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Batman Will Not Appear in Fox's 'Gotham' Series

Yes, the new Fox series "Gotham" will feature a young Bruce Wayne, but don't expect him to turn into the caped crusader.

Creator Bruno Heller told journalists Sunday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour that "If there is a superhero on this show, it's Gotham."

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Fox Admits 'Idol' Has Lacked Engaging Contestants

"American Idol" needs to find contestants the audience cares about.

That's a criticism Fox's chairman and CEO, Peter Rice, admitted to journalists Sunday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.

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Fonda, Kardashian to Voice Simpsons Animated Episodes

Jane Fonda, Sarah Silverman and Nick Offerman are among the guest voices on "The Simpsons" this fall, while Kim Kardashian lends her voice in the final episode of "American Dad."

Fox said Sunday that Kardashian plays an alien in the woods who has a fling with Roger when the series wraps up its run on September 21. Jane Krakowski is heard in the one-hour season premiere on September 14, with a second episode immediately following.

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'Maverick' Star James Garner Dies

James Garner, the star of the hit TV series "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files," has died at the age of 86, celebrity website TMZ reported Sunday.

No cause of death was given.

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Lionel Ferbos, Oldest New Orleans Jazz Musician, Dies at 103

Legendary jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos, whose prolific career began with society bands that predated the Great Depression, died in New Orleans Saturday at the age of 103, U.S. media reported.

Reports said Ferbos was the oldest active jazz musician in a city where music luminaries of all ages make careers playing the Big Easy's iconic style of traditional jazz.

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UK Court Orders 'Glee' Name Change in Legal Row

Glum news for "Glee" — Britain's High Court ruled Friday that the musical TV show must change its name because it breaches the trademark of a chain of comedy clubs.

A judge told Twentieth Century Fox that it had to re-name the series in Britain, though the order won't take effect until an appeal has been heard.

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'Homeland' has Eye on 4th Year after Emmy Snub

Seeing "Homeland" lose out on an Emmy best-drama nomination after two consecutive nods was painful, series co-creator Alex Gansa said.

So was criticism directed at the spy drama's third season, he told a meeting Friday of TV critics, including some of those detractors.

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'Purge' Sequel Revisits Near-Future Nightmare

The gulf between rich and poor; America's culture of violence; freedom pushed to its extreme limits: "The Purge: Anarchy" may be primarily an action movie, but it broaches some highly political themes.

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Actor Morgan Freeman 'Cried' Seeing 1969 Moon Landing

American actor Morgan Freeman said Friday he became teary-eyed when he watched U.S. astronauts set foot on the Moon for the first time, 45 years ago.

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TV Show Puts 'Fast and Slow Lanes' on DC Sidewalk

Pedestrians along a short stretch of sidewalk in the U.S. capital are being confronted with a choice.

"No cellphones," says lettering on one side.

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