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Video: Sarah Palin Launches Pre-emptive Strike Against New HBO Movie

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has released a video targeting the HBO movie “Game Change,” which focuses on the 2008 election, TVNewser reports. Palin’s camp has been critical of the movie, in which Julianne Moore plays Palin. The movie’s…

TV Networks Sue Barry Diller’s Video-Streaming Service

The broadcast networks have filed lawsuits against an online video-streaming service that has been urging customers to cut their cable cords, TheWrap.com reports. The new service, Aereo, is set to launch in New York in about two weeks. Suing it…

2012 Forecast Contains Good News for Cable

A forecast examining the outlook for cable and satellite TV contains some good news for subscription-based programming providers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The report, “Cable/Digital Broadcast Satellite Businesses Are Healthy, Even With Tough Housing Environment,” by Barclays Capital analyst…

Lawsuit Settled, Clearing Way for Release of Singer’s Pre-‘American Idol’ Album

A singer who became a star on “American Idol” has settled a lawsuit that was holding up the release of an album he recorded before his appearance on the Fox show. Adam Lambert came to terms with Colwel Platinum Entertainment,…

Keith Olbermann Is Sued

Controversial cable talk show host Keith Olbermann has been sued — and it’s apparently political. The New York Post reports that Olbermann, the outspoken left-leaning host of Current TV’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” was sued by conservative “video prankster” James…

Influential Conservative Publisher Dead at 43

A well-known conservative activist, author and publisher who was influential in Republican politics and whose work was widely circulated in U.S. media has died, Reuters reports. Andrew Breitbart, the man behind major news websites such as breitbart.tv and biggovernment.com, was…

CW Orders Perez Hilton Show

The CW network has picked up two episodes of "Perez Hilton Superfan," to be shown as specials on the channel, reports Deadline.com. The celebrity blogger hosts the program, in which he interviews stars. UK’s ITV2 originally commissioned the series and…

Cablevision Posts Steep Profit Decline After Spinning Off AMC

The nation’s fifth-largest cable provider announced a steep decline in profit for the fourth quarter, Fox Business reports. Profit for Cablevision fell 47%, reflecting the loss of the company’s cable-networks division, including AMC, which was spun off last year. The…

Sean Young Speaks Out About Her Arrest at Oscars Bash

Actress Sean Young wants the Motion Picture Academy to apologize for an incident that resulted in her arrest on the night of the Oscars, CBS News reports. As we reported previously, the “No Way Out” and “Blade Runner” star was…

Justin Bieber Sued by ‘Joustin’ Beaver’ Video Game

Pop star Justin Bieber is embroiled in a legal beef with the maker of a sound-alike video game that says it has the First Amendment on its side, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bieber’s camp served notice two weeks ago…