Coming soon: Google TV
Google is teaming with Intel and Sony to, as the NY Times put it, create a "technology that will make it as easy for TV users to navigate Web applications, like the Twitter social network and the Picasa photo site, as it is to change the channel."
Oops!: Ryan Seacrest spoils "Idol" for West Coast viewers
Seacrest used his Twitter account to spill the beans on tonight's "Idol" bootee about 17 minutes before "American Idol" started airing on the West Coast, sparking outrage among the segment of his three million Twitter followers who don't live in the Eastern or Central time zones. "OMG I can't believe u spoiled it for us west coasters. Shame on u!" tweeted one of Seacrest's Twitter followers.
"Brotherhood" star lands on "The Shield" creator's new detective show
Jason Clarke will play a Chicago detective in Shawn Ryan's "Ride-Along."
French reality contestants would kill for 15 minutes of fame, documentary finds
A new documentary, "The Game of Death," showed how French contestants were willing to deliver lethal electric shocks for every wrong answer.
CBS orders chef competition show "Beat the Chefs"
Professional chefs will compete with ordinary cooks.
Nickelodeon signs Miranda Cosgrove to a multi-million dollar deal
The 16-year-old will continue on iCarly for 26 more episodes, for a total of 96.
"Smurfs" movie casts Hank Azaria as Gargamel
Neil Patrick Harris says: "He'll be live action. Perfect casting, can't wait!"
The "Celebrity Apprentice" isn't being canceled, but the old version with a special recession theme will be revived on NBC this fall. "We've got to do something about the economy and this is a terrific way to provide jobs as well as business lessons along the way," says Trump.
The New York Times Magazine paid a visit to the New Orleans-set HBO show, where "Treme" is not "The Wire" has become a mantra. "It’s a disclaimer repeated nearly verbatim by so many members of the 'Treme' production staff that it could sound like a talking point — until you actually watch the show," writes Wyatt Mason. "Whereas through its five seasons 'The Wire' built a vivid portrait of urban America as seen through the prism of its institutions and professions — the police department, the drug trade, the dockworkers, the local government, the schools, the press — 'Treme,' though no less focused on the workings and failings of 21st-century American urban existence, tells its story not through a city’s institutions but through its individuals." PLUS: 
