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DreamWorks films to play on Showtime
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Reuters - CBS Corp's Showtime Networks Inc said on Thursday it has signed a deal to air movies from Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios, in a long-term agreement that could help restore content Showtime lost when three top studios started their own channel.
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Girlicious band member charged with having drugs
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AP - A member of the pop group Girlicious has been charged in California with drug possession with the intent to sell after Glendale police allegedly found a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse.
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NYC socialite Mortimer launches reality TV show
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AP - Red carpet regular Tinsley Mortimer is jumping from the social circuit to the national spotlight with her own reality television show.
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Ex-soap actor admits resisting arrest in NYC fight
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AP - A former "One Life to Live" star has admitted resisting arrest in a plea deal that resolves charges stemming from a fight at a New York City gas station.
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Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live'
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AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live."
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HBO brings WWII veterans to memorial in DC
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AP - Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Elizabeth Dole welcomed 250 veterans to the World War II memorial Thursday to honor their service and introduce a TV miniseries on the battles of the Pacific.
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Deeply moving "Next Fall" deserves Broadway shot
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Reuters - In these recessionary times, it might take more than the imprimatur of celebrity presenters Elton John and David Furnish to make "Next Fall" viable for a Broadway run.
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Betty White set to host "Saturday Night Live"
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Reuters - After weeks of speculation, octogenarian actress and "Golden Girl" Betty White is taking her motherly brand of humor to sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live," the show's producers said on Thursday.
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Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69
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AP - Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams'"Fearsome Foursome" who followed up football with a successful television career in "Little House on the Prairie," NFL broadcasts and commercials, has died. He was 69.
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O'Brien shakes off "Tonight Show," hits the road
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Reuters - Former late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien on Thursday unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour U.S. and Canadian theaters starting next month.
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Disney keeps ABC options open, including spin-off
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Reuters - Walt Disney Co's Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Wednesday that the top U.S. media company was keeping its options open for dealing with TV network ABC and its struggling news division, including a spin-off.
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Bravo launches "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"
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Reuters - Bravo gave a series greenlight to four new shows Wednesday, including a Beverly Hills edition of its "Real Housewives" franchise.
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HBO's `The Pacific' joins `Band of Brothers' ranks
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AP - Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg swapped other people's war stories to groundbreaking, heartbreaking effect in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers."
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CW eyeing dance, weight-loss competition series
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Reuters - The CW is developing two competition series using popular unscripted subject matter: dancing and weight loss.
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Conan O'Brien will take his show to theaters
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AP - Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.
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Elisha Cuthbert joins ABC comedy pilot
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Reuters - Former "24" co-star Elisha Cuthbert will play the female lead in ABC's comedy pilot "Happy Endings."
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'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol'
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AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."
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ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot
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Reuters - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged.
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Charlie Sheen returning to work next Tuesday
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Reuters - Charlie Sheen is expected to return to work on CBS'"Two and a Half Men" on Tuesday, according to his publicist.
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Correction: Disney-Cablevision story
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AP - In a March 8 story about a TV broadcasting dispute, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Cablevision Systems Corp. dropped the ABC station in New York before Sunday's Oscars telecast. It was ABC's decision to drop the signal.
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