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Conservative Pundit Andrew Breitbart Spent the Two Hours Before He Died With a Well-Known Former TV Executive. They Had Never Met Before, Were 180 Degrees Apart Politically, and Had a Great Time

Andrew Breitbart, the conservative commentator who died unexpectedly at age 43 early Thursday morning, March 1, 2012, spent his last hours with a former TV executive he had never met. The former TV executive is Arthur Sando, who for years…

TV Networks Sue Barry Diller’s Video-Streaming Service

The broadcast networks have filed lawsuits against an online video-streaming service that has been urging customers to cut their cable cords, TheWrap.com reports. The new service, Aereo, is set to launch in New York in about two weeks. Suing it…

Oscar Winner Drops Out of HBO Comedy Project

A high-profile comedy project in the works at HBO has suffered a setback after the pay cable network and an Oscar-winning actress agreed to end their collaboration, Deadline.com reports. Goldie Hawn, an Oscar winner for the 1969 movie “Cactus Flower,”…

Fun Weekend Reading: What Ted Turner Is Up to Now. At 73 He’s Got Four Girlfriends, Was Recently Diagnosed With Sleep Apnea, and, Says His Daughter, He Really Misses Time Warner. ‘He’d still be there if he’d not totally gotten screwed,’ She Says

So what’s Ted Turner up to? You can find out by reading "Whatever Happened to Ted Turner" by Stephen Galloway in The Hollywood Reproter. Galloway writes, "Turner doesn’t pay attention to TV anymore, other than CNN [which Turner founded]. ‘I…

Video: Lindsay Lohan and Jimmy Fallon Revisit ‘Debbie Downer’ Meltdown on ‘SNL’

Lindsay Lohan has been making the rounds of TV talk shows to promote her upcoming hosting gig on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” and her mini-tour has produced some highlights. Among them, Lohan’s appearance Thursday night on “Late Night With Jimmy…

Hi-Tech Meets the Most Primal of Human Functions as Pissed-Off Man Sues Google in Our Weird News Story of the Day

"A man is suing Google after a precarious picture of him showed up on the company’s Street View service," TG Daily reports. The article continues, "Google now blurs faces of people that happen to be in the line of fire,…

Nicollette Sheridan Takes the Stand in ‘Desperate Housewives’ Trial, Describes Alleged Attack by Show Creator Marc Cherry

The first witness took the stand Thursday in Nicollette Sheridan’s wrongful termination case against ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” as the actress recounted an alleged physical attack by show creator Marc Cherry, EW.com reports. Sheridan testified that the trouble started after a…

Report: Breitbart Was in Talks for CNN Show With Anthony Weiner, the Former Congressman Breitbart Exposed

Conservative firebrand Andrew Breitbart, who died suddenly this week at 43, had told friends he was close to getting a show on CNN that would have pitted him against his political opposite, former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, the U.K.’s Daily…

Casting Shapes Up for ‘Making of Psycho’ Movie Project: ‘Lost in Translation’ Beauty as Janet Leigh, Oscar Winner as Hitchcock. Influence of Hitchcock’s TV Show

The part of Janet Leigh, the star of “Psycho,” has been cast in “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The victim of the famous shower scene will be played by Scarlett Johansson, the story…

Report: Apple Wants a New Service Streaming TV Programming Up and Running by Christmas, But the Studios Are Balking at Apple’s Terms. TV Channels as Apps? Plus, What Apple Wants to Do With MSOs

"Apple is pushing ahead with plans to launch a streaming TV service by Christmas — despite making little headway in its negotiations with content providers," writes our friend Claire Atkinson in the New York Post. According to the article: "Apple’s…