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Lionsgate and Marvel reach agreement with WGA
Film and television studio Lionsgate announced on Thursday that they reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America (WGA). Good news for both parties involved, now striking Hollywood writers are enabled to work on Liongate’s projects.
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WGA going to picket Leno, O’Brien and Kimmel
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is getting hardcore! Later tonight (Wednesday) they are going to picket outside the studios “The Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno,” “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” television shows are taped .
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Carson Daly explains it all
About three weeks after he returned to the air, Carson Daly gave some elaboration on his decision to return with his show “Last Call with Carson Daly”.
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Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert return to the air!
Two more late night show hosts are returning to the screen! Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have joined Conan O’Brian, Jay Leno and Jimmyt Kimmel. They all announced their return next month, though without writers.
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Doritos announces top10 unsigned acts
The Doritos brand (you know, those supertasy cornchips, mmm) made an announcement today. They have figured out the last 10 semi-finalists for the Doritos “Crash The Super Bowl” challenge.
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Golden Globes nominees!
So the Golden Globes are about to be handed out. Extreme boredom.
British costume drama ‘Atonement’ is leading the shizzay with 7 (!) nominations.
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NY Philharmonic to perform in North Korea
It was announced Monday that the New York Philharmonic Orchestra has accepted North Korea’s invitation to perform
there on February 26th. North Korea’s Ministry of Culture sent the orchestra an invitation in August. This can be seen as a cultural breakthrough as tense relations between the United States and the reclusive Communist nation ease.
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Prince bitchslaps fans!
Three major fansites dedicated to Prince (Housequake, Princefams and Prince.org) have been served legal notice to remove all images of the singer, his lyrics and “anything linked to Prince’s likeness.”
Only two months after Prince (49 years old) threatened to sue Youtube amongst other sites, he now demands the removal of fans’ photographs of Prince-inspired tattoos [...]
Rosie O’Donnell to get her own show!
The world’s favorite lesbian, Rosie O’Donnell is negotiating with MSNBC to return to television with her own weeknight talk show.
After having her own successful daytime talk show from 1996 to 2002, Rosie was lured to the ABC morning chat program with the promise of food. But after less than a year -highlights included the public [...]
So Bon Jovi wants to be N.J. Governor
Here at The Rumormonger, we don’t really care too much about who becomes governor of New Jersey. However, this one commentary in the Times was too good to pass up. Columnist Daniel Finkelstein actually titled his article, “Would Bon Jovi give Jersey a bad name?” Where are you from that New Jersey [...]