Television - Page 12

AP - Back on the radio? Or off to retirement?

AP - Barbra Streisand welcomed Nancy Pelosi to her bluff-top Malibu estate for a fundraising dinner that took in $1.3 million for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

E! Online - Yet another method has been discovered to keep the Goldman family from pocketing any money.

AP - A judge delayed a hearing Friday on custody of Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter to give the late Playboy Playmate's mother and ex-boyfriend more time to negotiate a private visitation arrangement.

Reuters - The cast of the long-running hit television comedy "Frasier" could reunite, but on the stage rather than the small screen, David Hyde Pierce, an actor who starred in the show, said.

E! Online - If at first you don't succeed in Georgia, try again in New York.

E! Online - Dancing with the Stars alumna Sara Evans' divorce is getting more complicated than a Paso Doble.

Reuters - NBC is joining the unscripted summer fray with the return of "America's Got Talent," "Last Comic Standing" and "The Biggest Loser" -- all with new hosts -- and a new dating show called "Age of Love." More Info...  

Reuters - Henry Rollins, a veteran of the 1980s Los Angeles hardcore punk scene, is a brand unto himself: musician, actor, author, radio DJ and TV talk show host.

Reuters - John Updike's most recent novel, "Terrorist," is being developed as a potential TV movie for women's cable network Lifetime Television. More Info...  

Television News

AP - The millionaire founder of the Girls Gone Wild video empire was charged Thursday with bribing a jail guard for a bottle of water and having prescription sleeping pills in his cell, authorities said.

AP - Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora are officially divorced. The pair's split was finalized Wednesday in documents filed in Superior Court.

AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Don Imus' racist remarks got him fired by CBS on Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters.

Reuters - Radio host Don Imus was dumped by CBS Radio on Thursday in an inglorious end to a 30-year career that erupted in controversy over racist and sexist comments about a women's college basketball team.

Reuters - CBS Corp. said on Thursday it has created a broad Internet distribution vehicle for its popular programs through deals with 10 partners, including Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and Comcast Corp. More Info...  

AP - Quotes about Don Imus, who called players on the Rutgers university women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" on the air last week and was fired Thursday by CBS. More Info...  

AP - An auction planned for Saturday of two diaries written by Anna Nicole Smith in the early 1990s will go on despite a claim by her lawyer-turned-partner, Howard K. Stern, that they're stolen property.

AP - Don Imus was under fire, his job was in jeopardy, and his big mouth was to blame. More Info...  

AP - Several Hispanic groups said Thursday they are unhappy with Ken Burns' plan to amend his upcoming World War II documentary series, "The War," by telling stories of Latino veterans during breaks and at the end of each hour.

Reuters - Corporate decisions to cancel Don Imus' U.S. radio and cable television shows have some commentators wondering what may happen to other media personalities who have also pushed the bounds of civility.