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‘Lost’ Tops Saturn Awards Nominations

“Lost” led the way at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films’ 35th annual Saturn Awards nominations. The ABC show received 11 nominations, followed by “Heroes” with six nominations and “Battlestar Galactica” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,”…

TV Groups Pressing for N.Y. Tax Credit

Members of the television and film industry are pressing lawmakers in New York to create new funding for the state’s production tax credits, the Hollywood Reporter says. The push comes from unions such as the Teamsters, as well as the…

Disney Lays Out Green Plans

Disney has created a plan for halving its carbon emissions from fuels by 2012, according to its new Corporate Responsibility Report, the Hollywood Reporter says. The company also plans to reduce its waste by 300,000 tons through recycling and composting,…

‘Model’ Judge Honored by Humane Group

“America’s Next Top Model” judge Nigel Barker will be honored at the Humane Society’s 23rd Genesis Awards for his work to end the Canadian seal hunt, the Hollywood Reporter says. Barker traveled with the Humane Society’s ProtectSeals team to Canada,…

QVC Gives Girl Scouts DVDs

QVC is giving 25,000 DVD copies of the documentary “14 Women” to the Girl Scouts, the Hollywood Reporter says. The company teamed with the Creative Coalition and Screen Media’s Spotlight Initiative project to donate the DVDs to mark the 2009…

Leagues Form Group Against Piracy

Top sports properties including the NFL and NBA and media companies including Walt Disney and News Corp. have organized a group called the Sports Coalition to press for a stronger trade policy against piracy, the Sports Business Journal reports. The…

Are Cable, Satellite a Necessity?

With only one in four people between 18 and 29 saying cable or satellite TV is a necessity and with more options available for watching TV in nontraditional ways, the $60-a-month subscription is easy to give up, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance…

‘Law & Order’ Breaks U.N. Ground

“Law & Order” is the first network television show to be given permission to film at the United Nations, Reuters reports, citing a U.N. spokeswoman. A crew of the NBC show was at the New York complex on Saturday to…

NFL Network Heats Up Comcast Talks

The NFL Network is gearing up its negotiations with Comcast in an attempt to work out a deal to place the network on Comcast’s digital basic tier, the Sports Business Journal reports. The network may lose 2 million subscribers at…

CBS Pilots Add to Casts

Four CBS pilots have added cast members, with Deanne Dunagan, Missy Pyle and Chris Parnell hired for the comedy “Big D,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Jeremy Northam has been tapped for the drama “Miami Trauma,” while Saffron Burrows, Jesse Bradford…