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FX Network president John Landgraf has joined the committee that oversees the annual Prism Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says. He replaces Fox Networks Group chairman Tony Vinciquerra, the paper says. The Prisms honor film and TV projects that raise awareness…
Stephen Colbert is asking his fans to write in his name in an online NASA poll to name a room in the International Space Station, Daily Variety reports. NASA has offered choices such as Earthrise and Serenity, the trade paper…
Damien Dante Wayans, nephew of Keenen Ivory Wayans, has signed with United Talent Agency, the Hollywood Reporter says. He also has formed a film and television production company with Craig Wayans called Second Generation Entertainment, which will create multiplatform content…
VH1 has bought theatrical distribution rights to “Anvil! The Story of Anvil,” a documentary that’s been compared to mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The network plans to run the movie’s trailer as a music video and…
The makers of HBO’s “Big Love” apologized on Tuesday for any offense to Mormons for a depiction of a sacred ritual, although they didn’t change plans to air the episode, Reuters reports. The depiction of the ritual caused some members…
Saga Communications, which owns or operates five TV stations and four low-power TV stations, said its fourth-quarter television revenue rose 13.3% to $5.1 million, TVNewsday reports. The company hasn’t finalized a fourth-quarter impairment charge and isn’t yet issuing fourth-quarter earnings,…
“Law & Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay will miss filming one episode while she recovers from a partially collapsed lung, the New York Daily News reports, citing spokesman Gary Mantoosh. She should return to the program in a couple of…
MTV will air the television premiere of biopic “Pedro,” about the openly gay, HIV-positive cast member of 1994’s “The Real World: San Francisco,” the New York Post reports. Zamora worked to raise awareness of AIDS/HIV after finding out he was…
“Eyewitness News” creator Al Primo is working on a children’s news program in the Republic of Georgia that will begin airing March 22, the New York Daily News reports. Primo, who created “Teen Kids News” six years ago, was contacted…
It’s one thing to understand your client’s business. It’s another to know everything about the business and strategy of your client’s competitors. And that’s where Gregory Aston comes in at media agency MPG. As senior VP and director of competitive…