One of the icons of the American music scene got himself into some hot water Tuesday over comments he made on Howard Stern’s show about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and now he has apologized, msnbc.com reports. Singer Tony Bennett said…
Guitarist Neal Schon of the rock band Journey and TV personality Michaele Salahi opened up about their romance to the Daily Beast, with Schon calling all the media attention created by Salahi’s husband Tareq "really quite embarrassing." As previously reported,…
Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, tells Bloomberg that he believes News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch is "going to have to step down" from his role at the media company, which has been jarred by a phone-hacking…
Fox has purchased a comedy project from a former "Seinfeld" writer-producer that’s based on the real-life story of Whitey Bulger, the alleged longtime fugitive gangster who was apprehended in June by the FBI, reports TheWrap.com. The project is from Peter…
"CBS has bought a drama project with a female lead from the director of the previous three ‘Spider-Man’ movies, Sam Raimi, which is being written by Sarah Thorp (‘Hawthorne,’ ‘The Bounty Hunter’), writes our friend Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The article adds,…
ION Media Networks announced that it has named a veteran television research executive as its new senior vice president, sales research. Steve Sternberg will fill the newly created position, and will report to Stephen Appel, president of sales for ION…
Best-selling novelist Nicholas Sparks, whose books have been adapted into hit feature films such as “The Notebook,” has sold an original story idea to ABC, reports Deadline.com. The drama, which marks Sparks’ first venture into television, is titled "The Watchers"…
ABC has ordered a drama script from "Pretty Little Liars" producer Alloy, based on a book series about Upper East Side Witches, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The one-hour project is titled "666 Park" and is about a couple who…
Simon Cowell’s Syco production company and ITV Studios are pitching a game show to U.S. networks — a version of the U.K. game show "Red or Black," which is more or less a roulette game with elaborate challenges built in,…