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Lifetime Greenlights First Project Under Dubuc
Lifetime has greenlighted its first project since shifting its leadership and bringing in Nancy Dubuc as president, reports Nellie Andreeva on Deadline.com. The project is "Bond of Silence," an original movie starring Kim Raver ("24," "Grey’s Anatomy"). "Like most Lifetime…
‘Deadliest Catch’ Employee Allegedly Gets No Kick From Champagne; Goes for Cocaine And Faces Drug Charges
A "Deadliest Catch" production manager is facing felony drug charges, the Associated Press reports. According the AP, charging documents accused Matthew Schneider, 22, of allegedly talking about large amounts of cocaine being distributed at "Deadliest Catch" parties in the Alaska fishing town of…
Gaga Can’t Gag ‘Idol’ Ratings from Gnawing Away
A live performance from Lady Gaga on Wednesday failed to stop a ratings slide for "American Idol," with the program drawing its lowest-rated Wednesday night audience since 2002, theNew York Times reports. The program drew 19.1 million viewers, which despite…
Actors Unions May Be Ready to Talk Marriage
The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists may be ready to negotiate merging, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. According to a message in the SAG magazine, relations between the two unions…
Harmonic Buys Omneon for End-to-End Video Content Storage
Harmonic has agreed to buy Omneon to create a company providing end-to-end video content storage, processing and delivery for some of the top media companies, the Financial Times reports. The $274 million purchase includes $190 million in cash. Closely held…
Huge Scare on Wall St. Thursday; At One Point P&G, a Big TV Advertiser and Usually a Stable Stock, Plunged 37%. Was the Trigger for Yesterday’s Wall St. Madness Caused by a Trader’s Typo?
The panic on Wall Street on Thursday, May 6, may have been caused by a trader who, mistakenly, punched into a computer that he wanted to sell $16 billion worth of futures, when he meant to type in $16 million,…
‘Lost’ Executive Producers Sit Down for Live Interview to be Broadcast to Select Movie Theaters
ABC’s "Lost" is hitting the big screen…sorta…as a live interview with "Lost" co-executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse is broadcast to select movie theaters on May 20. The two "Lost" EPs will sit down with New York Times entertainment…
Oprah Plans Martin Luther King Miniseries for Cable–But Not Discovery
Oprah Winfrey will be the force behind a new miniseries about the Civil Rights Movement with a focus on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1954-1968, reports Deadline.com. Though Oprah has a major partnership with Discovery Communications for the…
‘Jersey Shore’ Gets Hit With Another Lawsuit–This One Claims Violations of Racketeering Statutes
A lawsuit brought against producers of "Jersey Shore" and MTV claims the show violates New Jersey’s racketeering statutes after an altercation between a New Jersey resident and cast member Paul "DJ Pauly D" Delvecchio last summer, NJ.com reports. A lawyer for…