Amazon.com Inc has approached media companies with a proposal for a subscription service that gives users unlimited access to some television shows and movies over the Internet in a bid to rival Netflix Inc, two people familiar with the talks said on Tuesday.
The Seattle-based online retailer has approached media companies including Time Warner Inc, CBS [...]

The 2010 Emmy winners list is complete. Among the 2010 Emmy winners list is Modern Family, the 2010 Emmy winners for Outstanding Comedy Series, and the show that took home the most Emmy Award this year. Combining the Creative Arts Emmy’s with the Primetime Emmy’s that they won, Modern Family won a total of six 2010 Emmy’s. That [...]

Prehistoric killer fish will get another chance to sink their teeth into audiences in an upcoming sequel to “Piranha 3D.”
Dimension Films, which released the over-the-top thriller this past weekend, announced Monday that part two is in the works.
“Piranha 3D” didn’t have a great opening, debuting in sixth place at the box office with [...]

So you’re tired of paying hefty cable bills for your pay TV options? Join the crowd - supposedly everyone is feeling the pinch in this economy as loads of subscribers are abandoning cable TV for watching TV online. The movement has been gaining steam but it’s not yet a tipping point for the cable industry [...]

Michael J Fox hasn’t been on a TV show in a long time since Spin City in the 90s (and recently on Rescue Me). Battling Parkinson’s disease, he has limited his TV appearances until now. He will be returning in a guest role on the TV show The Good Wife this fall.
For The Good Wife, [...]

Mel Gibson has yet to comment on the audio recordings of him allegedly spewing hateful remarks and threatening then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, so maybe it’s no surprise that  commenting on his supposed slate of upcoming films isn’t a high priority.
That said, several films are still attached to Gibson, and until it’s abundantly clear that the productions [...]

A federal jury has awarded nearly $269.2 million in damages to the creator of the TV game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
Creator Celador International sued The Walt Disney Co. in 2004, claiming it had been denied its fair share of profits from the show.
“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” aired on [...]

Oscar-nominated actor Edward Norton has been booted from the latest Marvel action flick — which will also star Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr. — for not being a team player, the studio announced in a biting statement.
“We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the [...]

It’s interesting to try to divine the chicken-and-egg of Mel Gibson’s firing by WME last week: Was it his (first-alleged, now aurally proved) misogynistic and racist comments that enabled the agency to part ways with him, or was it the death of longtime agent Ed Limato that did the trick?
Earlier today [...]

“Glee,” the spunky TV musical comedy about high school misfits and the teachers who shepherd them, was a top Emmy nominee Thursday with 19 bids, including for best comedy series and stars Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele.
The leading nominee was the gritty, unsparing World War II drama, “The Pacific,” with 24 nominations.
Conan O’Brien is gone [...]