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Hugh Hefner honors sitcom icon Norman Lear at Playboy Mansion
Groping in the grotto isn't the only thing the Playboy Mansion is good for. Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner passes out awards there, too. On Wednesday, Norman Lear will get his turn. The 1970s sitcom legend - the man behind "All in the Family," "The...
Tags: Hugh Hefner, Human Interest, Arrested Development (tv program)
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Sony shares jump as hedge fund urges IPO of entertainment unit
Sony Corp. stock soared in afternoon trading after New York hedge fund Third Point proposed that the electronics and media giant make an initial public stock offering of up to 20% of its entertainment arm. That unit, known as Sony Entertainment Inc.,...
Tags: Mutual Funds, NBCUniversal, Sony Corp., Science and Technology, Community (tv program)
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A Sony entertainment spinoff would provide opening for CBS
New York hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb wants Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. to spin off its Culver City entertainment business. CBS Corp. might like that, too. Loeb, whose Third Point funds own more than $1 billion in Sony stock, sent a letter...Tags: Mutual Funds, NBCUniversal, Global Expansion, Television Networks, Sony Corp.
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Jack Shea dies at 84; sitcom director, ex-Directors Guild chief
Jack Shea, a Hollywood veteran who directed popular sitcoms such as "The Jeffersons" and who, as president of the Directors Guild of America, forcefully argued for minority hiring and local production, has died. He was 84. Shea's death Sunday at a...Tags: NBC (tv network), Religion and Belief, New York City, Sanford and Son (tv program), Fordham University
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LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian snag a bucolic bargain
Country singing star LeAnn Rimes and her husband, actor Eddie Cibrian, know a bargain when they see one. The pair spent $3 million behind the gates in bucolic Hidden Hills on a house marketed as a short sale that once sold for $5.575 million. The...
Tags: Eddie Cibrian, Norman Lear, Ugly Betty (tv program), Awards and Prizes, LeAnn Rimes
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Selection Sunday is exciting but will never top the NFL Draft
"Selection Sunday." It's got a nice ring, but don't get too cocky, basketball fans. Granted, you have one of the two best non-sporting sporting events (in which no scoring happens), but you will never touch the first day of the NFL Draft. But you...
Tags: Gymnastics Clubs, Robin the Boy Wonder (fictional character), New York Knicks, Baseball, ESPN (tv network)
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Bonnie Franklin: a round of sweet applause for an innovator
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelExuberant, energetic and loving, Bonnie Franklin presented a dynamic image as a TV mom. In her long-running sitcom, “One Day at a Time,” Franklin as Ann Romano helped push television to a greater realism about single mothers and family life.... -
Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals
"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the umpteen conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through...
Tags: Norman Lear, The Wire (tv program), Politics, Mitt Romney, Elections
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Gay quarterback coming out on 'Necessary Roughness' matters, analysts say
The Baltimore SunGay characters coming out in prime time is nothing new. In fact, “Coming-out narratives are cliches,” according to Ron Becker, author of “Gay TV and Straight America” (Rutgers University Press, 2006). “They were big in...Tags: Dowling College, Minority Groups, New York Jets, Necessary Roughness (tv program), Homophobia
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Goldberg: Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals
"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through their...
Tags: Norman Lear, The Wire (tv program), Politics, Mitt Romney, Elections
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Producers Guild unveils nominees for TV and digital series awards
The Producers Guild of America announced Wednesday the television series and specials and digital series nominated for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards -- and there are some new faces and switch-ups. In the drama category, "Breaking Bad" will...
Tags: Nickelodeon (tv network), Julian Fellowes, Lorne Michaels, The Amazing Race (tv program), Drama (genre)
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Larry Hagman: He made J.R. Ewing endure
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel“‘You make Machiavelli look like Mother Teresa.” The speaker was a paramour of J.R. Ewing, the time was 1996, and the backdrop was a shoddy TV movie called “Dallas: J.R. Returns.” Of course, J.R. never really left. He looms...
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Nov 28, 2012
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