HBO has tapped Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone to direct a project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is a telepic based on "The Power Broker," Robert Caro’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1974 nonfiction book. The book tells how Robert Moses…
Showtime has announced that it is bringing back one of its drama series for another season, Deadline.com reports. Coming back for season two is the international thriller "Homeland." The show, which stars Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, has been a…
Lindsay Lohan was back on the job at the Los Angeles County Morgue today after wrapping up a four-day photo shoot for Playboy that has been described as “going the full monty,” TMZ.com reports. Her dad, meanwhile, appeared in court…
Two months after a toxicology report revealed that Amy Winehouse had no illegal drugs in her system when she died, as previously reported, the coroner has released the results of an inquest into the singer’s death, according to The Hollywood…
Tuesday was a good night for Fox in the ratings, with a two-hour installment of Simon Cowell’s "The X Factor" topping the Nielsen ratings for the night, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. Fox finished the night with a 4.3 average rating in the…
One of the major broadcast networks has ordered a script for a comedy from Jack Black and “30 Minutes or Less” writer Michael Diliberti, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The untitled project has landed at NBC, with Black attached as…
Joel Savitt was appointed today to the position of vice president of production and operations for cable network Oxygen Media, Multichannel News reports. Savitt will be responsible for the network’s current programming and development production, the story says. Before joining…
A new fantasy show is coming to television with Starz ordering to series "Da Vinci’s Demons," described as an adventure/historical fantasy piece from the co-writer of "Batman Begins/The Dark Knight," reports TVLine.com. David S. Goyer, who is also the writer…
The former president of one of the broadcast networks, who was an iconic figure in the media world, has died, according to media reports. Daniel Burke, who rose from general manager of local TV station WTEN in Albany to become…
A CBS News correspondent who has been a fixture on the network for more than four decades is in the hospital in serious condition, the Associated Press reports. CBS said 92-year-old Andy Rooney, who gave his last essay on the…