AP - Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With the Stars" champion Helio Castroneves was indicted Thursday on tax evasion and tax fraud charges, accused of using offshore accounts to hide millions of dollars in income from the Internal Revenue Service.
AP - James Earl Jones, who has voiced some of entertainment's most memorable characters, will receive the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.
AP - No one ever remembers when the trains run on time, but they never forget the breakdowns. In Thursday's vice presidential debate, the trains ran on time.
Reuters - Gerald K. Barclay's documentary "Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan" will premiere November 13 on BET, five days before its release on DVD. Through interviews and rare footage, the film chronicles the pioneering hip-hop group's rise from Staten Island. -- read full article
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:34:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Television News
Reuters - Five months after he turned in his "Law & Order" badge, Jesse L. Martin is returning to NBC with a role in the drama series "The Philanthropist."
Reuters - Four writers involved with a Writers Guild of America organizing effort at writer-director-producer Tyler Perry's cable TV show "House of Payne" have been fired. -- read full article
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:32:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Television News
E! Online - America's got talent—as well as people who impersonate Ozzy Osbourne and shake unnaturally large portions of their anatomy—but only one person can rightfully claim to have more talent than anybody else.
AP - One of South Korea's most popular actresses was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide after suffering from post-divorce depression and harassment by online rumors about her allegedly irregular financial dealings, police said.
Reuters - Film and television actors ratcheted up pressure on Hollywood's major studios on Wednesday when negotiators, stalled in labor talks with producers, sought backing to put a strike authorization vote to guild members.
AP - House Peters Jr., a TV actor who became the original Mr. Clean in Proctor & Gamble's commercials for household cleaners, died Wednesday. He was 92.