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‘Bonnie and Clyde’ Movie Dumps Former Disney Channel Star

A former Disney Channel star who was scheduled to play Bonnie in "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde" has been dropped from the production, reports TMZ.com. The producers opted to move on without Hilary Duff after she revealed her pregnancy,…

Cable Reality Show Is Beating the Yankees in New York Market

A cable reality show is attracting more New York-area television viewers than the New York Yankees, reports the New York Post. Local ratings found that Yankees baseball averaged 506,000 viewers between two games on YES and one on WWOR-TV between…

Is Television Making Too Big a Deal of the 9/11 Anniversary?

Between this week and Sept. 11, more than 40 television specials are scheduled to air to mark the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, reports the New York Post’s Michael Shain. The piece asks the question, "Is it all too…

Rep for Jerry Lewis Says Report of His Reinstatement With MDA Telethon Is False

Jerry Lewis won’t be returning to the muscular dystrophy fund-raiser this year, his spokeswoman says, denying a report published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, according to Reuters. On Sunday the Las Vegas Review-Journal published a piece by Norm Clarke that…

Miramax Launches Largest-Scale Facebook Streaming Movie App Yet

Miramax has launched what is reportedly the largest-scale Facebook streaming movie app yet, expanding on the model tried previously by Paramount and Universal, paidContent.org reports. The Miramax eXperience went live with 20 titles available for rent in the U.S., along…

With Rebound in Local TV Advertising, Stations Are Expanding TV News

With local television advertising up by almost 25% in 2010 compared with a year earlier, television stations are expanding their local news broadcasts after years of cutting news staff, reports The New York Times‘ Brian Stelter. KSDK-TV, the NBC affiliate…

Rapper Arrested After Organizing Flash Mob

A well-known rapper was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly used Twitter posts to organize a flash mob at a mall in the Cleveland suburbs, CBS News reports. Rapper Machine Gun Kelly and two other people were arrested Saturday…

New Executive Producer Reveals Where CBS’s ‘Blue Bloods’ Is Headed

The new executive producer of "Blue Bloods" hinted at his plans for the second season of the CBS drama, reports TVGuide.com. Despite speculation that Ed Zuckerman, who used to work on shows such as "Law & Order” and “JAG," would…

Amid Dispute Between Wife and Family, ‘Real Housewives’ Husband to Have Two Funerals

Amid a dispute between his family and his estranged wife, "Real Housewives of Bevery Hills" husband Russell Armstrong will have two funeral services following his suicide last week, reports TheWrap.com. Armstrong’s family became angry as they waited for word from…

CW Shifts Its Marketing Strategy

The CW is planning to expand beyond its traditional base of women 18 to 34 years old, with new shows "Ringer" and "Hart of Dixie" aimed at helping the network appeal to other age groups, reports B&C. "Our bread and…