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The loudest, meanest audience in America
Monday 05 September 2011
Jamie Foxx is set to revive Showtime at the Apollo, television's original, and most gladiatorial, talent show
Screen Talk: Back down to earth
Friday 29 July 2011
Bad news for fanboys. Zack Snyder's take on the Superman legend, Man of Steel, has been temporarily grounded by Warner Bros.
Kutcher to replace Sheen in Two and a Half Men
Friday 13 May 2011
One of the most lucrative franchises in American television once more revolves around Two and a Half Men, after Ashton Kutcher was hired to replace Charlie Sheen in the sitcom he was fired from in spectacular fashion almost three months ago.
CBS reporter 'feared for her life' in Cairo assault
Saturday 30 April 2011
The war correspondent Lara Logan said she felt certain she would die during a sexual assault by a mob during celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square to mark the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
'Happy Days' cast sue for share of earnings
Thursday 21 April 2011
Cast members of the vintage US comedy series Happy Days have sued CBS television network, alleging that they are not getting a cut of the money made in sales of DVDs, lunch boxes, board games and other merchandise related to the show.
'Three Cups of Tea'. One big lie? Author accused of fudging facts
Sunday 17 April 2011
Greg Mortenson's inspirational tale of how he brought schooling to 60,000 girls faces attack on CBS News
So, what will Katie Couric do next?
Wednesday 06 April 2011
The doyenne of female newscasters is set to quit CBS – and Piers Morgan should be worried
CBS News coy on Couric 'departure'
Tuesday 05 April 2011
CBS News has refused to confirm reports that presenter Katie Couric will be leaving once her contract is up on 4 June.
Sour note for man with golden voice
Saturday 08 January 2011
A feel-good story about a homeless man with a radio-voice from heaven has been soured by a war of words between two American broadcast networks.
Daniel Schorr: Unflinching broadcast journalist who became a thorn in the side for both the Soviet and US authorities
Thursday 29 July 2010
Among Daniel Schorr's many awards, distinctions and achievements as a journalist, one was surely unique. He was the only US reporter both to be expelled from Moscow for crossing a Soviet leader – and to feature as an officially designated "enemy" of an American President.
Archie Bland: Logan's run-in with Rolling Stone (and proper reporting)
Tuesday 29 June 2010
How CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan argued against objective reporting of the facts of the McChrystal case – and all the best things to read on the subject.
It's Showtime for compelling female roles
Tuesday 20 April 2010
A US cable channel is challenging the male-dominated world of TV drama – and not before time, says Sarah Hughes
Two guys kissing set to steal the Super Bowl show
Sunday 31 January 2010
Next Sunday's football final will highlight an extra showdown: between liberals and the religious right
Judge refuses to dismiss David Letterman extortion case
Wednesday 20 January 2010
A judge has refused to throw out the criminal case against a TV producer who is accused of trying to blackmail late-night TV host David Letterman.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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