HBO has announced the casting of the last major role in its 5-hour mini-series remake of a classic Academy Award-winning movie, the Hollywood Reporter reports. Mare Winningham, herself an Oscar nominee and two-time Emmy-winner, has been cast as Ida Corwin…
A CBS programming executive is leaving to take the role of executive producer of "Undercover Boss," which he helped develop while at the network, the Hollywood Reporter says. The executive is Chris Carlson. He’ll replace Shauna Minoprio who left the show…
If you’re a "tanned and toned fist pumper" who loves the shore and has "awesome hair," MTV wants to hear from you. The network has created a Web site seeking people to cast for the second season of "Jersey Shore,"…
Mark Burnett is moving into out-of-home branded video, Advertising Age reports. According to the article, "Burnett is teaming with Vimby (Video in My Backyard) for a new venture to develop original content for brands with new-media distribution, including digital out-of-home…
For the first time, more Americans said they’d give up their television sets in favor of keeping their Internet connections, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. A survey by Arbitron Inc. and Edison Media Research found that 49% would opt to drop…
With 3D grabbing movie goers and 3D television sets coming to market, the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas next week, will focus on 3D-related issues such as broadcast standards and efforts to standardize glasses, the…
He was " the anti-establishment provocateur behind the Sex Pistols," and much of the Punk movement , according to CNN, and he’s died of cancer at age 64. That could describe only one person: Malcolm McLaren, who managed the Sex Pistols during their…
Diane Lane has been cast in HBO’s film "Cinema Verite," a look at the making of the innovative 1973 PBS documentary "An American Family," the Hollywood Reporter says. She’ll play Pat Loud, the mother of the Santa Barbara family that…
Eliot Spitzer, continuing an image rehabilitation after being forced out of his job as New York governor following a prostitution scandal, stepped in as a guest host on "The Dylan Ratigan Show" on MSNBC on Thursday, the New York Daily…
Tribune Co. has reached an agreement with its top creditors, allowing it to file a reorganization plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court by Tuesday, the Tribune-owned Los Angeles Times reports. The agreement is supported by the unsecured creditors committee, which…