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UNIVISION’S AL PUNTO CON JORGE RAMOS SPECIAL EDITION AIRING FROM ARIZONA SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2010

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for July 29, 2010 P2+ Total Day FNC – 1,089,000 viewers CNN – 435,000 viewers MSNBC – 383,000 viewers CNBC – 164,000 viewers

via press release: “THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL” PREMIERES MONDAY, SEPT. 27, 10 PM ET LOS ANGELES – July 30, 2010 – “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” will premiere Monday, Sept. 27 on MSNBC, 10-11 p.m. ET. MSNBC President Phil Griffin announced the premiere date and title of the program this afternoon at the Television Critics Association session in Los Angeles. “The Last Word” will reach back into O’Donnell’s extraordinary background in politics, entertainment and news, providing the last word on the biggest issues and most compelling stories of the day.

ELIZABETH EDWARDS GOES ONE-ON-ONE IN TWO-PART DAYTIME TALK EXCLUSIVE DURING SEPTEMBER 13 th

DISNEY/ABC TELEVISION GROUP ANNOUNCES PAUL LEE AS NEW PRESIDENT, ABC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Burbank, CA – Anne Sweeney, Co-Chairman Disney/ABC Media Networks and President, Disney/ABC Television Group today announced today that former ABC Family President Paul Lee has been named President, ABC Entertainment Group, effective immediately.

RICHARD LUI NAMED MSNBC ANCHOR RICHARD LUI NAMED MSNBC ANCHOR NEW YORK – August 2, 2010 – Richard Lui has been named MSNBC anchor, based in New York City. Lui will anchor MSNBC dayside and starts with the network on August 30. The announcement was made today by MSNBC President Phil Griffin.

Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony Live on ESPN Saturday at 7 p.m. ESPN’s Chris Berman to be Honored with Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award and Emcee HOF Ceremony

If you were in Mumbai over the weekend, saw Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai in a single screen theatre and had a man witting next to you/standing in the aisle with a cap, shades and a heavily covered face, chances are you had none other than Emraan Hashmi for company. Reason being that the actor, in order to gauge the response of his recent release, was passing in and out of numerous single screen theatres in Mumbai (or shall we say - Mumbaai?). Says a friend of Emraan, "To begin with, Emraan's idea was to connect with his fans directly for Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai . Despite going through an 11 cities promotional tour that lasted for a fortnight, Emraan wasn't allowing any fatigue to set in. This is a major film for him as it sees him in a dramatic avtar and he wasn't going to let go of the opportunity for his fan base to increase manifold. Due to this, he decided to go to not one, not two but all single screen cinema halls in Mumbai to meet the audien

SPIKE LEE RETURNS TO NEW ORLEANS FIVE YEARS AFTER KATRINA FOR IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE, A FOUR-HOUR, TWO-PART DOCUMENTARY DEBUTING AUG. 23 AND 24, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO

readdlaSTARS ALIGN IN SPRINGFIELD FOR SEASON 22 OF “THE SIMPSONS” Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Hugh Laurie, Halle Berry, Ricky Gervais, Daniel Radcliffe, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Mark Zuckerberg, Mike Scioscia, Martha Stewart, Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Cheech & Chong, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Alyson Hannigan, Danica Patrick, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Joe Mantegna Among Guest Voices for Upcoming Season Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Hugh Laurie, Halle Berry, Ricky Gervais, Daniel Radcliffe, Jon Hamm and Martha Stewart are among the guest voices in the upcoming 22 nd season of THE SIMPSONS premiering Sunday, Sept. 26 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. In “Elementary School Musical,” the season premiere episode, MARGE (Julie Kavner) sends LISA (Yeardley Smith) to a performing arts camp where artsy counselors (guest voices Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie of “Flight of the Conchords”) and fellow musically inclined campers (guest voices Lea Michele, Cory Monteith a

FOX 09/10 Season and Summer 2010 Performance Highlights 09/10 Overall Season Highlights q FOX finished the 2009-10 season as broadcast’s No. 1 network among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. q FOX ranks No. 1 among Adults 18-49 for the sixth straight season (since 2004/05), No. 1 among Adults 18-34 for the eighth straight season (since 2002/03), and No. 1 among Teens 12-17 for the tenth straight season (since 2000/01).

