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Clergy casting: Max von Sydow will portray a German-born clergyman in next season’s “The Tudors” on Showtime.
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Rockin’ Ryan: Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve show will return for the 37th time this year but with a new title to reflect who has been shouldering most of the hosting duties the last three years: “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest.”
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No wipeout: ABC has ordered a second season of the series “Wipeout,” television’s most-watched new summer series.
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Coffee & books: Helene Cooper’s “The House at Sugar Beach,” a memoir about growing up in Liberia during that country’s civil war, is the latest book selected by Starbucks to be featured at its stores.
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