After months of speculation about his status at MSNBC, both the network and political reporter/anchorman David Shuster confirmed today that Shuster is no longer with the company, The Huffington Post reports. MSNBC suspended Shuster indefinitely in April, reportedly because he…
Sarah Palin used Sunday’s episode of TLC’s "Sarah Palin’s Alaska" to "refudiate" what the Oxford University Press called 2010’s word of the year, reports the New York Daily News. The former governor of Alaska complained to her husband on the…
According to a forecast from media research forecaster Futurescape, in five years almost 40% of televisions sets produced for the U.S. market will have Internet connections and services, reports MediaPost’s MediaDailyNews. The forecast indicates that about 43 million U.S. television…
The star of a cable reality show was arrested and placed in an Indiana jail for an alleged attack on the father of her child, reports TMZ.com. Amber Portwood, the star of MTV’s “Teen Mom,” allegedly attacked Gary Shirley three…
The couple wrongly bumped off Fox’s "Million Dollar Money Drop" aren’t sure whether they’ll accept the show’s offer to return, the New York Post reports, adding that the show might not even be around for a second season. Gabe Okoye…
Apple is accused in a lawsuit filed Dec. 23 of allowing applications for iPhones and iPads to send users’ personal information to advertising networks without the users’ consent, reports Bloomberg News. The complaint was filed in federal court in San…
This could be the last year for the Annual Screen Actors Guild show, which will be held on Jan. 20, writes Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Hollywood may have a single actors’ union by the end of 2011 that would replace…
Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl performance, during which she partially revealed a breast, is still being battled over by the Federal Communications Commission and CBS, reports B&C. The FCC, which is backed by the Justice Department, argues that broadcasters give…
FilmOn founder Alki David says he plans to sue CBS and its CNET tech Web site, alleging the site allows "illegal distribution of DRM [digital rights management] removal software as well as the illegal distribution of file sharing software with…
Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish became parents on Christmas Day, when they had a son born to a California surrogate, reports UsMagazine.com. The baby boy, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, the story says….