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    • The Walking Dead Spin-Off Has A Leading Lady

    Gone Girl’s Kim Dickens has been cast as the female lead in the Walking Dead spin-off. Dickens will play a guidance counselor who is dating a divorced teacher at the school where she works, played by The Missing's Cliff Curtis. Though she might look like the girl next door, Dickens' character has a darkness to her and a troubled past that will come back to haunt her. Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey also star in the pilot as Dickens' two children from a previous marriage. In addition to Gone Girl, Dickens has starred on Treme and Deadwood, and recurred on Friday Night Lights and Sons of Anarchy, she is also set to recur on Season 3 of House of Cards, which premieres in February. Production on the Los Angeles-based spin-off pilot will begin in early 2015.


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    Yes! The Interview ‘Will’ Be Released

    After being publicly criticized by President Obama, Sony has decided to release The Interview after all. The comedy will be released simultaneously in select theaters and video on demand on Christmas Day. They have never given up on releasing The Interview and they're excited the movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day, At the same time, they are continuing the efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience.

    They are adamant about thanking the talent on The Interview and the employees, who have worked tirelessly through the many challenges they have all faced making the movie. Sony CEO Michael Lynton said in a statement, "While we hope this is only the first step of the film's release, we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech." The full list of participating theaters has yet to be revealed, but The Plaza Theater in Atlanta and The Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas-Fort Worth have both announced they plan on screening the controversial comedy.

    Sony canceled its planned Christmas theatrical release for The Interview, about the assassination of Kim Jong-un, in the wake of a cyber attack on the studio, which the FBI has since confirmed North Korea was behind, and terror threats. President Obama declared Sony had "made a mistake" pulling the film, to which Lynton said, "We have always had every desire to have the American public see this movie, but we do not own movie theaters. We cannot decide what is played in theaters."
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    Dish Subscribers Unable To View Fox News

    Dish Network subscribers were unable to watch Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network on Sunday when the channels were taken down as part of contract negotiations. The Fox blackout is just the latest skirmish as cable and satellite TV providers fight with networks over subscription fees. Dish Network just settled disputes that led to the temporary blackout of some local CBS stations and a separate blackout related to Turner Broadcasting channels — including Cartoon Network, CNN, Boomerang and Turner Classic Movies. Dish has more than 14 million satellite TV customers. Fox is urging viewers with emails and tweets to switch to another TV provider. Both sides in the latest spat are blaming each other. Englewood, Colorado-based Dish Network Corp. said in a statement that 21st Century Fox, Inc., was blocking access to the two chancels as part of contract negotiations. New York-based Fox said Dish shut down the server at 11:50 p.m. Saturday, 10 minutes before the contract ended.
    Dish blamed Fox for introducing other channels into negotiations despite those not being included in the contract up for renewal. "It's like we're about to close on a house and the Realtor is trying to make us buy a new car as well," Warren Schlichting, Dish's senior vice president of programming, said in a statement "Fox blacked out two of its news channels, using them as leverage to triple rates on sports and entertainment channels that are not in this contract." Fox said Dish was to blame for prematurely shutting down the network "in an attempt to intimidate and sway our negotiations." Tim Carry, executive vice president of distribution for Fox News, said in a phone interview that Fox was offering Dish a deal similar to what it has with various cable providers. Dish wanted something different, he said. "How can I continue a relationship with someone who feels that they can be treated differently?," Carry said. He blamed Dish for not evolving its business model: "There's at the end of the rope of the pricing and marketing model they put in in 1993 and have not changed."
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    NHL: Rangers Re-Sign Cam Talbot For 1 Year At $1,450,000

    The New York Rangers have reached a one-year contract extension with goalie Cam Talbot. The 27-year-old Talbot agreed to a $1.45 million deal for next season. He is earning $575,000 this season. Talbot is 2-3-1 with a 2.34 goals-against average and two shutouts in seven games. He is the only NHL goalie with six starts or fewer to post two shutouts this season. He did it in back-to-back outings against Philadelphia in November. In 28 NHL appearances over two seasons with the Rangers, Talbot is 14-9-2 with a 1.80 GAA and five shutouts. He is one of two players in Rangers history to earn at least five shutouts in his first 24 NHL starts. He was signed by the Rangers as an undrafted free agent in 2010.

