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Longtime CNN show host Larry King is in hospital after undergoing an angioplasty and stent procedure last Thursday. “To be clear, and contrary to published reports, his doctors say he did not have a heart attack and he did not go into cardiac arrest,” current employer Ora TV said Monday as that bad report was making…

Larry King told CNN this evening that the fracas over Donald Trump doing an interview with him that aired on Kremlin-controlled TV is “making a mountain out of a molehill.” Earlier today, Trump’s rep told CNN the interview was recorded as a podcast and was a favor to King, adding, "Mr. Trump was never told it would be…

Every day, in every way, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is becoming more and more a reality TV show, Dem hopeful Hillary Clinton told reporters this afternoon. Clinton held a news conference after convening her bipartisan national security advisers today in New York City, at the end of which, as she walked away…

EXCLUSIVE: Tiny Tiny Talk Show, a bite-sized series of video conversations targeting Millennials and hosted by comedian Whitney Rice, debuts tomorrow on Larry King’s Ora TV with interactive highlights appearing on the mobile app Keek. The program is being co-produced by Ora TV, Keek and Collab Creators. The first of…

The longtime TV host and unapologetic Dodgers fan will host an hourlong talker on the LA-centric sports channel that launched Tuesday. SportsNet LA said Larry King At Bat will bow March 18, featuring interviews with baseball greats and experts, celebrities and Dodger folk. Larry King‘s premiere guest will be Orel…

Longtime CNN personality Larry King is heading to Russia Today as host of a new political talk show, RT announced today on its website. The Russian-backed English-language TV channel will begin airing Politics With Larry King, produced by Ora.tv next month, as well as Larry King Now, which was launched on Hulu and…

Larry King Now will air Monday-Thursday in the evening and looks to be more of the same from veteran CNN interviewer Larry King: chatfests with Hollywood, political, and pop culture types at a table with suspenders in tow. Hulu’s blog said the new series, backed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim‘s Ora.TV, will appear…

With an estimated net worth of $69 billion from interests including finance, media and telecommunications, Mexican mogul Carlos Slim Helú is believed to be the world's richest man. He’s now expanding his media reach with Ora.TV, an Internet-based on-demand network to be led by former News Corp executive Jon Housman…

L.A. Lakers icon Magic Johnson is the latest big entertainment name to throw his hat in the ring to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers, which are currently in bankruptcy protection and could be about a month away from holding an auction to sell the franchise. The NBA Hall of Famer probably won’t be the latest high-profile…

A U.S. Bankruptcy judge today set December 7 to kick off a two-day hearing about whether the Los Angeles Dodgers can begin marketing the team’s lucrative future local TV rights, which Fox Sports holds through the end of the 2013 baseball season. Fox already has sued the Dodgers to block any early rights sale. The…

EXCLUSIVE.. UPDATE: Larry King has moved from WME to ICM for representation in all areas. The former CNN talk-show host of Larry King Live for 25 years as well as author and TV/radio personality is set for four CNN specials during the next few years, including an exclusive interview with the Harry Potter And The Deathl…

Larry King is in conversations for a contributor gig on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Make that “conversation,” as there has been only one of them. Sources at Comedy Central confirm a New York Post report that the veteran talk-show host has been approached with the idea. Talks could go either way…