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Recommended Reading Over the Weekend #1: How the Oreo Conquered China

Nabisco’s Oreo is the No. 1 cookie in America. But as the company found out, you can’t just import it into China and expect it to be No. 1 there as well. In this insightful piece from the smart folks…

Recommended Reading Over the Weekend #2: Wonder Dog, or Dr. Lassie. (If This Story Hasn’t Already Been Scooped Up by Hollywood, We’d Be Very Surprised)

This recommendation is for a heart-warming story that ran a few weeks ago in The New York Times Magazine. The Times calls the piece "Wonder Dog." We call it "Dr. Lassie." Please click here to read it.

After Two Candidates Decline to Participate, CNN Cancels GOP Debate

After two presidential hopefuls declined to participate in a debate, CNN canceled the Republican primary event that had been scheduled for March 1, reports TVNewser.com. Mitt Romney and Ron Paul said they wouldn’t join the debate, according to the story….

‘Beauty and the Beast’ Reboot Casts Female Lead

A new project based on the late 1980s show “Beauty and the Beast” has cast its “Beauty,” reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. "Smallville" actress Kristin Kreuk, who payed Lana Lang in the CW series, has been tapped for a lead…

Fox News Attacks Activist Group, With MSNBC Caught in Crosshairs

A battle between Fox News Channel and the activist group Media Matters for America is heating up, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and Fox News rival MSNBC is being dragged into it. Media Matters boss David Brock has made no…

Star of Syfy’s Longest-Running Series Announces He’s Leaving the Show

One of the stars of a hit Syfy show, which has been on the cable network for eight years, announced Wednesday that he’s leaving the show, EW.com reports. Grant Wilson, a co-lead investigator on the paranormal docu-series “The Ghost Hunters,”…

Amanda Knox Gets a Staggering Figure for Book Deal

Amanda Knox, who was freed last year from an Italian jail after being imprisoned for four years on murder charges, has signed a book deal with HarperCollins that will pay her close to $4 million, EW.com reports. Knox, 24, was…

Hit TBS Sitcom Gets Order for 35 More Episodes

TBS has ordered an additional 35 episodes of a sitcom that premiered in November and has been the No. 1 show on TV among African-American adults, Deadline.com reports. The show is "Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse," which tells the…

Popular Comedy Central Show ‘Colbert Report’ Suspends Production. Report Says Reason is Colbert’s Mother is Seriously Ill

[Updated at 7:18 p.m., PT on 2-16-12 to reflect in headline and body of story an update seem on the Huffington Post] Comedy Central’s popular "The Cofbert Report" has suspended production for the week because the mother of host Stephen Colbert is seriously ill,…

‘Monday Night Football’ Scales Back, Dumps One of Its Three Announcers

"Monday Night Football" will shift from its traditional three-person team to two announcers, The New York Times reports. The odd man out of the booth is Ron Jaworski, who is being dropped from the program so he can focus on…