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    • NHL: Rangers Re-Sign Cam Talbot For 1 Year At $1,450,000
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    NBA: Former All-Star Player Paul Walther Dies At 87

    Paul Walther, who played six seasons in the NBA in the 1950s after a stellar college career at Tennessee, has died. He was 87. Son Brian Walther said Tuesday his father died Sunday in an Atlanta hospice. Walther played from 1949-50 to 1954-55 for the Minneapolis Lakers, Indianapolis Olympians, Philadelphia Warriors and Fort Wayne Pistons. He scored more than 2,800 points for his career. He started for the West in the 1952 All-Star game. A native of Covington, Kentucky, Walther led Tennessee to an 18-5 record in 1945 before serving in the Navy during World War II. He returned to Tennessee from 1947-49 and was team captain in his final season. After his NBA career, he worked for Merrill Lynch in Chicago for 32 years.

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    • NBA: Former All-Star Player Paul Walther Dies At 87
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    MLB: L.A. Dodgers Have Biggest Payroll

    L.A. Dodgers have ended the N.Y. Yankees’ 15-year streak as Major League Baseball's biggest spenders and owe more than $26.6 million in luxury tax. The Dodgers finished with a record payroll of $257,283,410, according to final calculations made by Major League Baseball on Friday and obtained by The Associated Press. That is more than $20 million above the previous high, set by the Yankees last year. For the first time since the current luxury tax began in 2003, the Yankees won't be paying the most. The luxury tax was put in place as a slowdown on spending by high-revenue teams, and teams pay based on the amount they are over the $189 million threshold.
    The Dodgers owe $26,621,125 based on a $277.7 million payroll for purposes of the tax, which calculates payroll based on the average annual value of contracts for players on the 40-man roster and includes benefits. That raises the team's two-year total to $38 million. Los Angeles, which flopped out of this year's playoffs in the division round and is seeking its first World Series title since 1988, pays the tax at a 30 percent rate because it has gone over the threshold for the second straight year. The Dodgers' rate would increase to 40 percent if they go over in 2015, which is likely.
    The Yankees cut their payroll and owe $18.3 million in tax, down from $28.1 million for 2013. New York originally hoped to get under the threshold but wound up more than $36 million over. The Yankees have gone over every year, totaling nearly $271 million. New York pays at a 50 percent rate, the highest called for in baseball's collective bargaining agreement. Checks to the commissioner's office are due by Jan. 21. Tax money is used to fund player benefits and MLB's Industry Growth Fund. Four teams wound up less than $10 million under the threshold: Detroit ($187 million), Philadelphia and Boston ($186 million each), and the L.A. Angels and World Series champion San Francisco ($180 million apiece).
    Three of baseball's five-biggest spenders missed the playoffs this year, with the Yankees joined by Philadelphia and Boston. Among the 10 playoff teams, three were in the bottom half by payroll: AL champion Kansas City was 19th, Oakland 23rd and Pittsburgh 27th. The Mets' regular payroll of $92.9 million was the teams lowest since $93.1 million in 2001 and $82.2 million in 2000. MLB calculated the average salary at $3,692,123, up 11 percent from 2013 for the steepest increase since 2001. The players' association has not yet released its final 2014 average.

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    MLB: Cardinals Sign Jordan Walden For 2 Years At $6,600,000

    Reliever Jordan Walden and the Cardinals have agreed to a $6.6 million, two-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. The 27-year-old right-hander gets a $350,000 signing bonus and salaries of $2.5 million next year and $3.5 million in 2016 as part of Tuesday's deal. The Cardinals have a $5.25 million option for 2017 with a $250,000 buyout. Walden was obtained by the Cardinals from Atlanta with outfielder Jason Heyward on Nov. 17 for pitchers Shelby Miller and Tyrell Jenkins. Walden made $1.49 million last season, when he was 0-2 with a 2.88 ERA and three saves as a setup man for closer Craig Kimbrel. Walden has appeared in 50 or more games in three of the past four seasons and has a 12-13 career record with a 3.10 ERA, 38 saves and 254 strikeouts in 211 2-3 innings. He was an AL All-Star in 2011, when he had 32 saves for the L. A. Angels.

