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- CBC to amalgamate English-language operations
- The CBC announced on Thursday plans to integrate its English-language services under one executive, its current English television vice-president, Richard Stursberg.
- Venezuelan lawmaker's violent outburst beamed worldwide
- A Venezuelan politician's violent attack on a local television news personality has grabbed headlines in the South American country and is being watched around the globe.
- Arts groups rail against CanWest-Goldman Sachs deal for Alliance Atlantis
- The proposed takeover of Alliance Atlantis by CanWest Global Communications and its U.S. partner Goldman Sachs came under fire again on Tuesday from Canadian arts groups.
- Rock icon Brian May to head British university
- The world of British academia is welcoming Brian May with open arms, with the Queen guitarist and astrophysicist named a university chancellor on Monday.
- U.S. military set to charge photographer in Iraq
- The U.S. military says it plans to lay criminal charges against an Associated Press photographer who has been jailed for 19 months on suspicion that he helped Iraqi insurgents while working in the wartorn country.
- CBS news writers ready to strike
- CBS news writers could soon join writers for network shows such as Rules of Engagement and Two and a Half Men on picket lines after voting in favour of a U.S.-wide strike.
- Unions fear U.S. control in CanWest deal for Alliance Atlantis
- CanWest Global's deal with U.S.-based Goldman Sachs to take over Atlantis Alliance is an attempt to introduce foreign ownership of Canadian media interests by a back door, says a group of unions representing media workers.
- Tudors star Rhys Meyers arrested after airport outburst
- Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was charged with public drunkenness and breach of the peace after a clash at Dublin Airport, Irish media reported Monday.
- Montreal filmmaker subjected to closed-door trial in Iran
- Mehrnoushe Solouki, a Montreal filmmaker, appeared at a closed-door trial in Tehran accused of the 'intent of committing propaganda' against the Iranian government, according to a group of friends urging for her release.
- NBC to broadcast web show Quarterlife
- NBC has announced it will air the internet series Quarterlife on television, marking what is believed to be the first time a program originating online is broadcast on a major American network.
- Lindsay Lohan a jailbird for 84 minutes
- Actor Lindsay Lohan spent 84 minutes in a Los Angeles jail Thursday after pleading guilty earlier this year to drunk driving and cocaine possession.
- Judge rules O.J. Simpson must stand trial in robbery case
- O.J. Simpson and two co-defendants must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges, a justice of the peace ruled Thursday.
- People taps actor Damon as 'sexiest man alive'
- After winning an Oscar and being named Hollywood's most bankable star, actor Matt Damon can don another mantle: sexiest man alive.
- Rural-targeted TV network picks up forthcoming Imus radio show
- Just a few weeks before embattled shock jock radio host Don Imus is set to return to the airwaves, a Nashville-based network has announced it will also simulcast his program on television.
- O.J. Simpson hearing approaches trial decision
- O.J., C.J., Spencer, Goldie and a couple of Charlies. For three days, their nicknames have been heard in obscenity-laced audio tapes and sometimes dramatic testimony about how O.J. Simpson and armed men confronted two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas trying to sell items the aging football star claimed were his.