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LAFF Announces First Film Licensing Agreements

Press release from Katz Broadcasting, March 17, 2015: Continuing to assemble impressive programming assets as it prepares to debut on April 15, the country’s first-ever, over-the-air broadcast television network devoted to comedy – LAFF – today announced three individual film…

Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Haley Joel Osment Join Michael Kenneth Williams and Will Ferrell in IFC’s ‘The Spoils Before Dying’

Press release from IFC, March 17, 2015: Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters), Maya Rudolph (SNL, Bridesmaids, The Maya Rudolph Show) and Haley Joel Osment (Entourage The Movie, Tusk) have joined the formidable cast of IFC’s six-part comedic miniseries, The Spoils Before…

Cablevision and HBO Announce Agreement to Provide HBO Now via Optimum Online

Press release from HBO and Cablevision, March 16, 2015: Cablevision and Home Box Office (HBO) announced today that they have reached an agreement to offer standalone streaming service HBO NOW to Optimum Online customers via the internet. Optimum is the…

Fox Announces Summer Premiere Dates

Press release from Fox Broadcasting, March 9, 2015: FOX is announcing summer premiere dates for the returns of MASTERCHEF, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? and the Season 12 premiere of So You Think You Can Dance; as well…

Marc Graboff Named President, Global Business and Legal Affairs, Production Management and Studios for Discovery Communications

Press release from Discovery Communications, March 3, 2015: Discovery Communications today announced that longtime media industry executive Marc Graboff will join the company in April 2015 as President, Global Business & Legal Affairs, Production Management and Studios. He will be…

Complete List of Winners of the 87th Annual Academy Awards, as Broadcast on Feb. 22nd, 2015

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Julianne Moore in Still Alice PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR…

Complete List of Nominees for the 28th Annual Kids Choice Awards, to Be Cablecast on Nickelodeon on March 28, 2015

  Santa Monica, Calif. – (February 20, 2015) – Who will vie for the coveted blimp in a year marked by a slew of first-time celebrity nods?  Fans have voiced their favorites as Nickelodeon announces the nominations for the 28th Annual Kids’ Choice…

Official CBS News Announcement of Bob Simon’s Death, Including Complete Biography

CBS NEWS AND “60 MINUTES” CORRESPONDENT BOB SIMON, MOST-HONORED FIELD REPORTER IN TELEVISION NEWS, IS DEAD AT 73                60 MINUTES Correspondent Bob Simon, whose decades of foreign reporting for CBS News, especially from the Middle East, where he was…

Full List of Winners of the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Presented on Jan. 25, 2015

SAG-AFTRA Honors Outstanding Film and Television Performances at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® The complete list of recipients for the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® follows: 21st ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® RECIPIENTS   TELEVISION PROGRAMS  …

Full, Complete List of Movies Nominated for 2015 Academy Awards

BEST MOTION PICTURE “American Sniper” “Boyhood” “Birdman” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” “The Imitation Game” “Selma” “The Theory of Everything” “Whiplash”   BEST DIRECTOR Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Birdman” Richard Linklater, “Boyhood” Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation…