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Seth Rogen Gets Dream Role: ‘Simpsons’ Writer

September 26, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Seth Rogen has fulfilled a dream, and he’s not talking about starring in the box-office hit “Knocked Up” or playing a superhero in the upcoming “Green Hornet.”

Full List Of Emmy 2009 Awards Winners

September 21, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Who came home a winner at the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night? The full list, inside.

Universal Studios Hollywood Reinvigorates ‘Halloween Horror Nights’ With Stage Show, Fresh Attractions

August 26, 2009

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.

Auditions kicked off on Monday for the “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which is coming to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. Southern California’s popular annual Halloween event, begins a 16-night run on Friday, October 2.

The show joins four new maze experiences, four new “scare zones,” new “Terror Tram” backlot experience, and new “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure” production, that represent the re-imagining of Halloween Horror Nights for 2009 at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Farrah Fawcett, Justin Timberlake Among Notable Emmy Nominations

July 16, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

As the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on Thursday, a number of nominations garnered special attention.

“Farrah’s Story,” the documentary on Farrah Fawcett’s battle with cancer, was nominated for Outstanding Nonfiction Special – an honor coming just weeks after the “Charlie’s Angels” star’s death from the disease. Farrah earned three previous Emmy nominations during her acting career.

Emmy Surprises & Snubs: ‘Family Guy’ In, ‘True Blood’ Out

July 16, 2009

By Jesse Spero & Jeremy Blacklow

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Many familiar TV favorites were nominated Thursday morning for the 2009 Emmy Awards, but there were also some fresh faces in the mix (including some animated ones), while some very popular favorites were left out.

Find out the surprise nominations and who was snubbed!

Nickelodeon’s ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Reaches A Milestone: 10 Years

July 13, 2009

NEW YORK, New York

At a festival in Germany, when six women walked by wearing specially-created “SpongeBob SquarePants” shirts, Stephen Hillenburg’s wife nudged him: Why don’t you tell them who you are?

Conan O’Brien Ushers In New Era Of ‘Tonight’

May 29, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Conan O’Brien wants viewers to think of his “Tonight Show” debut Monday as the introductory course to a new late-night era.

Susan Boyle Thrills Again With Her Soaring Voice, Refuses To Ditch Image

May 24, 2009

LONDON, England

Surprise singing sensation Susan Boyle made a new television appearance Sunday, showcasing once again her soaring voice — but refusing to compromise on the frumpy look that made her an Internet sensation.

The shy church volunteer gave a rousing, but occasionally nervous, performance on the “American Idol”-style show “Britain’s Got Talent,” with a version of the song “Memory” from the musical “Cats.”

Conan O’Brien Talks ‘Tonight Show’: ‘It’s Time To Graduate’

May 21, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Conan O’Brien may feel completely ready to take over “The Tonight Show” – but in a new interview with The New York Times Magazine, he said it’s moving from New York to Los Angeles that’s thrown him off.

“A lot of the early stage of the show will probably play off my feeling of being on the moon,” he joked to the mag, on newsstands this Sunday.