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Entertainment icons the Beatles and Elvis Presley appear near the top of many lists of accomplishments for their musical legacies, but they are also at the top of the most-forged autographs list, reports Reuters.com. Memorabilia authenticator PSA/DNA announced Thursday that…
As incoming CNN chief Jeff Zucker prepares for his new role in turning around the cable news channel, he’s eyeing some ABC talent, including "20/20" co-anchor Chris Cuomo, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Zucker is searching for an…
Character actor Cliff Osmond, who appeared in many films and TV shows and who estimated that he taught more than 10,000 actors, has died, reports The New York Times. Osmond, 75, died Dec. 22 of pancreatic cancer. Osmond appeared in…
A petition urging the arrest of NBC News host David Gregory has been picking up signatures, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which reports that 11,000 people had signed it as of Thursday. Gregory is under investigation by Washington, D.C., police…
An NBC station in Rochester, N.Y., said it regretted airing an episode of "Chicago Fire" that bore resemblances to a real-life Christmas Eve shooting in a nearby town, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Some viewers criticized NBC for…
The National Football League said that its games accounted for 29 out of the top 30 most-watched TV shows this fall, reports B&C. The only non-sports program on the list was the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which drew 22.4 million…
DirecTV subscribers will get hit with a price hike in 2013, B&C reports. Citing rising costs of programming, the company said it will hit customers with an average increase of 4.5%, according to the report. The new prices will go…
The television industry is wrapping up 2012 after learning some lessons about how audiences’ tastes are changing, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. "If 2012 taught us anything about TV, it was that anyone who still thinks this technology should…
Dan Stevens, one of the stars of the British historical drama "Downton Abbey," tells the U.K.’s Telegraph newspaper that he had decided to leave the show before the third season started taping because he wanted to pursue other work. "We…