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Kathy Griffin the Latest Celeb to Have Private Parts Exposed on TV For Cancer Awareness

Both Katic Couric and Harry Smith have had colonoscopies on-air in an effort to raise awareness of colon cancer and get people to have themselves tested. Now comic Kathy Griffin will do something similar. On her Bravo show she will…

HBO Orders 35 More Episodes of ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’

Comedian Bill Maher will continue his stint on HBO, as the network announced a renewal of "Real Time with Bill Maher," the Hollywood Reporter says. "Real Time" is getting renewed for the ninth time, with this most recent renewal ordering…

Is Former CNN Newser Lou Dobbs Contemplating a Run for President?

Since stepping down from his CNN news hours, Lou Dobbs has kept a low profile until now, reports the New York Post. Dobbs, known for his strong views especially on immigration and government intervention, has reportedly been considering running for…

Show About Police Slackers Gets OK From Spike TV

Spike TV’s pilot about suburban police officers entitled "Playing with Guns" has gotten the greenlight for a series order, the Hollywood Reporter reports. Starring "That 70’s Show’s" Danny Masterson and "Super Troopers’" Joey Kern, the two play slackers who try…

Viacom’s Dauman Receives Contract Renewal Through 2016

The president/CEO of Viacom, Phillipe Dauman, has been given a new contract that will keep him in his current position until December 2016, reports B&C. Dauman has been at the helm during a strong period for Viacom, and the board credits…

Taylor Lautner Hosted ‘SNL’; Lorne Michaels Wants Another ‘Twilight’ Star to Host, But No Luck So Far

First it was Taylor Lautner. Now "Saturday Night Live" wants another "Twilight" star as host, OK! magazine reports. Michaels revealed to OK! Magazine that he’d asked Pattinson to host this season, but it didn’t happen. Now "SNL" has booked all of…

Michelle Forbes of ‘True Blood’ Tapped for Basic Cable Drama Pilot

AMC has hired Michelle Forbes, who played the unhinged maenad in HBO’s "True Blood," for a basic-cable drama pilot "The Killing," the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed reports. The pilot is "The Killing," which remains the only pilot up for…

Telemundo Starts Consumer Products Unit to Integrate Sales into Telenovelas

Telemundo has created a consumer products unit to create jewelry and other items that can be worked into the network’s telenovelas and then sold both at telemundo.com and at home shopping and retail channels, Adweek reports. The first effort will…

Report: Nike Ad the Last Straw for Elin–Looks Like She’ll Divorce Tiger

"Fairway philanderer Tiger Woods and his fed-up wife, Elin Nordegren, appear headed to divorce court and the final straw in the disintegrating marriage may have been the golf swinger’s creepy Nike ad," is the lead sentence of a report in…

Larry King and Wife No.7 File for Divorce; Did King Have Affair with His Wife’s Sister?

Larry King, 76, and his wife, Shawn Southwick, 50, have both filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences," the New York Daily News reports. Acording to the article, "The marriage crumbled after Southwick accused King of having an affair with her…