Fox Sports has been hit with a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq., reports that fired executive Jerry Davis claims in his suit that no black person has ever held a position of vice president or above…
An auction fetched the second-highest price ever paid for a bit of memorabilia from the original 1960s TV series “Star Trek.” A phaser rifle that was used by William Shatner in the show sold for $231,000, according to The Hollywood…
The last review by Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert, who died Thursday, was posted to his website Sunday, reports TheWrap.com. The review is for the movie "To the Wonder," directed by Terrence Malick and starring Ben Affleck and Rachel…
Linda Yaccarino, NBCUniversal’s president of ad sales, senses change in the air, according to Advertising Age. "One of her conversation changers is Project Symphony — an internal initiative NBCU is bringing to the market for the first time," Ad Age…
Hundreds of people, many dressed in camouflage, attended the funeral of "Buckwild" cast member Shain Gandee, reports the Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail. Some attendees wore neon T-shirts with the logo of Gandee Candy, his family’s candy company, the story says….
Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts and Steve Burke, the CEO of NBCUniversal, received salary increases in 2012, the Los Angeles Times reports. Citing a regulatory filing Friday, the Times reports that Roberts earned $29 million in compensation last year,…
A new Web page for Joss Whedon’s forthcoming ABC project has sparked speculation that "S.H.I.E.L.D." has a new name, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The new title, as revealed on ABC’s website for advertisers, is "Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D," the story…
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the only woman to serve as Britain’s prime minister, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke today, CNN reports. “Thatcher’s funeral will be at St. Paul’s Cathedral, with full military…
A filmmaker whom Taylor Hackford, president of the Directors Guild, called "a national treasure" has died of bladder cancer at age 77, reports The New York Times. The filmmaker is Les Blank. Les Blank The Times obituary, by Bruce Weber,…