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There’s Room for the 2 Jimmys in Late-night TV

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April 24, 2013

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The longtime feud between late-night hosts Jay Leno and David Letterman is the stuff of legend and, apparently, so yesterday.

The two Jimmys: Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, agree there’s no rivalry between them.

Both were among the honorees in New York Tuesday at a gala recognizing Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

“I feel good about it. We’re very friendly. I know people expect us to dislike each other and say bad things about each other but that will never happen,” said 45-year-old Kimmel.

He agreed that making nice is a good thing.
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Disney to ban Junk Food Ads? Wow!

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June 5, 2012

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Disney says its programming will no longer be sponsored by junk food.

The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it will become the first major media company to ban such ads for its TV channels, radio stations and websites intended for children. That means kids watching Saturday morning kids’ shows on the company’s ABC network will no longer see ads for fast foods and sugary cereals that don’t meet Disney’s nutrition standards.
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Jaleel White eliminated from Dancing With The Stars

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May 1, 2012

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Jaleel White can cross dance rehearsals off his to-do list: The 35-year-old actor is done with “Dancing With the Stars.”

White was eliminated from the hit ABC dance-off Tuesday after losing the show’s “final dance duel” to fellow competitor Roshon Fegan.

The two actors were at the bottom of the leaderboard coming into the episode after judges scores and viewer votes were tallied. White and Fegan faced off with a simultaneous rumba, and the judges deemed Fegan the winner.
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American Icon Dick Clark is Dead at 82

Filed Under: Celeb Gossip, Entertainment News, Lifestyle, News, Shows by Eric Scott — 1 Comment
April 18, 2012

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Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock ‘n’ roll into the mainstream on “American Bandstand,” and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the New Year’s Eve countdown from Times Square, has died. He was 82.

Spokesman Paul Shefrin said Clark had a heart attack Wednesday morning at Saint John’s hospital in Santa Monica, where he had gone the day before for an outpatient procedure.
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Sarah Palin participated with ‘Lamestream Media’ Today

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April 3, 2012

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Viewers who fantasized about potshots being volleyed between Sarah Palin and Katie Couric were disappointed Tuesday morning. Both women did their own thing in their respective morning-show guest spots.

Palin was the much-hyped guest co-host on NBC’s “Today,” going head-to-head against former “Today” anchor Katie Couric, who this week is subbing on “Good Morning America” at her current workplace, ABC.
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Rare Look Inside the iPad Factory

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February 20, 2012

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The voices are robot feminine and they never shut up, each chirp a surreal announcement that another new iPad is about to be born.

The factory floor is spotless under the bright fluorescent lights and with hypnotic rhythm, thousands of hands reach into a conveyor belt river, bringing each gliding gadget to life one tiny piece at a time.

A supervisor will bark the occasional order in Mandarin, but on this line the machines do most of the talking while the people work in silence. View full article »

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ABC Cancels Controversial Comedy ‘Work It’

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January 14, 2012

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ABC has cancelled its new cross dressing comedy “Work It” after just 2 episodes, according to zap2it.com. 

The Tuesday night comedy, about two men who dress as women in order to gain employment, debuted to a 2.0 rating in the adult demo last week, then dropped 20 percent this week to a 1.6, according to Entertainment Weekly.

As if dismal ratings weren’t bad enough, the show, which aired its pilot episode on January 3, has been receiving a wave of criticism from a Puerto Rican grassroots campaign and GLAAD – the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.   View full article »

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