FIRST-EVER “AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS” TO AIR LIVE MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, ON FOX FOX Premieres New Awards Show Honoring Country Music’s Best America to Vote for Their Favorite Nominated Artists The inaugural AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS (ACAs) will air live from Las Vegas Monday, Dec. 6 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. The two-hour special will feature performances and appearances by the year’s chart-topping country artists and will be the first country music awards show where the fans determine the winners. “We are very excited to finally have an awards show that celebrates a new crop of country music artists and gives a voice to the next generation of country music fans,” said AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS executive producer Bob Bain. “The ACAs will highlight the diverse and ever-changing landscape of the genre as seen in crossover artists like Carrie Underwood and Lady Antebellum, as well as honor country music legends.” It will solely be up to America to choose the winners from eac

NEW EPIC FAMILY ADVENTURE “TERRA NOVA” TO PREVIEW IN MAY PRIOR TO PREMIERING ON FOX IN FALL 2011 Series Executive-Produced by Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Brannon Braga, David Fury, Jon Cassar, Aaron Kaplan, Katherine Pope, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Craig Silverstein and Kelly Marcel Alex Graves To Direct Pilot Episode With Series Set to Film On Location in Australia Jason O’Mara Confirmed in Lead Role

INDIRA VARMA AND JANET MONTGOMERY HIT THE BULL’S EYE JOINING THE CAST OF FOX’S “HUMAN TARGET” New Season of HUMAN TARGET Premieres Friday, September 24, on FOX Actresses Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery are joining the cast of HUMAN TARGET when the series begins its second season Friday, Sept. 24 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Varma will play ILSA PUCCI, a beautiful, sophisticated and recently widowed billionaire who seeks the help of CHRISTOPHER CHANCE (Mark Valley) after the mysterious murder of her philanthropist husband. Impressed with Chance’s expertise, Ilsa offers to become his benefactor and a silent owner of his protection agency, allowing him and his partners, WINSTON (Chi McBride) and GUERRERO (Jackie Earle Haley), access to her unlimited resources, including her trust’s vast bankroll, private planes, computer technology and connections to the world’s most powerful and influential citizens. Montgomery will recur as AMES, a gorgeous thief whose chameleon-like abilities allo

CRACK THE CODE WITH NEW “FOX CODES” Fans Can Access Content for Fall Shows on Mobile Devices Using Emerging Technology Starting today, FOX will begin delivering promotional and added show content for FOX fall programming via FOX CODES. Also known as QR codes, or quick response codes, the two-dimensional bar codes offer a unique way for fans to get information on the go about FOX shows by using their camera-enabled, internet-ready smartphones. After scanning the FOX CODE using a free downloadable QR code scanner such as the “QR Scanner” app for iPhones and the “Mobiletag Barcode Reader” app for all smartphones, users will be automatically taken to a mobile-friendly destination hosting insider content, videos, first-look photos, show secrets, behind-the-scenes footage or exclusive cast interviews – appearing instantly on mobile devices. The FOX CODES mobile campaign launches with content-rich mobile sites for LONE STAR, FRINGE and GLEE, and leading up to their fall premieres, each FOX se

Monsoon Multimedia are taking preorders for their Vulkano set-top box, which the company reckons can replace not only your TiVo but your Slingbox and Roku too. Basically a place-shifting streamer with optional DVR functionality and various smartphone clients for remote use over 3G/WiFi, the Vulkano also promises to keep pace with new STBs; the company has said they’ll be releasing updates to add Google TV compatibility, among other things. As with a Slingbox, with the Vulkano and the right smartphone app you can remotely control channels and access the EPG; on the iPad and PC/Mac apps you can also pause live TV. UPnP streaming support allows you to display content stored on NAS or wirelessly-connected smartphones or PMPs, while Yahoo! Widgets, Netflix and Hulu compatibility is promised for the near future. You can also view YouTube in up to 1080p HD quality, record to either 8GB or 16GB SD cards, or install up to a 1TB eSATA external hard-drive. Connectivity includes HDMI, composit

That Girl in Yellow Boots is a thriller tracing Ruth's (Kalki Koechlin) search for her father - a man she hardly knew but cannot forget. Desperation drives her to work without a permit, at a massage parlour. Torn between several schisms, Mumbai becomes the alien but yet strangely familiar backdrop for Ruth's quest. She struggles to find her independence and space even as she is sucked deeper into the labyrinthine politics of the city's underbelly. A city that feeds on her misery, a love that eludes her and above all, a devastating truth that she must encounter. And everyone wants a piece of her. 

NVIDIA has outed its latest Fermi-based cards, the NVIDIA Quadro Plex 7000 array, and Quadro 6000, Quadro 5000 and Quadro 4000 GPUs, targeting graphics professionals that might weep in excitement over the fact that they’re apparently up to five times faster for 3D applications and up to eight times faster for computational simulation. While most models are intended for desktop workstations, there’s also the Quadro 5000M chipset for mobile workstations. All versions support OpenGL 4.1, DirectX 11, DirectCompute and OpenCL, together with NVIDIA’s new3D Vision Pro system, also freshly announced today. That brings shutter glasses to the professional workbench, and will be priced at around $349 for the specs and $399 for the transmitter. Dell, HP and Lenovo are among the manufacturers who have signed up to use the cards, with the various models rolling out as follows: Scalable Visualization Systems: Quadro Plex 7000, with 12 GB (total) of memory and 896 CUDA cores ($14,500; available fal