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Writer Harlan Ellison has sued CBS Paramount over a 1967 episode of “Star Trek” that he wrote, alleging the studio failed to pay him for merchandising and publishing, Daily Variety reports. The issue, “City on the Edge of Forever,” starred…
ABC’s “Empire State” has cast Beau Garrett and Mike Vogel as the two leads in the updated Romeo-and-Juliet tale, while NBC’s “100 Questions for Charlotte Payne” has hired British actor Sophie Winkleman for the title role, the Hollywood Reporter says….
Dark Hero Studios has been formed by “Watchmen” co-writer David Hayter and producer Benedict Carver to create film, television, online and video game projects, Daily Variety Reports. The studio will focus on science fiction, horror and action genres, the trade…
With neither faction of the Screen Actors Guild apparently able to gain control in the union’s contract talks with the studios, there’s concern the negotiations will be left hanging until SAG’s next elections, the Hollywood Reporter says. Each side may…
Cable networks, like the broadcast networks, are facing challenges with this year’s upfront, given the economic recession that’s causing some advertisers to cancel some upfront commitments, Advertising Age reports. “If you bought eight or nine cable networks last year, you’re…
Former New York Police Department detective Mike Sheehan sometimes misses the thrills of his old job, even 16 years after becoming a reporter at WNYW-TV in New York, the New York Daily News reports. Still, he said the chase of…
Gordon Ramsay has sold his Gordon Ramsay au Trianon in Versailles, France to owners of the Trianon Palace Hotel, the Telegraph reports. A spokesman for Gordon Ramsay Holdings, which recently sold a California restaurant, declined to say how much Ramsay…
“Lost” star Matthew Fox told reporters that he believes his role as Jack Shepherd will be his last television part after the series finishes next season, the New York Post reports. He said he’d like to focus on movies after…
The Jonas Brothers’ series, which is slated to debut in May, is taking a page from HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords,” with quirky musical numbers, the New York Post reports. In the series, the brothers play fictional versions of themselves,…