Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
May 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Reps. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.; retired Gen. John Allen, former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. ___ NBC's "Meet the Press" — Pre-empted by Monaco Grand Prix....
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Tavis Smiley marks 10th year on PBS
May 24, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tavis Smiley has stood out in 20 years in broadcasting, and he has no intention of changing his style or substance. He's the rare black host with national TV and radio platforms, one who sees his job as challenging Americans to examine their assumptions on such thorny issues as poverty,...
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Report: Yahoo, pay-TV operators among Hulu bidders
May 24, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The person wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke Friday on condition of anonymity, after...
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Fox reality chief Mike Darnell exiting the network
May 24, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox reality chief Mike Darnell said Friday that he's exiting the network after an 18-year stay, ending a reign that — depending on one's point of view — has made TV more exciting or more squalid. And great for Fox. In a puckishly worded announcement, the 50-year-old Darnell said that the end...
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Latest 'Bachelorette' won't say if she's engaged
May 24, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC's newest "Bachelorette," Desiree Hartsock, says it's not hard to keep the details of her experience on the show a secret from her friends. "Ironically, I'm kind of a private person anyway, so my friends know not to ask," she said in a recent interview. Hartsock has some experience with the...
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Snooki: NJ Gov Christie 'just doesn't like us'
May 24, 2013
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV's "Jersey Shore," saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light. So when Nicole Polizzi, otherwise known as Snooki, got to meet the governor Friday and shake his hand, their exchange was a bit awkward. Christie and...
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First lady to students: 'I have failed at things'
May 24, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Failure is OK, but continuing to work hard is more important, Michelle Obama said Friday. That was the message the first lady delivered to students at an elementary school where the arts are being used to help boost student performance. The school is located in Anacostia, one of the city's...
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"Longmire": Season Two has a superb start
May 23, 2013
The Season Two premiere episode of the A&E drama “Longmire” titled “Unquiet Mind” begins with Walt (Robert Taylor) and Vic (Katee Sackhoff) assisting with a transfer of prisoners.
A serial killer among the group leads an escape that results in hostages being taken up a mountain with Walt in hot...
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Jewel portrays June Carter Cash for Lifetime
May 24, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — It helps to have a singer portray a singer, of course. The onstage scenes came naturally to Jewel when she played the role of June Carter Cash in the new Lifetime movie, "Ring of Fire." Jewel's experience came in handy in an unexpected way during a key scene in the film, which premieres Monday (9...
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At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise
May 24, 2013
CANNES, France (AP) — The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring reverence. Movies are projected pristinely in regal theaters, where they're greeted by the world's...
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87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case
May 23, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme connected to condos in a Chicago...
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CBS up, 'Idol' down as traditional TV season ends
May 23, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS strengthened its dominance over the television industry this year at the same time that the unprecedented reign of "American Idol" came to a close. The traditional television season ended Wednesday. Though that marker is losing its meaning with more fresh programming airing during the summer,...
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"Cooking Without Looking" to film in Oklahoma City
May 15, 2013
Florida’s “Cooking Without Looking” show, billed as the first television show created with people who are blind/visually impaired, will be filming in Oklahoma City this week.
The show’s first out-of-Florida episode will be filmed Friday, May 17, in the Dining on...
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Robert Taylor: arresting as TV lawman 'Longmire'
May 23, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — You may not recognize Robert Taylor as anyone other than the title character he plays on the crime drama "Longmire." But he's no newcomer. "I've been working pretty solidly for a long time," says Taylor, with a wry throwaway: "Not that anyone would notice, you know what I mean?" But not that he...
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