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Warner Bros. Will Pay Sheen's Crew

'Two and a Half Men' star calls it 'a good start'

(Newser) - Warner Bros. will cough up the four weeks' worth of cash it would have paid the cast of Charlie Sheen's canceled Two and a Half Men, reports TMZ , a move Sheen tells the AP is "a good start." Warner Bros. confirmed the move, which will yield about $2...

Charlie Sheen: I Have 'Tiger Blood' and 'Adonis DNA'

 Charlie Sheen: 
 I Have 'Adonis DNA' 
'gma,' 'today' interviews
Feb 28, 2011 10:00 AM CST

Charlie Sheen: I Have 'Adonis DNA'

Oh, and he's suing CBS for 'tons' and wants a raise

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen wants money, and lots of it. In dueling interviews on Good Morning America and Today , the embattled actor says he will sue CBS over the suspension of Two and a Half Men , and that while he is willing to return to the show, he'll only do it for...

Jon Cryer on Charlie Sheen: 'It's Too Sad'
 Charlie Sheen Shopping 
 Tell-All Book for $10M 
Cryer 'tweet' a hoax
Feb 26, 2011 12:59 PM CST

Charlie Sheen Shopping Tell-All Book for $10M

Jon Cryer 'tweet' turns out to be a hoax

(Newser) - News from the Charlie Sheen front:
  • He's reportedly shopping a tell-all book and asking $10 million, reports TMZ .
  • CBS' decision to halt production is expected to cost the network "tens of millions" of dollars in lost revenue next year, a network exec tells the New York Times .
  • What's not
...

Two and a Half Men Shut Down After Bizarre Sheen Rant

CBS axes season after Sheen calls Chuck Lorre 'contaminated little maggot'

(Newser) - CBS has had enough of Charlie Sheen's antics, at least for this season. The network says it has canceled production of Two and a Half Men for the rest of the season following bizarre rants from the actor against the sitcom's creator yesterday. Sheen—referring to Chuck Lorre by his...

Why Lara Logan Went Back to Egypt

CBS correspondent returned after arrest by military; 'it is in my blood'

(Newser) - CBS correspondent Lara Logan, who was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob in Cairo last Friday, is recovering and could leave the hospital to be reunited with her two young children as soon as today, sources tell the Daily Beast. Logan, who had been arrested and interrogated by the...

CBS' Lara Logan Suffered Sexual Assault in Egypt

Journalist was separated from her crew before being rescued

(Newser) - CBS journalist Lara Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted while covering the aftermath of Hosni Mubarak's resignation speech, the network says. She is back in the US and recuperating in a hospital. Logan and her crew were covering the jubilation when they were "surrounded by a dangerous element amidst...

Grammy Ratings Hit Decade-Long High

26.6 million tuned in for awards show

(Newser) - The Grammys hit a high note in the ratings last night, drawing the show's biggest TV audience in a decade. Preliminary Nielsen figures today show the CBS broadcast attracted 26.6 million viewers, improving on last year's robust audience by 680,000 viewers. The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards was also...

Assange: WikiLeaks Shares Founding Fathers' Values

Site doesn't 'go after' anyone, he tells CBS

(Newser) - Julian Assange says he doesn’t dislike the US; instead, WikiLeaks is motivated by the same values as the Founding Fathers. “Our founding values are those of the US revolution,” he told 60 Minutes last night. “They are those of people like Jefferson and Madison.” Indeed,...

CBS Fires Harry Smith, Overhauls Early Show

Co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez also is out

(Newser) - CBS is scrapping its Early Show team, replacing co-hosts Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez with the anchors of the show's Saturday edition, Chris Wragge and Erica Hill. Other more minor players also are leaving in the switch, which takes place early next year, the LA Times reports. The show has...

Obama: What I Got Wrong
 Obama: What 
 I Got Wrong 
Nov 5, 2010 12:45 PM CDT

Obama: What I Got Wrong

Says he forgot 'leadership isn't just legislation'

(Newser) - In his first post-midterm interview, President Obama offers an analysis of missteps over the past two years, one that echoes his day-after press conference. "We were so busy and so focused” that we forgot “leadership isn’t just legislation,” he tells 60 Minutes . It’s also “...

