WikiLeaks founder Assange to host TV show (Reuters)

January 24th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is getting into the television game.

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Stephen Colbert "campaigns" in South Carolina (Reuters)

January 21st, 2012 - 

Reuters – Television comedian Stephen Colbert took his political shtick down south on Friday, staging a mock campaign rally in South Carolina, the site of the next Republican presidential primary.

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Stephen Colbert "campaigns" in South Carolina
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Al Gore: Keith Olbermann committed to Current TV (AP)

January 14th, 2012 - 

AP – Former Vice President Al Gore on Friday described Current TV as the “consistent” liberal TV network compared with MSNBC, and said it will keep Keith Olbermann in the fold.

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Scorsese to receive BAFTA fellowship (Reuters)

January 4th, 2012 - 

Reuters – “Raging Bull” director Martin Scorsese will be honored with a fellowship by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the organization’s annual awards ceremony on February 12.

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Rosie O’Donnell gets engaged to girlfriend (Reuters)

December 5th, 2011 - 

Reuters – Television talk show host Rosie O’Donnell is engaged to girlfriend Michelle Rounds, her spokeswoman said Monday.

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Piers Morgan welcomes his fourth child (Reuters)

November 25th, 2011 - 

Reuters – Television host Piers Morgan became a father for the fourth time on Friday after his wife gave birth to a baby girl, Morgan announced on Twitter.

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Int’l Emmys to honor ‘Idol’ producer Nigel Lythgoe (AP)

November 20th, 2011 - 

AP – “American Idol” executive producer Nigel Lythgoe might have to print some new business cards after he receives a special honor at the 39th Annual International Emmy Awards Ceremony.

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YouTube content push: walls between internet, TV crumbling (Reuters)

November 16th, 2011 - 

Reuters – YouTube’s new premium content push featuring the likes of Madonna and Ashton Kutcher spurred speculation that the Google-owned site is issuing a direct challenge to the television industry.

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Singing, dancing lead ABC to big ratings week (AP)

November 15th, 2011 - 

AP – Buoyed by country music and dancing, ABC had one of its strongest weeks in the television ratings in two years.

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Winner of Taiwanese "Emmy": "I’d like to thank my iPhone" (Reuters)

November 1st, 2011 - 

Reuters – During the recent Golden Bell Television Awards last month in Taipei — Taiwan’s equivalent of the Emmy awards — Huang Ming-chan, who won one of the top prizes in the director categories, gingerly walked up to the stage and snapped a cellphone photo of himself (over the shoulder) while approaching the podium.

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