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Scrubs Producer Faces Multiple Life Sentences in Rape Trial

The 28 counts against Eric Weinberg include sexual battery, sexual penetration by force

(Newser) - A writer and producer on the hit TV show Scrubs will stand trial on 28 counts of rape, sexual battery, and other charges, a judge ruled Tuesday. Eric Weinberg was initially charged in 2022 with sexually assaulting five women he allegedly lured to photoshoots at his home between 2014 and...

'One of the Funniest Actors' Is Gone at 56
'One of the Funniest
Actors' Is Gone at 56
OBITUARY
May 2, 2020 6:30 AM CDT

'One of the Funniest Actors' Is Gone at 56

Sam Lloyd, who played Ted Buckland on 'Scrubs,' died after being diagnosed with brain tumor

(Newser) - He was known as Ted Buckland, the lawyer who also sang in a barbershop quartet on the aughts sitcom Scrubs. Now, a goodbye to actor Sam Lloyd, nephew of Back to the Future Star Christopher Lloyd, at the age of 56, his agent confirms to Variety . In January 2019, just...

No, Zach Braff Is Not Dead
 No, Zach Braff Is Not Dead 
TWITTER HOAX DEPT.
Oct 12, 2009 7:24 PM CDT

No, Zach Braff Is Not Dead

Publicist denies Twitter-spread 'report' that actor had committed suicide

(Newser) - From the don’t-believe-everything-you-see-on-Twitter department: Actor Zach Braff is in fact not dead, despite a fast-spreading rumor to the contrary. “He’s alive. It’s just another hoax,” an ABC rep says tonight of the Scrubs star, 34. Earlier in the day, Twitter was humming over a link...

Please Stop Covering 'Hallelujah': Leonard Cohen

After 181 recorded versions, singer-songwriter thinks its time for a break

(Newser) - Leonard Cohen is tired of people covering “Hallelujah.” “I was reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it, and the reviewer said, ‘Can we please have a moratorium on ‘Hallelujah’ in movies and television shows?’ and I kind of feel the same...

Networks Wrangle Over Project Runway
 Networks Wrangle 
 Over Project Runway 
OPINION
Apr 14, 2008 12:24 PM CDT

Networks Wrangle Over Project Runway

Show's switch is Buffy all over again

(Newser) - The upcoming switch of the smash hit Project Runway from Bravo to Lifetime could be Buffy the Vampire Slayer all over again, Andrew Wallenstein writes in the Hollywood Reporter. Buffy's switch from the WB to UPN "spelled the death knell for a once-mighty brand." Meanwhile, Bravo parent NBC...

Writers Strike Breathes New Life Into Scrubs
Writers Strike Breathes
New Life Into Scrubs
Television
Mar 24, 2008 11:58 AM CDT

Writers Strike Breathes New Life Into Scrubs

Sitcom poised to wring 8th season out of new network

(Newser) - The Writers Guild strike not only didn't deliver the death blow to Scrubs—it may have resurrected the veteran sitcom, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Production restarted today on the show, which NBC had already decided not to renew beyond a handful of episodes left over from before the job...

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