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PBS, ABC Lead 37th Daytime Emmy Award Nominations
Soap doyenne Agnes Nixon gets Lifetime Achievement Award
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FX Gives ‘Justified’ a Second Season
Based on an Elmore Leonard short story, series had the most-watched series premiere in FX history
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Gareth Wigan, Respected Sony and Fox Executive, Dies at 78
His career spanned four decades and included key roles on everything from “Star Wars” to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”
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Jean Simmons, ’50s Star, Dead at 80
Glamorous ’50ss tar of “Elmer Gantry,” “Spartacus,” “Guys and Dolls” suffered from lung cancer
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TV Producer David Gerber Dies at 86
Prolific executive was behind such groundbreaking shows as “In the Heat of the Night” and “Police Woman”
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Noel Kendall, exhibition and distribution exec, dies
Kendall spent much of his career at Dreamworks and AMC
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Comic-Con Founder Sheldon Dorf Dies at 76
Avid comic reader turned 300-attendee fest in Detroit to major Hollywood and fanboy event.
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Spade Regrets Doing DirecTV Ad With Farley
“I wouldn’t want anyone to get a whiff that I’m trying to get something off Chris.”
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Obit: ‘Dr. No’ Dies at 91
Joseph Wiseman played the sinister title character in the first James Bond film.
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Obit: Child Advocate Nancy Daly Dies at 68
Was married to CBS head Robert Daly and former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan
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Obit: Former TV Academy President Doug Duitsman Dies
Held senior positions with Columbia Pictures Television and Warner Brothers Television.
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Weinstein Loses a Round in ‘Precious’ Fight
Judge rules against TWC and in favor of Lionsgate in distribution skirmish.
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Creative Arts Emmy Winners
Reality Program: Intervention, A&E Animated Program (less than an hour): South Park, Comedy Central Animated Program (more than an hour): Destination Imagination/Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Cartoon Network Nonfiction Series: American Masters, PBS Nonfiction Special: 102 Minutes That Changed America, History Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me (FX) Guest Actress…
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Obit: Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary Dies at 72
Was at the forefront of the folk movement in the ‘60s, as well as at the forefront of the civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movements.
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Obit: Political Columnist Robert Novak Dead at 78
Longtime political columnist Robert Novak, known for his conservative views and for being the first to publish Valerie Plame’s name in the CIA leak case, died at his home in Washington, D.C., Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer. Known as the “prince of darkness” – a label he was so proud of that he…