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MTV Caught in Abortion Debate Over New Show

With a new show that features a teen who was first seen on MTV’s "16 and Pregnant," the network is now facing accusations that it’s promoting abortion, reports the New York Post. The show, called "No Easy Decision," features 19-year-old…

Cable Operators Win Key Decision as Ohio Supreme Court Declares Satellite Sales Tax Legal

Cable-television operators won a major victory on Monday when the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a sales tax on satellite-TV customers doesn’t violate the interstate commerce law, reports the Dayton Daily News. Satellite-TV customers must pay a 5.5% sales tax,…

Logitech Refutes Internet Rumors About Its Revue Set-Top Box for Google TV, Plans to Feature System at CES

The rumor that Google has asked Logitech to suspend production of its Google TV set-top box, the Revue, isn’t true, according to the company, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Technology Blog. The Revue has been advertised on television with commercials…

Olympic Documentary Filmmaker Bud Greenspan Dead at 84

Bud Greenspan, the prolific filmmaker who was best known for his coverage of the Olympics, died Saturday at the age of 84, the AP reported. Greenspan had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease. For sixty years, he chronicled the greatest athletes…

Lohan’s Accuser Drops Out of Battery Case

Lindsay Lohan’s accuser in an alleged battery incident at the Betty Ford Center has decided not to pursue the case, the L.A. Times reports. Medical technician Dawn Holland changed her mind after previously insisting that Lohan be charged with battery…

ABC Scores Big With Lakers-Heat Showdown

With the star power provided by LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, the Christmas Day NBA showdown between the L.A. Lakers and Miami Heat was ABC’s highest-rated holiday contest since 2004, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The game logged a…

Fox Wins Slow Night in Ratings as Snowed-Out Football Game Dooms NBC

The overrun of the Giants-Packers game was enough to push Fox to a win in adults 18-49 on a night when NBC lost its NFL game to a snowstorm and the bulk of the prime-time schedule consisted of reruns, TVbytheNumbers.com…

R&B Singer Teena Marie Dies

Singer Teena Marie has died, possibly from a grand mal seizure while taking a nap, TMZ reports. She was 54. The R&B star had suffered other seizures, including a grand mal about a month before her death, the story reports….

Concert Tickets Will Be Cheaper in 2011

Concert promoters smarting from feeble ticket sales in 2010 are poised to reduce prices in the new year, Rolling Stone reports. The 2010 summer touring season–a traditional boom time for the live music business–was marked by poor sales, empty seats…

Hugh Hefner, 84, Gets Engaged to Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris, 24

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has confirmed that he and his girlfriend, Playmate Crystal Harris, have gotten engaged, MTV reports. Hefner, 84, posted on his Twitter page on Dec. 24: "After the movie tonight, Crystal & I exchanged gifts. I gave…