TV News
'Big Brother 9' winner facing drug charges released to drug treatment after posting bail
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
BOSTON (AP) The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9," who's accused of attempting to sell drugs, has been released for inpatient substance abuse treatment after posting bail. Adam Jasinski (jah-ZIN'-skee) has pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to sell 2,000 pills...
Nancy O'Dell saying goodbye to 'Access Hollywood' after 13 years on the show
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Nancy O'Dell says she is leaving "Access Hollywood." The entertainment reporter said Thursday she will wrap up her 13-year run on the NBC show this week. Publicist Annie Jeeves says O'Dell is pursuing a new opportunity but did not elaborate....
Pop star Dave Stewart finds right tone for 'Stand up to Cancer' song, part of TV campaign
LYNN ELBER - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) When Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame was called on to create a song for an anti-cancer campaign, he was surprised at how easily it came to him and with just the right tone. "It's very uplifting," he says of "Stand Up to Cancer," which he started writing and recording...
Even 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' are not recession-proof
ALICIA RANCILIO - December 17, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) Peculiar things have been happening this season on "The Real Housewives of Orange County." Gretchen Rossi had a garage sale, Jeana Keough went shopping with her daughter at H&M and Tamra Barney is now doing her own housework. What? This is a...
Ashton Kutcher-produced TV flop 'The Beautiful Life' finds afterlife with episodes on YouTube
FRAZIER MOORE - December 17, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) It was the first new series to be canceled this fall, but now "The Beautiful Life" has found a new life online. Three episodes of the youth-oriented melodrama are on YouTube, including one that was never aired. The remaining two episodes that were filmed will have their...
Winfrey donates $1.5M to private middle school in inner-city Atlanta
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) A private middle school in inner-city Atlanta has received $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey. The Ron Clark Academy announced the donation Thursday. The innovative school has struggled to raise money this year amid the sagging economy to pay for its $2.8 million operating...
Yvonne King Burch, who launched her musical clan into show business as King Family, dies at 89
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Yvonne King Burch, who gained early fame as one of the singing King Sisters during the big band era before launching her entire extended musical clan into show business as the King Family, has died. She was 89. Burch died in a Santa Barbara hospital Sunday,...
'American Idol' creator's new project to put audience, aspiring stars together online
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) The creator of Fox's "American Idol" is going beyond TV with a project that will tell the story of five young people trying to make it in Hollywood with online audience feedback. Starting in early 2010, Simon Fuller's "If I Can Dream" will follow three aspiring...
Jon, Kate Gosselin divorce final in Pa.; Kate gets house, primary custody of kids
MARYCLAIRE DALE - December 19, 2009
PHILADLELPHIA (AP) Jon and Kate Gosselin officially divorced Friday after 10 years of marriage, eight children and a year of tabloid headlines. Kate Gosselin gets the family home in eastern Pennsylvania in the no-fault divorce agreement, according to her lawyer, Mark Momjian. She will...
ABC News to interview ex-John Edwards aide about new book, former senator's sex scandal
By Associated Press - December 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) ABC News will air an exclusive interview next month with the man who once claimed to have fathered the child of former Sen. John Edwards' mistress, the network said Wednesday. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff's interview with Andrew Young will air Jan. 29 on "...
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