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Analysts were prepared for another loss from World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc. this quarter. The shift from the Travel Channel to GSN for the televised WPT series had resulted in lower per episode fees, WPTE's online money site...

Fox announced today that it was going to take Moment of Truth off the fall schedule and replace it with its new import of Hole in the Wall, a game show that involves nothing more than people trying to jump through differently shaped holes in a styrofoam wall that will knock them into a pool if they don't make it. That's significant because Fox planned to use its he lie detector show to kill off Survivor. Now, the new Fox game show debuts Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. ET, and one week later, Survivor Gabon will debut in the same hour.This is probably bad news for Survivor. Hole in the Wall already has a cult following online (check out the 'human Tetris' videos on YouTube), and the novelty of a fun new game show versus a familiar reality show might affect ratings, at least initially. I can see fatigue setting in for Hole in the Wall just as Survivor picks up mid-season. Perhaps people will DVR Fox's show and tune in live for CBS', since eight years later, there's still a water cooler quality t

E! online - Even before Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made, like, a bajillion dollars, George Lucas was talking about a fifth film in the series. He's got Shia LaBeouf ready to take over, and he told the fine foreigners at Cannes that he's got an idea. But don't get too excited. Remember how long it took to get Crystal Skull?

AP - Helene Cooper's 'The House at Sugar Beach,' a memoir about growing up in Liberia during that country's civil war, is the latest book selected by Starbucks to be featured at its stores nationwide.

E! online - Alec Baldwin has another bone to pick with Kim Basinger. For some reason.

Three men who helped promote the online gambling firm BetOnSports have pleaded guilty to federal charges. William Hernan Lenis, his son, Will Lenis, and nephew Manny Lenis entered the pleas Wednesday in St. Louis. Attorneys for the Miami men said t...

If you’re like us, you grew up with a deep appreciation of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and Victoria’s Secret catalogs, though it had nothing to do with a love for swimsuits or lingerie.This, of course, was during the 80s and 90s — widely considered the “Supermodel Era.” That meant the models in those publications, [...]

E! online - I don't want to sound jaded, but why is there a criminal investigation into Heath Ledger's death? Thousands of people overdose every year, but I don't see a federal case being made out of their deaths. What's up with that?

Poker is booming in Russia, and next week's Zavidovo Open seems to attest to the sport's popularity. That's right - sport. In Russia, poker has been officially declared a sport by the government. The fact that the game...

E! online - So much for the proud notion of rehabilitation.