A veteran director whose list of industry awards — along with his experience in directing awards shows — is virtually unmatched has been named as director of the 85th Academy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Don Mischer, who has…
A radio and TV sports talk host is denying he took a little snooze while a call-in commentator was gabbing away about the Yankees during his show, The New York Times reports. A look at the video, included below, might…
An actress who has carved out a career as one of the legends of the soap opera genre has been dumped by her current daytime drama. CBS’s long-running “The Young and the Restless” is dropping Genie Francis from the show,…
With CBS and ABC still airing mostly repeats, Fox and NBC slugged it out for the top spot in the broadcast ratings Thursday night — and Fox’s new season of “The X Factor” and season premiere of “Glee” proved to…
A replacement has been named for Rupert Murdoch as chairman of Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd., the British subsidiary of News Corp. that publishes The Times and The Sunday Times, Deadline.com reports. Taking over from Murdoch will be News Corp. Director…
Sharon Osbourne signed off from "America’s Got Talent" Thursday night, following up on a threat she made in her anger over NBC’s treatment of her son Jack, Deadline.com reports. NBC executives have started the process of finding a new judge…
Mandy Patinkin, speaking with New York Magazine, said joining the CBS drama series "Criminal Minds" was "the biggest public mistake I ever made." Patinkin left the series suddenly in 2007, before the third season started, surprising the show’s creators. He…
One of the stars of MTV’s "Jersey Shore" was barred from a restaurant for two years after a June 10 incident that led to her arrest, reports E! Online.com. Deena Cortese was banned from the Spicy Cantina & Mexican Grille…
A former Nickelodeon star was ordered by a judge in Superior Court in Los Angeles this week to stop driving after having her license suspended a week ago, reports People.com. Amanda Bynes was stopped on Sunday by police officers because…