The cable news networks received a ratings boost from coverage of the market meltdown on Monday, reports Deadline.com. Fox News posted the biggest gain, with ratings up 29% from July averages to 1.3 million viewers in total day, the story…
A former star of "Scrubs" has signed a development and talent holding deal with 20th Century Fox Television, reports Deadline.com. Sarah Chalke will develop a half-hour comedy project aimed at debuting in fall 2012. "She is incredibly talented as a…
Comcast’s attempt to stop an ad campaign by competitor DirecTV has been denied by a federal judge in Illinois, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. blog. As previously reported, Comcast sued DirecTV over what the cable giant claimed are…
Lionsgate plans to sell access to "Abduction," a movie starring "Twilight" actor Taylor Lautner, on television for as little as $6.99 just three months after its release in movie theaters, reports Bloomberg. The film is slated to hit theaters Sept….
"30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin tells The New York Times that he’s considering enrolling in a master’s program in politics and government to prepare for a possible run for political office. The degree would be “to help me better understand…
As rioting continues to rage in London and other British cities, authorities are focusing on the role of social media and BlackBerry Messenger in helping to organize the rioters, ABC News reports. Police have threatened to bring charges against social…
In news that sounds like a punch line waiting to happen, cast members of MTV’s "Jersey Shore" have been added to the upcoming feature film reboot of the Three Stooges, reports Movieline.com. The film is being directed by the Farrelly…
An early-moring attack that left singer Gavin DeGraw hospitalized has sparked a police investigation, according to The Hollywood Reporter. DeGraw, best known for his hit song “I Don’t Want to Be” — the theme song for CW’s “One Tree Hill”…
The bitter fight between Dick Clark Productions and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association over TV rights to the Golden Globe Awards will go to trial, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A U.S. District Court judge ruled that a factual dispute…
ABC has revealed plans to adapt some familiar material, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network has projects in the works to bring versions of the novel “The Nanny Diaries” and the movie “The Lincoln Lawyer” to the small screen….