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Even Howie Mandel Makes As Much As Katie Couric
11 November 2009 5:13 PM, PST | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
Forget about the much ballyhooed $15 million a year that CBS agreed to pay Katie Couric to anchor the CBS Evening News. At least six other U.S. television personalities earn far more than that each year, according to Forbes magazine. The financial publication said Tuesday that the highest-paid TV personality is Simon Cowell, who earns $75 million on U.S. television alone. (Cowell also commutes to the U.K. each week for appearances on Britain's Got Talent. Pop Idol, and The X Factor.) The Apprentice host Donald Trump landed at No. 2 on the Forbes list with $50 million, followed by Ryan Seacrest with $35 million. Also earning more than Couric are: Charlie Sheen ($21 million), Steve Carell ($20 million); and Howie Mandel ($15 million). (Couric does not appear on the Forbes list because her program does not air in primetime.)
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Simon Cowell named highest paid man on US prime-time television
11 November 2009 9:24 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
American Idol and America's Got Talent help put Cowell to $75m and put him ahead of Donald Trump
Simon Cowell has been named the highest paid man on primetime television in the Us, with estimated earnings of $75m (£45m) last year.
Cowell collected the haul for his work as a judge on the talent show American Idol and as the creator of America's Got Talent.
The business magazine Forbes put the Brit ahead of Donald Trump, the host of the Us version of The Apprentice, who made an estimated $50m in the year to 1 June. The American Idol host, Ryan Seacrest, came third, with $38m.
Hugh Laurie, who has become a star in the Us for his portrayal of a curmudgeonly physician in Fox drama House, was the only other British member of Forbes' list of the top 10 male earners on prime-time Us TV.
He collected an estimated $10m last year, »
- Chris Tryhorn
Veteran's Day Honored, Hollywood-Style
11 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Today is Veteran's Day. It is a time when we step back for a moment to honor the bravery and sacrifices of our nation's soldiers. Men and women who give everything, up to and including their lives, all in the name of protecting this country and all that it represents. Also known as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, the holiday always falls on November 11, commemorating the anniversary of the 1918 armistice that brought an end to World War I.
The history of film is rife with stories pulled straight from the front lines. War stories make great cinema, both because they serve up gripping tales of heroism and because they honor those who take on such acts in the real world. So today, in honor of the veterans from wars past and wars ongoing, we give you this small selection of classics to spend some time with. »
- Adam Rosenberg
Who is the Highest Earning Man in Primetime?
11 November 2009 7:05 AM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
From "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell to "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen, Et knows who topped the Forbes.com list of primetime's top earning males. Forbes reveals that Cowell is the highest paid man in TV, pulling in $75 million in a year. The controversial "Idol" judge beat out "The Apprentice" host Donald Trump who made $50 million, while Cowell's coworker Ryan Seacrest was No. 3 on the list, grossing $38 million, based on a pre-tax estimate from June 1, 2008-June 1, 2009. So how did these men make their millions? In addition to Cowell's "Idol" duties, he has his own record label, which has signed breakout stars Leona Lewis and Susan Boyle. Meanwhile, Trump lends his name and face to a number of products and receives checks for his speeches and books. When he's not hosting "Idol," Seacrest is known for his numerous jobs that include: radio talk show host, celebrity TV host »
- TheInsider
Simon Cowell Is Top-Earning Man On Prime-Time TV
11 November 2009 6:07 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »
'American Idol' judge beats out Donald Trump, Ryan Seacrest on Forbes list with his $75 million haul.
By Gil Kaufman
Photo: Steve Granitz/ WireImage
You can buy a lot of chest-hair-baring T-shirts with $75 million. Forbes magazine estimates that "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell pulls down that much loot every year, making him the top-earning man in prime time in the U.S.
That haul easily put him ahead of the #2 gentleman on the list, "The Apprentice" host Donald Trump ($50 million), not to mention Cowell's frequent verbal sparring partner, the second-hardest-working-man-in-show- business, "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest, who rounds out the top three at $38 million. The calculations are based on estimated pre-tax earnings from June 1, 2008 to June 1, 2009.
Like Cowell — who also has a record label and several other TV hosting gigs and has shepherded the careers of singers like Susan Boyle and Leona Lewis — many of the men on »
Cowell Is The Richest Man On TV
11 November 2009 4:01 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Music mogul Simon Cowell is the richest man on U.S. TV - he has earned a massive $75 million (£46.9 million) in the last year.
