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‘Big Brother’ Houseguests in Hot Water

Three "Big Brother’ houseguests got in trouble after the CBS show’s live feed captured them uttering offensive statements, with the comments by the three cast members prompting reactions from their employers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Contestant Spencer Clawson, 31,…

Oops: Starz Announces Hiring of Actor for High-Profile Role, Then Announces That the Announcement Was a Mistake

Starz found itself backpedaling after an erroneous announcement of the hiring of an actor for a high-profile role. The pay-cable channel said its digital division made a mistake when it tweeted that Sam Heughan had been cast as Jamie Fraser…

Scotland Yard Tracking Down Secret Rupert Murdoch Tape

Scotland Yard is on the case of a secret recording of News Corp. mogul Rupert Murdoch. The U.K. newspaper The Guardian reports that Scotland Yard detectives are hunting for the tape, which reportedly captures Murdoch admitting to Sun journalists that…

Adman Charles Saatchi, Who Was Shown in a Photo Grabbing His Wife by the Throat, Says He’s Divorcing Her for Not Defending Him Against Allegations of Abuse

Multimillionaire Charles Saatchi informed his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, that he’s divorcing her via a statement to the British newspaper the Daily Mail. In a statement to the newspaper Sunday, he told Lawson that he made the "heartbreaking" decision…

You Watch and Decide: YouTube Originally Banned Justin Timberlake’s New Music Video for Being Too Explicit. Now, It’s Back on YouTube

A racy new Justin Timberlake music video is running on YouTube (and can be seen below) after the website reportedly lifted a ban on it, according to Rolling Stone. The video for “Tunnel Vision” is labeled as “explicit” on YouTube. After…

No-Brainer? Producers Tweak ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ After Receiving Criticism

Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance" is making some changes after viewers criticized the show. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the show is tweaking its procedures after two competitors were voted off the show at the top…

Former CNN and Current TV Talking Head Plans Return to Politics After Resigning in Disgrace

A high-profile politician who was forced out of office by a scandal and then went into television is planning a return to politics. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as New York governor amidst a prostitution scandal,…

CNBC Working on Changes to Its Prime-Time Lineup

CNBC is poised to tweak its prime-time programming. The New York Post reports that the financial news channel is working on a new roundtable show that might air in the 7 p.m. time slot now held by "The Kudlow Report.”…

ION Picks Up USA Dramas

ION has bought two dramas that first aired on USA Network. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel will televise rebroadcasts of "Burn Notice" and "White Collar." The shows will join ION’s off-cable slate, which includes "Psych,"…

Still No. 1: TV News Does Unexpectedly Well in New Gallup Poll

Television news got some good news in a just-released Gallup poll. Deadline.com reports that the latest survey about where Americans turn for news shows that more than half, 55%, of U.S. adults say they turn to television for coverage of…