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Media Abuzz Over Michael Douglas Comment Linking Oral Sex and Cancer

Actor Michael Douglas stirred up a bit of a media frenzy with a comment that throat cancer, something he battled in recent years, can by caused by oral sex with a woman who has a sexually transmitted disease, USA Today…

Actress Pia Zadora arrested

Actress and singer Pia Zadora, known for her work in movies including the 1982 feature “Butterfly,” was arrested Saturday on suspicion of domestic battery and coercion, the New York Daily News reports. The arrest followed a disturbance at her home…

Two Cast Members Dropped From ‘Suburgatory’ in Budget-Cutting Move

Two cast members have been dropped from ABC’s "Suburgatory" because of cost-cutting measures, reports the New York Post. They are Alan Tudyk, who portrays Noah, and Rex Lee, who plays high-school guidance counselor Mr. Wolfe. Tudyk was a series regular…

Starz Greenlights Fantasy Series

Starz has given a series order to a show based on a best-selling fantasy book. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel ordered "Outlander," based on the book of the same title, from "Battlestar Galactica" developer Ron Moore. The show has…

Dan Harmon Returns to ‘Community’ as Showrunner

After a week of speculation it has become official that Dan Harmon, the creator of NBC’s cult favorite "Community," is returning to the series as showrunner, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. Writer and executive producer Chris McKenna, who, like…

‘American Idol’ Tour Scaled Back

With the ratings decline for Fox’s "American Idol," the traditional summer tour of the finalists has been scaled back, with 19 Entertainment cutting nine concerts, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Idol Worship. The cities losing tour appearances include Las Vegas,…

Weather Channel’s Tornado Truck Tossed 200 Yards, Causing Channel’s First Injury From Violent Weather

The Weather Channel’s tornado hunt trunk was tossed 200 yards by a twister with a meteorologist and two photographers inside, but meteorologist Mike Bettes and the crew walked away from the wreck, reports TVNewser. The report comes after the star…

Who Will Be the Next ‘Doctor Who’? Bookmakers Reveal the Odds

With Matt Smith announcing he’s leaving the hit BBC show "Doctor Who," bookmakers are providing odds on who will replace him as the mysterious Doctor in the sci-fi series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. William Hill, the U.K.’s biggest bookmaker,…

Matt Smith to Leave ‘Doctor Who.’ He’s Only the Third Actor to Play the ‘Doctor’ Since the Show’s Revival in 2005

Matt Smith is leaving ‘Doctor Who’ "after four incredible years on the hit show," the BBC has announced in a press release. The announcement continues, "Matt first stepped into the TARDIS in 2010 and will leave the role at the…

Star of Discovery’s ‘Storm Chasers’ Killed in Oklahoma Tornado

"A star of the Discovery Channel show ‘Storm Chasers,’ his son and a colleague have been identified as three of the 13 people killed after an outbreak of tornadoes struck the Oklahoma City area on Friday," Fox News reports. ….