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Two-Time Oscar Best Writer Nominee to Write, Direct and Exec Produce New AMC Series

AMC has lined up an Oscar nominee for a new series. Writer-director Frank Darabont, who was nominated for Academy Awards for his screenplays "The Green Mile," and "The Shawshank Redemption,"  will write, direct and serve as exec producer on a…

USA, TNT, TBS Lead With Smallest Pricing Losses in Cable Upfront

High-rated cable networks  USA, TNT and TBS have emerged as the standouts in this year’s upfront market, even compared with some of their broadcast competitors, Advertising Age reports. The three basic cable networks are said by multiple executives to be leading…

Dane Cook’s Joke That Was Edited Out of The ‘Teen Choice Awards’ Telecast

Dane Cook, censored. It happened at the Teen Choice Awards, according to AOL’s Hot Searches blog. According to the blog, "Cook zeroed in on Vanessa Hudgens when he took the stage to present an award. ‘Girl, you gots to keep…

Organizers of Michael Jackson Tribute in Vienna Say Event to be Televised, Live, to One Billion People

Next month’s star studded tribute to Michael Jackson in Vienna will be televised, live, to an audience of one billion people across the globe, the Associated Press reports. The three-hour event will be broadcast from a 17th century palace in Vienna,…

Production for Debmar-Mercury, Showtime Help Propel Lionsgate to Beat Financial Analysts Projections

The power to TV helped Lionsgate to soar past analysts projections to a profit of $36.3 million in the quarter, more than $30 million more than a year earlier, Variety reports. In fact, it was the company’s second-best quarter ever….

MTV Greenlights New Shows From Ashton Kutcher, Rob Hoffman, Johnny Pemberton, Renews Others

MTV has given the go-ahead to a new reality series from Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Films called "American Idiots," though the name of the show might change. In the show contestants are asked to reenact stunts from popular viral videos that…

EA Sports Teaming Up With ESPN For Major Madden NFL Game Promo, Also Has Social Networking Promo with CBS

EA Sports is teaming up with ESPN and its “Monday Night Football” franchise for a Madden NFL game promotion, the  Associated Press reports. Players from last season’s Super Bowl teams, The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals, are featured on the video…

Jon Gosselin Changes His Mind, Cancels Interview on ‘E! News’

Jon Gosselin changed his mind and cancelled his planned interview with “E! News” on Monday night, an interview that was set to rebut his estranged wife’s own Monday interview with NBC’s “Today” show, Zap2it.com reports.   Kate Gosselin said on “Today”…

MTV Shutting Down Its Time Square Studio, A Rock ‘N’ Roll and Hip-Hop Landmark to Many

MTV didn’t renew the lease on its glass-fronted studio overlooking New York’s Times Square and the space will revert to the landlord at the end of the year, the New York Post reports. The network opened the space 12 years…

Atlanta Real Housewife Loses Her Real Home

Lisa Wu-Hartwell, one of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” lost her multimillion dollar mansion last week, after the bank foreclosed, TMZ.com reports. She and her husband, former Oakland Raiders linebacker Edgerton Hartwell, failed in talks to restructure their loan on…