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32 min ago | KGET-TV Bakersfield

Ellen DeGeneres: [Oprah] Will Always Be the Queen of Daytime Television - ET

Ellen DeGeneres: [Oprah] Will Always Be the Queen of Daytime Television ";" src="http://www.etonline.com/media/video/2009/11/123913/et_ellenonoprah_091119_large.jpg" style="border-width:0px;" /> Ellen DeGeneres broke the news to her audience that Oprah will not be continuing "The Oprah Winfrey Show" beyond September 2011.

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Related Topix: Ellen, Entertainment, Television, Ellen DeGeneres, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Black Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey

4 hrs ago | ABC News - Brian Ross

Liberace, Cruise, Palin Among Winfrey's Highlights

Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing - to her or others - and a handful became pop-culture landmarks.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey, Entertainment

9 hrs ago | Cinema Blend News

Chuck Coming Back Early With January Premiere

It's good news for fans of Chuck , as NBC has confirmed that the series will indeed be making an early return with a two-night premiere.

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Related Topix: Chuck, Reality TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Law and Order, Crime TV

13 hrs ago | Squamish Chief

Parker-Broderick surrogate testifies items missing from her home

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - The woman who bore twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick said Thursday that she was living in a West Virginia motel around the time a police chief is accused of breaking into her eastern Ohio home.

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Related Topix: St. Clairsville, OH, Sex and the City, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Sarah Jessica Parker, Belmont County, OH, Martins Ferry, OH

Thu Nov 19, 2009

MSNBC

James Van Der Beek files for divorce

Court records show actor James Van Der Beek has filed for divorce from his wife of nearly six years, Heather McComb.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Dawson's Creek, Varsity Blues, Drama Movies, Soap Opera, Comedy Movies, Entertainment, Drama, Television, James Van Der Beek

Ain't It Cool News

Will We Get a Movie Based On The Call of Duty Games?? On Hbo's Rome Series??

Kevin McKidd, who voices Captain "Soap" MacTavish in the CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE games, says The Powers That Be are contemplating a movie built around the super-cool CoD franchise.

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Related Topix: Rome, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Kevin McKidd

TV Guide

Daniel Radcliffe to spoof Twilight on Simpsons

Harry Potter is trading in his wand for fangs. Did Twilight director confirm Stewart and Pattinson's relationship? Executive producer Al Jean told the magazine that Radcliffe will play Edmund, a young vampire that captures Lisa's heart.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Twilight, Harry Potter, Books, Animated TV, The Simpsons, Entertainment, Television

CBC News

Simpsons contest won by Casanova character

Peggy Black, winner of the contest to create a new Simpsons character, poses with Al Jean, executive producer, in Los Angeles on Monday.

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Related Topix: Animated TV, The Simpsons, Entertainment, Television, Orange, CT, New Haven Metro

Lansing State Journal

TV tonight: 'Modern Family'

The season's best new comedy has a double shot tonight. First is a funny rerun. Phil insists his son is mature enough to have an expensive bike; soon, we wonder about Phil's maturity.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Modern Family, Mercy, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, The Middle

Wed Nov 18, 2009

This Is Lancashire

Ukraine deal for Yes Minister

Yes Minister will celebrate its 30th anniversary with its tales of political back-stabbing and red tape being re-worked for audiences in the Ukraine.

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Related Topix: Yes Minister, Entertainment, Television, Yes, Prime Minister, Nigel Hawthorne

Gouverneur Times

'Fringe' star John Noble celebrates weird science

Walter Bishop follows in a long line of mad scientists. An unbalanced genius like Bishop going at it in his lab is a pop-culture staple.

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Related Topix: Fringe, Entertainment, Harvard University, Theater, Arts, Offbeat

Free Republic

'Going Rogue' review: Sarah Palin is complainer in chief in new book

The "You betcha" lady is no more. In her $1.25 million memoir "Going Rogue" , Sarah Palin introduces a new voice, and it's that of a chronic complainer.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live

EDGEnewyork.com Entertainment Feed

AMC Remakes The Prisoner

Wintuk, Cirque du Soleil's annual holiday offering at Madision Sqaure Garden's WaMu Theater, rates a recommendation, even though the venue's modest stage mutes the show's awe factor considerably.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Life, Holidays, Christmas, "Andy Barker, P.I.", Entertainment, Television

KSWB-TV San Diego

Police car checking NYC traffic ahead of Biden motorcade collides with taxi; vice president OK

A police car working ahead of Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade was involved in a minor traffic accident Tuesday evening, but it wasn't part of the procession and the vice president was unhurt.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Entertainment, Television

Tue Nov 17, 2009

ClipSyndicate

The Game of hard work

It's Ohio State-Michigan week as the Buckeyes get ready to take on the Wolverines in the annual game at The Big House in Ann Arbor.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Michigan, Michigan Government, Sports, Video

OhNoTheyDidnt

Ken Ober, MTV's 'Remote Control' host, dies

At first blush it looked like the latest fake death rumor on the Internet: According to sketchily sourced reports, Ken Ober, the comedian best-known for hosting MTV's late-'80s game show "Remote Control," had died.

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Related Topix: Remote Control, Entertainment, Television, Tough Crowd, Colin Quinn

Athens Banner-Herald

A growing TV cover-up: Obnoxious pop-up promos

Somewhere in the universe of TV viewers, there's got to be a person who actually likes those pop-up, on-screen promotions.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

The Post Chronicle

Letterman's Wife Didn't Leave Him

David Letterman's spokesman has denied a report claiming the U.S. television star's wife has left him in the wake of his recent sex scandal and extortion case.

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Related Topix: Late Show with David Letterman, Entertainment, Television, David Letterman

NBC Philadelphia

"Kramer" Confronts Demons with Comedy

It's been nearly three years since "Seinfeld" star Michael Richards ' ugly meltdown in a comedy club when he became almost unrecognizable, consumed with anger as he spewed racial slurs an image that's become no less cringe-worthy with time.

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Related Topix: Seinfeld, Entertainment, Television, Michael Richards, Soap Opera, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David

Hartford Courant

Network TV winners and losers

TV ratings haven't toppled over a cliff this season. That counts as something of a triumph for the networks, given that they spent much of the last few seasons seemingly balanced on the edge of oblivion.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Friends

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