November 10, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
The strong premiere of ABC’s science fiction series “V’’ caps an unusually strong development season for the network.
Opening week of the Earth-invaders series was seen by 14.3 million viewers, the Nielsen Co. said. That was the second-best new series debut for the season behind the CBS spinoff “NCIS: Los Angeles,” and it was the most-watched scripted show of the week among the youthful demographic ABC covets.
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November 10, 2009
NEW YORK, N.Y.
A lawyer for the TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman plans to ask a judge to dismiss an extortion case that prompted the late-night comic to acknowledge affairs with staffers.
Robert J. “Joe” Halderman is due in a Manhattan court Tuesday. His defense attorney, Gerald Shargel, said he planned to challenge whether the evidence presented to a grand jury was sufficient and ask a judge to dismiss the attempted first-degree grand larceny charge against his client.
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November 10, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Nominees for the People’s Choice Awards are out, and the people choose vampires.
“Twilight” and “True Blood” were among the top nominees announced Tuesday. Fans cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominee slate and will also choose the winners in 35 categories.
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November 06, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
A rep for Oprah Winfrey has said the TV queen will announce by year’s end if she will make a leap from her current daytime talk show to her previously announced cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), Access Hollywood has learned.
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November 05, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
New mom Heidi Klum will be returning to the world of fashion just six weeks after giving birth to daughter Lou Samuel when she hosts the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
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November 05, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
Andre Agassi is responding to criticism of his crystal meth use with a plea for compassion, telling “60 Minutes” he needed help when he took the drug while depressed in 1997.
Discussing his new autobiography, Agassi became emotional when reacting to comments by Martina Navratilova, who compared him to Roger Clemens.
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October 30, 2009
BOSTON, Mass.
The winner of the reality TV show “Big Brother 9” is headed to federal court for a detention hearing on a drug charge.
Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., is charged with attempting to sell 2,000 oxycodone pills. He is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Boston Friday.
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October 29, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston’s war of words continued on Thursday after the future Playgirl model claimed that the former Governor refered to her infant son as “retarded.”
During an interview on CBS’ “The Early Show” on Wednesday, Levi claimed that he heard Palin refer to son Trig, who has Down syndrome, as “retarded.”
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