An eagerly anticipated TV comedy series continues to attract high-profile stars, Reuters reports. Highly regarded actors Helena Bonham Carter and Liam Neeson have joined the cast of the new series from Ricky Gervais, “Life’s Too Short.” The BBC sitcom focuses…
Most showrunners are not household names. Except this one, who is identified with two of Fox’s tentpole series. "American Idol" producer Nigel Lythgoe — who also wears multiple hats for Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance" — is in…
Bravo will push back the debut of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" following the suicide of cast member Taylor Armstrong’s estranged husband Russell Armstrong, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new season had been scheduled to debut Sept. 5,…
Lady Gaga used her Thursday night special “MTV First: Lady Gaga” to announce a high-profile upcoming performance, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pop superstar has been tapped as the opening performer for MTV’s 2011 Video Music Awards, to be…
The 45 million people who use BlackBerry smartphones may get access to a new music service soon. "Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, is in the process of signing deals with the major record companies to develop a…
Another Western-themed show is in the works for the small screen, as TNT has given a cast-contigent pilot order for a project from “Band of Brothers” writer Bruce McKenna and "CSI" producer-director Danny Cannon, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Called…
An executive producer of CBS’s "How I Met Your Mother" has signed a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, reports Deadline.com. Stephen Lloyd will continue to serve as executive producer on the show, but will also develop original…
Frank Spotnitz, a writer and executive producer on the cult favorite "The X-Files," is working on a new show for Cinemax that will feature a tough female character, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The show will track…
News Corp.’s top management is reportedly starting to plan for the possibility of scion James Murdoch stepping aside, according to Reuters. James Murdoch, the son of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, has been under increasing pressure in the phone-hacking scandal…
It was another rough day on Wall Street as the Dow Jones Industrial average plunged 419.10 points to 10,991.11. It represented a drop of 3.7% for the day. The Standard and Poor’s index of 500 companies fell 4.5%. In a…