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Jon Stewart to host Grammy's tribute to Springsteen
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Stewart is hosting the MusiCares salute to Bruce Springsteen. The Recording Academy also announced Wednesday that Elton John, Neil Young, Mumford & Sons, Sting, Mavis Staples and Kenny Chesney will be among more than a dozen...
Tags: Tim McGraw, Jackson Browne, Faith Hill, Sting, Neil Young
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Mourdock puts 'non-combatant' Daniels in Romney ad
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock is adding Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to his effort to move past his comment that pregnancy resulting from rape is something "that God intended." The Mourdock campaign inserted a...
Tags: Mitch Daniels, Mitt Romney, Executive Branch, Becky Skillman, Stephen Colbert
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Ind. Gov. Daniels to tout book on 'Colbert Report'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels is set to appear as a guest of fake conservative talk show host Stephen Colbert on the "Colbert Report" Thursday night. The Times of Munster reported Monday (http://bit.ly/XLflCA) the Republican governor is...Tags: Mitch Daniels, Executive Branch, Talk Shows (genre), Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart
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Ryan says Obama misleading on Libya questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan slammed President Barack Obama on Friday for describing the deadly attack in Libya as "not optimal" and said the White House is misleading the country in the face of mounting questions...
Tags: Jeff Foxworthy, Christopher Stevens, The Daily Show (tv program), Libertarian Party, White House
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Viacom decides not to block 'Daily Show' online
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viacom has decided to let new episodes of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" be shown on its websites, easing a blockade of online viewings that it imposed last week in a fee dispute with DirecTV. Tuesday'...Tags: The Colbert Report (tv program), Nickelodeon (tv network), The Daily Show (tv program), MTV (tv network), Entertainment
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DirecTV customers lose access to Viacom channels
Reuters(Reuters) - DirecTV said its customers were left without Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and 14 other channels on Wednesday after Viacom Inc demanded its networks be dropped from the satellite TV distributor's lineup as a result of a dispute over fees....Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Cablevision Systems Corp., Nickelodeon (tv network), MTV (tv network), ABC (tv network)
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DirecTV vs. Viacom: 26 channels go dark because of money battle
Another dispute between a satellite provider and a media conglomerate has ended in the subscribers being the ones who feel the effects, as DirecTV and Viacom failed to reach a new deal by midnight Tuesday (July 10). The stand-off is over the cost of...
Tags: AMC (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance, Nickelodeon (tv network), MTV (tv network), TV Land (tv network)
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Comedian Daniel Tosh to appear in South Bend
There's anticipation surrounding rapper Snoop Dogg's appearance in South Bend Wednesday -- but now there's another big name being added to the city's guest list.
Comedian Daniel Tosh announced last night he will be including South Bend on his "Tosh...Tags: Tosh.0 (tv program), Daniel Tosh, Entertainment, Snoop Dogg, Comedy (genre)
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RI nightclub fire joke deleted from Sheen roast
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Comedy Central says it plans to delete from the upcoming broadcast of a Charlie Sheen roast a joke about victims of a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people. Network spokeswoman Aileen Budow says the joke was...Tags: CBS Corp., Dining and Drinking, Entertainment, Charlie Sheen, Bars and Clubs
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Living people on US stamps: Who would you choose?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Who would you put on a stamp? Charlie Sheen? Lady Gaga? Yourself? Hoping to boost sagging revenue, the U.S. Postal Service on Monday abandoned its longstanding rule that stamps cannot feature people who are still alive and is...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, George Washington, Steve Jobs, Facebook, Media Industry
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Jon Stewart to join 9/11 memorial foundation board
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart is joining the board of the foundation building the Sept. 11 memorial in New York. The comedian and activist was to be appointed to the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum board at a meeting Thursday afternoon. The...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, The Daily Show (tv program), New York, Human Interest, Jon Stewart
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