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One Day After Leaving Turner, Yaccarino Lands a Big TV Job

Linda Yaccarino, an 18-year veteran with Turner Broadcasting, has landed another big television job just a day after announcing her departure from Turner, Multichannel News reports. Yaccarino is poised to accept an offer from Comcast to take a senior ad…

More Lohan Trouble: Lindsay’s Dad Michael Arrested

Michael Lohan, the father of actress Lindsay Lohan, was arrested today in Tampa, Fla., the AP reports. Lohan, 51, was booked on domestic violence charges, the story reports. After he was taken into custody he reportedly complained about chest pains…

AMC Renews Drama

Barely into the current season of one of its dramas, AMC has announced that it is bringing the series back for another season, EW.com reports. The show is the zombie drama “The Walking Dead,” which has aired only two episodes…

Ten Highest-Earning Dead Celebrities: Top Two Are Just Who You Would Expect, but List Has a Few Surprises

The new Forbes list of the top-earning dead celebrities is a mix of the expected and the unexpected, with one huge superstar well ahead of the pack, the magazine reports. The King of Pop and the man known simply as…

NPR Host Steps Down, Cites Obama Re-Election Bid

One of the co-hosts of NPR’s "All Things Considered" announced in a letter to staff Monday that she is leaving the show because her husband has accepted a position to work on President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, according to The…

Harry Potter and the Case of the Vanishing Video Releases

All DVDs and Blu-ray discs in the "Harry Potter" series will be yanked from the shelves Dec. 29, following a strategy made famous by Disney with its classic animation titles, reports TheWrap.com. The last major "Potter" release will be the…

Fox Orders Sitcom Script From ‘MAD TV’ Veteran

Fox has ordered a script for a multicamera sitcom from an actor known for his role in “MAD TV” and seen more recently as William Shatner’s son on "$#*! My Dad Says," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show from…

Lindsay Lohan Doing Nude Photo Shoot

Lindsay Lohan began doing a nude photo shoot over the weekend after negotiating a big payday for the appearance, TMZ.com reports. The photo shoot is for Playboy, which is paying Lohan close to $1 million, the story reports. Lohan will…

Veteran TV Interviewer in Talks With CBS’s ‘Early Show’

CBS’s "The Early Show" is in discussions to hire a veteran TV interviewer, according to an interview in Newsweek with PBS fixture Charlie Rose. "I’m having conversations with CBS because I’m a member of that family," Rose said, referring to…

Heated Exchange on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ as Dancer and Judges Go at It; Watch the Video

Professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy lost his cool on ABC’s "Dancing with the Stars" after judge Len Goodman called his dance with his partner their worst of the season, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The dancer, who had performed a rumba…