Entertainment

The Wall Street Journal reports that Oprah Winfrey plans to host a new series on her OWN cable network.

"Pimp My Ride" and former "Survivor" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman was detained Thursday as a suspect in his wife's death days after reporting her missing in the resort city of Cancun, a Mexican official said.

Troubled Blockbuster has struck a deal giving Warner Bros., Sony and Fox a first lien on its Canadian assets in exchange for day-and-date delivery of DVD rentals for movies from those studios, as well as payment terms that are tweaked to favor Blockbuster up front.

Aziz Ansari, a rising comedian who co-stars on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," is making a major move into features, entering negotiations to star in Media Rights Capital's "30 Minutes or Less."

EXCLUSIVE: Dermot Mulroney is moving forward with his directorial debut, "Love, Wedding, Marriage," lining up Mandy Moore, Kellan Lutz, James Brolin and Jane Seymour to star in the romantic comedy.

Jim Whitaker, a producer and former president of production at Imagine, has signed a first-look deal with Disney.

Showtime's drama series "The Borgias" has found its Cesare. Actor Francois Arnaud ("I Killed My Mother") will take the role in the series.

ABC revealed a summer schedule containing the largest number of scripted efforts seen at the network in years, along with a pair of new reality shows.

The cast of ABC's "Modern Family" faces an Emmy conundrum: They must decide who, if anyone, will be submitted as a lead actor and supporting.

An open letter from AFTRA's top brass calling for "one media and entertainment union for all actors, performers and broadcast journalists" has met with mixed reaction from SAG leaders, with moderates hailing it as an important step and hard-liners sounding a note of caution.

Showtime is taking "Shameless" to the next level. The cable network is ordering the John Wells drama pilot starring Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy to series.

Blockbuster shares surged 20% on Wednesday, as investors rewarded the company for striking deals with studios that could help it stave off bankruptcy.

"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" easily topped the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart for the week ending April 4, while Warner's "Sherlock Holmes" captured the top spot on Home Media Magazine's rental chart.

It was all fun and games Tuesday night with the "White Collar" gang as they revved up for the upcoming second season.

HBO has picked up the rights to "Entourage" star Adrian Grenier's documentary "Teenage Paparazzo."

Jack Black is entering the TV producing business, inking an exclusive production deal with Reveille for TV and online scripted comedies, unscripted and animated projects.

Cable giant Comcast Corp. and its peers won a court victory Tuesday as a federal appeals court ruled that the FCC does not have the authority to require "net neutrality."

Nickelodeon exec Amy Friedman is to headline a panel at the upcoming Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children on cleaning up the airwaves for kids.

A New York investment firm sued Annie Leibovitz on Monday, saying the celebrity photographer owes it more than $800,000 in fees as part of its role in securing a new financing deal to sort out her debts.

Warner Bros. TV is continuing the restructuring of its top programming team under president Peter Roth.