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Financial Crisis to Become Fodder for an HBO Movie

HBO will dramatize the 2008 financial crisis for a TV movie, adapting Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book "Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves,” Reuters reports….

Tiger Woods Rejects $75 Million Sponsorship Offer; Company Says It’s Not a Publicity Stunt and Will Raise Offer

TIger Woods has rejected an offer of $75 million to enter into a sponsorship deal with a publicly-traded company that has a market value of $1.6 billion. The company is Paddy Power, which is the largest legal bookmaker in Ireland, according to a…

Hooray for Hollywood: Emmy Broadcast to Do Something It Hasn’t Done in Over 30 Years

When the Emmys are broadcast on NBC on Aug. 29, it will mark the return of something the Emmys haven’t done in 34 years, TheWrap reports. Following in the footsteps of this year’s Golden Globe awards show–and every year’s Oscar…

Book ’em: ‘Hawaii Five-O’ Remake Finds Actor Who Caan Play Danno

The original "Hawaii Five-o" series included some of the memorable characters in TV history, including, among others,: Steve McGarrett, played by Jack Lord; Chin Ho Kelly, played by Kam Fong; and Danny "Danno" WIlliams, played by James MacArthur.  In the remake…

The Long and Short of It: Producers of CBS’ ‘The Doctors’ Sued Over Broadcast of Operation on Plaintiff’s Private Parts

A patient has sued the producers of CBS’ syndicated program “The Doctors,” claiming that he was tricked into letting his penis operation be broadcast, Courthouse News reports. The suit was filed by Tyler Bowling, 21, of Minneapolis, who says he…

NBC Sets Summer Schedule

NBC is bringing back its summer series "America’s Got Talent" and "Last Comic Standing" in early June, TheWrap reports. “Talent” will air on Tuesdays and Wednesdays; “Last Comic” will air on Mondays, leading into a drama called “Persons Unknown.” The…

Apolo Anton Ohno Already Won ‘Dancing With the Stars’; Wouldn’t We Love to See Him Dancing on Ice! ABC Green Lights Ice Dancing Spin-off

ABC will recreate its “Dancing with the Stars” hit in an ice dancing version later this year, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show will be produced by BBC Worldwide Productions, which produces “Dancing with the Stars” as well as the…

‘Smallville’ to Return for 10th Season

The CW decided not to make “Smallville” fans wait: The network gave the series an early renewal for its 10th season, Michael Ausiello reports for EW.com. The show’s move to Friday nights has paid off for the network, which has…

First Video Footage of Jaycee Dugard, Who Was Kidnapped at Age 11 and Remained Missing for 18 Years, Appears Today on Three ABC Shows

ABC will air the first video of kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, who spent 18 years being held captive before her release last August, on three shows today,  the Associated Press reports. The home video of Dugard, now 29, her mother and her half-sister…

Univision Shows Now Appearing on Blackberrys

Univision has launched a video application that will put some of its top-rated shows before Blackberry Smartphone users, B&C reports. The free download will let users watch Univision news, entertainment, sports and special events programming. According to the B&C account, "A report…