MySpace retains Media Link, Wenda Harris Millard to improve ad product

September 21st, 2009 Slight ratings increase for the Emmy AwardsNEW YORK — Neil Patrick Harris did for the Emmy Awards what he did for the Tonys earlier this year: increase the award show's audience over the previous year. The Emmys on Sunday rebounded from last year's all-time low viewership total, adding a million more people to a total of 13.3 million, according to The Nielsen Co.

September 14th, 2009 Ray Romano going to golf doctor for reality showNEW YORK — Comic Ray Romano is going to the golf doctor. The Golf Channel says the "Everybody Loves Raymond" star will be the focus of its new reality series, "The Haney Project." The series follows Tiger Woods' swing coach Hank Haney as he tries to improve the game of a celebrity.

September 11th, 2009 Annie Leibovitz settles money problems with lenderNEW YORK — Photographer Annie Leibovitz has won an extension on a $24 million loan in a financial dispute that threatened her rights to her famous images. Leibovitz and Art Capital Group announced Friday that the 59-year-old photographer had been given more time to repay the loan.

August 4th, 2009 Emmy host Harris says changes will improve showPASADENA, Calif. — Emmy host Neil Patrick Harris said he hopes industry resistance to streamlining next month's awards will ease when the plan is made clear.

July 30th, 2009 Coroner: Heart disease killed author HarrisLOS ANGELES — A coroner's official says heart disease, complicated by high blood pressure and a hardening of the arteries, is what killed author E. Lynn Harris last week.

July 24th, 2009 Author E. Lynn Harris dies at age 54Long before the secret world of closeted black gay men came to light in America, bestselling author E. Lynn Harris introduced a generation of black women to the phenomenon known as the "down low." Harris endeared such characters to readers who were otherwise unfamiliar with them, using themes and backdrops familiar to urban professionals, conditioned by their upbringings, their church leaders or their friends to condemn and criticize homosexuality in the African-American community.

July 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - Neil Patrick Harris, known for his role in "How I Met Your Mother", will host this year's Emmy Awards. The actor-comedian is good at mimicry but doesn't know which voice he will use while conducting the ceremony.

July 13th, 2009 Neil Patrick Harris to host CBS' EmmycastNEW YORK — Neil Patrick Harris, who won critical acclaim hosting last month's Tonys, will fill the same role for the prime-time Emmys. He had been rumored for more than a week to have the job.

July 10th, 2009 Billy Mays remains a TV pitchman, even in deathNEW YORK — Death won't still the voice of Billy Mays or his mighty powers of persuasion. Viewers will continue to find the boisterous, bearded TV pitchman hawking household products for the indefinite future.

July 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - Troubled singer-actress Lindsay Lohan has been targeted in a new lawsuit that accuses her of stealing the formula for her tanning spray. The 23-year-old star launched her tanning potion, Sevin Nyne, in April touting it as the secret to her glowing complexion and she says she has spent three years developing the product with Lorit Simon, a Las Vegas entrepreneur who tans Hollywood A-listers.

June 29th, 2009 Group comes close to winning $1M Netflix prizeNEW YORK — A multinational group of researchers, scientists and engineers are close to winning a $1 million prize from Netflix. The online movie rental company had launched a contest in 2006 improve its recommendations by at least 10 percent.

June 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - 'Tomb Raider' star Angelina Jolie had her calls to a designer cut twice because he could not believe that it was really her calling. Malcolm Harris, who is the Mal Sirrah designer, had thought it was a crank call when Jolie called him last week to order three of his "One Dress" frocks.

June 18th, 2009 Dave gets a boost from Palin flap, but Conan winsNEW YORK — David Letterman's squabble with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gave his "Late Show" a ratings boost last week, but new NBC rival Conan O'Brien retains the upper hand after two weeks as "Tonight Show" host.

May 14th, 2009 Neil Patrick Harris set to host Tony Awards showNEW YORK — From Doogie to Barney to Tony. Neil Patrick Harris will host the 2009 Tony Awards, honoring the best of the Broadway season.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole is reportedly the latest celeb to have a fake Twitter page set up in her name, which features a link for kinky sex. The fake page is said to have duped even Radio 1's Chris Moyles, 35, and TV star and Twitter fanatic Stephen Fry, 51, with its message boasting Cole to be a "Singer, Dancer, Judge and Climber - in that order!!" Moyles fell for it after he saw the page announce "Cheryl Cole is now on Twitter!!!".