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It’s official: Howard Stern joins NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ as a judge

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Shock jock Howard Stern is the new Piers Morgan on NBC’s competition series “America’s Got Talent,” as the network struggles to climb out of the fourth-place ratings hole in which it has been mired for years. NBC stepped on its own Golden Globe Awards nominations announcement Thursday morning when it announced literally minutes later that it had closed a deal for Stern to serve as the new judge on the top-rated summer alternative series — one of few bright spots on NBC’s primetime landscape. Read full article > >

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Brett Ratner steps down as Academy Awards producer after controversial comments

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

ABC and the Motion Picture Academy will be busy Wednesday looking for a new person to exec produce the next Academy Awards broadcast after producer/bad boy Brett Ratner stepped down late Tuesday. His “resignation” comes shortly after he used a homophobic slur in a roomful of reporters during a screening last week for his new movie, “Tower Heist,” in re what he thought about rehearsing. Ratner also went on Howard Stern’s satellite radio show to discuss his sex life — both real and imaginary — in excruciating detail. Read full article > >

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DealBook: Birthdays Are Still Big in Buyout Land

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Leon D. Black’s 60th birthday party in the Hamptons was lavish, and in a way showed that little has changed in the private equity world.

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DealBook: Birthdays Are Still Big in Buyout Land

Howard Stern Re-Signs With Sirius

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

Don’t worry, Sirius stockholders, Howard Stern is sticking around to prop up satellite radio. The shock jock announced Thursday he has signed a new five-year contract with Sirius, quelling rumors that he might be planning to switch formats. Rumors of a…

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David Arquette Apologizes to Courteney Cox

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Only one day after their split became public, Courteney Cox and David Arquette are still making headlines. Arquette gave Howard Stern an earful on the couple’s break-up, even sharing details about the last time they had sex (four months ago, he…

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