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    • MLB: Cardinals Sign Jordan Walden For 2 Years At $6,600,000
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    MLB: Giants Re-Sign Sergio Romo For 2 Years at $15,000,000

    Sergio Romo tested free agency, had some offers and decided he wanted to stay put in San Francisco, pitching for the only major league organization he has known. The animated reliever finalized a $15 million, two-year contract with the Giants on Monday, who kept a key component that has been part of three championship runs. "When it comes to professional baseball, this has been my home," Romo said. "I'm very thankful for every opportunity that I've gotten. This was a place I was able to make a name for myself. This is the only organization I know." The right-hander could earn an additional $500,000 annually in performance bonuses based on games finished as part of the agreement
    The 31-year-old Romo has spent all seven of his big league seasons with San Francisco, winning titles in 2010, '12 and this year. He went 6-4 with a 3.72 ERA with 23 saves in 64 outings this past season as San Francisco earned the wild card and went on to beat Kansas City in a seven-game World Series. "All in all, I really wanted to stay home. I wanted to stay here," Romo said. "I don't really see myself wearing another uniform."
    "He's meant so much to our success," manager Bruce Bochy said. "So much is talked about with our bullpen. Whether setting up or closing, I thought it was important for our team, for our bullpen. Sergio knows all of us, we know him, there's a sense of comfort there. We know what we're getting, a very good pitcher who's comfortable pitching late in the ballgame. I can't say enough about how he carried himself this year. I know we made a switch there. He was all about winning."
    "Sergio's resume speaks for itself, what he's done for us in high-leverage situations has been a key to our bullpen at the end of the game," general manager Brian Sabean said. "As we reviewed our needs going into the offseason, we very much wanted to keep our bullpen together. Bringing Sergio back, I think we've accomplished that."

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    • MLB: Giants Re-Sign Sergio Romo For 2 Years at $15,000,000
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    MLB: Darryl Strawberry Annuity To be Auctioned Off

    Darryl Strawberry did the work, but now you can collect his money from the New York Mets. The Internal Revenue Service is auctioning off the remaining annuity from the deferred compensation Strawberry agreed to when he signed a six-year contract with the Mets almost 30 years ago. The total value of the contract, which covered his 1985 through 1990 seasons, was $7.1 million, but nearly 40 percent of his $1.8 million team option in 1990 ($700,000) was deferred and put into an annuity with a 5.1 percent annual interest rate. On Jan. 20, the IRS will auction off the right to collect what will amount to roughly $1.28 million paid by Sterling Mets LP, parent company of the Mets, in 223 monthly installments, assuming a realistic sale close date of May 1. As this sale is required through the court system, the winning bid, which cannot be less than $550,000, has to be approved by a judge before the buyer starts collecting.

    How a fan could even buy what was originally due to the Mets slugger is a complicated story. Strawberry was forced to give a portion of the deferred money account to his wife, Charisse, as part of their divorce settlement in 2006, but the payments were never made. In 2010, his ex-wife filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and, as part of the proceedings, asked for what was owed. But in September of this year, a judge in the Northern District of Florida ruled that the annuity was the property of the IRS, not Charisse, because Darryl still had not settled his tax debt owed for 1989, 1990, 2003 and 2004. From 1987 to 1990, Strawberry failed to pay $542,572 in taxes, according to court documents. As of November 2013, Strawberry owed at least $80,000 from his tax liability from missed payments in 2003 and 2004. "Seizure and sale is the last thing we at the IRS want to do," said Michael Devine, spokesman for the IRS' division of Property Appraisal and Liquidation Specialists. "This happens when a person doesn't dispute that they owe the money but can't or won't liquidate the property." It was common practice for the Mets to defer money in contracts. The Mets famously bought out the final year of Devine said, in this case, it has reached the point of a judge requiring the IRS to sell what was originally owed to Strawberry in his contract.

