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You’ll Never Guess What Larry King Is Doing Next

You’ll never guess what Larry King is doing next. The 77-year old former CNN talk show host is moving on to the next step in his career, and it’s no joke: King will appear in a seven-city stand-up comedy tour…

Former Disney Executive Assistant Sentenced For Role in Insider-Trading Scheme

Bonnie Hoxie, the former Walt Disney Co. executive assistant who pleaded guilty last fall to conspiring to sell confidential information, was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011,  the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. Hoxie was sentenced to four months…

Inevitable Future? ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, Starting at Quarterback for the New York Giants is Eli Manning, Sponsored by AT&T, Pepsi and Chevy’

Are the uniforms of NFL players soon to be a patchwork of ad logos by sponsors, in imitation of NASCAR racing cars? "In as little as three years, experts predict the NFL will come down with a case of NASCAR-itis and…

YouTube May Soon Add More Live Sports, as Video Site Talks with the NBA and NHL

YouTube may be adding more live sports to the video site, as the Google-owned company is in talks with the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League, reports Bloomberg. YouTube wants to add more live sports in the second…

With Content from Warner Bros. and Sony, Amazon Unveils Video-Streaming Service

With content from Sony Pictures and Warner Bros., Amazon.com has debuted its subscription video-streaming service in a bid to compete with Netflix, the Los Angeles Times Company Town blog reports. Details of the service can be seen today when users…

Lifetime’s Amanda Knox Movie Draws Solid Numbers, but Falls Short of Craigslist Killer Show

Lifetime’s original movie "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" debuted to 2.8 million viewers, solid numbers that perhaps could have been higher given the controversy over the project, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Compared with January’s…

Even With Questions About Steve Jobs’ Future at Apple, Shareholders Expected To Vote Down Succession Proposal

Even though Steve Jobs has stepped down from Apple’s day-to-day operations, raising questions about his future with the company, Apple shareholders are apparently poised to vote down a proposal that would force the tech company to reveal its succession plan,…

Dueling Royal Weddings: Hallmark Says It Will Also Create Telefilm About Prince William and Kate, Following Lifetime

U.S. audiences will have two television telefilms to help them enjoy the romance between Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton, with Hallmark Channel joining Lifetime in saying that it will produce an original TV movie about the royal romance,…

Study: Cell Phone Use Increases Brain Activity. What’s Not Known Is if that’s Good or Bad

A new study says that cell phone use can increase brain activity, However, "The researchers, led by Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, urged caution in interpreting the findings because it is not known…

Poison Ivi: Judge Shuts Down ivi, the Internet TV Service That Says It Can Rebroadcast TV Signals by Just Paying About $100 a Year

"A federal judge in New York ordered Internet TV service Ivi to shut down Tuesday, finding that it violated the copyrights of a group of broadcasters and Major League Baseball," according to the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. According to…