Dish Network has another lawsuit on its hands: The Federal Trade Commission is suing the satellite cable provider, accusing it of illegally calling millions of customers who asked telemarketers from the company and its affiliates to stop calling them.

The FTC says the calls violated provisions of its Telemarketing Sales Rule, which dictates that even if a consumer is not on the National Do Not Call Registry, a telemarketer may not call him or her again if the consumer specifically asks to be placed on the company's own do-not-call list.

The FTC is seeking unspecific civil penalties.

"We have vigorously enforced the Do Not Call rules and will continue to do so to protect consumers' right to be left alone in the privacy of their own homes," said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. "It is particularly disappointing when a well-established, nationally...

George Clooney is still a fan of President Obama, and the feeling is mutual. The president called Clooney “a wonderful guy” and applauded his politics and character in a joint interview with First Lady Michelle Obama for Monday's edition of "Entertainment Tonight."

“He is a terrific advocate on behalf of the people of Darfur and the people of Sudan who’ve been brutalized for a long time,” President Obama told “ET” co-anchor Nancy O’Dell. Their working relationship on Sudan -- and their friendship -- started when Obama was a junior senator and Clooney, “who had traveled there, done documentaries there and was very well-informed, came to testify in...

Has Kelsey Grammer’s work as bombastic Chicago mayor Tom Kane in “Boss” been ruled out by Emmy voters because Grammer’s own politics lean to the right?

Sounds like a Machiavellian story line suited for his character on the Starz drama, but during an appearance on Tuesday’s “Tonight Show,” Grammer not-so-subtly suggested that his Republican allegiances might have cost him TV’s top honor. 

Host Jay Leno brought up the Emmy slight, asking why Grammer netted a Golden Globe for his performance as Kane but missed out on an Emmy nod. “I don’t know, Jay. It’s a question that will remain one for me throughout the ages,” Grammer said –...

Michelle Obama turned up for the last of her trio of fund-raisers in the Los Angeles area in two days, joining host Yolanda “Cookie” Parker on Monday afternoon at the Ladera Heights home of Melanie and John Clark to support President Obama’s push for re-election.

After thanking the crowd of about 150 donors for showing up on a Monday, the First Lady turned her attention to the imminent task of winning a second term for, as she described him, “our phenomenal, outstanding, very cute President of the United States.”

Framing her comments with the same two terms she evoked the previous night at the home of Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Barry Meyer, Mrs. Obama...