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  • Animator Bill Melendez, 91, best known for bringing the Peanuts characters to life with such classics as 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' and 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,' is shown in this undated publicity photograph. (Courtesy Bill Melendez Productions/Handout/Reuters)
    "Peanuts" animator Bill Melendez dies Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 7:14 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Bill Melendez, best known for bringing the Peanuts characters to life with such classics as "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," died Tuesday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. He was 91.

  • Confirmed: Jennifer Aniston to Guest on 30 Rock!(E! Online)
    Confirmed: Jennifer Aniston to Guest on 30 Rock! E! Online - Sat Aug 30, 1:32 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Wow. Holy TV goodness!

  • Singer and rapper Kid Rock performs during a rehearsal at the MTV Video Music Awards sneak preview press conference at Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
    VMAs offer glimpse of music and mayhem AP - Thu Sep 4, 8:49 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears may not sing at MTV's Video Music Awards, but Christina Aguilera will.

  • 'America's Next Top Model' contestant Isis Tsunami, a 22-year-old transgender woman from New York City, is shown in this undated publicity photograph. (Jim De Yonker/The CW Network/Handout/Reuters)
    "Next Top Model" brings transgender in from cold Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 4:54 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When "America's Next Top Model" chose Isis Tsunami as a contestant for its new season that starts on Wednesday, the TV show didn't just put the first transgender woman in the running for its coveted title.

  • Obama's Ratings Touchdown(E! Online)
    Obama's Ratings Touchdown E! Online - Fri Aug 29, 10:25 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Even a football stadium couldn't hold Barack Obama's audience.

  • Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    More than 40 million people see Palin speech AP - Thu Sep 4, 7:48 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Barack Obama apparently isn't the only "rock star" in presidential politics this year.

  • Ted Danson, a board member of Oceana, addresses a National Press Club luncheon in Washington February 14, 2008. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
    Ted Danson signs on for HBO comedy pilot Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 1:46 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Following his Emmy-nominated turn on FX's drama "Damages," Ted Danson is staying on cable with a lead role in HBO's comedy pilot "Bored to Death."

  • Ex-Top Chef Bad Boy Dinged With DUI(E! Online)
    Ex-Top Chef Bad Boy Dinged With DUI E! Online - Thu Aug 28, 10:00 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Let the haters give a toast: One of the biggest Top Chef villains' goose is cooked.

  • Democratic Convention was No. 1 on cable last week AP - Thu Sep 4, 5:00 PM ET

    Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Aug 25-31. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:

  • An undated handout photo released by Breakaway Communications shows people using a digital video recorder. Digital video recorders don't just save TV shows, according to a new survey; they save relationships. Some 79 percent of 1,000 DVR owners reported that the technology has improved their relationship, according to the NDS DVR Report. (Handout/Reuters)
    DVRs save relationships: study Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 3:56 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Digital video recorders don't just save TV shows, according to a new survey; they save relationships.

  • NBC Ups Chuck, ABC Enlists de Rossi, Tamblyn, Milano(E! Online)
    NBC Ups Chuck, ABC Enlists de Rossi, Tamblyn, Milano E! Online - Thu Aug 28, 8:37 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Here's one piece of inside information Chuck doesn't need to keep secret: NBC has picked up an additional nine episodes of the computer-geek spy show, guaranteeing a full second season before the new run even kicks off.

  • Host of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, actor Russell Brand, poses for a portrait in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
    Russell Brand brings a British twist to MTV awards AP - Thu Sep 4, 3:26 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - America, meet Russell Brand.

  • NBC finds "Lost" cause with '80s show Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 1:42 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC is getting "Lost in the '80s."

  • Numb3rs Star Farr Adds Twins(E! Online)
    Numb3rs Star Farr Adds Twins E! Online - Thu Aug 28, 7:37 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Leave it to a Numb3rs star to go forth and multiply.

  • In this image released by Fox Broadcasting Co., castmembers, from left, John Noble, Anna Torv, foreground, Jasika Nicole and Joshua Jackson are shown in a scene from, 'Fringe,' premiering Sept. 9, at 8:00 p.m. on FOX. (AP Photo/ Fox Broadcasting Co., Ben Mark Holzberg)
    'Fringe,' 'Privileged' and 'Do Not Disturb' on tap AP - Thu Sep 4, 2:32 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The new TV season's official start date (Sept. 21) is weeks away, but one of the most anticipated shows, "90210," has already arrived.

  • New Bochco legal drama breaks cable record Reuters - Tue Sep 2, 9:05 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TNT set the bar high with its new Steven Bochco legal drama "Raising the Bar."

