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Iain Banks, bestselling Scottish author, dies at 59
Bestselling Scottish author Iain Banks, 59, has died of cancer. His death arrived just two months after he announced on his website that he had been diagnosed with the terminal illness. Banks wrote both science fiction and bestselling social novels....Tags: Fiction, Google+, Death
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Upfront advertising sales heat up; CBS nearing finish line
The broadcast television advertising market is in full swing, with the top-rated CBS network once again leading the pack. By Friday afternoon, CBS was close to finishing its advance advertising sales for the 2013-14 television season, notching rate...
Tags: Television, Entertainment, Auction Service, News Corp., Fox Broadcasting Company
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Stephen King's 'Under the Dome' on CBS could create new TV model
CBS' highly anticipated thriller, "Under the Dome," could help create a new business model for TV shows -- and encourage broadcasters to gamble on risky big-event summer programming. The 13-episode series, which debuts June 24 on CBS, is based on a...
Tags: Television, AMC (tv network), Sales, Entertainment, Satellite and Cable Service
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Bob Newhart to Be Honored With Icon Honor at Critics' Choice Television Awards
ReutersJun 03 (TheWrap.com) - As if the world didn't realize that Bob Newhart is an icon already, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association plans to make it official next Monday. Newhart will receive the 2013 Critics' Choice Television Icon Award at...Tags: Seth Green, ABC (tv network), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (tv program), Taxi (tv program), The Bob Newhart Show (tv program)
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12 TV Shows You Should Watch This Summer
ReutersMay 29 (TheWrap.com) - At some point, summer went from being the worst season for television to perhaps the best. With fewer shows competing for airtime, we're able to really pay attention to the shows that are on -- and networks are rewarding our...Tags: AMC (tv network), True Blood (tv program), Entertainment, Bravo (tv network), Dean Norris
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‘Independence Day’: Emmerich gets into character for more alien action
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesEven though director Roland Emmerich is just putting the finishing touches on his upcoming summer actioner “White House Down,” starring […]... -
Sun sportswriters seem to relish losing
"Maybe you want it to be bad." So spoke a Stephen King character in his epic novel, "The Stand." I was struck by the line when I read it in the early 1980s, and it still gives me a bit of a psychological shudder. It's a twisted sentiment. And it's...
Tags: Buck Showalter
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Summer reads
Outdoor concerts, movies in the park and a festival for everything from ribs to blues to craft beer. Summer in Chicago is so action-packed, it's easy to forget that the season is also about slowing down and enjoying some R&R. Our thinking: Why face the...
Tags: Music, England, Entertainment, Photography Supplies and Services, Epic (movie)
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Does Stephen King believe in God? Yes and no, he tells 'Fresh Air'
Bestselling horror writer Stephen King appeared on the NPR program "Fresh Air" on Tuesday night to talk about his new book, "Joyland." While he got to answer some questions about the book, a supernatural riff on classic noir set in a small amusement park,...
Tags: NPR, Gardens and Parks, Belief and Faith, Amusement and Theme Parks, Theme Park Vacations
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'New Girl' writer David Iserson on his funny YA novel 'Firecracker'
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.David Iserson is used to writing for TV, with credits that include "United States of Tara," "Up All Night" and currently "New Girl"-- so he's become accustomed to all the ribbing that's built into the comedy environment. That's why the 35-year-old...Tags: Physiology, Public Schools, Jack McBrayer, Entertainment, Genres
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Nick Robinson hits a high point with 'Kings of Summer'
He may only be 18, but Nick Robinson can teach you how to skin a rabbit. The trick to the gruesome procedure, the young actor learned while filming the new indie movie "The Kings of Summer," comes at the start — cutting away at the rear flap of skin...
Tags: A Clockwork Orange (movie), Fiction, Bear Grylls, Entertainment, Steven Spielberg
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Jack Vance, prolific, prize-winning pulp author, dies at 96
Jack Vance, prolific author of science fiction, mystery and epic fantasy, died Sunday at 96, his son John told the Associated Press. He had written more than 60 books during his long life. Vance, whose real name was John Holbrook, also published under...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Fiction, Authors, Science and Technology, Literature
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