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Clean Sweep? Matt Lauer perhaps following Meredith Vieira out “Today” show door
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – The Today Show appears to be heading for a complete overhaul. With reports that Meredith Vieira will soon leave the show, ET says that Matt Lauer will also be leaving. According to their source, Lauer has already notified his bosses that he will move on when his contract expires December 31, 2012. NBC chose not to confirm or deny the reports, saying only that Lauer has a “long-term contract with NBC.” The speculation follows the news that Katie Couric is expected to leave the “CBS Evening News” and launch her own talk show with Jeff Zucker. Could Matt Lauer join his
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Charlie Sheen low on cash, sources claim
2 years ago
[HMG Celebrity News] – Charlie Sheen lost his job with ‘Two and a Half Men’ by ranting about the show and its leaders. Now unemployed he’s ranting that the result of his last rants was unfair. But there’s a deeper reason for his unrest – the man is allegedly broke.
“Charlie’s earned an enormous amount of money with the show, but he’s also spent a fortune and now finds himself being cash poor,” an insider tells PopEater. “Every penny he has is tied up in property or business deals.”
According to the source, Chuck’s latest tirades are nothing more than a desperate quest to avoid relative
More >Warner Bros. officially fires Charlie Sheen from “Two and a Half Men”
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – Forget about negotiations or dangling carrot of rehab to allow him to return, Charlie Sheen is no longer welcome to return to “Two and a Half Men.” Warner Bros. has issued the following statement: “After careful consideration, Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen’s services on ‘Two and a Half Men,’ effective immediately.”
Sheen has been promising to take legal action against the studio ever since Warner Bros. TV and CBS made the decision to shut down the show for the rest of this season on Feb. 24 because of the actor’s increasingly erratic
More >Keith Olbermann To Land On Public Affairs Channel Current TV?
2 years ago
(HMG News) – When Keith Olbermann abruptly announced his departure from once top-rated MSNBC’s ‘Countdown,’ in January, as NBC Universal was acquired by Comcast, there was speculation he might have to sit on the sidelines for a while. Keith had around two years left on his contract, and he’ll reportedly be paid his salary at around $7 million a year, with speculation he would be benched for a minimum of 6 months, and probably longer. But it looks like the strongly opinionated host might have already lined up his next television home.
According to the NY Times Media Decoder, the former
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Kredit Kard Katastrophe: Kardashians Sued for $75 Million
2 years ago
The Kardashians have kause for koncern.
Five weeks after they took their debit card off the market because it was associated with dangerously high fees, Kim, Kourtney, Khloe and Kris have been sued by The Revenue Resource Group, LLC. For $75 million.
The company claims these sisters breached their contract when they pulled out of the aforementioned deal. It’s the biggest pulling out scandal Kim has been involved in since November 2007.
Following an announcement by the Attorney General of Connecticut, who said he’d consider an investigation into the MasterCard-approved debit card, the
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Jillian Michaels to Exit The Biggest Loser, Focus on Family
2 years ago
Jillian Michaels is going from The Biggest Loser to the biggest step a person can take: motherhood. She hopes, at least.
“Season 11 of Biggest Loser will be my last have to finish out my contract,” Michaels Tweeted this week. “I want to take a year off TV and focus on becoming a mommy and doing more charity work.”
The final season of The Biggest Loser kicks off next month. Who might replace Jillian? She knows. But she isn’t saying.
“They already hired her,” she told a Twitter follower. “Using my last season to help launch her in season 11.”
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Axl Rose Goes After ‘Guitar Hero’ By Suing Activision
2 years ago
Guns N’ Roses singer and founding member Axl Rose has filed a lawsuit against Guitar Hero creator Activision after the gaming company allegedly illegally used the bands 1987 rock hit Welcome To The Jungle in Guitar Hero III with specific imagery of one-time group guitarist Slash.
According to Rose’s law firm Miller Barondess LLP, the complaint alleges that Activision:
“fraudulently induced” Rose into allowing the company to use the song. In legal documents.”
RadarOnline.com obtained the lawsuit which stated Rose is suing Activision for $20 million for fraud, breach of contract and unjust
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Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino Could Be Close To New MTV Contract
2 years ago
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is already making $10,000 an episode to act like a total moron on MTV’s hit TV show Jersey Shore and now we’ve learned that his contract for further seasons could reach much higher.
According to TMZ, the network has offered “The Situation” a one-time bonus ranging from $60,000 to $180,000 based on ratings for Season 2 in Miami. They have also proposed paying Sorrentino somewhere between $27,500 – $45,000 per episode for Season 4.
Under MTV’s new plans, season two would be broken up into seasons 2 and 3 (in which Sorrentino is already making $10k per episode),
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Back-room network deals may allow Piers Morgan to work at CNN
2 years ago
[HMG] – When Larry King announced he was ending his CNN show last month a flurry of names emerged for the job. One was ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge, Piers Morgan – for which Simon Cowell promptly grabbed all the credit. But it seems that rumor is true.
The suits in charge at both Turner and NBC have since been in discussions, and NBC is said to be willing to share Piers with CNN – which could mean a signed contract in a matter of days, thus raising Piers to the same lofty plane of TV interviewers as Barbara Walters, Katie Couric and of course, Oprah.
Piers’ name was being mentioned as
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Steve Carell Is Leaving The Office
2 years ago
Steve Carell has officially announced that he plans to leave his hit TV show The Office after his contract expires at the end of next season.
On the show Carell plays the egotistical and always hilarious office boss Michael Scott, a role which has garnered him worldwide recognition and a devout following.
During an interview with Us Magazine Carell said he would make his exit in May 2011, when asked if he would leave he simply stated:
“Yes, it will be my last.” adding “It’s the last (season) on my contract, and I want to honor my contract.”
Carell has won a Golden Globe for his role on
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Kristin Cavallari Tell-All Book: Coming Soon!
2 years ago
The Hills cast is becoming increasingly fed up with the way the show’s producers are meddling with their lives to create drama. Now Kristin Cavallari is fighting back.
“After The Hills, I plan to work on many business opportunities, and I’ve always wanted to write a tell-all book,” the show’s resident bad girl/narrator tells In Touch.
According to insiders, Kristin has already started writing the book, and as soon as her contract with the show is up – after the current, final season – she’ll dish on it.
“She has wanted to tell the real story before, but she wasn’t allowed.”
What is the
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