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A spokesman for Mischa Barton said the 23-year-old actress is “still seeking treatment but making improvements,” and will report to work on the CW’s “The Beautiful Life” later this month, the Associated Press reports. Barton was removed from her home…
Misdemeanor assault charges against Kiefer Sutherland, who allegedly head-butted a fashion designer in a New York City nightclub in May, are being dropped, ending the “24” actor’s legal troubles in the case, the Associated Press reports. A spokeswoman for the…
A New York City judge restored a previously dismissed fraud claim in Dan Rather’s lawsuit against CBS which followed his firing from the network, the Associated Press says. Rather’s lawyer alleges the fraud resulted when CBS failed to keep promises…
Rupert Murdoch’s son James Murdoch agreed to the payment of $1.1 million to a victim of phone-hacking by the News Corp.-owned British tabloid News of the World, the paper’s current editor told a parliamentary committee in London, Bloomberg reports. James…
Bernstein Research senior media analyst Michael Nathanson singled out News Corp. and CBS for particular criticism in a report that argued that senior executive pay in the media business is out of line with company performance, Broadcasting & Cable says….
E! ordered up a second season of the reality series “Kendra,” which follows former “Girls Next Door” co-star Kendra Wilkinson’s marriage to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett, The Hollywood Reporter says. The couple are expecting a child in December….
Spike ordered a second season of its hit historical fighting series “Deadliest Warrior,” and will bring it back in the spring, Variety reports. The show pits fighters from different eras against each other. A tournament of first-season champions is being…
Broadcast networks squeezed in 3.5% more commercial minutes in prime time last year, Mediapost says. According to Nielsen figures, the total of national spots on the English-language networks excluding Ion rose to 5,688 minutes in 2008, up from 5,492 the…
NBC was prepared to pay $10 million or more to telecast the scheduled Aug. 29 Michael Jackson memorial in London as a special, Roger Friedman is reporting at Showbiz411.com. But plans for a TV special of the event, to be held at…