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The first movie that Barack Obama should watch in the White House screening room is a television documentary called "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment."

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres, who made it her mission to snare actor George Clooney for her daytime television show, finally has him on board....

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres, who made it her mission to snare actor George Clooney for her daytime television show, finally has him on board....

Luke Johnson, the chairman of ­Channel 4, has held secret merger talks with the ­German owners of Five after being encouraged to do so by the government communications minister, Lord Carter.Although the Christmas talks with ­Gerhard Zeiler, chief executive of RTL, which owns Channel 5, were described by Channel 4 as 'preliminary . [and] unlikely to lead to a merger', they will fuel speculation that the government is looking to privatise the state-owned but advert-funded broadcaster as part of a radical overhaul of public service television to be unveiled in the next two weeks.Yet Carter is also understood to have encouraged BBC executives to discuss a possible tie-up of the corporation's commercial assets with Channel 4 so as to consider all the options. These could include other companies taking stakes in a broadcaster that remains publicly owned.Talks with BBC Worldwide are understood to have been effectively shelved amid criticism from BBC executives that it would create a 'Fr

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres, who made it her mission to snare actor George Clooney for her daytime television show, finally has him on board....

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Craig Rubin has been receiving more national coverage than other challengers to Villaraigosa in this year's election. This week appearing in Globe Magazine, in an article with Brad Pitt. Rubin promotes more water for Los Angeles' growth, getting the federal government out of local law enforcement and lowering taxes; but he is making a name for himself as a national politician with a pro-marijuana background. The majority of his contributions coming from out-of-state via the website.

Front Page: Matt Weiner, Lionsgate to ink two-year pact -- 'Mad Men' creator and exec producer Matt Weiner is close to finalizing a two-year pact with Lionsgate that will keep him at the helm of his Emmy-winning AMC period drama.

Supermodel Christie Brinkley is proudly wearing the famous milk mustache in an effort to help "reintroduce" Americans to milk as "Nature's Wellness Drink."The blonde beauty with girl-next-door good looks is helping launch milk's new "Drink Well. Live Well" initiative at the Sundance Film Festival and it includes national television commercials, a coast-to-coast tour and Brinkley's ad which hits newstands January 20 in USA Today.Brinkley's ad testimonial states: "It's time to recognize what's really important. Feelinggood inside and out. That's where three glasses of low fat or fat freemilk a day come in. It's naturally nutrient rich like no otherbeverage. Nature's wellness drink. Discover it for yourself."

Pact, the trade organisation for independent television producers, has said ITV's £220,000 fine for missing its out-of-London programming targets should have been higher.Dawn Simpson, senior policy officer for Pact, told MediaGuardian.co.uk the fine sent the right message but did not go far enough.'I would've liked to have seen more - because they missed it by value, it probably worked out quite cost effective for them,' Simpson said. 'They were fined £220,000 - that's about the cost of one programme.'Simpson added that the outcome was satisfying for Pact since the trade body had highlighted discrepancies in its figures for ITV's out-of-London programming in 2006 and this led directly to the Ofcom audit that found the broadcaster in breach of its obligations for its main network, ITV1.'Quotas are very important in order to develop out-of-London [television production] - without quotas in place television would become more and more London-centric,' she said. 'In this economic climate it

After an attempt to regroup under Chapter 11 Reorganization, Circuit City, the nation's 2nd largest Consumer Electronics Retailers is calling it quits. Read the Official Announcement from Circuit City. For...