Sean Daly
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Famed champ Rebecca Sealfon turns her back on Spelling Bee
Rebecca Sealfon has turned her back on the Scripps National Spelling Bee. New York’s most famous word girl -- whose screaming, jumping 1997 victory has become a YouTube classic --...
'Star Trek' alumni turning to Kickstarter for new show
A group of “Star Trek” alumni hope to boldly go where no man has gone before -- and finance a new TV show entirely with contributions from fans. Writer David...
‘Batch’ at face value
No need to waste the next 10 weeks wondering who will win “The Bachelorette.” Manhattan matchmaker Christina Bloom already knows with scientific semi-certainty: Brooks Forester, 28, a sales rep and...
‘DWTS’ may get fourth judge, Bubba
A fourth judge and a former president are two ideas being tossed around for the retooled version of “Dancing with The Stars.” “We are just starting to figure it out...
Season finale marks end of ‘DWTS’ as it’s been known so far
‘Dancing with The Stars” will have a very different look when it returns to ABC in September. After 16 seasons, TV’s top-rated competition show is being cut to one night...
Arias Force
Not that long ago, the publishing industry called them “instant books” — produced within a few weeks of a sensational crime that hit stores before the body was cold. Lifetime...
11-year-old dives into ‘Shark Tank’
Big business isn’t just for grown-ups. Producers of ABC’s “Shark Tank” are aggressively courting younger viewers — and clearing the way for more junior entrepreneurs to secure funding for their...
Rick Springfield talks crazed fans and what happens to the underwear they throw at him
Hey, Rick Springfield -- Don’t Talk To Strangers! The 1980s heart throb, now 63, says he’s still hounded by obsessed fans and stalkers three decades after topping the charts with...
Meet the man who picks 'Price is Right' contestants
A mom and her two children blew their chance to appear on today’s first-ever kid-friendly episode of “The Price Is Right” — by not cheering loud enough. “I really liked...
This is real: Celebrities sing in drag
Madonna, Adele and Justin Bieber will go head-to-head in a new singing competition. Sort of. ABC is prepping a reality series called “Sing Your Face Off,” which features five celebrities...
Stab victim dodges another attack in 'Dog and Beth'
A victim of last weekend’s violent church stabbing in New Mexico narrowly escaped another knife attack while taking part in an upcoming reality show. Gerald Madrid, a popular Albuquerque bail...
New ABC reality show will feature celebs transforming into pop stars
Madonna, Adele and Justin Bieber will go head to head in a new singing competition. Sort of. ABC is prepping a summer reality series called “Sing Your Face Off,” which...
‘Amazing Race’ host plans new show
Phil Keoghan is getting another job. The longtime “Amazing Race” host will produce and may become the face of a new, even more grueling competition show that could air later...
Mel’s angels
Not all Mel Brooks’ stories are funny. The 86-year-old grand old man of movie comedy recalls being trapped in “an emotional pit” for more than a year after the death...
Mark Burnett shopping ‘A.D.’ to follow ‘The Bible’
Mark Burnett is quietly trying to find a home for his television follow-up to “The Bible.” The History channel, which averaged a record-setting 13 million viewers for the original mini-series...
‘Bible’ sequel, movie by fall
Jesus is heading back to the big screen. TV producer Mark Burnett is preparing a three-hour theatrical release of his hit History Channel mini-series, “The Bible.” The film will contain...
From TV to silver screen: 'Bible' movie in the works
Jesus is heading back to the big screen. TV producer Mark Burnett revealed Monday that he is preparing a three-hour movie version of his hit History Channel mini-series, “The Bible.”...
Pat from ‘In the Papers’ gets a new gig
Pat Kiernan is completely at home being the most influential outsider in the New York newspaper business. The longtime morning anchor at NY1 admits he’s still shocked by the popularity...
Doctor Doom: Voice that was made for murder
Keith Morrison’s voice scares children. “The idea of people sitting around a campfire listening to scary stories . . . I think it is very appealing,” the “Dateline” reporter says....
Beth Stern wants another pet
Beth Stern is trying to persuade her husband, Howard Stern, to expand their family. “I woke up about a month ago and I looked at him and said ‘I’m ready,’...