built Granite Broadcasting Into The Largest TV Group In the U.S. Controlled by an African American, is Stepping Down

Don Cornwell, 61, the Harvard Business School graduate who built Granite Broadcasting into the largest TV group in the country controlled by an African American, is stepping down as the company’s chairman and CEO, Mediaweek reports. "After 21 years, I will…

Dane Cook’s Joke That Was Edited Out of The ‘Teen Choice Awards’ Telecast

Dane Cook, censored. It happened at the Teen Choice Awards, according to AOL’s Hot Searches blog. According to the blog, "Cook zeroed in on Vanessa Hudgens when he took the stage to present an award. ‘Girl, you gots to keep…

Citing ‘Sources,’ Us Weekly Says La Toya is ‘in Serious Discussions’ to be a Contestant This Season on ‘Dancing With The Stars’

La Toya Jackson is "in serious discussions’ to becoming a contestant on ABC’s "Dancing With The Stars" this fall, Us Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. "She’s a big fan of the show, and being from a musical family, it would…

Production for Debmar-Mercury, Showtime Help Propel Lionsgate to Beat Financial Analysts Projections

The power to TV helped Lionsgate to soar past analysts projections to a profit of $36.3 million in the quarter, more than $30 million more than a year earlier, Variety reports. In fact, it was the company’s second-best quarter ever….

One of The Most Successful ‘Idol’ Contestants Ever Has a Baby, Pregnancy Was Never Publicly Announced

Jennifer Hudson, the Oscar-winning former contestant on "American Idol," has had a baby boy, THR’s Showbiz411.com says in an exclusive report. The father is Hudson’s fiance, David Otunga. The couple never announced publicly that they were going to have a…

MTV Greenlights New Shows From Ashton Kutcher, Rob Hoffman, Johnny Pemberton, Renews Others

MTV has given the go-ahead to a new reality series from Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Films called "American Idiots," though the name of the show might change. In the show contestants are asked to reenact stunts from popular viral videos that…

Jon Gosselin Changes His Mind, Cancels Interview on ‘E! News’

Jon Gosselin changed his mind and cancelled his planned interview with “E! News” on Monday night, an interview that was set to rebut his estranged wife’s own Monday interview with NBC’s “Today” show, Zap2it.com reports.   Kate Gosselin said on “Today”…

MTV Shutting Down Its Time Square Studio, A Rock ‘N’ Roll and Hip-Hop Landmark to Many

MTV didn’t renew the lease on its glass-fronted studio overlooking New York’s Times Square and the space will revert to the landlord at the end of the year, the New York Post reports. The network opened the space 12 years…

Atlanta Real Housewife Loses Her Real Home

Lisa Wu-Hartwell, one of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” lost her multimillion dollar mansion last week, after the bank foreclosed, TMZ.com reports. She and her husband, former Oakland Raiders linebacker Edgerton Hartwell, failed in talks to restructure their loan on…