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Forget Having to Go to Orlando to Catch a Harry Potter Ride. Hogwarts Is Coming to Hollywood
"Hogwarts is coming to Hollywood," reports the Los Angeles Times Company Town blog, following a report in The Wall Street Journal (which is behind a paywall and might charge you for its stories). According to the L.A. Times report, "Universal Studios…
To Honor Dandy Sandy: Larry King Part of Consortium To Buy King’s Favorite Baseball Team
Larry King is part of a consortium that will make a bid to own King’s favorite baseball team, ESPNLosAngeles reports. According to the story, "Larry King, the legendary talk-show host and longtime Los Angeles Dodgers season-ticket holder, is part of…
Lifetime Drama Gets 10 More Episodes
Lifetime has given a 10-episode extension to a hit drama series, reports Deadline.com. The series is the channel’s flagship drama "Army Wives," which is currently shooting its sixth season — slated for 13 episodes. The plan is to pile up…
NBCU Taps Veteran to Run Reality Operation
NBCUniversal has settled on a veteran television executive to run the company’s reality studio, which is currently known as Comcast Entertainment Studios, Multichannel News reports. Steve Dolcemaschio, a longtime exec with E! Entertainment, gets the job of president of the…
What Did Ann Coulter Say — and Who Was She Talking About — That Got Her Censored on MSNBC?
Conservative talking head Ann Coulter was censored during an appearance on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" on Tuesday, reports TheWrap.com. Coulter was apparently speaking about former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain when she apparently referred to the politician as a “douchebag,”…
Worry for Our Kids? Consumer Reports Study Backs Dr. Oz’s Claim About Arsenic in Apple Juice
About two months after TV’s Dr. Mehmet Oz sounded the alarm about arsenic levels in apple juice — coming in for criticism over the report — Consumer Reports released the results of its own study that seems to confirm his…
One of the Kardashians Is Pregnant
One of the stars of E!’s hit reality show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" is pregnant, US Weekly reports. Mason Disick will soon have a little brother or sister because mom Kourtney Kardashian is expecting her second child, the story…
Bullish Warren Buffett Buys Media Property
Bullish billionaire Warren Buffett, saying that he’s "extremely bullish on [his hometown] Omaha, Nebraska," has bought one of the major media properties in Omaha, Reuters reports. According to the report, "Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway said it would buy the Omaha World-Herald…
From Animated Reindeer to Lingerie Models, CBS Gets a Lift From Holiday Specials, Wins Tuesday Ratings
CBS’s quirky Tuesday night programming approach — starting with the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” special at 8 p.m. for the kids and wrapping up with “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” at 10 p.m., presumably for the dads — seemed to pay…