Here's Palin's 'Corrupt Bastards' Tape

Voicemail features voices talking about how to bring Joe Miller Down

(Newser) - Sarah Palin took to the airwaves and the Internet today to rail against a tape that allegedly shows workers for an Alaskan CBS affiliate plotting how to portray Joe Miller negatively. The tape, a voicemail a KTVA news producer inadvertently left for a Miller campaign spokesman, features voices talking about...

CBS Reporter, Wife Busted for Growing Weed

Cops: radio correspondent nabbed with 11 plants

(Newser) - A celebrated CBS reporter and his wife have been arrested in DC for possession of pot and intent to distribute, reports Radar . Howard Arenstein, a correspondent for CBS Radio News, and his wife, Orly Azoulay, a correspondent for an Israeli newspaper, were busted for growing 11 marijuana plants (average height:...

Melina Kanakaredes Bails on CSI: NY

Surprise move comes days before shooting starts on Season 7

(Newser) - In an unexpected move just days before CSI: NY begins shooting its seventh season, co-star Melina Kanakaredes said today she'll leave the case of the CBS crime procedural. "We hoped Melina would return to CSI: NY for another season, but we respect her decision to move on," the...

Prime-Time Swearing? Who Gives a $#*!?

CBS comedy bares eroding concern about profanity

(Newser) - When the prime-time comedy $#*! My Dad Says hits CBS this fall, most viewers and advertisers won't give a $#*! about the title—a sign of just how far attitudes about TV swearing have come since the days when Lucy Ricardo had to say she was "expecting" rather than...

Paula Lands New Reality TV Gig
 Paula Lands New Reality TV Gig 
May 24, 2010 8:10 AM CDT

Paula Lands New Reality TV Gig

She'll judge dancing now, instead of singing

(Newser) - After much speculation about where Paula Abdul would land after American Idol, we have an answer: Got to Dance. In addition to serving as lead judge on the new reality series, which is a sort of So You Think You Can Dance/America's Got Talent mash-up, Abdul is also an executive...

Parents Council Threatens CBS Over $#*! My Dad Says
 Parents Council 
 Threatens CBS Over 
 $#*! My Dad Says 
bleeping doesn't cut it
May 21, 2010 7:39 AM CDT

Parents Council Threatens CBS Over $#*! My Dad Says

Network just wants to offend people, prez says

(Newser) - Well, that didn’t take long: The Parents Television Council is, in a not entirely shocking move, protesting new CBS show $#*! My Dad Says. The decision to include an expletive—albeit a bleeped expletive—in the name of the sitcom demonstrates the network’s “contempt for families and...

Sheen Inks Deal on Two and a Half Men

Will-he-or-won't-he drama results in huge salary

(Newser) - Two and a Half Men fans, you can stop holding your breath. Charlie Sheen will be back for at least two seasons, after finalizing a deal with CBS that makes him one of the highest-paid actors in TV history. Variety reports that his new salary is in the neighborhood of...

Singing Granny Goes Viral

 Singing 
 Granny 
 Goes 
 Viral 
Susan Boyle Who?
May 10, 2010 12:24 PM CDT

Singing Granny Goes Viral

Britain's Got Talent finds another diamond in the rough: Janey Culter

(Newser) - In an almost eerie rerun of the Susan Boyle incident, Britain's Got Talent has found yet another unlikely star: angel-voiced 81-year-old Janey Cutler. The video of Cutler's "spine-tingling" performance of Edith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" has racked up 407,000 views on YouTube, and, according to...

March Madness Expands to 68 Teams

CBS re-ups with new 14-year contract

(Newser) - March Madness will be just a wee bit madder next year, expanding from 65 teams to 68, the NCAA announced today. Essentially there will be three extra early “play-in” games, ESPN explains. There had been talk of expanding the tournament to as many as 96 teams and engulfing the...

White House Blasts CBS for Outing Court Candidate

Rep says network 'applying old stereotypes' to single women

(Newser) - The White House blasted CBS for publishing a column yesterday 'outing' Supreme Court candidate Elena Kagan—thing is, she's not a lesbian, maintains a White House rep. The post, written by conservative blogger Ben Domenech, said Obama would "please his base" by selecting "an openly gay justice."...

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