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Apple, which said "no" to NBC last December when it demanded flexible pricing for programs sold on Apple's iTunes store, is now saying "yes" to....

Read news story: APPLE CHANGES POLICY TO LAND HBO




Fraggle Rock is set to become a live-action musical with a mix of humans and the Jim Henson puppets, according to a report. Variety claims....

Read news story: FRAGGLE ROCK SET FOR BIG SCREEN OUTING



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AOL remained an albatross around the neck of Time Warner during the first quarter as profits from the Internet-access business plummeted a....

Read news story: YOUVE GOT LOSS




The Hells Angels veteran who oversaw THE ROLLING STONES' disastrous 1969 Altamont concert in California is suing U.S. TV channel HBO, over a....

Read news story: STONES HELLS ANGEL SUES HBO





The revelation by Sex and the City's costar Cynthia Nixon that one of the principal characters will die in the theatrical version, due out on....

Read news story: WHO DIES IN THE CITY




Screenwriter Abby Mann, whose work often carried controversial social messages, died Tuesday in Beverly Hills of heart failure at age 84. Many of....

Read news story: OSCAR WINNING SCREENWRITER ABBY MANN DEAD AT 84




Following word that HBO had been disappointed with all six episodes of 12 Miles of Bad Road already shot and had therefore decided not to air the....

Read news story: HOW BAD IS BAD ROAD PRODUCERS ASK CRITICS TO JUDGE




HBO, which was shaken by the decision of Entertainment President Carolyn Strauss to step down followed by word that it would not put the series 12....

Read news story: HBO JOHN ADAMS DRAWS SOLID RATINGS





George Lucas is working on a new live-action Star Wars series for television that is being described as Deadwood meets The Sopranos in outer....

Read news story: LUCAS WORKING ON SCI-FI GANGSTER SERIES





George Lucas is working on a new live-action Star Wars series for television that is being described as Deadwood meets The Sopranos in outer....

Read news story: LUCAS WORKING ON SCI-FI GANGSTER SERIES





George Lucas is working on a new live-action Star Wars series for television that is being described as Deadwood meets The Sopranos in outer....

Read news story: LUCAS WORKING ON SCI-FI GANGSTER SERIES




Rocker-turned-actor STEVEN VAN ZANDT shunned presidential candidate HILLARY CLINTON by refusing to take part in her video spoof of THE SOPRANOS -....

Read news story: VAN ZANDT I BACK OBAMA




Singer/actress JILL SCOTT is to become a regular on U.S. TV after show producers decided to turn her small screen movie THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE....

Read news story: SCOTT LANDS HBO SERIES AFTER TV MOVIE HIT




Blades of Glory and Sweeney Todd have been recognised in the costume industry's annual awards ceremony. The ice-skating comedy landed....

Read news story: BLADES OF GLORY AND SWEENEY TODD PICK UP COSTUME AWARDS




The production team behind Oscar hopeful Juno have continued casting the follow-up to their acclaimed pregnancy comedy. Former sex worker....

Read news story: JUNO TEAM CAST FOLLOW-UP




Jonah Hill has been added to the cast of Ricky Gervais' upcoming comedy This Side of the Truth. Superbad star Hill joins Jennifer Garner and....

Read news story: SUPERBADS HILL FOR GERVAIS FILM




No Country For Old Men has become the clear frontrunner for this year's Oscars after success at the 2008 Producers' Guild awards. The Coen....

Read news story: NO COUNTRY ON OSCAR MARCH




Movie channel Starz, which, unlike other pay-TV cable outlets like HBO and Showtime, has never produced original dramatic programming, has signed a....

Read news story: STARZ TO OFFER FIRST ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES CRASH




BRITNEY SPEARS and PARIS HILTON could be heading for new careers as reality TV show hookers - if celebrity brothel-owner DENNIS HOF gets his way. ....

Read news story: BRITNEY AND PARIS WANTED AS CELEBRITY HOOKERS




Award-winning writer Peter Morgan has admitted to disappointment at the cancellation of this year's Golden Globes award ceremony. Morgan's....

Read news story: MORGAN SAD AT GLOBES NO-SHOW




British comedian RICKY GERVAIS has been forced to re-issue the DVD of his EXTRAS Christmas special after U.S. fans complained they were being....

Read news story: GERVAIS BOWS TO PRESSURE FROM EXTRAS FANS




Incoming Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes is likely to movie quickly to dismantle the company by spinning off Time Warner Cable and selling AOL and....

Read news story: BEWKES MAY BREAK UP TIME WARNER SAYS REPORT




Despite the huge success of the film, Sacha Baron Cohen has said he is unlikely to ever play Borat again. After appearances in series on....

Read news story: COHEN SAYS GOODBYE TO BORAT




CBS, the most-watched television network of 2007, received not a single nomination in any category for the Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on....

Read news story: CBS SNUBBED BY ACTORS UNION




HBO's pay-per-view telecast on December 8 of the Floyd Mayweather-Ricky Hatton welterweight championship fight produced $47 million in revenue,....

Read news story: HBO SETS PAY-PER-VIEW RECORD




ANDY SERKIS is the first actor to sign up to the TINTIN movies. While there has been no official announcement of what role he will play, it....

Read news story: ANDY SERKIS SIGNS UP TO TINTIN




The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has often raised eyebrows with its selection of movie nominees for its Golden Globes awards, did the....

Read news story: CRITICS SCORE GOLDEN GLOBE TV NODS




The Sopranos creator, David Chase, is expected to testify in New Jersey this week in a federal lawsuit brought by former judge Robert Baer who....

Read news story: CHASE TO TESTIFY IN LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY JUDGE OVER SOPRANOS




Actress LORRAINE BRACCO is tired of THE SOPRANOS fans blaming her for the end of the hit mob show. Bracco, who played therapist Dr. Jennifer Melfi....

Read news story: BRACCO SICK OF SOPRANOS BLAME




Only days after baseball giant (and Giant) Barry Bonds was indicted on charges of lying to a federal grand jury about his alleged use of....

Read news story: HBO TO PRODUCE FILM ABOUT BONDS AND STEROID SCANDAL











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