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One ‘Friends’ Star Wishes for a Jump to the Big Screen Like ‘Sex and the City’

Since going off the air in 2004, there have been rumors about a possible "Friends" feature film, and now Courtney Cox has weighed in with her idea of what kind of film it should be, reports the Los Angeles Times. She…

Fox Business Bumps Dave Ramsey in Favor of Former Trader Eric Bolling

Fox Business News is bumping its 8 p.m. show hosted by syndicated radio host Dave Ramsey in favor of a new program hosted by former Wall Street trader Eric Bolling, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog.  The new…

‘Wire’ Alum to Join Showtime’s ‘The Big C’

Idris Elba, who played the economics-studying Baltimore drug lord Stringer Bell on "The Wire," will join Showtime’s "The Big C" when it debuts in the summer, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files.  Elba will appear as the love interest for Laura…

Longtime Broadcaster, Who Also Happens to Be New Senator’s Wife, Gets Gig at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C.

Veteran reporter Gail Huff has found a new job at Allbritton’s WJLA-TV, the Washington, D.C.-area’s ABC station, and will move from her long-time Boston job at WCVB-TV, reports the Washington Post. Huff, who also happens to be the wife of the…

NBCU Names a President for Oxygen Media

NBC Universal has named a president for Oxygen Media, which has undergone a total re-brand and resurgence since NBC Universal acquired the network in the fall of 2007. Named President, Oxygen Media is Jason Klarman, who has been the general…

Why Disney is Closing Most of Its ESPN Zone Resaurants

Bad food in the red zone?  Nah, that’s not it. But Walt Disney Co. will indeed shutter most of its ESPN Zone stores, a chain that offers sports-themed restaurants in seven cities, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog…

Lindsay Lohan Posts Bail After Arrest Warrant Issued; Her Alcohol-Monitoring Device Went Off After Lohan Attended the MTV Movie Awards

Lindsay Lohan has posted $200,000 bail after a warrant was issued for her arrest, reports the Los Angeles Times. Lohan has been wearing a court-ordered alchohol monitoring device. The report, quoting unnamed sources, says that "the alcohol-monitoring device on Lohan’s ankle sent a…

Survey Says: Which of These Movies is the Most-Watched Video-on-Demand Movie of All Time: ‘Twilight,’ ‘The Hangover,’ ‘Titanic’

Video-on-Demand distributor Avail-TVN has released a report listing the top 20 most-watched On-Demand movies of all-time, Multichannel News reports. The one caveat: no data from movies shown on-demand in 2010 was included. Indicative of the growing popularity of on-demand viewing,…

U.S. Patent Office Invalidates Key TiVo Patent

"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has ruled that TiVo’s ‘Time Warp’ DVR patent — which is at the heart of the company’s years-long litigation against Dish Network and EchoStar — is invalid in light of two prior-art references," reports…

NBC Moves Drama Exec to Run Newly Restored Current Dept.

 NBC has tapped one of its drama executives to to run its newly restored current department, giving him responsibility for overseeing the network and studio’s currently broadcast scripted program, reports Deadline.com. The new current executive is Vernon Sanders. Erin Gough Wehrenberg…