Famed Film Critic Dies
One of the most famous American movie critics, who was a trailblazer as a writer for a major newspaper and also appeared regularly on television, has died. The New York Times reports that Judith Crist died today at her home…
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NBC Sees Numbers Fall Off for Olympics
NBC’s prime-time Olympics coverage saw its numbers decline significantly Monday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the three hours of prime time averaged an 8.1 rating in the key 18-49 demo for Monday’s 10th night of the London…
Report: CNN’s Prime-Time Ratings Sink to 20-Year Low
"Primetime is not good news for CNN lately," writes Dominick Patten at Deadline.com. "Amidst having its least watched month in primetime in two decades in May and the lowest-rated month in total viewers in 10 years in April, CNN has…
Leonardo DiCaprio Movie to Become Fox TV Show
Fox will adapt a Leonardo DiCaprio film into a television series, Deadline.com reports. The movie is the 2000 release “The Beach,” directed by Danny Boyle and adapted from a novel by Alex Garland. The TV project is being penned by…
Best Non-TV News of the Day: Study Shows Drinking This Common Juice Helps Fight Cancer
A new study shows that just drinking a common citrus juice along with taking cancer medication increases the efffectiveness of the cancer medication significantly. Writes Fox News, "A new study from the University of Chicago Medicine revealed patients taking sirolimus…
Mark O’Donnell, Tony Winner for ‘Hairspray’ Adaptation, Dead at 58
Mark O’Donnell, a Tony Award-winning writer who was involved in the Broadway success "Hairspray," died Monday in New York at 58, the Los Angeles Times reports. “He was a huge talent, and a warm, witty and wonderful man who marched…
CBS Crime Procedural Finds Cable Home
A crime procedural that ran for six seasons on CBS has landed a deal for cable distribution, Deadline.com reports. CBS Television Distribution closed a deal to put “Numbers” on ION Television. ION gets off-network rights to all 118 episodes, with…
James Bond Gets His Own TV Channel
The James Bond movie franchise is getting its own TV channel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the satellite broadcaster BSkyB in the U.K. will launch a dedicated movie channel for the franchise on Oct. 5. The launch is timed to…
Robert Pattinson Set for First TV Interview Since Cheating Scandal
In his first televised interview since news broke that girlfriend Kristen Stewart had cheated on him, actor Robert Pattinson will appear on ABC’s "Good Morning America" on Wednesday, Aug. 15, reports USMagazine.com. Pattinson will be promoting his new film "Cosmopolis"…
Hollywood Shocker: Beloved Composer Marvin Hamlisch, 68, Collapses and Dies. We Sang Along to His Songs, From ‘The Way We Were’ to the Music From ‘A Chorus Line.’ He Educated Many of Us to the Music of Scott Joplin When He Adapted It for ‘The Sting’
"Marvin Hamlisch, the singularly productive and sensationally decorated composer of musicals like ‘A Chorus Line’ and songs like ‘The Way We Were,’ has died, his family said Tuesday through a representative. He was 68," The New York Times reports.. Though…