Corey Haim was in full teen-idol mode in 1988, swamped with letters from adoring young female fans and his face on the covers of teen magazines.
But it was acting that was foremost on the mind of the Canadian-born 16-year-old, whose growing list of credits included “Lucas” and the teenage vampire movie “The Lost Boys.”
Haim, observed [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show “Deadliest Catch”, has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night. He was 53.
Harris suffered what his family described as a massive stroke on Jan. 29 while the fishing vessel he captained, Cornelia Marie, was [...]

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As ThinkProgress reported last week, Fox News was the only major cable news network to not show the entirety of President Obama’s conversation with House Republicans at their annual retreat. Fox cut away from the event 20 minutes early and instead began attacking the President for “lecturing” to the lawmakers.
Yesterday on ABC’s This Week, Arianna [...]

LOS ANGELES, Jan 22 (Reuters) – NBC may have put a public relations nightmare behind it with the departure of “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien, but the network faces a long, costly road to revive its sagging fortunes, media analysts said.
NBC’s $45 million exit deal for O’Brien was seen as a drop in the bucket [...]

NEW YORK – NBC said Thursday it has reached a $45 million deal with Conan O’Brien for his exit from the “Tonight” show, allowing Jay Leno to return to the late-night program he hosted for 17 years.
Under the deal, which came seven months after O’Brien took the reins from Leno, O’Brien will get more than [...]

NEW YORK — Conan O’Brien is reportedly close to signing a $40 million deal to walk away from “The Tonight Show” and end a weeks-long controversy between the late-night host and NBC.
The agreement could come as early as Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. The potential deal would bar O’Brien from “bad-mouthing” his [...]

LOS ANGELES – As a final signoff on the settlement sealing Conan O’Brien’s exit from “The Tonight Show” was pushed by another day, Jay Leno on Monday gave his side of the story of NBC’s late-night turmoil, and fans of O’Brien braved the rain to rally support.
O’Brien’s settlement with NBC might be worth more than [...]