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CBS Moves Upfronts to Digital, Cancels Events, Other Networks to Follow; Broadway Considering Shutdown
More, more, more.
CBS will move its advertising upfront presentations to online and digital for May 13th. No events in New York. The other networks...
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Career Wreckage: Chris Matthews Pushed Out of MSNBC After 20 Years, Timothy Hutton Denies 1983 Rape of 14 Year Old
Let's see what new careers were wrecked this evening.
Chris Matthews is out at MSNBC. Tonight was his last "Hardball" after 20 years. He says...
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James Lipton, of “Actors Studio” Fame, Dies at 93 After a Long, Stellar Life: Novelist, Screenwriter, Impresario
James Lipton has died at age 93. He had a battle with bladder cancer that followed a long, stellar life of great triumphs. He...
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Media Mystery: Once Hot Vanity Fair Has Had A Deep Drop in Single Copy Sales Since New Editor Took Over
Speculation is rife that Vanity Fair's editor in chief of not quite two years, Radhika Jones, is on her way out. There may some...
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White House Correspondents Dinner Comes Back Strong, with Two Star Comedians: Kenan Thompson and Hasan Minhaj
The White House Correspondents Dinner is coming back, big time!
After three years of laying low, the WHCA has announced two big comedians to take...
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Vanity Fair Oscar Party May Be Last Hurrah, Magazine Cancels Its New Establishment Event For Next Fall in Los Angeles
Vanity Fair is in trouble according to NBC/MSNBC's Dylan Byers, and he's right.
After putting on the dog Sunday with their annual "Oscar party," the...
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RIP The Great Radio and (Sometimes) TV Broadcaster Dom Imus: Controversial, Crazy, Completely Brilliant and Loyal to a Fault
Don Imus has passed away at age 79. This was a brilliant, complicated man who had legions of fans and drove people crazy. But...
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Happy Kwanzaa, or as CNN Says, Also Spelled ‘Kwanzaa’: Holiday Tweet Misfires But Gets Loads of Laughs
Today begins the holiday of Kwanzaa. Or, as CNN tweeted this morning, it is sometimes spelled 'Kwanzaa.' I know, I read it three times...