FX developing comedy with Billy Crystal

Reblogged from Inside TV:

FX has greenlit a single-camera pilot called The Comedians that will star Billy Crystal as a veteran joke teller who is paired with a younger and edgier performer for a late-night sketch show.

The pilot, which will begin shooting this summer, is based on a Swedish format of the same name from Stockholm-based Efti AB. Larry Charles (Seinfeld) will direct and executive produce the pilot.

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'Dancing with the Stars' Watch: And the Winners Are...

Reblogged from Entertainment:

Welcome to the Dancing with the Stars finale, where the two-part season-ender is half over, and we have so many questions: Who will win? Will anyone dance to "Titanium"? How much boob tape will be used? Will Bruno Tonioli cry? Will Jacoby Jones leap over someone's head? The only way these questions can be answered is by watching, so let's jump right into it.

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Health care is Verizon's $6 billion business

Reblogged from VentureBeat:

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Verizon is the largest wireless telecommunications provider in the U.S., and the company is using its extensive network and resources to influence health care.

Communication is one of the biggest challenges facing health care today. Doctors cannot use e-mail, social media networks, or SMS texting to discuss patients because it violates privacy regulations, and electronic medical record (EMRs) systems are generally incompatible with each other, which makes the secure exchange of information even more difficult.

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