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L.A. Police Chief William Bratton told CNN that his detectives are investigating Michael Jackson’s prescription drug history and waiting for a report from the coroner before making conclusions about the death, with even homicide on the table, the Associated Press…
Lindsay Lohan and her fashion-line partner Kristi Kaylor have set up Unforgettable Prods., which will develop TV and film projects, The Hollywood Reporter says. One project is a TV show called “Faux Real,” described as a fashion world-version of “Entourage.”…
Scotland Yard quickly decided not to investigate further after a report in The Guardian that two of Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids hired private investigators to tap into the cellphones of thousands of public figures, the New York Times says. A…
An ad that pitchman Billy Mays taped prior to his death June 28 from a heart attack will be introduced posthumously, the Associated Press reports. The commercial for a product called Mighty Tape will start airing July 20. Other ads…
The major broadcast networks –ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox—argued in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee that a possible plan to eliminate a tax deduction for prescription drug ads, one of their major ad categories, would cost…
Starz Entertainment will contribute about 300 movies to Comcast’s test of a new program that allows cable subscribers to watch programs from their cable packages online for free, Broadcasting & Cable says. The initiative has been dubbed “TV Everywhere” by…
British police said they will begin a preliminary investigation into a report by The Guardian that alleged that Fox-owner Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group settled legal cases in which his journalists were accused of working with private investigators to hack…
According to a contract given to participants, the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” don’t get paid to appear on the hit Bravo show. Adding insult to injury, according to a contract signed by one cast member, participants have to pay Bravo 10% of…
The University of Utah has sent a cease-and-desist letter to HBO, saying that the HBO series about a polygamist family in the Salt Lake City suburbs can’t use the school’s name or logo without permission, the Associated Press says. University…