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Looks like “wacky” doesn’t work in the daytime: The wacky lady’s daytime talker–featuring Ozzy’s missus hosting in-bed interviews–has been axed by the Tribune stations, its main outlet. Sources close to the production confirmed the cancellation to E! on Thursday. No official statement has been issued by producers, but without the …

Maureen Orth, who is clearly not a fan of Michael Jackson, has a new neutron bomb of allegations against him in the March issue of Vanity Fair, most expolsive of which is that he seduced boys by giving them Coke cans filled with white wine he called “Jesus juice” and …

Yesterday bookofjoe had an interesting post about whether or not Martha Stewart should take the stand in her securities fraud trial. After a blunder by the prosecution today, it may be a moot point: A federal judge criticized prosecutors in the Martha Stewart trial for waiting too long to give …

Talks have ended between Pixar and Disney regarding their distribution deal: Pixar Animation Studios Inc. said Thursday it ended talks with Walt Disney Co. to extend a five-picture deal for Disney to distribute Pixar films. Pixar, the computer animation pioneer founded by Apple Computer Inc.’s Steve Jobs, said it would …

The happiness I felt when I read this little dialogue of Paul Berman’s – in Dissent no less – caused me to dance around the room festooning my office gaily. Perhaps now the vile film of self-deception will be cast from all afflicted eyes, or at least one or two: …

It may be gauche to say “I told you so,” but we did, here and here: $7 is way too much to charge for a DVD that self-destructs after 48 hours. The sales pitch is to avoid late fees, but at $7 the late fee is already part of the …

Here’s the BBC on the BBC: BBC governors are holding a crisis meeting on Thursday after Lord Hutton’s damning verdict led the corporation’s chairman to quit. Gavyn Davies resigned after the most serious claims in Andrew Gilligan’s BBC’s reports were branded “unfounded”. But he questioned some of the retired law …

Okay, in the face of gale force winds of Rush-mania , I address the mighty threesome via The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-87 collection that came out last year. I realize the very notion of singles and radio and Rush is anathema to devotees, but since I’m not one, …

Congressional hearing today on broadcast “indecency“: House lawmakers on Wednesday called on television and radio broadcasters to clean up their act by instituting stricter standards after renewed complaints about the coarseness of some programming. They expressed disappointment that big broadcasters were not represented at a Congressional hearing delving into the …

Talk about a lengthy retirement: the guy basically hung it up 40 years ago: Paar, the smart-alec comic who pioneered late-night talk on “The Tonight Show” in 1957, died Tuesday at his home in Greenwich, Conn., after a long illness, said his son-in-law, Stephen Wells. Paar had suffered a stroke …