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Jonas Brothers Rewrite Disney Show

6th August 2008

Pop trio THE JONAS BROTHERS' new Disney TV show will be inspired by comedy duo FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. The...

Simpson Stars With Romo In Football Show

4th August 2008

Pop star JESSICA SIMPSON is set to join her boyfriend TONY ROMO on the American football field - she has...

Fascinating Fact 5701

29th July 2008

Iraqi dictator SADDAM HUSSEIN's 24-year reign is being turned into a U.S. TV miniseries, set to air next year (09)....

Tell Me You Love Me Is Axed

28th July 2008

U.S. TV show TELL ME YOU LOVE ME has been axed after just one season. The HBO series - starring...

Trio Of Prizes For Mad Men In Us Critics' Awards Show

21st July 2008

Mad Men has won three prizes at the US Television Critics Association (TCA) awards.The 1960s-set drama - which screened on...

John Adams And Mad Men Lead Way For Tv Emmys

17th July 2008

Drama series Mad Men has achieved 16 nominations for the television Emmy awards while historical drama John Adams has been...

Rogen's Entourage Idea Dismissed By Tv Executives

17th July 2008

KNOCKED UP star SETH ROGEN finds it tough watching TV show ENTOURAGE - because his idea for a similar inside-Hollywood...

Protesters Targeting Edgier Network Programming

8th July 2008

Network executives trying to attract younger viewers with edgier fare have been stymied by protests directed at the show's advertisers,...

Sigler Joins Entourage Cast In Guest Spot

8th July 2008

Former SOPRANOS actress JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER is set to make her return to television with a guest spot on hit U.S....

Sex + The City Nights Hit By 'Fraudsters'

8th July 2008

Bar owners in Boston, Michigan were allegedly duped into cancelling SEX AND THE CITY-themed nights after receiving fake cease-and-desist letters...

Comedy Great George Carlin Dies Aged 71

23rd June 2008

Stand-up comedy legend George Carlin has died of heart failure at the age of 71.His publicist Jeff Abraham said the...

Bruno Set For Release Next Year

18th June 2008

Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno, the follow-up to his massively successful BORAT movie, is to be released by Universal on May...

Cattrall: 'Don't Let Kids Watch Sex And The City'

11th June 2008

SEX AND THE CITY star KIM CATTRALL has issued a warning to parents across the world - urging them not...

Polanski Film Changed In Legal Row

10th June 2008

A documentary about shamed filmmaker ROMAN POLANSKI has been altered after complaints from Los Angeles court officials about allegations made...

Kung Fu Panda Smashes Way To Number One At Us Box Office

9th June 2008

New animated comedy Kung Fu Panda has topped the US box office charts with the third-highest opening ever for a...

Sex And The City Unable To Match Indiana Jones

4th June 2008

The Sex and the City movie has topped the UK box office charts but has failed to match the opening...

Carrie And Co Take Us Number One Spot In Style

2nd June 2008

The long-awaited Sex and the City film has topped the US box office after its first weekend on release, grabbing...

Sex And The City Writer Wins First-look Film Deal

30th May 2008

Michael Patrick King, the writer/director/producer of Sex and the City, has agreed a 'first-look' deal with DreamWorks studios.With his feature...

Former Critic Frank Rich To Help Develop Shows For Hbo

22nd May 2008

New York Times Op-Ed columnist Frank Rich is becoming a "creative consultant" to HBO to participate in the development of...

Sex And The City Actress Parker 'Loves' Co-stars

17th May 2008

Sarah Jessica Parker has denied claims that she and her Sex and the City co-stars fell out while making their...

Officials Hit Hbo Documentary On Florida Recount

15th May 2008

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who represented the Al Gore team during the 2004 Florida recount, has denounced the...

Apple Changes Policy To Land Hbo

14th May 2008

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

Fraggle Rock Set For Big Screen Outing

13th May 2008

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

You've Got Loss

1st May 2008

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

Stones' Hells Angel Sues Hbo

21st April 2008

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

Who Dies In The City?

18th April 2008

The revelation by Sex and the City's costar Cynthia Nixon that one of the principal characters will die in the...

Oscar Winning Screenwriter Abby Mann Dead At 84

27th March 2008

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

How Bad Is Bad Road? Producers Ask Critics To Judge

20th March 2008

Following word that HBO had been disappointed with all six episodes of 12 Miles of Bad Road already shot and...

Hbo' John Adams Draws Solid Ratings

19th March 2008

HBO, which was shaken by the decision of Entertainment President Carolyn Strauss to step down followed by word that it...

Lucas Working On Sci-fi Gangster Series

17th March 2008

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