A group of shareholders has added allegations of corporate espionage to a complaint against News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch and other board members, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. An amended lawsuit was filed Tuesday…
A contractor to the stars is positioning himself to become a star in his own right with the debut of DIY’s reality show "Million Dollar Contractor," reports the New York Post. Stephen Fanuka has renovated Lindsay Lohan’s two-bedroom condo in…
One of the most prolific and powerful studio heads from the late 1960s until his retirement in 2003 — who led three studios and produced a number of important movies — has died. John Calley, 81, died following a long…
Viewers watching last night’s season opener of ESPN’s "Monday Night Football" got a little something extra in their telecast. Analyst Ron Jaworski, a former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, uttered the word “s–t” (it rhymes with fit) during the live 7 p.m….
ABC News has revealed another fascinating fact from the airing tonight, Sept. 13, 2011, of the two-hour "Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words" at 9 pm (ET/PT). According to an article on the ABC News website, Kennedy "had learned almost immediately…
Updated at 2:10 p.m. (PT) on Sept. 13, 2011 to include Sheinberg remarks that were in The Huffington Post. One movie released nationwide on Sept. 9 , 2011, made box office history of the worst kind, according to The Huffington Post. The…
A multiple Goden Globe- and Tony-winning actor is giving sitcoms another chance and the USA Network has greenlighted his pilot along with one other comedy, reports TheWrap.com. Broadway veteran Nathan Lane’s pilot is the "Untitled Douglas McGrath Project," in which…
A Swiss group has put out a TV commercial that is aimed primarily at George Clooney, AOL’s DailyFinance reports. Ths Swiss labor rights group Solidar Suisse is behind the spoof ad, which features a Clooney look-alike dodging — and failing…
The same night Charlie Sheen was being roasted in another part of town, Hollywood gathered for Part 1 of the Emmys — the Creative Arts Awards, where Emmys were handed out in a whopping 75 categories. TVWeek Open Mic blogger…
A TV veteran who was a mainstay of a popular soap opera for almost three decades and won the first Emmy awarded to an actor for daytime drama has died, The New York Times reports. Mary Fickett, who starred as…