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Showtime Working on Ambitious Climate-Change Documentary With James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub

An eight-part documentary on the impact of climate change is in the works at Showtime with high-powered principals involved, including James Cameron and Jerry Weintraub, TheWrap.com reports. Citing individual with knowledge of the project, the piece says “The Years of…

It’s Election Day, and We Already Have Unprecedented Results From the Tiny Town That Votes First in the Nation

"By tradition, the unincorporated village of Dixville Notch, N.H., located in Coos County, is one of two locations that get to cast the first votes of the presidential election just after midnight on Election Day," reports the Huffington Post. The…

Stage Mother to End All Stage Mothers Dies at 79

She was a modern-day version of Mama Rose in "Gypsy" — that is, the stage mother to end all stage mothers. Teri Shields, 79, "who long exerted an iron fist in guiding the career of her daughter Brooke Shields from…

Spinoff of a Spinoff of a Spinoff

Here’s a throwback to the days when "Laverne & Shirley" was spun off from "Happy Days," which was itself a spinoff of an episode of "Love, American Style." A spinoff of CBS’s "NCIS: Los Angeles" is in the works, with the…

Controversial Program Gives Nat Geo Its Highest Ratings in a Year

National Geographic Channel earned its best ratings in more than a year with the airing of a program that drew criticism for what some believed was a partisan bias — "SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden," reports…

Report: Lindsay Lohan to Be Charged With Lying to Police — Which Is a Big Problem for Her Due to Her Probation

Actress Lindsay Lohan will be charged with lying to police, according to a report on TMZ.com. The anticipated charge is in connection with a June 2012 car accident on Pacific Coast Highway, the piece reports. As previously reported, Lohan was…

Long-Awaited ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Prequel to Be Released Friday

The long-awaited "Battlestar Galactica" prequel will be rolled out Friday, with the film airing as 10 short episodes on Machinima’s YouTube channel, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The first episode will be released Friday, Nov. 9, with the subsequent installments rolled…

Freshman CBS Drama Tapped for Post-Super Bowl Spot

CBS announced that it will air a freshman drama in the post-Super Bowl spot, an hour that can draw huge audiences for a program, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The show is "Elementary," the contemporary…

After Icahn Takes a Stake, Netflix Adopts Poison Pill

Following activist investor Carl Icahn’s purchase of a 10% stake, Netflix has adopted a shareholder rights plan — also known as a "poison pill" — to deflect hostile takeovers, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The move was…

Advertising Industry Focused on Huge Super Bowl Anniversary — Which Is Coming Up in 2016

The advertising industry is focused on an upcoming event that is so big it can be identified pretty much by a single letter, “L.” More accurately, it’s 2016’s Super Bowl 50, called "The L" for the Roman numeral it will…