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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Elisha Cuthbert, of "24," has joined the ABC drama series "The Forgotten" in a recurring role. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Call it "The Real Housewives of the NBA." Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oxygen is developing a reality show with Russell Simmons that focuses on the women in the hip-hop entrepreneur's life. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TNT might know drama, but does it remember how to launch a hit show? Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC's "Today" show will broadcast from Afghanistan this week, in the wake of President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops to that country, the network said on Monday. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jerry O'Connell is set to co-star in NBC's comedic drama pilot "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer," replacing Sendhil Ramamurthy days after the "Heroes" regular was cast in the role. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Monk" ended its eight-season run with a bang, becoming the most-watched hourlong series on basic cable. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation," Henry David Thoreau wrote. But desperation, quiet or otherwise, can be the stuff of superior drama, as demonstrated by Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and countless other works. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Cynthia Cidre has been tapped to write TNT's new take on the long-running primetime soap "Dallas." Full Story »

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Elvis Costello, the British singer-songwriter who swept through the London pub scene, the punk movement and the New Wave fad while retaining his signature sound, continues to release great work 30-plus years into his career. His latest project, the country- and folk-inflected "Secret, Profane, and Sugarcane," arrived June 9 on Hear Music. Full Story »