An Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actress has been tapped to play the feared first ex-wife of Nick Offerman’s Ron Swanson on "Parks and Recreation," reports TVLine.com. Patricia Clarkson, known for Emmy-winning turns on “Six Feet Under” and for film roles including…
"True Blood" creator Alan Ball said he’s closed a deal to return to the HBO drama for a fifth season, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. “There will be an end for me on the show at some point….
Google is positioning YouTube’s new movie-rental business for a big push, putting the service on Android phones and tablets, reports the New York Post. The plan is to help drive sales of Android-powered devices via the service, similar to how…
Amazon.com has struck a deal with NBCUniversal to add part of Universal Pictures’ film library to its streaming video service, ratcheting up Amazon’s challenge to Netflix, reports The New York Times. Amazon wants to build a library of video for…
HBO executives offered a clue Thursday at the Television Critics Association press tour about how long “Game of Thrones” might stay on the air. The execs said they’ll keep the show going as long as author George R.R. Martin keeps…
The board of British Sky Broadcasting reaffirmed its support for James Murdoch to continue as its chairman, a move that the Los Angeles Times calls "the first hurdle in his bid to hold onto power in his father Rupert’s company,…
"On Tuesday, [Disney] lawyers offered five reasons why the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals should overturn the verdict," writes The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. blog. Here are the five reasons: (Please see the original article for a more detailed explanation for…
Adweek, which broke the story on Thursday that Mark Rosenthal was out at Current TV wrote in a follow-up story, "Sources close to Current TV say that the departure of Current TV CEO Mark Rosenthal comes two months after the…
A federal judge has threatened to pull the plug on Comcast’s acquisition of NBCUniversal, The Wall Street Journal reports. Judge Richard Leon criticized the antitrust settlement that allowed the merger to go ahead. The merger, announced in December 2009, was…
In a shocking development in the News Corp, phone-hacking scandal in the U.K., it’s been revealed that a second murdered girl’s family had a phone targeted for hacking by a now-closed tabloid newspaper owned by News Corp. "Sara Payne, whose…