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• 'American Idol' in disarray
• It's official: ABC Family President Paul Lee takes over ABC Entertainment
• The Wiggles: Superstars of the preschool set
• Heidi Montag files for divorce from 'Hills' husband Spencer Pratt
• 'American Idol's' back-up plan with Jennifer Lopez not ready for delivery
• Television review: 'Rubicon'
• Snooki arrested! 'Jersey Shore' star busted for disorderly conduct
• TCA Press Tour: How will NBC say goodbye to Steve Carell?
• On the Media: Veteran journalist Eric Malnic was the ultimate newsman

'American Idol' in disarray Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT With the nation's top-rated TV show experiencing personnel and creative changes amid declining viewership, the question is: Who's in, who's out and what's ahead? With the nation's top-rated TV show experiencing personnel and creative changes amid declining viewership, the question is: Who's in, who's out and what's ahead?

It's official: ABC Family President Paul Lee takes over ABC Entertainment Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:51 PM PDT The executive revived the moribund ABC Family channel with shows that appealed to the sensibilities of the millennial generation.

The Wiggles: Superstars of the preschool set Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT The Australian group has been entertaining tots for nearly 20 years with their silly songs, smiling faces and bubbly personalities. They play the Gibson on Sunday. Who can resist the Wiggles? The Australian group has spent the last 20 years clowning around onstage, bringing its songs, smiling faces, brightly colored turtleneck jerseys and bubbly personalities to kids around the world.

Heidi Montag files for divorce from 'Hills' husband Spencer Pratt Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:28 PM PDT The surgically enhanced blond took her petition for legal separation a step further on Friday, filing for divorce in Santa Monica Superior Court.

'American Idol's' back-up plan with Jennifer Lopez not ready for delivery Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:22 PM PDT Fox has a deal "in principle" with Lopez but she has not signed on the dotted line.

Television review: 'Rubicon' Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT 'Rubicon' has clearly been made to recall the classic conspiracy thrillers of old. It's complicated, beautifully photographed and slow, but worth the wait for patient viewers. 'Rubicon' has clearly been made to recall the classic conspiracy thrillers of old. It's complicated, beautifully photographed and slow, but worth the wait for patient viewers.

Snooki arrested! 'Jersey Shore' star busted for disorderly conduct Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:21 PM PDT Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of MTV's "Jersey Shore" was arrested in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Friday, perhaps in an attempt to catch the attention of Barack Obama?

TCA Press Tour: How will NBC say goodbye to Steve Carell? Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:04 PM PDT Writers are preparing story lines to say goodbye to the goofy boss Michael Scott, played by Carell, but the show will go on.

On the Media: Veteran journalist Eric Malnic was the ultimate newsman Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT In his five decades with the Los Angeles Times, the late Malnic served as dogged reporter, master rewriter and finally, a beacon of what good journalism is all about. The excited young reporter called in from the airplane crash site, sure he had captured the essence of the tragedy. He couldn't wait to read the series of graphs he had lovingly crafted about the scene.

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