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John Malone, the chairman of Liberty Media, settled on Tuesday with the U.S. Dept. of Justice, which accused him of improper notification when he acquired voting shares in Discovery Holding Co., Multichannel News says. Under the settlement, Malone agreed to…
“The View” co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck has been accused of plagiarism in her book “The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide,” in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Massachusetts, the Associated Press says. The suit charges that Hasselbeck copied “word…
Donald Trump didn’t really buy USA Network’s “Monday Night Raw” from World Wrestling Entertainment, but viewers liked the storyline anyway, Variety says. The show’s first-ever ad-free broadcast on Monday, which featured the Trump “ownership,” brought in 6.8 million viewers, the…
T.R. Knight, who confirmed last week that he is leaving ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” is headed to the stage, the Associated Press says. He’ll star in the musical “Parade,” about the true story of lynched factory manager Leo Frank. The production…
Martin Lawrence’s production company Runteldat has script commitments for an animated comedy at Fox and a single-camera family show at Starz, The Hollywood Reporter says. The Fox show is being written by Rodney Barnes and is based on his coming-of-age…
Ed McMahon, best known as Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” sidekick for three decades, died just after midnight in Los Angeles’ UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital, NBC News reports. McMahon– who introduced Carson with his signature “Heeeere’s Johnny!”– was 86 and had…
The marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8” who filed for divorce Monday and announced their separation on the show Monday night, “crumbled under the glare of the TV lights,” the San Jose…
As it prepares to conclude this week, NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!” has lost another contestant: Stephen Baldwin left the Costa Rican jungle over weekend, the Associated Press reports. He blamed bug bites—more than 125…
Local TV stations may finally be seeing an end to the freefall in auto advertising, their biggest category, the New York Times reports. With weaker car dealers shutting down at the behest of GM and Chrysler, some of the remaining…