The American Idol judge, who helped created the hugely popular singing contest, also fronts U.K. shows The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, in addition to his role at record company Sony BMG.
U.S. magazine Forbes has now ranked him as the highest paid man on television, earning $75 million (£46.9 million) between June 2008 and June 2009.
Property tycoon Donald Trump came second in the list, earning $50 million (£31.25 million) from The Apprentice series, while American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is third with $38 million (£23.75 million) from his various TV and radio ventures.
The top five is rounded out by Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen with $21 million (£13.1 million) and The Office's Steve Carell with $20 million (£12.5 million).
24 star Kiefer Sutherland, British actor Hugh Laurie, and CSI: Miami's David Caruso also featured in the top ten. »
People's Choice Awards 2010: Nominees
11 November 2009 3:57 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Digital Spy presents the full list of nominees for the People's Choice Awards 2010, to be held on January 6. TV drama
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
House
NCIS TV comedy
Two and a Half Men TV drama actor
Patrick Dempsey TV drama actress
Mariska Hargitay TV comedy actor
Alex Baldwin
Steve Carell TV comedy actress
Tina Fey TV obsession
Dexter
The Hills
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
True Blood TV talk (more) »
- By Lara Martin
2009 People's Choice Awards Nominees Announced
11 November 2009 3:06 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
While it's far from the sexiest awards show, the annual People's Choice Awards does kind of herald the start of the new gong-giving season. With that in mind and to give you a taster of the big hitters from next year's proper awards ceremonies, here's the list of the relevant TV-related nominees ahead of the ceremony on January 6 next year...
TV Drama
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Grey's Anatomy House
TV Comedy
How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory
The Office: An American Workplace
TV Dramatic Actor
TV Dramatic Actress
TV Comedic Actor
TV Comedic Actress
Tina Fey »
And the nominees are…
11 November 2009 2:24 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Vampires definitely don’t suck.
“True Blood” and “Twilight” were the top nominees for the People’s Choice Awards. Fans cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominees and will also choose the winners in 35 categories.
“Twilight” is up for Favorite Movie, Franchise and On-Screen Team for its trio of stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Stewart and Pattinson were also nominated individually for Favorite Movie Actress and Actor, and Lautner is up for Breakout Movie Actor.
The HBO phenomenon, “True Blood” was nominated for Favorite TV Obsession and Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show; star Anna Paquin also garnered a nod for TV Drama Actress.
Queen Latifah will host the awards on CBS on Jan. 6, 2010.
The complete list of nominees:
TV Drama: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “House,” “Lost,” “NCIS”
TV Comedy: “Desperate Housewives,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “The Office, »
- Leilani Laureano
Simon Cowell Named Top Earning Man on TV
10 November 2009 11:33 PM, PST | Hollyscoop.com | See recent HollyScoop news »
Simon Cowell makes more money than he probably knows what to do with. And now Forbes has named him the top earning man on primetime television. He even beat out Donald Trump! Simon made a whopping $75 million last year, which beat Trump’s $50 million, and Ryan Seacrest’s $38 million. The amount was based on estimated pre-tax earnings from June 1, 2008 to June 1, 2009. Also in the top five are Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen, who made $21 million, and Office star Steve Carell, with an estimated $21 million. Wonder if these... »
Taylor Swift Collects Three People's Choice Awards Nominations
10 November 2009 7:21 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »
The nominees for the 36th Annual People's Choice Awards has been unveiled Tuesday, November 10, and country singer Taylor Swift has received three nominations. The "You Belong with Me" hitmaker thus leads the pack in the music field, collecting more nods than fellow singers Carrie Underwood, Beyonce Knowles and Lady GaGa.
Through the announcement made at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills, it is uncovered that 19-year-old Swift will be competing against last year's favorite Underwood in two categories, Favorite Female Artist, for which she will be up against Beyonce as well, and Favorite Country Artist. She, moreover, vies for Favorite Pop Artist and is in competition with GaGa, Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Black Eyed Peas for the title.
