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AOL, Klum Partner on Wide-Ranging Online Content Project Aimed at Women

AOL is working with "Project Runway" host Heidi Klum to create original content and online videos targeted to women, reports MediaPost’s OnlineMediaDaily. Klum and Full Picture Entertainment, the producers behind "Project Runway," will create videos, blogs, photo galleries and articles…

Movie Star Whose Movies Have Made $1.4 Billion (!)–and Who Is Also a Pal of Steve Carell’s–Will Appear in a Four-Episode Arc of ‘The Office’ This Season … So What Does It Mean for the Future of the Show?

A movie star whose box office mojo totals more than $1.4 billion so far will be joining pal Steve Carell in a four-episode arc on NBC’s "The Office," reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. Will Ferrell, who starred with Carrel in "Anchorman," will appear…

War of Words Escalates Between Rock Band, ‘Glee’ Creator

A war of words is raging between the creator of a hit TV show and a popular rock band, Rolling Stone reports. “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy lashed out in a story in The Hollywood Reporter against the band Kings of…

Fox Host’s Use of Holocaust Imagery Incurs Wrath of Rabbis; 400 Sign Letter of Protest to Rupert Murdoch

A Fox News host is the focus of a protest letter signed by 400 rabbis, who are calling on the network to sanction the host for his repeated use of Nazi and Holocaust imagery and for airing attacks on World…

CBS Picks Up Workplace Ensemble Comedy

A workplace ensemble comedy from writer Peter Knight and Happy Madison has been given a pilot order by CBS, reports Deadline.com. The project, produced by Sony Pictures TV, is executive produced by Knight, who created "Krod Mandoon and the Flaming…

Shampoo Showdown: Another Super Bowl Player Lets His Hair Down

The upcoming Super Bowl will showcase two rival hair endorsements, with Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu–a spokesman for Head and Shoulders–getting some competition from Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, who just signed a deal with Suave, SportsNewser.com reports. Matthews…

Audience Dips for State of the Union Address; Numbers Are In for Broadcast, Cable Nets

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address was watched by about 43 million people across 11 television networks, a smaller audience than last year, reports The Washington Post. About 5 million fewer people watched the address than last year’s…

CBS Picks Up Second Season of Mom-Focused Daytime Talker

CBS has renewed its daytime show "The Talk" for the 2011-12 season, reports B&C. The talk show debuted in October and is hosted by Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Remini, who tend to view…

Chelsea Handler Project Among Four Pilot Pickups From NBC

Chelsea Handler’s bestselling book "Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea" has been given a pilot order from NBC, reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. Handler will executive produce the multicamera comedy, along with Tom Werner, Mike Clements and Tom Brunelle. The…

Netflix Subscriptions and Revenues Surge; Company Now No. 2 in Video Subscribers

Netflix is now No. 2 in U.S. video subscriptions, and is poised to become No. 1 by the middle of this year, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Netflix surpassed 20 million subscribers at the end of 2010,…