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Not Pretty: Jenny McCarthy’s Encounter with Steven Seagal During an Audition; She Claims He Asked Her to Strip

Steven Seagal, who was recently sued for for sexual assault and trafficking women for sex (which shut down the shooting of his A&E TV show, "Lawman"), was accused by Jenny McCarthy of unprofessional conduct during an audition a number of years ago….

ABC, Fox, Lane Bryant in Large Size Dispute

ABC refused to air a lingerie ad featuring a plus-sized model, causing the ad’s creator, Lane Bryant, to accuse the network of discrimination against larger women, the New York Post reports. ABC and Fox say that’s baloney, according to FoxNews.com….

Georgia TV Station Finds Use for Apple’s iPads, Thus Saving Money by Replacing Paper Scripts

It’s not just early-adopter gear heads who are snapping up Apple iPads. A Georgia television station has replaced its newscasts’ paper scripts with six entry-level iPads, which cost $499 each, TVNewsCheck reports. "By using the iPad, we’re saving hundreds of…

Why Procter & Gamble Has Committed to Spend $100 Million on the Oprah Winfrey Network

Procter & Gamble has pledged $100 million in advertising spending for the yet-to-be-debuted Oprah Winfrey Network, Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age reports. The three-year deal also includes the ability for P&G to buy product integration into OWN programs. While the…

Video: Jon Stewart on the Muhammad Controversy And Sibling Comedy Central Show ‘South Park’

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CMT Making Scripted Comedy Push, Including Project From Former ‘Murphy Brown’ Exec. Producer

Country Music Television has placed four pilot presentation orders for scripted comedies, Deadline.com reports. It’s a new direction for the network following its hiring last year of comedy executive Brad Johnson, who is CMT’s senior vice president of comedy development,…

The Dilemma Media Companies Face With a ‘South Park’-Muhammad Type Controversy; Also, ‘South Park’ Creators Respond to Comedy Central Editing of Show

Comedy Central’s response to the "South Park"-Mohammad controversy creates both dangerous precedents and free-speech issues, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. According to the article, "UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh said that although he sympathizes with the…

Netflix Shares Jump Above $100 for First Time

Netflix shares jumped over $100 for the first time since the company sold stock to the public eight years ago, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The shares jumped 15% to $100.25 on Wednesday after investors responded to a "solid" earnings report…

Actors From ‘CSI:NY’ and ‘Babylon 5’ Cast in Syfy Movies

  Syfy is casting actors from "CSI:NY" and Babylon 5" in two separate movies for its Saturday Night lineup, the Hollywood Reporter reports. Bruce Boxleitner of Babylon 5" will star in the original TV film "51," which tracks reporters coping…

Former News Director at KOIN in Portland, Oregon, Arrested by Feds

It’s a story worthy of a movie of the week. Jeff Alan, a former news director at KOIN in Portland, Oregon has been arrested by Federal agents, according to The Oregonian. According to the article, "A federal grand jury indictment…