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Oscar Winner Cuba Gooding Jr. Takes Lead in Fox Pilot

Cuba Gooding Jr., who won an Oscar in 1997 for “Jerry Maguire," will star in an upcoming pilot. If the project gets a series order, it would mark Gooding’s first regular series role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gooding will star…

NBC Still Trying to Find the Right Spot for ‘Rock Center’

"Rock Center with Brian Williams" is still looking for a niche in the NBC schedule and will be moved for the second time in a month to a new time slot, reports TVNewser.com. "Rock Center" will air Wednesdays at 10…

News Veteran Tops List of America’s Favorite Current Affairs Personalities; Then There’s Least Favorite — With a Runaway Winner

A new Harris poll lists the country’s favorite current affairs personalities, and topping the list is a familiar face in broadcast news, TVNewser.com reports. ABC News veteran Diane Sawyer comes in at No. 1 in the survey, the story reports,…

Details Emerge About Arrest of Actress at Oscars Party

Details are surfacing about what happened at the Governors Ball after Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony that led to the arrest of actress Sean Young. As we reported previously, the star known for her roles in “No Way Out,” “Blade Runner”…

Must Watch: Jimmy Kimmel’s Funny Post-Oscars Pitch to Oprah for Shows She Should Put on OWN

It’s Now Written in Black & White: Oscarcast Draws 1.4 Million More Viewers Than Last Year

Updated overnight Nielsen ratings for Sunday night confirm what the metered market returns, reported earlier, hinted at: The Oscars did better this year than last, ABC noted in a press release.. Total viewership averaged 39.3 million for the broadcast, up…

Star of ‘Xena, Warrior Princess’ Arrested

Actress Lucy Lawless, best known as the star of the television series "Xena: Warrior Princess," was arrested in New Zealand while taking part in a Greenpeace protest, reports New York Magazine. Lawless and other activists were reportedly arrested after boarding…

‘The Artist’ Takes Top Honors at 84th Annual Academy Awards; See the Complete List of Winners

The silent movie “The Artist” was the big winner Sunday night at the 84th annual Academy Awards, taking home a total of five trophies including best picture, best director and best actor. Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” also scored five Oscars, despite…

Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Dictator’ Shows Up at Oscars After All, Pulls Red Carpet Stunt at Ryan Seacrest’s Expense. Seacrest Clearly Not Happy About It

After a showdown between the Motion Picture Academy and actor Sacha Baron Cohen in the days leading up to the Oscars, the Academy’s worst fears came true when Cohen showed up on the Oscars red carpet in character, MTV News…

Oscar Ratings Surprise

Preliminary ratings for Sunday night’s Academy Awards telecast showed that the ABC telecast was on track to improve on last year’s Oscar ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The news comes as a bit of a surprise considering that box office numbers for…