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"Shit My Dad Says" Creator Justin Halpern Talks Book Deal, TV Show

In the wake of news that Twitter phenom @shitmydadsays is being picked up for a CBS TV deal...  read more

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"Shit My Dad Says" Gets a Television Series

With 700,000 followers and counting, @shitmydadsays is becoming a hot commodity on Twitter. Its origin story is pretty simple. Justin Halpern, 29, moved home to live with his parents, including his 73-year-old dad, Sam, who says hilarious things on a regular basis. Halpern launched his Twitter account in August to record and share the gems that come out of his father’s mouth....  read more

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How I Met Your Mother Casts Rachel Bilson, Tim Gunn, Kenny Rogers In Its Fifth Season

Rachel Bilson, Tim Gunn and Kenny Rogers will join a rather legendary roster of guest roles in the ongoing season of How I Met Your Mother, as various reports revealed this week....  read more

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Last.fm to Expand to Terrestrial Radio in October

The London-based scrobble-meisters at internet-radio station Last.fm have grander designs than simply providing a way for people to chart how many times they've listened to the Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Maps." (Full disclosure: according to his Last.fm profile, this writer has an embarrassingly high playcount for Young Jeezy's "My Hood.") With the internet-radio market basically cornered by big names like Rhapsody and Pandora, Last.fm has decided to devote four HD radio stations in the U.S. to a terrestrial-broadcast initiative....  read more

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Paul McCartney Returns to Ed Sullivan Theater After 45 Years

Tonight, Paul McCartney will appear on The Late Show with David Letterman for an interview and performance. The building holds a certain significance for the music vet, as it is the same theater in which McCartney made his debut in 1964 with The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show....  read more

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The Ex List gets pulled from CBS after four episodes

Although the critics were pretty nice to The Ex List (an impressive feat in itself for a rom-com type show), the Friday night CBS series couldn't get the ratings it needed. After only four episodes, the network has pulled the plug. For now....  read more

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Life on Mars tops Metacritic's top 10 TV shows list

Entertainment criticism mecca Metacritic has released its top 10 highest rated new Fall TV shows. Created in 2001, the site combines all the reviews of any given show and rates them on a 0-100 scale to get to the "Metascore." This is considered a weighted average because the site assigns more significance to some critics/publications over others due to the quality of the source....  read more

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