ABC has confirmed that a former "SNL" player turned movie superstar will host the 2012 Oscarcast. "Oscar nominee Eddie Murphy, whose performing career spans movies, television and the stage, will host this year’s Academy Awards show on Sunday, February 26,…
Two more fomer employees of News Corp.’s News of the World tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom testified before a Parliamentary committee on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, that James Murdoch was told back in 2008 that phone hacking went beyond…
One of the biggest pop music stars today has dropped a hint that she may soon become the latest in an impressive line of singers to perform the James Bond theme in the 007 film series. Adele, a chart-topping female…
An Oscar-winning actor is reportedly close to signing a deal to play the lead in an upcoming HBO project, Deadline.com reports. Anthony Hopkins is in talks for an HBO pilot called "The Corrections," based on Jonathan Franzen’s novel and adapted…
Crown Media Family Networks, home of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, announced it has named two new directors of programming. Alexandra Smith was named director of programming for Hallmark Channel, while Ayn Prince was named to the same position…
A popular girl group will be the focus of a new reality show on the TV Guide network, reports Deadline.com. The group is Wilson Phillips, which had a big hit in 1990 with "Hold On." The group, made up of…
Katie Couric will make her debut on ABC News tonight, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 with a celebrity interview on "Nightline,"reports our friend Marisa Guthrie for The Hollywood Reporter. The interview is with actress Sarah Jessica Parker. Says the article, "the interview…
"All My Children" star Susan Lucci has added an epilogue to the paperback edition of her book, "All My Life: A Memoir," in which she describes how she blasted ABC Daytime chief Brian Frons, reports the New York Post’s Page…
Sometime on Tuesday, Sept. 6th, 2011, the producer of this year’s Oscar telecast, Brett Ratner, will tell the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the name of the one person he wants to host this year’s show, reports Nikki Finke at Deadline.com….
Comedy Central is planning a huge marketing push for Charlie Sheen’s roast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network will center the marketing campaign around Ozzy Osbourne’s classic rock song "Crazy Train," including radio tie-ins, double-decker buses in New York…