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  • ESPN layoffs 7000 workers as TV rights fees rise

    Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to nearly 7,000 employees on Tuesday, the network said in a statement. The Bristol, Connecticut-based company said it was looking at the financial bottom line. In a statement the company said that they were implementing changes across the company to enhance their continued growth while smartly managing costs. It added that while difficult, they ...

  • Microsoft launches all-in-one home entertainment system Xbox One

    Microsoft has unveiled its latest video gaming console 'Xbox One' which is believed to transform games, TV and entertainment for the 21st century living room. The latest console reportedly promises a vision of the future. According to a report by the Mirror, 'Xbox One' will allow users to turn on the device with words like "Xbox On", and "snap" will allow users to watch two things at ...

  • Paulina Rubio to be judge on `X Factor

    Paulina Rubio will join the panel of judges for the popular Fox television show "The X Factor" next season, the Mexican singer's representative announced Tuesday. Rubio will join the judging panel - which includes show creator Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child and Disney star Demi Lovato - during the musical contest show's third season. "I love 'The X Factor'! I can't wait to find ...

  • Power Lawyers How Aereos Attorneys Beat Hollywood

    that had stopped Cablevision’s remote-storage DVR. Diller and Aereo’s leaders knew that the Cablevision ruling raised issues similar to those represented by Aereo and thus would be their best hope of beating the broadcasters. But Aereo’s success was less than assured. Even though the company prevailed at an initial stage by getting a judge to deny the broadcasters’ ...

  • Mark Hamill to Be Honored at PromaxBDA Conference

    president and CEO of PromaxBDA International. "Breaking on to the film scene as Luke Skywalker and going on to produce, direct and write, he has successfully established himself as one of the leading voice actors through numerous and memorable roles, most notably as the Joker in the many incarnations of the Batman franchise." The Don LaFontaine Legacy Award, which was introduced for ...

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Thor [Blu-Ray]

Thor [Blu-Ray]

With Marvel Studios digging deeper and deeper into their roster of superheroic characters to fill out the summer movie schedule, it was only a matter of time before they gave the big-screen treatment to Thor, who was first introduced in 1962 by the team of Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby, who a ... ...

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  • Homeland Adds Boardwalk Empire Actor to Growing List of Guest Stars

    A behind the scenes look at our cover shoot of Showtime's crime drama 'Homeland' with Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Claire Danes and Damian ...

  • Kelly Clarkson Jennifer Hudson to return to American Idol as judges

    Randy Jackson leaving 'American Idol' after 12 years Former American Idol contestants Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson are set to return to the show as judges. Kelly, who won the first season in 2002, and Jennifer, who placed seventh in 2004, have been approached by producers to join the panel of the new series after they decided to replace Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith ...

  • ‘S.W.A.T.’ Star Steve Forrest Dies at 87

    Obituaries In a career spanning more the 60 years, Forrest frequently was cast as a leading man or "heavy." An aficionado of the American Western, he delighted in roles that glorified the genre, including guest-starring appearances in such television classics ...

  • Sofia Vergara Returns To Spanish Language Television

    This undated publicity image released by Nevarez Communications shows actress Sofia Vergara during the filming of a mini-telenovela. The title of the five-episode story, not yet revealed, is planned to air in July. (AP Photo/Nevarez ...

  • Fathers in the Golden Age of Television

    Pontifical University Hosts Congress the Role of Fatherhood in Modern TV SeriesBy Ann SchneibleROME, April 22, 2013 (Zenit.org) - The image of fatherhood in modern television is the theme of a two-day conference currently under way at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (PUSC)."The Figure of the Father in Serial Television" is the latest conference on the theme of ...

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