"Jersey Shore" and "Dora" join Amazon streaming (Reuters)
Reuters - Amazon further positioned itself against Netflix on Wednesday, announcing a deal with Viacom to make much of its TV programming available for instant streaming on Amazon Prime.
Read more »Zsa Zsa kept behind closed doors at birthday party (AP)
AP - After what felt like an eternity but was actually just a few minutes, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt emerged from a white door into the foyer of the old-fashioned Bel-Air mansion that he shares with his wife of 25 years, former glamour queen Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Read more »Meryl Streep Oscar email angers voters, but it's legal (Reuters)
Reuters - A Weinstein Company email that appears to skirt AMPAS campaign rules by using a third party to reach Oscar voters has stirred up anger among Academy members and rival campaigners.
Read more »'Chronicle' tops box office over 'Woman in Black' (AP)
AP - Both the action film "Chronicle" and Daniel Radcliffe's ghost story "The Woman in Black" performed above expectations on Super Bowl weekend.
Read more »Super Bowl draws record 111.3M viewers on NBC (AP)
AP - For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.
Read more »NBC, NFL apologize for M.I.A. rude gesture at Super Bowl (Reuters)
Reuters - Television network NBC and the NFL apologized for a rude gesture flipped by British hip hop star M.I.A during her halftime performance at Sunday's Super Bowl, but the Parents Television Council called for further action.
Read more »Walt Disney, Univision discussing joint news channel: source (Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co is talking with Univision Communications about creating a new 24-hour English language cable news channel aimed at a Hispanic audience, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said on Monday.
Read more »Madonna's Million Dollar Headphones! (omg!)
omg! - Keeping up her reputation as a material girl, Madonna just snagged an amazing Super Bowl parting gift: one million dollar Beats By Dre headphones!
Read more »Verizon, Redbox plan Netflix challenge (Reuters)
Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar's Redbox unit have formed a video joint venture to provide services aimed at competing directly against video rental giant Netflix Inc.
Read more »Alexander Payne makes the cut with cinema editors (omg!)
omg! - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Alexander Payne, director of "The Descendants," has been named Filmmaker of the Year by the American Cinema Editors, the ACE Board of directors announced on Monday. The ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award will be presented to Payne at the 62nd annual ACE Eddie Awards ceremony on February 18, where "The Descendants" was also nominated in the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) category along with "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "Hugo," "Moneyball" and "War Horse. ...
Read more »Dr. Oz's health effort nets 1 million participants (AP)
AP - Television already has "The Biggest Loser." Dr. Mehmet Oz is looking for the biggest number of losers.
Read more »Alexander Payne makes the cut with cinema editors (Reuters)
Reuters - Alexander Payne, director of "The Descendants," has been named Filmmaker of the Year by the American Cinema Editors, the ACE Board of directors announced on Monday.
Read more »'Amazing Spider-Man' footage teased for fans (AP)
AP - "The Amazing Spider-Man" dropped in on hundreds of fans Monday.
Read more »'Chronicle' edges Radcliffe's 'Woman' with $22M (AP)
AP - Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.
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