There’s been a change at the top of Fox’s summer reboot of Beverly Hills, 90210. Paul Sciarrotta has been named as the new showrunner for BH90210, replacing Patrick Sean Smith, the network confirms. Series creators Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler serve as co-showrunners. No reason for the change was cited, but two…

All American is not Friday Night Lights, and definitely not The OC, creators of CW’s new high school football series insisted when TV critics asked at TCA. “What makes this different is it’s a tale of two cities, unlike the OC where [Ryan Atwood] left and never went back to Chino. We go back every week, writer/EP…

Voters in Beverly Hills soundly rejected a ballot initiative yesterday that would have allowed the Beverly Hilton to build a 37-story condo-tower next to the hotel. Measure HH was defeated by nearly 56% of those casting ballots — 5,510 to 4,373 — although some absentee and provisional ballots remain to be counted. The…

AN APPRECIATION: It not only was perhaps the most consistently popular and cool restaurant in Beverly Hills, Kate Mantilini which is located at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Doheny and just two blocks from the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, has in recent years become a key part of…

She won her first Oscar for 1961’s Two Women, the first performer to win for acting in a foreign language. Then in 1991, the Academy decided she needed another Oscar and gave her an Honorary Award. Apparently, still wanting to demonstrate their love, the Academy in association with Cinecitta Luce gave Loren another…

SURPRISE! CNN Talking To Joy Behar About Replacing Larry King When Larry King steps down from his CNN gig later this year, he’ll need something to fill his downtime. Bagels will play a role. Just before he announced his exit, King closed a deal to become a financial partner in The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel…