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“Slumdog Millionaire” actor Anil Kapoor will join the cast of Fox’s “24” for its eighth season. Mr. Kapoor, who will be a series regular, will play a Middle Eastern leader on a peace-making mission in the U.S. It will be…
Web video show host and Internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk has signed a seven-figure, 10-book deal with HarperStudio, the Wall Street Journal reports. His first book, “Crush It! Turn Your Passion Into Profits in a Digital World,” will be available in…
Canadian cartoon producer Cookie Jar Entertainment has placed a $76 million counter-offer for American Greetings properties “Strawberry Shortcake” and “Care Bears,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The bid comes in an effort to trump a previous offer for the titles from…
ABC’s “Nightline” finished the first quarter of the year in second place among late-night programming, TVNewser reports. The show edged out CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman” in the age 25-54 demographic and among total viewers, the site explains. NBC’s…
No Doubt, Flo Rida and the Dave Matthews Band are among the musical acts taking part in NBC’s “Today” annual summer concert series, Billboard reports. No Doubt will kick off the series May 1 with its first live performance in…
Oxygen has renewed “Bad Girls Club” for a fourth season, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The series’ most recent season averaged 727,000 viewers among adults 18-49 and 397,000 among women 18-34, marking the network’s most popular show in the key young…
NBC is making the pilot for “ER” replacement “Southland” available on numerous on-demand and digital platforms a week before the show’s April 9 premiere. Hulu and NBC.com have already started streaming the Warner Bros. TV-produced show, and iTunes is expected…
Lifetime is working on a four-hour miniseries called “Everything She Ever Wanted,” based on Ann Rule’s book, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show will star Gina Gershon as a woman with a younger husband, played by Ryan McPartlin, who wants…
Justin Bartha (“National Treasure”) has been cast in the lead role in Ben Stiller’s pilot “The Station,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Bartha will play a CIA agent working to install a new dictator in a South American country, the trade…
Kevin Rankin of “Friday Night Lights” has been tapped for a lead role in NBC’s “Trauma” pilot, Daily Variety reports. He’ll play a paramedic on the medical drama, the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi