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'Chicagoland': Ratings Collapse for CNN's Pro-Rahm Emanuel Doc

'Chicagoland': Ratings Collapse for CNN's Pro-Rahm Emanuel Doc

Deadline reports that CNN’s “Chicagoland” got killed in the ratings. Despite an appearance from First Lady Michelle Obama, the finale of the eight part series collapsed to a new low for CNN’s pro-Rahm Emanuel documentary. “Chicagoland” managed to grab only

CNN's 'Reliable Sources' Ignores CNN's 'Chicagoland' Scandal

CNN's 'Reliable Sources' Ignores CNN's 'Chicagoland' Scandal

During his weekend media program “Reliable Sources,” CNN’s Brian Stelter apparently chose to ignore the biggest media scandal and story of the week: the revelation that CNN aired what amounted to an eight-hour public relations video for Democrat Chicago mayor

Hollywood Playbook: Monday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Monday's Top 5 News Items

‘Die Hard’ Director McTiernan: I Was a Republican Until I Went to Jail “Die Hard” director John McTiernan was just recently released from a federal minimum security prison. He served a little less than a year after being convicted of

Report: Morale Plummets at CNN

Report: Morale Plummets at CNN

FTVLive reports that morale at CNN is sinking under Jeff Zucker. CNN’s Atlanta branch has been hit especially hard as Zucker slashes staff, shifts operations to New York, and plays coy with nervous employees. According to FTVLive’s sources, while Zucker

Box Office: 'Other Woman' Tops, 'Heaven' Holds

Box Office: 'Other Woman' Tops, 'Heaven' Holds

Deadline reports that “The Other Woman,” a PG-13 revenge-against-men comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton’s body topped the box office with a $25.4 million debut. Knocked out of the top spot after three weeks was “Captain America:

Bryan Singer Scandal: Pile of Accusations, One Accuser

Bryan Singer Scandal: Pile of Accusations, One Accuser

Jeff Herman, the Florida attorney representing Michael Egan, the 31 year-old man suing “X-Men” director Bryan Singer for sexually abusing him as a teenager, said “I expect I’ll be filing many more (lawsuits). I intend to expose every Hollywood pedophile

Hollywood Playbook: Friday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Friday's Top 5 News Items

‘Son of God’ Producers Join ‘Ben-Hur’ Remake Yesterday, I was feeling a little bushwacked when it was announced that Timur Bekmambetov would direct the upcoming “Ben-Hur” remake for MGM and Paramount. There is nothing on Bekmambetov’s resume or in his

Interest in MSNBC's Ratigan Highlights CNN's Move Left

Interest in MSNBC's Ratigan Highlights CNN's Move Left

Mediabistro reports that Dylan Ratigan, a left-wing anchor who exited MSNBC in 2012, is in the running for a new show on the embattled cable news network CNN. Ratigan shot a test pilot for the left-wing network Wednesday night. In

New York Times Reporter Admits Bias on 'Jeopardy'

New York Times Reporter Admits Bias on 'Jeopardy'

New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau admitted his bias on an episode of the game show “Jeopardy” when he appeared as a video question under the topic of “Man of the House.” In reference to Republican Representative Darrel Issa, Lichtblau

Alleged KKK Shooter Busted With Male Prostitute

Sometime during the 1980s, former-KKK leader Glenn Miller, who was recently charged with killing three people at Kansas City Jewish centers, was caught in the backseat of a car while engaged in a sex act with a male prostitute dressed

Will the GOP Finally Get Its School Choice Act Together?

Maybe the recent Supreme Court decision recognizing corporate free speech in Citizens United is why Kentucky Senator Rand Paul now wants school choice to be a “big focus of the Republican Party.” Nothing else makes sense. This issue has been

Hollywood Playbook: Thursday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Thursday's Top 5 News Items

HuffPo to Jimmy Fallon: Stay On the Plantation, Or Else The Huffington Post wants to pretend the “Tonight Show” audience “Doesn’t enjoy” Jimmy Fallon’s joke about Hillary Clinton’s masculine wardrobe. But if you watch the video, that’s obviously not the

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 News Items

HBO Blinks: Cuts Streaming Deal with Amazon For a time, HBO swore it would never feed the streaming beast that threatens its very existence. Variety reports that all changed with the announcement that HBO cut a deal with Amazon to

BuzzFeed Politics Goes Full-Media Matters Against GOP

BuzzFeed Politics Goes Full-Media Matters Against GOP

Media Matters spends 100% of its research energy attacking the political right. BuzzFeed Politics apparently does the same.  BuzzFeed Politics and Andrew Kaczynski pose as objective. But if you look at Kaczynski’s author page over the last two weeks, of

Hollywood Playbook: Tuesday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Tuesday's Top 5 News Items

Aereo’s Day of Reckoning In the Supreme Court What are the stakes today as the Supreme Court hears arguments about Aereo TV today? Other than the very survival of Aereo TV, we’re going to learn if our society is still