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SAG honoree Van Dyke glad he made someone smile
Forget dishonest modesty. Dick Van Dyke seems nothing short of gobsmacked about receiving the life-achievement honor at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild ...
Obama, Hillary Clinton to give joint interview
The White House says President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will give their first joint interview to the television news ...
Shakespeare, his work, come to life in PBS series
Jeremy Irons has a suggestion for "Downton Abbey" fans: Give William Shakespeare a try, too. Irons is among the prominent hosts of "Shakespeare ...
'Dallas' returns with J.R. Ewing's final schemes
J.R. Ewing wouldn't hesitate to cheat his fellow man. He also famously cheated death. In the second-season finale of "Dallas" back in 1980, he was ...
Damon 'hijacks' Kimmel's ABC show
Matt Damon had his revenge. The butt of a long-running joke on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the actor opened Thursday night's show as a kidnapper who ...
Voice of Te'o prankster? Couric plays voicemails
The person Manti Te'o says was pretending to be his online girlfriend told the Notre Dame linebacker "I love you" in voicemails that were played ...
ESPN's Rachel Nichols jumps to CNN, Turner Sports
ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols is leaving to work for CNN and Turner Sports. The companies announced Thursday that Nichols will anchor a new weekend CNN ...
2 TV projects target small NY town Sleepy Hollow
The quiet suburban New York village Sleepy Hollow is a hot topic among television creators. The Fox network said Thursday it has given the go-ahead ...
Are Hollywood awards by gender out of touch?
Do Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren really need a category just for women — a singular kind of affirmative action — to snare one of ...
Netflix shuffles the TV deck with 'House of Cards'
In Netflix's bid for a flagship original drama of its own — a "Sopranos" to its HBO — the subscription streaming service is presenting a high-class ...
Ray Romano to perform at Garden of Laughs event
While everybody loves Raymond, it's stand-up comedy that Ray Romano loves most. The 55-year-old actor-comedian says performing live is his passion, ...
The Hollywood Reporter's best of the week
The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week: SUNDANCE 2013: WHAT'S BEHIND THE 7-FIGURE SPENDING $9.75 million for "The Way, Way ...
Voice actor for Charlie Brown arrested in Calif.
The man who was the voice of Charlie Brown in several "Peanuts" television shows was charged Wednesday with stalking and threatening his former ...
Gilda's Club chapter in Wis. sticks with name
Stung by the overwhelmingly negative reaction to removing the name of original "Saturday Night Live" cast member Gilda Radner from a cancer support ...
Football games dominate network viewing
In the most recent week's television viewing, there were the NFL conference championship games and everything else. The Nielsen company said Wednesday ...
Nielsen: 20.6 million watched inauguration
Nielsen says an estimated 20.6 million people watched President Barack Obama's second inauguration on TV, sharply down from his first. The company, ...
Congrats flood in for Shakira's new baby boy
Within hours of Shakira's baby boy being born, people are already asking about his future career. Will Milan Pique Mebarak be a famous pop singer ...
'What would you do' Te'o tells Couric
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o admitted to Katie Couric he answered questions about his "dead," online girlfriend even after he received a call Dec.
'Mad Men' to return for new season on April 7
AMC says "Mad Men" will return for its new season on April 7. AMC announced Wednesday that the two-hour premiere kicks off the acclaimed drama series' ...
'American Horror Story' star scared by show, too
For those who get creeped out watching "American Horror Story: Asylum," don't worry. You're not alone. Sarah Paulson, one of its stars, says the ...
Macy is proud to be the drunken dad in 'Shameless'
On "Shameless," William H. Macy plays the world's most deadbeat dad. He stars as Frank Gallagher, a boozy, shiftless grifter whose brood of six ...
Josh Duhamel named host of Kids' Choice Awards
There's plenty of green slime in Josh Duhamel's future. The star of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" on Wednesday was named host of Nickelodeon's 26th ...
It's cowboys v. showgirls in Coke's Super Bowl ad
Most people will be cheering for the San Francisco 49ers or Baltimore Ravens during Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. But Coca-Cola is asking viewers to ...
Steve Harvey to host Feb. 1 NAACP Image Awards
Steve Harvey is hosting next month's NAACP Image Awards. The organization said Tuesday that presenters will include "Django Unchained" nominees Samuel ...
Walters expects to leave hospital soon
Barbara Walters says she expects to be home from the hospital soon after taking a spill at a Saturday night party at the British ambassador's home in ...