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Showtime signs deal to air DreamWorks films (Reuters)

March 12, 2010

Reuters - CBS Corp's Showtime Networks Inc said on Thursday it has signed a deal to air movies from DreamWorks Studios, in a long-term agreement that could help restore content Showtime lost when three top studios started their own channel.

Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69 (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69.

TBS casts actresses for "Security" drama pilot (Reuters)

March 12, 2010

Reuters - TBS has cast Constance Zimmer and Kat Foster as the leads in its drama pilot "In Security."

Madonna offers relationship tips on 'Marriage Ref' (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - Madonna doesn't think a wife should withhold sex from a sloppy husband.

'American Idol' pares down to 12 finalists (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - And then there were 12 on "American Idol."

Girlicious band member charged with having drugs (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - A member of the pop group Girlicious has been charged in California with drug possession with the intent to sell after Glendale police allegedly found a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse.

"Love Never Dies" a brilliant sequel to "Phantom" (Reuters)

March 12, 2010

Reuters - Unlike lightning, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom" does strike twice.

Ex-soap actor admits resisting arrest in NYC fight (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - A former "One Life to Live" star has admitted resisting arrest in a plea deal that resolves charges stemming from a fight at a New York City gas station.

Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live' (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live."

HBO brings WWII veterans to memorial in DC (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Elizabeth Dole welcomed 250 veterans to the World War II memorial Thursday to honor their service and introduce a TV miniseries on the battles of the Pacific.