Reuters - The Hallmark Channel said Tuesday it has acquired exclusive U.S. TV rights to programing from the library of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:32:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - The discounted claims of an 18th century author to have re-shaped the words of Shakespeare into a play are finally being taken seriously by a respected publisher of the Bard's works nearly 300 years on. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:51:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Conservative commentator Erick Erickson, editor of RedState.com, will join CNN as a political contributor, the news network said Tuesday. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:34:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Twentieth Century Fox hopes "Avatar" fans will take time off on Earth Day, April 22, to buy the DVD or Blu-ray disc for the blockbuster movie with a pro-environment message. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:31:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Fledgling premium cable network Epix said Tuesday it has picked up a Silicon Valley satire from Larry Charles, the "Seinfeld" veteran who went on to direct the "Borat" and "Bruno" movies. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:35:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Even though the Court Yard Hounds are a new group, they are hardly your typical baby act. The duo is derived from one of music's best-selling bands — the Dixie Chicks — and their self-titled debut album is already among the spring's more anticipated releases.
AP - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls' school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted there, a U.S. judge ruled.
AP - All three members of the Dixie Chicks, including lead singer Natalie Maines, are heading out in June on a one-month stadium tour with The Eagles and Keith Urban.
AP - CBS Sports' president thinks that Tiger Woods' return to golf will be one of the "biggest media spectacles in recent memory." -- read full article
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:29:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AFP - Sony and the estate of late music legend Michael Jackson have signed a record-breaking 250-million-dollar deal for distribution rights through 2017, US media said Tuesday.