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 Michael J. Fox getting German lifetime honourCanadian actor Michael J Fox will receive the Golden Camera, one of Germany's most prestigious entertainment awards, for his life's work.
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 Hannah Montana destroyed my family: Miley's dadBilly Ray Cyrus says the Disney TV show Hannah Montana destroyed his family, causing his divorce and sending daughter Miley Cyrus spinning out of control.
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 Charlie Sheen disappoints in DetroitCharlie Sheen and his "goddesses" took the stage to thunderous applause Saturday night for the first leg of his "Torpedo of Truth" tour. The 70-minute show hadn't even ended when the first reviews were in, and they were brutal.
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 Air Farce actor Roger Abbott diesCanadian actor Roger Abbott has died, his friend and fellow actor in CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce confirmed Sunday.
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 Two and a Half Men season doneCBS and Warner Bros. Television say they are ending production on this season of Two and a Half Men in the wake of incendiary remarks by star Charlie Sheen.
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 Shatner to host Genie AwardsWilliam Shatner will return to Canada in March to host the 2011 Genie Awards, the annual celebration of Canadian film.
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 China limits smoking in films, TV showsChina is ordering makers of films and TV shows to limit the amount of smoking depicted on-screen, the latest effort to curb rampant tobacco use in the country with the largest number of smokers in the world.
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 Jeopardy! competitors battle computerJeopardy! champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter are battling an IBM-developed supercomputer dubbed Watson in
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 Stephen Colbert portrait set for charity auctionTV satirist Stephen Colbert is again hoping to pull in a prominent buyer with a portrait set to be auctioned for charity next month.
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 Sesame Street writer Tony Geiss dies at 86Tony Geiss, a longtime screenwriter and songwriter who put words into the mouths of Sesame Street 's beloved puppet characters, has died at the age of 86.
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 Big hair lands N.L. woman on Ellen DegeneresA woman originally from St. John's and a high school photograph of her hair have appeared on U.S. television.
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 Oprah meets half-sister given up for adoptionOprah Winfrey has a reunion with a half-sister she didn't know she had.
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 Canadian Media Fund sees jump in funding requestsThe revamped Canadian Media Fund, which pumps tax dollars into Canadian film, television and digital media production, is winding up its first year with a sharp increase in demand for money.
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 Comcast takeover of NBC approvedThe U.S. Justice Department Tuesday told Comcast, the country's largest cable company, it can buy the majority stake in NBC Universal if it fulfils conditions intended to prevent it from stifling competitors.
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 Actor Bruce Greenwood to receive career honourVeteran actor Bruce Greenwood, whose career spans TV hits to both indie and blockbuster films, will be honoured with the ACTRA award of excellence.
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 TV veteran Regis Philbin to retireRegis Philbin, a familiar face on U.S. talk shows and game shows for decades, has announced his retirement from his longtime morning show, Live with Regis and Kelly.
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 Mask helps abused Afghan women speak on TVA new television show in Afghanistan is inviting women to speak on taboo subjects such as rape and domestic violence from behind the safety of a mask.
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 Dynasty to hit big screen: creatorsThe creators of the 1980s soap sensation Dynasty say they're turning the old series into a film, which will be a prequel centring on the love story of Blake Carrington and his first wife Alexis.
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 Venezuela orders soap series off airVenezuelan authorities have ordered a TV station to stop airing a soap opera that features a devious character called Venezuela who also has a dog called Little Hugo.
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 Steve Carell to leave The Office earlySteve Carell will be leaving The Office before the series season ends in May.
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 Canadian director defends The KennedysJon Cassar, the Canadian director of The Kennedys, said he believes allies of the Kennedy family were likely behind a decision to cancel the mini-series on the History Channel in the U.S.
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 Kennedys miniseries seeks new U.S. buyerMontreal's Muse Entertainment is standing by its miniseries about the Kennedy family, saying it is historically accurate.
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 Band of Brothers leader diesRichard Winters, a U.S. commander during the Second World War whose story was told in the television miniseries Band of Brothers, has died. He was 92.
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 U.S. network drops Kennedy seriesA controversial miniseries about the Kennedy family has been dropped by History Channel in the U.S. after the network deemed that it was not a fit for the network's brand, but it will still air elsewhere.
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 Playwright David Hare pens TV spy thrillerAward-winning playwright David Hare has created his first original screenplay in two decades, a television drama which will star Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes and Bill Nighy.
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