Video Games: Whose Side Are You On? It Might Be the Taliban’s

That is reality. Can you handle it in a video game? On Oct. 12 Electronic Arts, one of the world’s biggest game publishers, is set to release a first-person combat title called Medal of Honor. Developed with advice from elite American special forces, the new game is set during Operation ...

I Don’t Wanna Grow Up: Late Night With ‘Yo Gabba Gabba!’

I keep reading that “Yo Gabba Gabba!”, a colorful, music-themed show that is broadcast on Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr. channel, is intended for a pre-school audience. How can this be? My wife and I, who as far as we know have nary a child between us, went to a “Yo Gabba ...

Salem’s Fall TV Preview V: Nikita, the girl with the phoenix tattoo

Action star Maggie Q plays the lead role in a new version of the TV series Nikita, shot in Toronto.

Mormon Media Empire Goes More Digital

The Deseret News has been around since the days when Brigham Young led the Mormons to Salt Lake City, and the fastest way to spread news was on a machine called the telegraph. Now Utah’s oldest continuously published daily is trying to embrace a 21st-century media model. Emphasizing just how ...

Miranda Lambert Leads Nominations for C.M.A. Awards

Step aside, Taylor Swift: it looks like the Country Music Association has a new sweetheart of the rodeo. Miranda Lambert, who with Dierks Bentley helped to announce the nominations for the C.M.A. Awards Wednesday on “Good Morning America,” landed nine nominations in total, more than any other artist this year. ...

Michael Douglas fights ‘intense’ cancer

Actor Michael Douglas states he is begun treatment for throat cancer and that his odds of recovery are high.

The TV Watch: Fast-Moving and Manic, and All the Better for It

The host, Jimmy Fallon, wisely didn’t open with a version of his “Late Night” monologue, but instead returned to his “Saturday Night Live” roots with an ensemble parody of “Glee” — to the tune of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” — that squeezed in self-mocking star turns for Jon Hamm, ...

A Palin in ‘Dancing With the Stars’

The coming season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” will feature another eclectic mix of competitors representing an expansive definition of the word star, including vintage sitcom actors, familiar faces from MTV reality shows and the oldest daughter of the 2008 Republican nominee for vice president, ABC stated on Monday ...

William Shatner tackles the weird and inexplicable in Weird or What?

William Shatner holds a 9-kilogram chunk of ice that crashed through a woman’s roof in an episode of the series William Shatner’s Weird or What? HANDOUT ...

Piers Morgan Finally Admits To CNN Talks

LOS ANGELES– Piers Morgan broke his silence about his impending job at CNN on Sunday, saying in a red carpet interview at the Emmys that negotiations are almost finished. Mr. Morgan has been in speaks with CNN this summer about replacing Larry King, who is ending “Larry King Live” this ...

Elton John Still On ‘Idol’ Wish List

Vibrant gowns illuminate Emmys red carpet

Salem: Emmy winners are spot on

Jackson Gillis, Prolific Writer of TV Drama, Dies at 93

Tweet-a-Joke for the Emmys