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Uma Thurman Stakes a Claim to All-Time Most Unusual Celebrity Baby Name — and While We’re at It, Here’s a List of Some of the Weirder Ones

Uma Thurman has joined the ranks of celebrities who have saddled their offspring with unusual names, Entertainment Weekly reports. Following in the footsteps of “Apple,” “Suri,” “Bronx Mowgli” and others, Thurman reportedly named her new baby girl “Rosalind Arusha Arkadina…

Second Presidential Debate Draws 65.6 Million Viewers; One Cable Network Matches Its Largest-Ever Audience

The second debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney drew 65.6 million viewers, just slightly down from the numbers for the first debate on Oct. 3, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Millions more watched in…

Baseball Rain Delay Triggers ‘Total F Up’ for Fox and ‘X Factor,’ Sets Up Another Showdown Between ‘X Factor’ and NBC’s ‘The Voice’

Fox’s "The X Factor" and NBC’s "The Voice" will once again go head-to-head after a baseball rain delay caused Fox — after a series of glitches — to reschedule Wednesday’s episode, reports Deadline.com. Simon Cowell, the creator of "X Factor,"…

CBS Cooks Up a New Reality Show

CBS is tapping into an overseas format to come up with a new reality show, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The network will remake the U.K. competition show "The Great British Bake Off" for U.S. audiences. With the working title "Bake…

‘Superman’ Creator’s Heirs Suffer Legal Setback

The heirs of one of the co-creators of “Superman,” locked in a legal battle with Warner Bros. over the rights to most widely recognized superhero, suffered a major setback Wednesday in court, the Los Angeles Times reports. A federal judge…

Rap Artist/Reality Star Arrested

A rap musician known for his appearances on a number of reality shows was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas, CNN reports. Flavor Flav — whose real name is William J. Drayton — was charged with assault with a deadly weapon…

ABC Exec Migrates to NBC

Another top ABC executive is making the move to NBC, Deadline.com reports. Following the move two months ago by Jeff Bader, ABC’s top scheduler, his second-in-command, VP Steve Kern, will be joining Bader at NBC, the story reports. “NBC has…

TNT Greenlights Frank Darabont Crime Drama Based on Famous L.A. Mobster

TNT announced today that it has greenlighted a new crime series from executive producers Frank Darabont (“The Walking Dead,” “The Shawshank Redemption”), Michael De Luca (“The Social Network,” “Moneyball”) and Elliot Webb (“Tall Time Tales”). The network ordered six episodes,…

Another Sponsor Bails Out on Tarnished Cyclist Lance Armstrong

A second major blue-chip sponsor has decided it can no longer have Lance Armstrong as a spokesperson for its product., afte ra major report came out last week linking the cyclist wide-ranging doping activities and stripped him of his seven Tour…

‘Suburgatory’ Character Jumps From the Show Into Ad Breaks — Is This the Future of the TV Business?

As part of a trend designed to get viewers of television programming to stick around for the commercials, ABC’s “Suburgatory” is letting a character from the show stray into commercials for Lowe’s, Advertising Age reports. “TV networks are allowing characters…