The Jim Henson Company, creator of the Muppets, has cut ties with a fast-food restaurant chain, The Huffington Post reports. The chain is Chick-fil-A, and the move comes in response to comments by Chick-fil-A’s CEO in which he publicly came…
Twitter employees "will spend 20 hours a day to help corral millions of Twitter messages from Olympic athletes, their families, fans and NBC television personalities into a single page on Twitter.com," reports The Wall St. Journal, adding, "Twitter’s Olympics hub,…
Warner Bros. has confirmed that it has pulled the trailer for an upcoming action film from screenings of the new Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” in the wake of the shooting rampage today in Aurora, Colo., E! News reports….
An actor known for his iconic role on the original "Star Trek" series is upset at what he sees as a snub for a cult TV show in the Emmy nominations, TVLine.com reports. The Emmy nominations came out yesterday, as…
DirecTV’s 20 million subscribers will again have access to Viacom’s 17 channels after the satellite company and the cable programmer settled their dispute, USA Today reports. DirecTV said in a news release that Viacom “has returned all affected networks,” according…
Yahoo will pay its new chief executive up to $100 million in compensation, stock, bonus and retention awards over five years, reports The Wall Street Journal. Marissa Mayer will receive about $5.4 million from Yahoo for the rest of 2012,…
NBCUniversal has announced a reorganization of its news operations, combining NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC and the Weather Channel under the new NBCUniversal News Group, Deadline.com reports. The company named Pat Fili-Krushel as chairman of the new division, with NBC News’…
There are really only a handful of movies that can legitimately be called among the greatest ever made. One is "Lawrence of Arabia." With the announcement that the film will return to theaters — and will be released on Blu-ray…
A high-ranking Netflix executive says the online-streaming service is helping cable companies and networks by building their audiences through the airing of old episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The company’s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, cited AMC’s…
The movie many film buffs have long said was their No. 1 choice for release on Blu-ray has finally received an official release date. Sony Pictures has announced that the "director’s cut" of "Lawrence of Arabia" "will be available in a Blu-ray 3-disc collectible…