Television News

After-parties feel heat from meltdown, SAG threat (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:28 PM CST AP - The sleek shine of a designer gown, the gleam of a trophy, piles of gourmet food, a tipsy laugh. Award-show after-parties have always measured the glitz and glam of Hollywood, from the Golden Globes to the Grammys to the Oscars.

Triple-threat Hugh Jackman shakes up Oscar format (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:52 PM CST AP - He sings, dances, acts on stage and screen, and he's the "Sexiest Man Alive." Hugh Jackman does everything but standup comedy — and that's why the first-time Oscars host fulfills the academy's promise to shake up the show in a way that's as tough to predict as the winners.

Hugh Jackman to host new-look Oscars (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:26 PM CST Reuters - Australian actor Hugh Jackman was named on Friday as host of February's Oscars in a departure from the tradition of picking U.S. comedians on Hollywood's most prestigious night.

A Warm Welcome for New CSIer (E! Online) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:01 PM CST E! Online - A perfect storm whipped up CSI's best numbers since its season premiere, Nielsen estimates showed.

'American Idol' may ax its charity after 2 years (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:04 PM CST AP - For two years, "American Idol" was giving back. Now it may be taking back.

Celeb lunchboxes to benefit hunger relief (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:50 PM CST AP - Mario Batali is doing it. So are Gwyneth Paltrow and Salman Rushdie.

Actor Van Johnson, '40s heartthrob, dies at 92 (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:18 PM CST AP - Van Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s with such films as "30 Seconds over Tokyo," "A Guy Named Joe" and "The Caine Mutiny," died Friday of natural causes. He was 92.

Gilmore Girls and Men in Trees Return to TV! (E! Online) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:30 PM CST E! Online - OK, so Gilmore Girls and Men in Trees are not technically returning to TV, but the next best thing is happening:

CNN names new White House team (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:21 PM CST AP - Ed Henry, Suzanne Malveaux and Dan Lothian will become CNN's White House reporting team when the Obama administration takes office.

Report: Ex `Idol' producer responds to Abdul (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:18 PM CST AP - Former "American Idol" producer Nigel Lythgoe has fired back at criticism by Paula Abdul that the show put her in peril by allowing an alleged stalker to audition.

Jeff Lewis Flips Out on Ugly Betty Star (E! Online) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:36 AM CST E! Online - Jeff Lewis' latest property drama just took an Ugly turn.

Eastwood, "Dark Knight" among Globes snubs (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:11 AM CST Reuters - The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. didn't get "Milk." It barely acknowledged "The Dark Knight." And though in past years it loved "Sex and the City" the TV series, it ignored "Sex and the City" the movie.

Oxygen "Addicted" to beauty series (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:07 AM CST Reuters - Women's cable channel Oxygen has greenlighted a series set in a California-based medi-spa and is developing a slate of four new projects as part of an aggressive push to ramp up its original programing.

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