Seriously? OMG! WTF?

The Associated Press is protesting plans by Fox to bar photographers from its news conferences at the Television Critics Association press tour and says it will not cover the events unless the network changes the policy. Fox has asked journalists to accept handout photos from photographers it has hired. The news cooperative says Fox’s decision interferes with its ability to fully report the event and sets a bad precedent. Television networks bring executives and stars to a Los Angeles-area conference center twice a year to meet with journalists from across the country. Unless Fox allows it to send photographers, the AP will not assign any print journalists to cover Fox’s events, which include those by the affiliated FX cable network. "Fox wants to make sure the images from their publicity event are flattering to the network by controlling the content and distribution of the pictures," said David Ake, the AP’s deputy director of photography. "The problem for the AP is that, just as we wouldn’t let Fox write our stories, we can’t have them shooting our pictures." Ake said several discussions with Fox have resulted in no progress. Recent Fox press tour events were covered with no problem, he said. Fox spokesman Scott Grogin declined to comment Wednesday on the AP’s protest. Another Fox spokesman, Joe Earley, told Variety he would not give the reasons for Fox’s decision, but labeled it unfortunate the AP has "reacted in such an aggressive and detrimental manner."

WXXA (Thanks Denise)

This is an interesting decision by Fox, it will be interesting to see if Fox will give in or other networks will copy Fox. Seriously I think the more pictures of Gale Harold the better!  

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Laughter is the best medicine, sure, but it doesn’t pay the bills. (No, seriously — look at my savings account.) And while he may have been robbed of an Emmy nod last week, Hugh Laurie has a little somethin’-somethin’ to be smiling about: After a two-month negotiation, the House star has been prescribed a nice raise — "dramatic," by some accounts — to $300,000 per episode starting with the forthcoming third season. Damn, with that kind of cash flow the guy could be mistaken for a real doctor.

TV Guide

Again why wasn’t he nominated? Even though he makes an episode what a real doctor makes a year, I think he deserves more!  

HBO announced at Wednesday’s Television Critics Association summer press tour that the 10-episode second season of Rome, premiering in January 2007, will likely be its last. Chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht explains, "It’s an enormous undertaking to do a regular series 6,000 miles away in a foreign country." (As if Vancouver can’t pass for Italy.) In other HBO news: Starting in September, the movie showcase which has called Saturday night home for 15 years is moving to Sunday, opposite NBC’s new NFL coverage, followed by The Wire; Larry David is close to signing on for another, probably final round of Curb Your Enthusiasm; Spike Lee’s Hurricane Katrina doc, When the Levees Broke, premieres Aug. 16; David Bowie, Orlando Bloom and Ian McKellen are among the guest-stars lined up for Season 2 of Extras, arriving in January; a Kelly Clarkson concert will air in February; and Big Love’s sophomore season is a good bet to bow next June.

TV Guide 

Kasey Rogers, an actress who was a regular on television shows like "Bewitched" but was best known for an appearance in Alfred Hitchcock’s "Strangers on a Train," has died. She was 80.Rogers died July 6 at USC University Hospital from a stroke, said her companion, Mark Wood.Using the name Laura Elliott, Rogers played Farley Granger’s estranged wife, Miriam, who is strangled by the psychotic character in "Strangers on a Train.""For decades, no one realized Laura Elliott and Kasey Rogers were the same woman," Wood told The Los Angeles Times. "All of a sudden, Hitchcock fans were coming out of the woodwork. They wanted to know what happened to Laura Elliott."Born Imogene Rogers on Dec. 15, 1925, in Morehouse, Mo., Rogers moved with her family to Burbank as a child. She earned the nickname Casey, a reference to "Casey at the bat," because of her hitting prowess in grade-school baseball. Later she changed the C to a K. Twice married and divorced, Rogers is survived by her brother, four children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.A funeral will be held Friday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in the Hollywood Hills.

Celebrity Death Beeper 

Jon Bon Jovi marked band mate Richie Sambora’s birthday during a concert Monday (a day early) with an acoustic rendition of "I’ll Be There for You."
Bon Jovi even weighed in on the ex-Mr. Heather Locklear’s current relationship with Denise Richards.
In front of a sold-out crowd at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., he advised: "This time, sign a prenup!"

Ben Widdicombe 

I could be reading too much into that quote, but doesn’t sound like they are engaged? And also no offense (I love Bon Jovi) but I think Heather would have more money because of residuals? 

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