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John Travolta Cleared in Defamation Suit

A Superior Court judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a defamation suit that was brought against John Travolta and his attorney, Entertainment Weekly reports. “Writer Robert Randolph — who’d written a book that detailed Travolta’s alleged sexual habits — had…

Report: Matt Lauer Orchestrated the ‘Yom Kippur Attack’ by ‘Today’ Producer Jim Bell

"Today" co-host Matt Lauer reportedly was the driving force behind an interview between the show’s producer, Jim Bell, and the New York Times’ Bill Carter, which included Bell’s defense of Lauer, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. The interview,…

Report: ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Actor Was ‘Out of Control’; Also: His Scientology Connections

Details continue to emerge about how “Sons of Anarchy” actor Johnny Lewis spun out of control before killing his 81-year-old landlady this week and then falling to his own death. The New York Daily News reports that Lewis had struggled…

Victim of Actor’s Deadly Attack Was Landlady to TV Stars

The 81-year-old woman who died in an apparent attack by "Sons of Anarchy" star Johnny Lewis was a landlady to television stars and other celebrities, reports TMZ.com. Her home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles is known as…

Simon Cowell Project Scrapped Amid Reports of Hassle With Celebrity Couple

A show from Simon Cowell that has been in the works for more than a year has been scrapped, and the project — a DJ competition — appears to be a casualty of a tussle between Cowell and Will and…

Farewell to NBC’s ‘Golden Age of Weird’ on Thursday Nights

Describing NBC’s recent Thursday night comedies as “simultaneously the smartest and dumbest shows on television,” a column on TheWrap.com laments what TV writer Tim Molloy calls the end of an era — NBC’s “Golden Age of Weird.” “For years, ‘30…

FCC Backing Down on Most of Its Indecency Complaints

The Federal Communications Commission is rethinking its enforcement of complaints about broadcast indecency and is scaling way back on the number of complaints it will pursue, TheWrap.com reports. “Chairman Julius Genachowski has ordered agency staffers to refocus enforcement efforts to…

Video: Lifetime’s New ‘Liz & Dick’ Clip Draws Parallels Between Lindsay Lohan and Elizabeth Taylor

Lifetime has released a short video going behind the scenes of its upcoming Elizabeth Taylor biopic “Liz & Dick,” starring Lindsay Lohan, and the clip is all about the similar paths taken by Taylor and Lohan — especially life in…

Selena Gomez, 20, Returns to Her Disney Channel Roots — as Producer and Star of New Project

A young Disney Channel star who has gone on to a successful career in movies and pop music is headed back to the channel with a project that will revisit her roots. Selena Gomez will be a key player in…

White Males Still Direct Most Prime-Time Shows, DGA Report Says — In Fact, the Ratio Has Gone Up

Most prime-time television is directed by white men, with the ratio actually ticking upward last season, reports TheWrap.com, citing a report by the Directors Guild of America. The percentage of prime-time TV episodes directed by Caucasian men rose by a…