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Beards name ChopChop top food publication of 2013
No trendy restaurants. No fancy equipment. No hard-to-find hipster ingredients. The pages of this year's top food publication don't read like your ...
Sheen supports sons' removal from ex-wife's care
Charlie Sheen supports a decision by child protective services to remove his twin sons from the custody of his ex-wife and have them live temporarily ...
CNN: Media critic Kurtz to address his own issues
CNN says Howard Kurtz will address his mistaken story on gay basketball player Jason Collins on "Reliable Sources," the weekly media criticism show ...
Kutcher's company settles suit against CA DMV
Ashton Kutcher's production company has settled a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles over a planned reality series focusing ...
BBC sportscaster Hall admits 14 indecent assaults
Veteran BBC sportscaster Stuart Hall pleaded guilty to 14 indecent assaults on underage girls, including one who was just 9 years old, prompting the ...
SEC's new network with ESPN to debut in 2014
The Southeastern Conference and ESPN on Thursday announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014.
British soap opera star denies child sex charges
A longtime star of British soap opera "Coronation Street" has vowed to fight charges he raped a 15-year-old girl in 1967. William Roache said in a ...
YouTube says the battle with TV is already over
YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over. In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive ...
'Billy the Exterminator' drug charge: guilty plea
William "Billy" Bretherton, star of the A&E reality TV show "Billy the Exterminator," has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of possessing ...
DreamWorks buying AwesomenessTV for about $33M
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. is buying AwesomenessTV, a YouTube teen network, for about $33 million in cash as it looks to tap into the popularity ...
Utah NBC affiliate pulls gory 'Hannibal' TV show
A Mormon church-owned NBC affiliate in Utah has pulled the "Hannibal" TV show because of its graphic violence. The first three episodes of the ...
'The Young and the Restless' top Emmy nods
CBS' soap "The Young and the Restless" earned a leading 23 Daytime Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including three of the four competitors for best ...
Paramilitary soap opera stirs dispute in Colombia
Cutting through the shadows of moonlight, three brothers climb out of a truck and trudge slowly, silently toward a dark hill. There, wrapped in a ...
Amanda Knox says what happened to her was surreal
Amanda Knox says in an interview that what happened to her was "surreal but it could have happened to anyone." The Seattle native told ABC News' Diane ...
Paltrow, Parker launch Web series for AOL
AOL is making its most substantial dip into original video programming with new series from Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria and ...
ESPN regrets Broussard comment on gay NBA player
ESPN says that it regrets the "distraction" caused by one of its reporters who described Jason Collins as a sinner after the NBA center publicly ...
'American Idol' is now 3rd-rated competition show
Television's champion for nearly a decade, Fox's "American Idol," now isn't even the most popular competition show on the air. Both editions of "The ...
Maria Shriver is coming back to NBC News
After nearly a decade away, former California first lady Maria Shriver is returning to NBC News for a job where she will concentrate on the roles of ...
CNN starting morning show 'New Day' on June 10
CNN's new morning show will be called "New Day" and it will start on June 10. The network had previously announced that Chris Cuomo and Kate Balduan ...
TV director, DGA president Jack Shea dies at 84
Jack Shea, who directed "The Jeffersons" and other TV hits and was a three-time president of the Directors Guild of America, has died at age 84.
'I'm gay': NBA player Jason Collins breaks barrier
Last summer, NBA veteran Jason Collins considered joining an old Stanford college roommate, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, at Boston's gay pride parade
'House of Cards,' Frank Ocean top Webby Awards
Netflix's groundbreaking "House of Cards" may be the first digital series nominated for a best drama Emmy. But it will start with a Webby. The Webby ...
Collins: Support after coming out 'incredible'
Jason Collins said he has gotten "incredible" support since coming out as the first openly gay player in one of the four major U.S. pro sports ...
'Following' cast withholds finale spoilers
Even before the season finale of "The Following" had finished airing in Eastern and Central time zones Monday night, followers of the popular weekly ...
Ed Helms' 'Tiny Commando' series coming to Yahoo
Yahoo's latest slate of original programming is led by Ed Helms as a 4-inch-tall crime fighter. "Tiny Commando," created by the "The Office" star, was ...