After his controversial turn earlier this year as the host of the Golden Globe Awards, British comedian Ricky Gervais is now proposing an alternative to watching next year’s presentation on TV. On his blog, Gervais suggests a live chat involving…
An actress who was perhaps the most popular woman on television in the 1960s and 1970s will be given a huge award from her peers, when Mary Tyler Moore receives the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. The presentation to…
An anchor on CNBC has decided to leave the network to create her own production company, reports TVNewser.com. Nicole Lapin, the anchor of CNBC’s "Worldwide Exchange," will form a company under the banner Nothing But Gold, the story says. Lapin’s…
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners of the 63rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, to be presented Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The awards are…
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution announced today that it has promoted Cristina Mancini to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Mark Kaner, President, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. “In her new position, Mancini will…
Elisabeth Hasselbeck of the daytime talk show “The View” has been named by CMT as the host of its new series “Angels Among Us,” which premieres Sept. 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The premiere episode of the show will be…
ESPN and the National Football League have agreed to a deal that will keep “Monday Night Football” telecasts on ESPN through the 2021 NFL season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The eight-year deal includes rights to 17 “MNF” games each…
An Academy Award-winning actress was hospitalized briefly after being hit by a car Wednesday morning while she was out jogging in Santa Monica, Calif., People.com reports. Reese Witherspoon reportedly suffered only minor injuries and was recovering at her home. She…
An old "Saturday Night Live" gag has become the name of Ben & Jerry’s latest ice cream concoction, reports Time.com. The name is Schweddy Balls, a reference to the decade-old skit featuring regular host Alec Baldwin, who played the owner…
On what would have been his 75th birthday, one of the greats of the early rock ‘n’ roll era received a star Wednesday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, TheCelebrityCafe.com reports. Buddy Holly died at 22 in a plane crash…