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Front Page: 20-Year-Old Whose Father Ran Her Over Is Dead
- Arizona woman Noor Faleh Almaleki is pronounced dead after being in a coma for weeks. Her Iraqi-born father ran her over in a parking lot to protest her becoming "too Western." — New York Daily News
- Half of US kids, and 90 percent of black children, will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, according to a study that looked at 30 years of national data.
Do You Still Follow TV Shows When They Switch Networks?
It's official: Southland is saved! TNT issued a press release this morning announcing that the cable network is resuscitating the cancelled NBC cop drama starting in January.
While this is obviously good news for Benjamin McKenzie fans, I'm still approaching it with moderate skepticism.
No News Is Good News: Companies Going Broke
Announcements from major media companies yesterday made it clear that the recession has hit those who report on it. Meanwhile, the Pulitzer Prizes announced plans to accept submissions from web-only news outlets, providing a redundant wake-up call to traditional news companies failing to get by. Here's a roundup of traditional media's most recent struggles:
- New York Times: Like many Americans, the New York Times Company will borrow against its house to keep the cash flowing.
More Chuck, Less Trauma, and Scrubs On the Way!
Earlier this week I broke down the ins and outs of Fall TV with my scorecard, but there are a few new developments to add. First, we've got another one to add to the R.I.P. list — NBC has pulled the plug on Trauma, and the show will be removed from the lineup after the initial 13 episodes are aired.
NBC's Chopping Block Gets Axed
Only three weeks into the show, and NBC has chopped Chopping Block, its new food reality TV competition starring UK bad boy chef Marco Pierre White.
Chopping Block turned out meager viewership, drawing a mere 2.6 million viewers last week. NBC said it hopes to bring the show back at a later date — but for now it'll be replaced by reruns of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Friday Fab News Roundup
- The life of Georgia May Jagger — Interview Magazine
- Fashion's Night Out is back for 2010 — Vogue UK
- Taylor Swift wears Armani Exchange on a date — Red Carpet Fashion Awards
- Kathryn chats about her new shoe line on ShopNBC — The Budget Fashionista
- Diane von Furstenberg mugged in Madrid — Page Six
- Get Jessica Alba's look for less! — Frugal-Fashionista
- Catching up with Cortazar — FWD
- Kate Moss talks about frocks — and fame — Guardian UK
- See the new Ashish collection, exclusive to Net-a-Porter — Vogue UK
- Lindsay Lohan so desperate she is working for free — Fox News
- Make shirts, not war — Nylon
Barack Obama Says Change Is About Owning Up to Mistakes
President Obama may have started yesterday with the intention of selling his stimulus plan to the American people with a full-court media press, but he ended it defending his stake on change. On the NBC Nightly News Obama handled ex-nominee Tom Daschle's tax problems by confessing to Brian Williams: "I screwed up." Check out how Obama maintained that he's ushering in the era of responsibility, and other highlights from last night.
Fall TV Scorecard: What's In, What's Out, and What's in Danger
It's a tough life for a freshman TV series, and every Fall some new shows have to get cut — but on the bright side, others are given a vote of confidence and picked up for a full season. We're at the end of October now, and most of the networks have made their big decisions, so here's a rundown on what shows are in, out, or balancing on the edge.
What's In
At NBC, Parks and Recreation, Community, and Mercy have all been picked up for full seasons, as have CBS shows The Good Wife and NCIS: Los Angeles and ABC's The Middle, Cougar Town, FlashForward, and Modern Family.
SNL Coming to Thursdays for Presidential Election
So, Buzz just gave me the scoop on NBC's upcoming Fall schedule.
Saturday Night Live will be bringing a half hour of its "Weekend Update" to Thursday nights beginning Oct. 16.
Link Time!
- Check out the Dear John poster with Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried — Cinematical
- The New Moon soundtrack is moving up its release to Oct. 16, four days early — PopSugar Rush
- Supermarket tabloid Weekly World News might get a TV show — Movieline
- Carrie Underwood is getting her own variety show on Fox — TV Squad
- Watch the sneak peek of Neil Patrick Harris voicing the evil Music Meister on The Cartoon Network's Batman — The Ausiello Files
- Cancelled show Southland might be moving to TNT — Vulture
- Reno 911 and The State's Thomas Lennon has been tapped for his own NBC comedy — Coming Soon
- Janet Jackson's greatest hits collection will contain a new single — Zap 2 It
- Fox reassures fans that it'll show all 13 of this season's episodes of Dollhouse — The AV Club
- The top five movie gunfights, with video clips — Rotten Tomatoes
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