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Oscar-Winning Star of ‘Goodbye Girl,’ ‘Close Encounters,’ ‘Jaws’ and ‘American Graffiti’ Takes a TV Job

An actor who has starred in some of the best-loved Hollywood movies of the past 40 years–and who won an Oscar for the 1977 movie “The Goodbye Girl”–will tackle something a little less ambitious when he appears in a four-episode…

Florida Court Strikes Down Obama Health Care Reform

A federal judge in Florida today overturned President Obama’s sweeping health care reform measure, CNN.com reported. The move sets up what is expected to be a battle in the U.S. Supreme Court over the reform legislation. Florida is one of…

You’ve Probably Hummed at Least One of His Tunes–Composer of Themes for ‘Goldfinger,’ ‘Born Free,’ ‘Dances With Wolves’ and Many Others, Winner of Five Oscars, Dead at 77

The man who created the signature music for the James Bond movies and won five Academy Awards in a career spanning almost 50 years has died of a heart attack at the age of 77, according to The Hollywood Reporter….

Veteran of ‘Heroes,’ ‘Alias’ and ‘Felicity’ Gets His Own Show

An actor who is familiar to viewers for his roles on "Alias," "Heroes" and "Felicity," has been cast as the lead in the A&E pilot "Big Mike," reports Deadline.com. The actor is Greg Grunberg, who will play the title character…

Fox Coasts to Sunday Ratings Win on Strength of Pro Bowl

Fox’s broadcast of the NFL Pro Bowl, a sloppy mess of an exhibition game, proved the power of football as it dominated the Nielsen ratings Sunday night, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. Fox came away with an easy overall win for the night…

Martha Stewart Launching New Show

It’s a good thing that Martha Stewart is a multitasker because the media mogul is about to launch yet another new TV series, this one called "Martha Bakes," reports the AP. Stewart’s latest will be a cooking show for the…

Impressionist David Frye Dies

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the greatest political impressionist in the world was David Frye. The comic died Saturday in Las Vegas at the age of 77 of heart disease, reports the AP. Frye appeared on numerous television…

Sheen Enters Rehab; ‘Men’ on Indefinite Hiatus

“Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen checked into a rehab center Friday, and producers of the hit CBS sitcom say the show is on indefinite hiatus while he receives treatment, according to a TMZ.com report. “Due to Charlie…

Latest Charlie Sheen Incident Gets Curiouser and Curiouser–Reality Show Plastic Surgeon Helped Get Him to Hospital, and a Pal Says the Actor Laughed So Hard at TV That He Had a Hernia

In what may be the least credible explanation for hard-partying Charlie Sheen’s latest crisis–but who knows–a friend of the star of “Two and a Half Men” told reporters Friday that Sheen had to be hospitalized because he was laughing so…

CNN Taps NBC News, Newsweek Veteran as New Managing Editor

CNN announced that former NBC News executive and Newsweek editor Mark Whitaker has been enlisted by CNN Worldwide as executive vice president and managing editor for the network. In this newly created position, Whitaker will lead editorial coverage across CNN’s…