Al Pacino will join the cast of “Gotti: Three Generations,” the eagerly anticipated mob movie from Fiore Films, Entertainment Weekly reports in its PopWatch column. Pacino joins a lineup that already includes Lindsay Lohan, Kelly Preston and John Travolta, and…
It’s a near certainty that NBC will announce at next week’s upfront that "The Voice" will be back, but don’t expect to see it until midseason, reports the Los Angeles Times. The music competition series has been NBC’s most successful…
A 30-year-old man who worked as a music coordinator for MTV was shot to death in what police describe as an execution-style slaying, the Los Angeles Times reported. The body of Gabriel Aron Ben-Meir was found Sunday on a sidewalk…
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have separated after 25 years of marriage, reports the Los Angeles Times. Since the end of Schwarzenegger’s term as governor, the pair have appeared to be living separate lives, with Shriver guest…
The season finale of NBC’s “The Office” will feature a surprising guest appearance, with a well-known billionaire applying for the job left open by Michael Scott–played by Steve Carell–when Carell left the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live…
The Fox Network announced that it has renewed two prime-time series, Entertainment Weekly reported in its Inside TV blog. The shows are both animated sitcoms: "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show." "Family Guy" will return for a 10th season, while…
Donna Douglas, the actress who played Elly May Clampett in the classic television series "The Beverly Hillbillies," is suing Mattel over a Barbie doll that she claims resembles her, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. Douglas claims the toy,…
" Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Skype Global S.à.r.l. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led…
Fox’s "House" is nearing a renewal for its eighth and likely last season after co-stars Robert Sean Leonard and Omar Epps signed deals to return, reports Deadline.com. Leonard, Epps and Lisa Edelstein were the three original cast members whose contracts…
Let’s go to the videotape. That’s what TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross does as he illustrates the threat the Los Angeles Lakers’ Andrew Bynum has become when he unleashes his lethal right elbow to deliberately foul someone. To read…