Comedy Central Insider (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Stephen Colbert is the second most powerful idiot in America. [Telegraph] John Hodgman and They Might Be Giants in Neil Gaiman's Coraline. [Paste] Zach Galifianakis signed a book deal. [Dead-Frog] Jason Bateman: Bad son, good golfer. [AP] Patton Oswalt woke...
videogamesblogger.com: (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Handango, a smartphone content provider, and famous games developer Capcom Interactive, a top developer today announced a partnership to distribute top gaming titles to North American smartphone users. Capcom's top franchises include Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Street Fighter and Mega Man among many others. The first [...]
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Danielle Sparks of Middletown gets her turn in the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" hot seat at 4:30 p.m. today on WKRC-TV (Channel 12).
A Plague of Angels (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
I am happy to admit that I have never, ever watched an episode of "American Idol." From the beginning, it simply didn't interest me. Glorified karaoke without the booze-fueled, bowling-alley charm? No thank you. I'll stick with "Top Chef." (I can only assume that the people watching "Idol" are the same ones watching "America's Funniest Home Videos," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," Oprah, and NASCAR....
/Film (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
MTV has a batch of new movie posters from Cannes. The three most interesting can be seen above: Werner Herzog’s (Grizzly Man) remake of Bad Lieutenant starring Nicolas Cage. (...) Comment on this now or read more at slashfilm.com . Tags: Bad Lieutenant , Danny Boyle , Frank Darabont , Gerard Butler , Law Abiding Citizen , Nicolas Cage , Slumdog Millionaire , Werner Herzog
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Among the menswear nominees at GenArt's 10th Anniversary Styles Fashion and Awards show tonight: Hyden Yoo. The New York-based designer started his line four years ago after—that old story—winning $50,000 on Fear Factor. (The, er, highlight of his experience was...
IGN (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Handango will bring Capcom's top franchises to smartphone users.
Live, Love, and Learn (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
An email that someone intercepted is being passed around by the radical right here in our state that asks we stop the showing of "For the Bible Tells Me So", then asks for money. First and foremost this group is a business and needs money to stay alive. As one of my friends said on another blog "I look forward to the day when groups like this can't fool enough people to stay in business." I will write...
Fark.com (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
"Nobody ever talked to us about all this," said Schitter, who also lives nearby.Sorry for the copypasta, but it's just too appropriate...Who is Jack Schitt? The lineage is finally revealed! Many people are at a loss for a response when someone says: "You don't know Jack Schitt."Now you can intellectually handle the situation:Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married...
TMZ (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started TMZ.com : Kenny Chesney was the big winner - yet again - at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Vegas last night, but even he thinks it's kind of a sham, all because the fans are involved in the voting.In a snipe he's going to be regretting for... Read more
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
As top Bollywood stars from Shahrukh to Salman take to television, channels hope to break through the clutter and get some high ratings as well
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
TV News: Pubcaster bucks Japanese trend to avoid U.S. drama -- Japan's big four commercial networks have long said no to U.S. drama shows, with the Japanese mass aud strongly preferring local stories and faces, especially in primetime. Foreign formats, such as "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," have had marginally more success with the Japanese nets, but the overall trend has not changed in decades.
TV Envy (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
CBS’ usually strong lineup racked up another weekend win. The network placed first in both the viewers and the demos with ABC right behind in second. 8pm Ghost Whisperer (2.0/8 in 18-49) ended its season with 8.4 million. America’s Funniest Home Videos (1.7/6) had 6.8 million laughing. Friday Night Smackdown (4 million, 1.2/4) was down a smidge. FOX ‘s airing of Dodgeball (2.8 million, 1.2/4) was down...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
CBS easily won Friday night behind "Numb3rs" and "Ghost Whisperer," but Disney-owned ABC enjoyed a boost from the season finale of "America's Funniest Home Videos." CBS won the 8 p.m. time slot as "Ghost Whisperer" wrapped up its season with...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
The clutter on the general entertainment channel space is growing by leaps and bounds and everyone wants to capture one of the top three slots and remain profitable.
