“Playboy” pinup and Marilyn Manson gal-pal Dita Von Teese, who bills herself as the “grande dame of the burlesque revival,” took a martini glass bath, complete with giant olive sponge, at the party celebrating Viacom’s Spike TV, held at the…
How do you pack a hall at the American Museum of Natural History that’s already dwarfed by the fabled blue whale that hangs from the ceiling? For the “Sex and the City” kickoff, start (late, natch) with “SATC” stars (Sarah…
Planners frequently ask what the best way is to reach the light viewing quintile.Every day planners work with TV program ratings, audience composition, the reach/frequency of media plans and so forth. But often planners forget that what is really being…
Gore Network ‘Not Political’ According to at least one person familiar with Al Gore’s plans for a new cable news network, the former U.S. vice president’s vision is philosophical, not partisan. “It is not a Democratic network. It is not…
Jennifer Aniston Tops Forbes Top 100 “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston has popped to the top of Forbes magazine’s annual Top 100 Celebrities List, which is based on earnings, publicity and public interest. She displaces pop singer Britney Spears, who fell…
Universal Signs Cramsey Universal Domestic Television has signed Denise Cramsey, the executive producer of the TLC cable series “Trading Spaces,” to an overall development deal under which she will produce lifestyle shows for first-run syndication, network prime time and cable….
Schleiff to Present Dan Aaron Lecture Court TV Chairman and CEO Henry Schleiff will present the upcoming Dan Aaron Lecture on Innovative Management at Harvard Business School. The lecture is part of CTAM’s week-long Executive Management Program, which begins June…
Al-Jazeera, the controversial Arab-language satellite TV network, is hardly the first to have a landlord-tenant problem. But it has scored dubious bragging rights in Washington as one of the few denied a lease due to concerns it is a security…
Just what did inspire bachelor Rob Campos to offer a heartfelt apology for his drunken, loutish behavior on last week’s installment of “For Love or Money”? Was it conscience, the negative publicity about his Marine service, which broke the morning…
General Electric will be able to go for some real gold (and silver) after being bundled into the NBC bid that won the U.S. media rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games.While NBC paid $2.01 billion for all media…