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‘Glee’ Working on Whitney Houston Episode

The late singer Whitney Houston will be honored by Fox’s "Glee" with an episode devoted to the star, reports E! Online. A source told the website that the episode will be more than just a collection of Houston songs covered…

Legendary TV Star, 86, Marries His 40-Year-Old Makeup Artist

A fixture of television whose acting career goes back to the 1950s is a newlywed, having just got married to a woman less than half his age, E! Online reports. Dick Van Dyke, 86, married his makeup artist, Arlene Silver,…

Sitcom Project From ‘Modern Family’ Creator Casts ‘SNL’ Veteran in Lead Role

A Fox comedy pilot executive produced by "Modern Family’s" Steve Levitan has cast a "Saturday Night Live" veteran in the lead role, Deadline.com reports. "SNL’s” Will Forte, currently recurring on "30 Rock" and "Up All Night," will star in "Rebounding,"…

How a North Dakota Newspaper’s Review of the Olive Garden Went Viral

A seemingly routine restaurant column turned into a surprise hit for a small North Dakota newspaper after it was posted Wednesday on the paper’s website. The Wall Street Journal reports that the review of the new Olive Garden in Grand…

‘Idol’ Slips in Ratings, Continues to Fall to ‘Big Bang Theory’; New NBC Show Already Struggling

CBS and Fox battled to a tie Thursday night in the coveted 18-49 demo, as CBS’s “Big Bang Theory” continued to beat Fox’s “American Idol” at 8 p.m., TVbytheNumbers.com reports, citing Nielsen overnights. Both networks averaged 3.6 ratings in 18-49…

Magazine Based on Cable Channel Gets Go-Ahead

Following a test of two special issues that proved there was an audience for it, Hearst Magazines will partner with Scripps Networks to publish four more installments of the magazine based on HGTV, reports AdWeek.com. The publication will start off…

Simon Cowell May Have Found His Star Power for ‘X Factor’; Show Offers $10 Million to Singer — One of the Biggest Pop Stars of the Past Decade — to Take Judge’s Job

"The X Factor" has offered $10 million to a major pop star to become a judge on the Fox talent competition show, Deadline.com reports. The pop star is Britney Spears, and the offer follows an initial discussion between Spears and…

Singer of One of the Biggest Disco Hits of All Time Dies

The lead singer of one of the biggest disco anthems ever has died, according to The New York Times. The song "Disco Inferno," which begins "Burn Baby Burn," was first made popular by the Trammps. The group’s lead singer, Jimmy Ellis, 74, has…

Courtroom Shocker! It Had Nothing to Do With Nicollette Sheridan. A Producer, Under Oath, Revealed a Major Spoiler About This Sunday’s ‘Desperate Housewives’ (Do NOT Read This Story If You Do Not Want to Know What It Is)

There were gasps in a Los Angeles courthouse on Thursday, March 8, 2012, when an executive producer of "Desperate Housewives" revealed, under oath, a very surprising major event that will happen on the show this Sunday night, March 11, 2012, the Los Angeles Times reports. …

James Cameron Sinks to a New Low for TV Documentary

"Avatar" director James Cameron may have hit a low point, so to speak, when he revealed images at the bottom of the ocean for his megahit “Titanic,” but he’s about to sink even lower — literally. Cameron announced that his…