The Media’s ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Follies
For some time, “fair and balanced” news coverage and commentary has been on the media endangered species list. Now, with the current “Ground Zero Mosque” flap, it seems to have become extinct. Most...
View ArticleJon Stewart: Happy Birthday President Obama, Here’s a Stock Plunge
What better way to celebrate the President's birthday than a significant stock market plunge? Jon Stewart found it somewhat amusing, opening "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" with a gift-wrapped...
View ArticleTV Academy CEO Remembers 9/11 — and the Emmys That Almost Weren’t
Since the Emmy Awards came into existence in 1949, they had never been postponed or canceled until 2001. In that year it happened twice. I was elected chairman/CEO of the Academy of Television Arts...
View Article‘Justified’ Boss Graham Yost Working on WWII Drama for WGN America
Graham Yost is getting his war on for WGN America. Yost, who developed the FX drama “Justified,” is developing a new drama for the network, which recently jumped into the original scripted waters with...
View Article‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Star Vivica A. Fox Calls Kenya Moore ‘Fake as Hell’...
(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Monday’s episode, titled “It’s Like a Booze Cruise with Knowledge.”) “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kenya Moore finds an adversary on any team...
View ArticleNicolas Cage Reteams With Oliver Stone for Edward Snowden Movie
Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is reteaming with his “World Trade Center” director Oliver Stone on “Snowden,” which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden, it was announced Monday. Cage will play a...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch’s News Corp, 21st Century Fox Eyes Move to World Trade Center
Lower Manhattan may be adding some pretty wealthy tenants: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and 21st Century Fox are considering building an 88-story skyscraper at the World Trade Center site, The New York...
View ArticleNews Corp., 21st Century Fox Take Big Step Toward World Trade Center Move
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and 21st Century Fox are one step closer to packing up and moving downtown in Manhattan. The companies have signed a non-binding letter of intent with developer Larry...
View ArticleBreathtaking World Trade Center Rainbow Goes Viral on 9/11 Anniversary (Photo)
On the somber 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, one image is warming Americans hearts. A photograph of two large rainbows draped over the World Trade Center have gone viral with a...
View ArticleJeff Daniels to Lead Hulu’s New 9/11 Drama ‘The Looming Tower’
Jeff Daniels has been cast as the lead in Hulu’s upcoming miniseries “The Looming Tower,” TheWrap has learned. The “Newsroom” actor will play John O’Neill, who was the chief of New York’s FBI...
View ArticleThe Media’s ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Follies
For some time, “fair and balanced” news coverage and commentary has been on the media endangered species list. Now, with the current “Ground Zero Mosque” flap, it seems to have become extinct. Most...
View ArticleJon Stewart: Happy Birthday President Obama, Here’s a Stock Plunge
What better way to celebrate the President's birthday than a significant stock market plunge? Jon Stewart found it somewhat amusing, opening "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" with a gift-wrapped...
View ArticleTV Academy CEO Remembers 9/11 — and the Emmys That Almost Weren’t
Since the Emmy Awards came into existence in 1949, they had never been postponed or canceled until 2001. In that year it happened twice. I was elected chairman/CEO of the Academy of Television Arts...
View Article‘Justified’ Boss Graham Yost Working on WWII Drama for WGN America
Graham Yost is getting his war on for WGN America. Yost, who developed the FX drama “Justified,” is developing a new drama for the network, which recently jumped into the original scripted waters with...
View Article‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Star Vivica A. Fox Calls Kenya Moore ‘Fake as Hell’...
(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Monday’s episode, titled “It’s Like a Booze Cruise with Knowledge.”) “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kenya Moore finds an adversary on any team...
View ArticleNicolas Cage Reteams With Oliver Stone for Edward Snowden Movie
Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is reteaming with his “World Trade Center” director Oliver Stone on “Snowden,” which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden, it was announced Monday. Cage will play a...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch’s News Corp, 21st Century Fox Eyes Move to World Trade Center
Lower Manhattan may be adding some pretty wealthy tenants: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and 21st Century Fox are considering building an 88-story skyscraper at the World Trade Center site, The New York...
View ArticleNews Corp., 21st Century Fox Take Big Step Toward World Trade Center Move
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and 21st Century Fox are one step closer to packing up and moving downtown in Manhattan. The companies have signed a non-binding letter of intent with developer Larry...
View ArticleBreathtaking World Trade Center Rainbow Goes Viral on 9/11 Anniversary (Photo)
On the somber 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, one image is warming Americans hearts. A photograph of two large rainbows draped over the World Trade Center have gone viral with a...
View ArticleJeff Daniels to Lead Hulu’s New 9/11 Drama ‘The Looming Tower’
Jeff Daniels has been cast as the lead in Hulu’s upcoming miniseries “The Looming Tower,” TheWrap has learned. The “Newsroom” actor will play John O’Neill, who was the chief of New York’s FBI...
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