"Legendary former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, fired in November after 46 years as head coach in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal involving an assistant, died [today, Jan. 22, 2012], his family said in a statement," reports…
Are Heidi Klum and Seal about to divorce? "Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ Heidi [Klum] will file divorce papers in L.A. County Superior Court as early as next week. We’re told Heidi will cite "irreconcilable differences" as the cause…
So says a report in The Hollywood Reporter, which adds that the show’s name will be " ‘666 Park Ave.,’ an hourlong drama from Alloy Entertainment, the producers of ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ The Secret Circle’ and ‘Gossip Girl.’ " The article…
Jerry Bruckheimer, executive producer of some of CBS’s top shows — including "CSI" and "The Amazing Race" — has received a go-ahead from the network for a drama pilot called "Trooper," reports Deadline.com. The show, written by Aron Eli Coleite…
One of the legends of popular music died this morning after a long battle with leukemia. People magazine reports that 73-year-old blues singer Etta James died in Riverside, Calif. Lupe De Leon, her longtime friend and manager, confirmed James’ death….
A former reality show participant has been killed in what is being called the first homicide of 2012 in San Francisco, the San Francisco Examiner reports. Joseph Minozzi, a 30-year-old drug addict who appeared on A&E’s "Intervention" in 2010, was…
This week saw one topic generate a surge in online chatter, with Web tracker General Sentiment reporting that the amount of discussion exceeded that for cultural calling cards of the past year such as the 2011 Super Bowl, the Oscars…
CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” held its own in a head-to-head fight with Fox’s second installment of “American Idol’s” new season, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Idol” held a slim edge in Nielsen overnights with a 5.6 average rating in the key 18-49…
HBO has pushed back the season premiere of one of its dramas. While the first two seasons debuted in spring, season three of “Treme” will be delayed until fall 2012, reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune. David Simon, co-creator of the…
Kevin Nealon, best known from his years on NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" and Showtime’s "Weeds," has been cast on the Marcia Gay Harden NBC sitcom pilot "Isabel," reports Deadline.com. The show, which is based on the French-Canadian program "Le Monde…