AP - Bernie Brillstein, a Hollywood talent agent, manager, producer and studio head who over half a century guided the careers of "Saturday Night Live" comedians and helped package a slew of TV and movie hits, has died. He was 77.

AP - "Star Trek Online" is finally going warp speed ahead.

AP - A spokeswoman for Bernie Mac says the actor is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and hopes to be released in the next few weeks.

Reuters - NBC's Olympic ratings fortunes and ad sales bounty are riding in part on the broad shoulders of a 23-year-old swimmer who will be going for a record eight gold medals.

Reuters - Martin Scorsese is in negotiations to make a rare foray into television by directing HBO's drama pilot "Boardwalk Empire," which chronicles the 1920s origins of Atlantic City.

Reuters - Ryan Seacrest has been named permanent co-host of ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," three years after the ubiquitous broadcaster stepped into the breach when Clark suffered a stroke.

Reuters - Beach volleyball's popularity has created something of a love-hate relationship with television.

Reuters - ABC will carry the Indianapolis 500 through 2012, marking nearly 50 years that the network has televised the race.

Reuters - Results of a recent survey by online ticketer Fandango suggest that the MPAA should get a thank-you note from filmmakers whenever it slaps a restrictive R rating on a comedy.

E! Online - Get ready for a Battlestar Galactica of frakkin' supersized proportions.

E! Online - Don't get us wrong: If we were a Desperate Housewife with a blind (and kinda chubby) husband, we might not put as much effort into our appearance as our supermodel days.