Beside Swift, other young Hollywoods collecting nominations for the awards are "Twilight" trio, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. In addition to the nod for Favorite On-Screen Team, Pattinson, Stewart »
- celebrity-mania.com
List of 36th People's Choice Awards Nominees in TV
10 November 2009 6:52 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
The vampires are feasting on the nominations list of 2010 People's Choice Awards. Announced Tuesday, November 10 at Beverly Hills' Sls Hotel, "True Blood" is among the shows gathering three nods. The CW's "The Vampire Diaries" follows next with two.
The HBO show takes in almost all the categories possible for one show to achieve, only missing the spot in Favorite Drama Actor. Meanwhile, as a newcomer "The Vampire Diaries" attains the honor to battle it out with "True Blood", "Lost", "Heroes" and "Supernatural" in the category of Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show.
However, not only the blood suckers are dominating the list but also the doctors. Representing "Grey's Anatomy" are Seattle Grace medical practitioners such as Patrick Dempsey and Katherine Heigl, and from "House M.D.", it's the chief of Princeton Plainsboro, Hugh Laurie.
In the comedy categories, this year's Emmys winner "30 Rock" fails to secure a slot in the Favorite Comedy but »
- AceShowbiz.com
2009 People’s Choice Nominees Celebrate Mediocrity, Web Celebs
10 November 2009 2:20 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Who needs critics? Who needs experts? Since the dawn of the internet and the democratization of entertainment, who really needs someone to tell them what is good and what is not good? Clearly, the people who made up the list of nominees below -- the 18 million voters of the People's Choice Awards -- need some assistance. It is sad -- void of great drama such as Mad Men and full of teenie-bopper schlock like Twilight -- but also triumphant, as it makes me feel great about my own job security. Thank you America, for once again proving that you need me. The 2009 People's Choice Awards will air on January 6, 2010 on CBS. For more, including all of the music nominations, check out People's Choice.com. All of the television, film and web-related categories are below. TV drama: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Grey’s Anatomy House Lost NCIS TV comedy: Desperate Housewives How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Office »
- Neil Miller
2009 People’s Choice Awards Nominees Announced
10 November 2009 1:12 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
I know it's one of the more pointless award shows of the year, but since it kinda, sorta but not really signals the beginning of award season nominations, I thought I'd post a rundown of the nominees announced for the 2009 People's Choice Awards. As you can guess from the title, the fans vote for this award show, this year casting more than 18 million votes. Check out the full listing of nominees after the jump. TV drama: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Grey's Anatomy House Lost NCIS TV comedy: Desperate Housewives How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Office Two and a Half Men TV dramatic actor: Hugh Laurie Kiefer Sutherland Mark Harmon Matthew Fox Patrick Dempsey TV dramatic actress: Anna Paquin Blake Lively Jennifer Love Hewitt Katherine Heigl Mariska Hargitay TV comedic actor: Alex Baldwin Charlie Sheen Jim Parsons Neil Patrick Harris Steve Carell TV comedic actress: Alyson Hannigan »
- Peter Sciretta
2010 People's Choice Awards Nominees: Announced!
10 November 2009 12:08 PM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
The 2010 People's Choice Awards will air on January 6.
As an event that covers the entertainment gamut, the show honors the best in music, movies and television. Naturally, as Fanatics of the latter medium, we've got TV covered.