  • SNL Plucks Michael Phelps Out of the Hosting Pool(E! Online)
    SNL Plucks Michael Phelps Out of the Hosting Pool E! Online - Thu Aug 28, 5:47 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Saturday Night Live is looking to make a splash this season.

  • Kathy Griffin is seen on stage at the TV Land Awards on Sunday, June 8, 2008 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
    Dynamic duo Griffin, Rickles paired for Emmy show AP - Thu Sep 4, 2:11 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Kathy Griffin, who shook up an Emmy ceremony last year with her rowdy acceptance speech, is bringing her act to this year's prime-time awards show.

  • FX drama "Sons of Anarchy" a bloodthirsty ride Reuters - Tue Sep 2, 9:07 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's too easy to compare the harrowing new FX original drama "Sons of Anarchy" to "The Sopranos," with leather jackets and Harley-Davidsons replacing the tailored suits and pasta.

  • Doherty Declawed? Shannen Shops Serenity to Us(E! Online)
    Doherty Declawed? Shannen Shops Serenity to Us E! Online - Thu Aug 28, 2:20 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Shannen Doherty is Hollywood's original bad girl, but you wouldn't know it from the press she's doing lately—especially the latest Us Weekly cover story in which the actress insists she's found an "inner peace" and refuses to comment on her turbulent relationships with her former 90210 castmates.

  • Fashion store sues Winfrey's mom for unpaid bill AP - Thu Sep 4, 12:39 PM ET

    MILWAUKEE - A high-end clothing store in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is suing Oprah Winfrey's mother for failing to pay her bill.

  • Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (C) waves in front of her daughter Bristol (2nd R) and son Trig (R) after being introduced as the Republican vice-presidential running mate as U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain looks on at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio in this August 29, 2008 (Matt Sullivan/Files/Reuters)
    Fox News riding high on Palin Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 1:35 AM ET

    ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Hollywood Reporter) - It remains to be seen whether John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin as his running mate will help carry him to the White House.

  • Mackenzie Phillips Collared for Drugs(E! Online)
    Mackenzie Phillips Collared for Drugs E! Online - Wed Aug 27, 2:10 PM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Mackenzie Phillips is seriously going to need to take it One Day at a Time after her latest run-in with the law.

  • In this Feb. 18, 2000 file photo, Peanuts animator Bill Melendez is seen here in his Sherman Oaks studio in Los Angeles. Melendez, the animator who gave life to the Peanuts characters in scores of TV specials and movies, including holiday classics such as 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' died Tuesday Sept. 2, 2008 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    'Peanuts' animator Bill Melendez dies at 91 AP - Thu Sep 4, 6:53 AM ET

    SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.

  • A barge sits in the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal near a flooded railroad crossing during Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Louisiana September 1, 2008. (Lee Celano/Reuters)
    Networks apply Katrina coverage lessons to Gustav Reuters - Tue Sep 2, 11:42 AM ET

    ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Hollywood Reporter) - In 2005, Brian Williams anchored "NBC Nightly News" from New Orleans and shone a light on the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina.

  • Forget Tori! Luke Perry Is 90210's Most Wanted(E! Online)
    Forget Tori! Luke Perry Is 90210's Most Wanted E! Online - Wed Aug 27, 1:55 PM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - If Luke Perry does decide to reprise his role as Dylan McKay on the new 90210, the 42-year-old former television heartthrob is likely to get lots of attention.

  • Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 3, 2008. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
    Palin the main event for Wednesday's coverage AP - Wed Sep 3, 11:24 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The "countdown clock" in the corner of CNN's screen Wednesday, ticking off the seconds until vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was scheduled to speak to the Republican convention, made clear what was the main event.

  • Cancer telethon a personal quest for producer Reuters - Tue Sep 2, 11:33 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For the last seven years, producer Laura Ziskin has divided her time between some of Hollywood's most high-profile brands, including the "Spider-Man" franchise and producing the Academy Awards.

  • CBS Goes for Gold With Gabon Survivors(E! Online)
    CBS Goes for Gold With Gabon Survivors E! Online - Wed Aug 27, 10:22 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Time will tell if Eden proves heavenly for CBS' ratings.

  • This Sept. 1, 2007 file photo shows Britney Spears arriving for the grand opening party of LAX nightclub at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
    Spears to open MTV Video Music Awards AP - Wed Sep 3, 7:32 PM ET

    NEW YORK - It's Britney, baby, one more time.

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