The entertainment industry is shooting itself in the foot with its current push to pass anti-piracy legislation, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, TheWrap.com reports. In an interview with the U.K.’s The Guardian, Brin likened the Stop Online Piracy Act…
The PBS show "Downton Abbey" appears to have some cast changes in store, as a fan favorite has reportedly said she wants out, according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail. (Warning: This story may contain spoilers.) Dame Maggie Smith has told…
During a speech at the University of North Carolina, Fox News chief Roger Ailes said that Fox News contributor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin "had no chance to be president," reports The Huffington Post. Palin, asked about his comment…
Among those firms that have released details on 2011 executive compensation, one company’s CEO ranks as the highest-paid chief of a media company, reports TheWrap.com. The executive is CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves. Moonves raked in $69.9 million in compensation…
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings fired another volley at Comcast over the weekend, criticizing the cable giant’s policy on net neutrality and data caps, CNet reports. The story reports: “As he explained on his Facebook page, his complaint is that when…
CNN is bringing back an on-air personality who was a familiar face on the network in past years. The cable news channel unveiled plans today for its new Christiane Amanpour program "Amanpour," which it has set to premiere Monday at…
The TV sitcom landscape seems to be breaking down increasingly along gender lines, with penis jokes on one side and vagina jokes on the other. In the latest volley, the creator, writer, director and star of HBO’s much talked about…
No stranger to controversy, Mel Gibson is involved in another one that exploded this week. This time he’s battling it out with famed Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas — a controversial figure in his own right. The latest fracas, reported by…
A mostly repeat lineup on CBS was good enough for second place Thursday night, even as ABC and NBC put up all fresh programming — but no one had an answer for Fox’s “American Idol.” With “Idol” surging three-tenths of…
After years of tabloid stories and Internet gossip, Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has finally come out to deny that he has been romantically involved with his great-granddaughter E’Dena Hines and that he intends to marry her, reports TheWrap.com. In a…