Netflix alerted subscribers that Sony movies have been removed from the streaming site because of what it describes as a "temporary contract issue between Sony and Starz," according to Netflix’s blog. The blog said the partners are working "though their…
Al Jazeera English has found a home on the air in Los Angeles, even as it searches for cable distribution in the U.S., reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. KCET-TV, which dropped its PBS affiliation…
A former boy band member says he has sold six reality shows, including one to VH1, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The reality entrepreneur is Lance Bass, formerly a singer with the boy band ‘N Sync. Commenting on the…
Women in Film hosted its star-studded Crystal + Lucy Awards last week in Beverly Hills, honoring achievements in television and film. Among the highlights were awards for CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler, “How I Met Your Mother” director Pamela Fryman…
Television stars and TV shows will be featured prominently at the Comic-Con convention, the sci-fi and fantasy-focused event that spotlights comic books and science-fiction and fantasy books along with TV and film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Scheduled to run…
Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s female assassin drama based on a 2011 Japanese anime series has been picked up to series by Starz, reports Deadline.com. The project, called “Noir,” is a live-action adaptation and follows two female assassins who fight…
Syfy could make a decision soon about a "Warehouse 13" spinoff featuring the character H.G. Wells, who in the television show is a woman played by Jaime Murray, reports Zap2It.com. In the Syfy show, Wells is the sister of Charles…
A fictional company featured in a CBS soap opera is moving into the real world, where it will offer a product line for sale, reports Advertising Age’s Brian Steinberg. Jabot Cosmetics, as seen in "Young & the Restless," is known…
Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist whose soulful sound was one of the joyful hallmarks of Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street band, has died, according to a number of media reports. Clemons, 69, died of complications from a stroke he suffered last Sunday, June…
The last "Harry Potter" novel has been written and the final film is coming out this summer, but creator J.K. Rowling has something else up her sleeve about the world of wizardry, reports Entertainment Weekly. Next up is a new…