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"A TV actress was arrested in Arkansas on Friday in connection with ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg," reports USA Today.. The story continues, "The arrest of Shannon Rogers Guess Richardson, 38, initially…
NBC has released a trailer for its summer show “Siberia,” in which the lines are blurred between reality TV and drama. See what you think:
ABC is putting the finishing touches on a straight-to-series order for a drama series. Deadline.com reports that the network is ordering “The Black Box,” written by Amy Holden Jones (“The Relic,” “Mystic Pizza”). Nellie Andreeva writes in the Deadline.com piece:…
ABC scored a slam dunk in the broadcast ratings Thursday night even as the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs opened with viewership numbers well below last year’s game one, based on Nielsen overnights for the…
Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network is trying its hand at comedy. Deadline.com reports that the channel will televise a pair of comedy specials July 13 and July 20, with comedian Wanda Sykes hosting. The all-female summer specials, “Wanda Sykes Presents…
FX has canceled a show soon after the finale of its second season. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel pulled the plug on comedian Russell Brand’s late-night talk show "Brand X with Russell Brand." "Brand X"…
One of the current stars of Nickelodeon, who also has been making a mark in feature films, has been arrested. TMZ.com reports that Cody Longo, who stars in the Nick at Nite/TeenNick series "Hollywood Heights," was arrested early Thursday in…
After looking into Paris Jackson’s hospitalization this week, child welfare investigators reportedly discovered that the children of the late pop superstar Michael Jackson are almost unsupervised, the New York Post reports. Paris Jackson’s co-guardian, her cousin T.J. Jackson, is now…