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  • ESPN layoffs 7000 workers as TV rights fees rise

    Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to nearly 7,000 employees on Tuesday, the network said in a statement. The Bristol, Connecticut-based company said it was looking at the financial bottom line. In a statement the company said that they were implementing changes across the company to enhance their continued growth while smartly managing costs. It added that while difficult, they ...

  • Microsoft launches all-in-one home entertainment system Xbox One

    Microsoft has unveiled its latest video gaming console 'Xbox One' which is believed to transform games, TV and entertainment for the 21st century living room. The latest console reportedly promises a vision of the future. According to a report by the Mirror, 'Xbox One' will allow users to turn on the device with words like "Xbox On", and "snap" will allow users to watch two things at ...

  • Paulina Rubio to be judge on `X Factor

    Paulina Rubio will join the panel of judges for the popular Fox television show "The X Factor" next season, the Mexican singer's representative announced Tuesday. Rubio will join the judging panel - which includes show creator Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child and Disney star Demi Lovato - during the musical contest show's third season. "I love 'The X Factor'! I can't wait to find ...

  • Sharon Osbourne Re-Joins U.K. X Factor as Judge

    Dermot O’Leary will also come back. And in the first of an exciting range of new changes for the 10th series of The X Factor, hopefuls will - for the first time ever - have to tackle two sets of auditions. First, they will face the judges in an intimate audition room. If they receive three or more yes votes, they will then have to perform for the judges once more, this time in an ...

  • Ang Lee pulls out of television project Tyrant citing fatigue from four years working on Life of Pi

    "It is one of the most brilliant ideas for a series that I've seen and one about which I was very excited," Lee said in a statement. "However, after spending over four years making and ...


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Legend: The Director's Cut [DVD]

Legend: The Director's Cut [DVD]

There are some films that simply need time before they are appreciated. For whatever reason, when first released, they simply fail to connect with audiences and critics. Sometimes they are ahead of their time, and sometimes they are simply out of time, striving to be something that audiences at the time didn't understand or desire. ...

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  • Ke$ha slammed over urine stunt

    Ke$ha is facing a backlash from officials at America's Parent Television Council (PTC) after footage of her drinking her own urine was shown on TV. The TiK ToK hitmaker was caught on camera guzzling her pee on 'Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life,' which aired on MTV in the U.S. on Tuesday. Campaigners at the PTC are fuming over the "disgusting, vile" scene, and are now ...

  • Sony Board to Discuss Spin-off of Stake in Entertainment Business

    TOKYO – Sony's board will examine the proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to sell off a stake in its entertainment division, but refused to give a timetable for when it would reply, ...

  • Anthony Weiner Enters NYC Mayoral Race With YouTube Video

    Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin: 8 Revelations About That Sexting Scandal (and Jon Stewart!) After much speculation, the former congressman -- who resigned in 2011 amid a sexting scandal -- posted a video on YouTube late Tuesday officially announcing his run for mayor of New ...

  • GOP lawmakers Oklahoma tornado aid must be offset

    As Moore, Okla., residents came to terms with the tornado tragedy, Washington Republicans said extra storm aid would have to be offset by budget cuts elsewhere. Gov. Mary Fallin said she was left speechless after taking an aerial tour of the violent tornado's path and inspecting the damage by car and on foot. "There's just sticks and bricks, basically," she said in the ...

  • The Xbox One Is Targeting The Largest Market Of All Television Watchers

    49% of U.S. households own a game console. From where I'm standing, it looks like Microsoft wants to close that gap with its next-generation console, Xbox One. Headlining the May 21 event is the console's integration with the living room. Here is an entertainment system that can play movies, surf the web, and review upcoming television episodes, all at the same time, and all with a ...

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