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Zooey Deschanel, Joel McHale to host WGA West awards (Reuters)
Reuters – Zooey Deschanel and Joel McHale will host the Writers Guild of America’s awards show from Los Angeles, while Rachel Dratch will do the same in New York, the WGA, West and WGA, East announced on Wednesday.
Ratings: "Idol" repeat tops the night (Reuters)
Reuters – Though the data is extremely approximate due to coverage of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, preliminary numbers indicate that an “American Idol” repeat pushed Fox to a ratings win Tuesday night.
Television Fund admitting new patients (Reuters)
Reuters – The Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) will immediately begin admitting people to the long-term care unit on its Wasserman campus in Woodland Hills, the organization said on Wednesday.
USA picks up 2nd chances reality TV series (Reuters)
Reuters – Expanding beyond its stable of successful dramas, the USA Network announced Wednesday that it has picked up the nine-episode reality series “The Moment,” in which Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner will give people a second chance to return to abandoned careers.
Man jailed for false claim against X factor’s Walsh (Reuters)
Reuters – An Irish man who falsely accused television star and pop impresario Louis Walsh of groping him in a Dublin night club was jailed for six months on Wednesday.
Simon Cowell to launch DJ talent show (Reuters)
Reuters – TV personality and music producer Simon Cowell is launching a new talent competition to find the world’s best DJs.
Abu Dhabi further delays Louvre, Guggenheim projects (Reuters)
Reuters – Abu Dhabi is once again pushing back the opening of local branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim art museums, after a fresh review of the projects, the government’s tourism arm said on Wednesday.
Actor James Farentino dies of heart failure at 73 (AP)
AP – Actor James Farentino, who appeared in dozens of movies and television shows, died Tuesday in a Los Angeles hospital, according to a family spokesman. He was 73.
Could "Dead" actor’s potential new role mean character’s demise? (Reuters)
Reuters – (Spoiler alert: Don’t read this if you don’t even want to think about a central “Walking Dead” character leaving.)
Trial over Globes broadcast rights opens in LA (AP)
AP – The executive who negotiated a deal that brought the Golden Globe Awards to NBC in the mid-1990s testified Tuesday that he didn’t think it was necessary to tell its organizers they were signing away rights that could keep the show on the network indefinitely.
