Actor and comedian Robin Williams died Monday at the age of 63. He first became nationally known from TV’s Mork & Mindy, which ran from 1978 to 1982. He won an Oscar for his role in the film Good Will Hunting. The cause of death is believed to be suicide via asphyxiation. He was found […]
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Game, set, mock tennis match? HBO is teaming with Andy Samberg and Murray Miller (writer and co-executive producer of Girls) on 7 Days in Hell, a mockumentary about pro tennis rivals competing in a seven-day match at Wimbledon. Samberg will play superstar bad boy Aaron Williams, while Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) portrays prodigy Charles […]
Asked if she had any interest in doing a talk show, Sarah Palin told The Hollywood Reporter, “I hear everyone recently got canned from The View, maybe a show like that needs a punch of reality and a voice of reason from America’s heartland to knock some humble sense into their scripts.” Too soon […]
Week of June 23-27, 2014 Cynopsis is introducing a new web feature called “In Case You Missed It,” which is a quick roundup of the top stories of the previous week in each of our four daily editions. So if you skipped a newsletter, this is where you want to go to make sure you’re […]
The Supreme Court decided against the online broadcast streaming service Aereo today, declaring it infringed broadcast network’s copyrights. In a 6-3 opinion, the court struck down Aereo on grounds that it does not “constitute a public performance” in order to surpass copyright violation for streaming broadcast signals without permission (and for a price). The case […]
Alex Trebek set the Guinness World Record for most game show episodes hosted by the same presenter. “It means I’ve been around a long time,” said the man who’s overseen 6,829 eps of Jeopardy! since 1984, humbly attributing his success to luck, then adding he hopes to stick around “a few more years.’
WGN America’s second original scripted series, Manhattan, premieres Sunday, July 27 at 10p. The ensemble drama about the development of the atomic bomb was filmed on location in New Mexico.
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