Kathie Lee Gifford followed up on NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday after comments she made on the show earlier in the week drew an angry response from the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Gifford apologized to the singer for questioning her…
Pay-cable network HBO reigned supreme as the Emmy nominations were announced today, claiming a whopping total of 81 nominations, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced. No other cable network came close — AMC was second with 34, followed…
There are really only a handful of movies that can legitimately be called among the greatest ever made. One is "Lawrence of Arabia." With the announcement that the film will return to theaters — and will be released on Blu-ray…
Fans who still have their tickets for a canceled 1979 concert by the seminal rock band the Who will finally get to see the band — 33 years later, The Huffington Post reports. The concert scheduled for Providence, R.I., back…
DirecTV said talks with Viacom have broken down due to the cable network owner’s insistence that the satellite broadcaster carry its movie channel Epix, reports Joe Flint in the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. DirecTV said the company had…
With Viacom’s cable channels blacked out for DirecTV’s 20 million subscribers while the two media giants wage war over carriage fees, some of Viacom’s rival cable channels are experiencing a mini-boom. In particular, the Disney Channel, the Hub and other…
Barbara Walters turned down an interview with Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman because of an allegedly unreasonable demand, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Walters flew to Florida this week to meet with Zimmerman and his attorney to discuss…
A high-ranking Netflix executive says the online-streaming service is helping cable companies and networks by building their audiences through the airing of old episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The company’s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, cited AMC’s…
George Zimmerman, appearing on Fox News’ "The Sean Hannity Show," said he viewed the shooting incident that led to the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin as "God’s plan," according to FoxNews.com. Zimmerman also said he didn’t regret getting out of…
An attorney for Tom Cruise, fed up at weeks of what he says are false reports, is lashing out at the tabloids, the Los Angeles Times reports. Attorney Bert Fields is mainly upset about reports that Cruise “abandoned” his daughter…