Here's a look at the nominees in those major categories:
TV Drama:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Grey's Anatomy House Lost NCIS
TV Comedy:
How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Office Two and a Half Men
TV Drama Actor:
Hugh Laurie Kiefer Sutherland Mark Harmon Matthew Fox Patrick Dempsey
TV Drama Actress:
Anna Paquin Blake Lively Jennifer Love Hewitt Katherine Heigl Mariska Hargitay
TV Comedy Actor:
Alex Baldwin Charlie Sheen Jim Parsons Neil Patrick Harris Steve Carell
TV Comedy Actress:
Alyson Hannigan America Ferrera Amy Poehler Eva Longoria Parker Tina Fey
TV Obsession:
Dexter Gossip Girl The Hills The Secret Life of the American Teenager True Blood
New »
- matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)
Hollywood Hunks Battle for People's Choice Award
10 November 2009 10:01 AM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
Five of the hottest guys in Hollywood are up for Favorite Movie Actor at this year's People's Choice Awards. See all the nominations here: This morning at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills, Kris Allen, Cat Deeley, Johnny Galecki, Jeff Probst and Sofia Vergara announced the nominations. For the first time, viewers voted to determine the nominees in the various categories. To select a winner, voting begins today at www.peopleschoice.com for all 35 categories. People's Choice Awards 2010 Nominees: Movies: Favorite Movie Actor Brad Pitt Hugh Jackman Johnny Depp Robert Pattinson Ryan Reynolds Favorite Movie Actress Anne Hathaway Drew Barrymore Jennifer Aniston Kristen Stewart Sandra Bullock Favorite Action Star Christian Bale Gerard Butler Hugh Jackman Shia Labeouf Vin Diesel Favorite Comedic Star Adam Sandler Ben Stiller Jim Carrey Ryan Reynolds Vince Vaughn Favorite Breakout Movie Actress Anna Kendrick Emily Osment Ginnifer Goodwin Miley Cyrus Zoe Saldana Favorite Breakout Movie Actor »
- TheInsider
Wolverines!: Red Dawn Remake to Destroy Detroit
5 November 2009 12:03 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Josh Hutcherson spoke to MTV about his latest acting gig, the remake of 1984's Red Dawn. Hutcherson claims they "blew up all of downtown Detroit last week."
We shot a scene where where we blew the face off this giant building. It was a giant, probably 200-foot high mushroom cloud of flames engulfing downtown Detroit! That was really cool.
The original Red Dawn was also violent, despite having a young cast including Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, and Lea Thompson. Hutcherson plays a character "based on C. Thomas Howell's character, Robert" that is "sort of a tech guy" that, by the end of the movie, becomes "a total warrior, drinking blood from the animals and going crazy." Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, and Isabel Lucas round out the cast.
The experience is clearly one that Hutcherson is enjoying.
Everybody's loving it and loving the new story line. We've changed up quite a bit of stuff. »
- Ryan Gowland
'Red Dawn' Remake Will Blow Up 'All Of Downtown Detroit,' Star Josh Hutcherson Says
4 November 2009 2:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Some people remember “Red Dawn” as an Eighties classic powered by Cold War paranoia. Others think back to recent events and recall that it was one of the greatest films in the career of recently-deceased Patrick Swayze. Still others may remember it as the first movie to ever be released with a PG-13 rating.
The truth is, it’s all of the above. And now, it’s also a remake.
“I’m working on ‘Red Dawn’ right now, up in Michigan,” explained “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” star Josh Hutcherson when we caught up with him recently. “It’s going great. We blew up all of downtown Detroit last week. It was pretty epic.”
Co-starring such up-and-comers as Isabel Lucas, Josh Peck and Chris “Soon to be Thor” Hemsworth, the flick could do for those actors what the 1984 original did for the likes of Swayze, Jennifer Grey, »
- Larry Carroll
"Spin City" Cast: Then & Now
4 November 2009 | Getback - TV | See recent Getback - TV news »
"Spin City" is one of the best but often forgotten sitcoms in TV history. Mostly remembered as Michael J. Fox's last prime-time series, few ever mention that "Spin" was actually a very funny show, with a rich cast of characters and brilliantly talented actors.
The sitcom about a New York City mayor and his staff was created by Gary David Goldberg of "Family Ties" fame and Bill Lawrence, a 30-year-old writer who'd penned scripts for "Friends" and "The Nanny." Lawrence would go on to create "Scrubs" and "Cougar Town."
Whether you're a fan of the Mjf days or prefer the later Heather Locklear/Charlie Sheen years, there's no denying the talent that radiated from the show's stars. Take a look at the cast of "Spin City," then and now. »
- AmyandNancy
Bravo's 'Million Dollar Listing' -- Guilty pleasure alert!
3 November 2009 12:37 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Let me start by saying that I don't really believe in the whole idea of "guilty pleasures". If you like Hall & Oates, there's no shame in that. If it's re-runs of 21 Jump Street that float your boat, more power to you. Addicted to Val Kilmer-Mira Sorvino vision-impaired romantic comedies? I say, live and let live. That said, lately, I've become totally hooked on a show that I know in my bones is dreadful and indefensible, but I can't stop watching. I'm talking about Bravo's Million Dollar Listing -- the greedy, status-obsessed, brain-dead stepchild to the network's classier Flipping »
- Chris Nashawaty
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