NEW YORK (AP) " Dish Network's online television service, Sling TV, debuted Monday as a way to entice people who have dropped their cable or satellite TV service or never had one.It's cheaper than a traditional pay-TV package, but...
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Paul Casserly: TV's best quotes - 'His sentences bump and grind like mating cockroaches'
I'm still recovering from all those late nights watching the tennis and all my days with that brilliant cricket. My god, what a season they're having, although I'm a little worried that we have peaked too soon. As much as I complain...
Yes Men say no to giving up their political pranks
BERLIN (AP) " Watch out, the Yes Men are coming.Wearing suits bought in a Salvation Army store and wielding little more than a fake press release, the American duo are out to shake up the debate on climate change, Arctic oil and...
Apple's iPhone 6 gets a £2.3million makeover
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New James Bond movie spotted filming at Sir Winston Churchill's birthplace
JAMES BOND has paid a visit to the birthplace of another iconic Briton this week, as filming for the new 007 film takes place at Sir Winston Churchill's childhood home.
'Better Call Saul' sparks excitement in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) " New Mexico's largest city is back to being featured in another television show more than a year after the end of AMC-TV series "Breaking Bad.""Better Call Saul" premiered Sunday, and city officials...
Facebook has a new feature and you might not like it
Facebook's latest technology can now recognise faces and tag pictures automatically
ABC beats Brian Williams' newscast in ratings Friday
NEW YORK (AP) " Brian Williams took a pounding in the ratings for his final night on the air before stepping aside as NBC looks into misstatements made by its top anchor, although day-to-day variations in viewership make it difficult...
First review of Fifty Shades of Grey says no sex for 40 minutes
EL James fans around the world have been restlessly anticipating the release of Fifty Shades of Grey for months - but the S&M film is reportedly a bit of a slow burner.According to one of the very first reviews, there is no sex...
US newsman Brian Williams' Hurricane Katrina tales now in spotlight
There's a story Brian Williams likes to tell. He has told it in a TV interview. He has told it to at least two bookauthors. But even though it had all the makings of a great yarn - danger, guns, resolve - Williams never reported it...
Shhhhh - your TV could be listening: Samsung issues warning over Smart TVs
The new privacy policy for Samsung's smart TVs allows the company and its partners to listen in on everything their users say.The policy has drawn the ire of internet users, who compared it with George Orwell's dystopian fiction...
Kellie Maloney's advice to Bruce Jenner: 'You've just got to be yourself'
KELLIE Maloney has offered her support to reality TV star Brice Jenner who is thought to be undergoing a gender reassignment.
Bruce Jenner breaks silence on fatal accident
Bruce Jenner has spoken about his part in a tragic car accident that left one woman dead and left seven others needing hospital treatment.The former Olympian, who is the step-father of the Kardashian sisters, was caught in the accident...
'Bel Canto' to have world premiere at Lyric Opera on Dec. 7
NEW YORK (AP) " "Bel Canto," composed by Jimmy Lopez and adapted from Ann Patchett's best-selling novel, will be given its world premiere by the Lyric Opera of Chicago on Dec. 7.The opera, with a libretto by Nilo Cruz, stars soprano...
Netflix brings its streaming video service to Cuba
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) " Netflix began selling its Internet video service in Cuba Monday in what appears to be a largely symbolic move driven by the recent loosening of U.S. restrictions on doing business with the communist-run island.The...
Grammys: The one person Sam Smith forgot to thank
"I'm having a really, really, really good night," Sam Smith said during the Grammys show, and there was no fact-check necessary.During yesterday's prime-time telecast, the ascendant blue-eyed British soul singer performed a duet...
Grammys' biggest feud: Iggy Azalea vs pizza boy
Stage invasions, backstage arguments, red carpet rivalries: the Grammy Awards is never without its dramas.But few could have predicted that one of the biggest feuds of the evening would be between Iggy Azalea and Papa Johns. Yes,...
SHOW BITS: 'Weird Al' Yankovic's Grammy ritual
LOS ANGELES (AP) " Every musician has his or her own Grammy ritual.For "Weird Al" Yankovic, if he wins he takes the gramophone-shaped trophy and attaches it to his head."I'm kind of like a Grammy unicorn," says the accordion-squeezing...
Partial list of winners of the 57th Grammy Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) " Partial list of winners of the 57th annual Grammy Awards, presented Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles:"Best new artist: Sam Smith."Best pop solo performance: "Happy (Live)," Pharrell Williams."Country...
Sam Smith wins Grammy for best new artist
LOS ANGELES (AP) " Sam Smith has won the Grammy for best new artist.The soulful British artist broke through this past year with his hit "Stay With Me," which captured the sound of his moody album "In The Lonely Hour." He recently...
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