Jun 27 2011
HBO expected to see its 3 millionth download of the HBO Go app -- the mobile version of the pay channel -- sometime last night, company officials said over the weekend.
The controversial new way of distributing HBO shows via iPad, iPhone and Android devices leaves the channel far behind...
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Jun 25 2011
"The X Factor" is get ting some early help from Fox.
Simon Cowell's new series will air four hours over two nights in its first week, so it can be showcased to viewers.
"The X Factor" premieres Wednesday, Sept. 21 (8-10 p.m.) and will air in the same...
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Jun 20 2011
Someday in the future, your TV set will smell.
Now it turns out that day is not that far away.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with Samsung, have developed a compact device capable of generating on command thousands of aromas, according to a paper published...
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Jun 11 2011
The stars of hit ABC sitcom "Modern Family" are looking at a big payday.
Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Ty Burrell and Sofia Vergara could each wind up with six-figure deals before filming begins on the show's third season.
Each of those co-stars earned between $30,000...
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Jun 04 2011
"Ice Road Trucker" Gregory Boadwine was arrested yesterday for allegedly beating his wife.
Boadwine, who appeared on the History series last season, was arguing with his wife when he allegedly "elbowed the victim in the arm" then grabbed her by the throat and shoved her into a kitchen door, according...
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Jun 04 2011
"Gunsmoke" star James Arness died yesterday in California. He was 88.
Arness, the brother of late actor Peter Graves, starred as US Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke," which aired on CBS from 1955 to 1975 with co-stars Dennis Weaver, Amanda Blake and Milburne Stone.
"Gunsmoke" is tied with "Law & Order...
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Jun 01 2011
The family of Jeff Conaway, the former star of "Taxi" who died last week, is asking authorities for an autopsy to combat rumors that foul play was involved in the actor's death, according to reports.
Conaway had a long history of drug abuse.
The actor's last girlfriend was...
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May 31 2011
Moviemaker George Lucas says he has 50 hours worth of scripts for the long-anticipated "Star Wars" live-action TV series already shot -- but is awaiting a technological breakthrough before the show can make it to TV.
Lucas told G4TV, the techie cable channel, that -- in TV terms -- he...
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May 31 2011
Bruce Jenner goes ballistic when he discovers that his 15-year-old daughter, Kendall, is on birth control pills, according to a leak from the set of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."
The new season begins next month, after news broke that the most famous Kardashian, Kim, is engaged to (yet another...
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May 28 2011
Lee DeWyze, who won "American Idol" last year, has fired back at the show's executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe.
DeWyze says he refused to present the winner's trophy to Scotty McCreery last Wednesday night because Lythgoe asked him to do so only at the last minute.
"I was not...
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