A well-known pop singer is reportedly close to a deal to join Simon Cowell’s "The X Factor" as a judge for the show’s second season, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The deal to bring Britney Spears to the Fox singing…
Despite stagnant wages for U.S. workers, cable bills have been rising 6% per year and will pass $200 per month by 2020, according to a report from NPD Group, reports the New York Post. The rising price of cable is…
With two new shows containing some reference to the “B-word” in their titles, ABC has drawn criticism from some quarters and intrigue from others. Both shows — the prime-time soap “GCB” and the Wednesday night comedy “Don’t Trust the B—-…
"Simpsons" creator Matt Groening tells the Smithsonian magazine that he based the Simpson family’s hometown on Springfield, Ore., a small town close to his own hometown of Portland. The revelation comes after the tiny town of Springfield, Vt., beat out…
An off-the-record interview with a well-known cable news host was cited as a reason the lawyers for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, dropped their client, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The interview was…
Nicholas Sparks, the bestselling author whose novels include "The Notebook," "Dear John" and "The Lucky One" — all turned into movies — has signed a first-look deal with Warner Horizon Television, which primarily makes shows for cable TV, Deadline.com reports. Warner Horizon is…
Matt Weiner, who has had enormous success as the creator and showrunner for the multiple Emmy-winning drama "Mad Men," is about to tackle the silver screen. With the current season of "Mad Men" already in the can, he is about…
Apple Inc. has been hit with an antitrust suit by the U.S. Justice Department in a case that also names Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster, Bloomberg reports. The case involves alleged price fixing on digital books,…
Comcast was accused in a complaint filed by Bloomberg with the Federal Communications Commission of favoring its own cable news networks, escalating a dispute between the two companies, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The filing accuses Comcast of…
After hitting her head during Monday’s "Dancing with the Stars," former "Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert sat out Tuesday’s edition of the ABC show, reports People.com. "On her doctor’s advice she is taking a rest day, and…