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    • MLB: Darryl Strawberry Annuity To be Auctioned Off
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    NHL Scores For December 23, 2014

    BRUINS over PREDATORS 5 to 3
    MAPLE LEAFS over STARS 4 to 0
    CANADIENS over ISLANDERS 3 to 1
    HURRICANES over DEVILS 2 to 1
    RANGERS over CAPITALS 4 to 2
    FLYERS over WILD 5 to 2
    RED WINGS over SABRES 6 to 3
    LIGHTNING over PENGUINS 4 to 3
    AVALANCHE over BLUES 5 to 0
    COYOTES over OILERS 5 to 1
    JETS over BLACKHAWKS 5 to 1
    • NHL Scores For December 23, 2014
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    NHL Scores For December 20, 2014

    KINGS over COYOTES 4 to 2
    AVALANCHE over SABRES 5 to 1
    FLYERS over MAPLE LEAFS 7 to 4
    CANADIENS over SENATORS 4 to 1
    ISLANDERS over LIGHTNING 3 to 1
    PENGUINS over PANTHERS 3 to 1
    CAPITALS over DEVILS 4 to 0
    RANGERS over HURRICANES 3 to 2
    BLUE JACKETS over BLACKHAWKS 3 to 2
    PREDATORS over WILD 6 to 5
    CANUCKS over FLAMES 3 to 2
    SHARKS over BLUES 3 to 2
    • NHL Scores For December 20, 2014
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    NFL Scores For December 20, 2014

    REDSKINS over EAGLES 27 to 24
    CHARGERS over 49ERS 38 to 35
    DOLPHINS over VIKINGS 37 to 35
    TEXANS over RANGERS 25 to 13
    LIONS over BEARS 20 to 14
    PANTHERS over BROWNS 17 to 13
    FALCONS over SAINTS 30 to 14
    PACKERS over BUCCANEERS 20 to 3
    STEELERS over CHIEFS 20 to 12
    PATRIOTS overt JETS 17 to 16
    GIANTS over RAMS 37 to 27
    RAIDERS over BILLS 26 to 24
    COWBOYS over COLTS 42 to 7
    SEAHAWKS over CARDINALS 35 to 6
    • NFL Scores For December 20, 2014
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    NBA Scores For December 23, 2014

    CAVALIERS over TIMBERWOLVES 125 to 104
    PACERS over PELICANS 96 to 84
    MAGIC over CELTICS 100 to 95
    BULLS over WIZZARDS 99 to 91
    HAWKS over CLIPPERS 107 to 104
    NETS over NUGGETS 102 to 96
    76ERS over HEAT 91 to 87
    HORNETS over BUCKS 108 to 101
    TRAIL BLAZERS over THUNDER 115 to 111
    SUNS over MAVERICKS 124 to 115
    LAKERS over WARRIORS 115 to 105
    • NBA Scores For December 23, 2014
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    NBA Scores For December 21, 2014

    RAPTORS over KNICKS 118 to 108
    CAVALIERS over GRIZZLIES 105 to 91
    KINGS over LAKERS 108 to 101
    NETS over PISTONS 110 to 105
    HEAT over CELTICS 100 to 84
    76ERS over MAGIC 96 to 88
    SUNS over WIZZARDS 104 to 92
    PACERS over TIMBERWOLVES 100 to 96
    PELICANS over THUNDER 101 to 99
    • NBA Scores For December 21, 2014
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    NBA Scores For December 19, 2014

    JAZZ over MAGIC 101 to 94
    HORNETS over 76ERS 109 to 91
    CELTICS over TIMBERWOLVES 114 to 98
    CAVALIERS over NETS 95 to 91
    RAPTORS over PISTONS 110 to 100
    WIZARDS over HEAT 105 to 103
    BULLS over GRIZZLIES 103 to 97
    TRAIL BLAZERS over SPURS 129 to 119
    NUGGETS over CLIPPERS 109 to 106
    THUNDER over LAKERS 104 to 103
    • NBA Scores For December 19, 2014
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    NBA Scores For December 17, 2014

    SUNS over HORNETS 111 to 106
    HAWKS over CAVALIERS 127 to 98
    CELTICS over MAGIC 109 to 92
    MAVERICKS over PISTONS 117 to 106
    JAZZ over HEAT 105 to 87
    RAPTORS over NETS 105 to 89
    GRIZZLIES over SPURS 117 to 116
    TRAIL BLAZERS over BUCKS 104 to 97
    CLIPPERS over PACERS 102 to 100
    ROCKETS over NUGGETS 115 to 111
    • NBA Scores For December 17, 2014
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