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Update: Reality TV Contestant Charged with Murder; Ryan Jenkins of VH1 show ‘Megan Wants a Millionaire’ Was Previously Only a ‘Person of Interest’ to Police

Ryan Jenkins, a contestant on the VH1 reality TV show "Megan Wants a Millionaire," has been charged with the murder of his ex-wife, former model Jasmine Fiore, 28, according to the Associated Press. Police say Jenkins, 32, slipped into Canada…

Reality Producers Didn’t Do a Full Background Check on Contestant Wanted for Murder

The company 51 Minds, which produces the VH1 reality series “Megan Wants a Millionaire,” said it didn’t do a full background check on contestant Ryan Jenkins, who is now being sought in the murder of his ex-wife, Jasmine Fiore, TMZ…

HBO Casts Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson in Adaptation of ‘Sunset Limited’

Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson will star in “The Sunset Limited,” HBO’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s play in which two men of different backgrounds debate whether their lives have been worthwhile, Variety says. Jones will direct the project…

Lifetime to Stream ‘Project Runway’ Online for First Time

Lifetime’s “Project Runway” episodes will stream online two days after their cable premiere, the first time that the series has been available on the Web, says Multichannel News. The full episodes will be available on mylifetime.com beginning on the Saturday…

‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ Husband Gets Another DUI

The husband of "Real Housewives of Orange County" star Jeana Keough, Matt Keough, was arrested for drunk driving Saturday night near his Orange County home, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s department and reported on KCBS-TV’s Web site. Keough, a…

Starz CEO Robert Clasen Retiring at End of Year

Robert B. Clasen, the chairman and chief executive of Starz, said he’ll retire at the end of the year, Variety reports. Clasen, an industry veteran who has been in the cable business for 40 years, has been with Starz since…

Lifetime Renews ‘Drop Dead Diva’ for a Second Season

 Lifetime ordered a second season of 13 episodes of “Drop Dead Diva,” Variety reports. The dramedy series about a model reborn as a plus-sized lawyer had averaged 2.6 million viewers on Sundays. –Elizabeth Jensen

VH1 Yanks Reality Series Off Schedule; Distances Itself From Show After It’s Known That Police Consider Contestant a Person of Interest in Murder

VH1 has taken "Megan Wants a Millionaire" off its schedule and has made it clear that it really has little to do with the show other than put it on its network, according to TV columnist Lisa de Moraes in…

A&E Reality Series Starring Michael Jackson’s Brothers Going Forward

A&E has decided to go forward with a reality series featuring Michael Jackson’s brothers, says The Hollywood Reporter’s Showbiz411 blog. The brothers filmed a one-hour pilot that was to have included a reunion with Michael, who died before they were…

Philadelphia School Officials Agree to Let Tony Danza Teach a Class for A&E Cameras

Philadelphia school commissioners approved a plan to have Tony Danza teach a class of 10th graders this fall for an A&E reality series, the Associated Press reports. School officials approved at least 13 episodes of the untitled show about teaching,…