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Lifetime Steals Project Runway , Gays Confused [Reality TV]
Gawker — ... NBC Universal, which owns Bravo, has apparently started legal proceedings trying to block the move. "We believe that this lawsuit is without merit. While good for the market for lawyers, it is always unfortunate when parties try to win in court what they have lost in the marketplace," said legal counsel for the Weinstein Co. Meow! Should the move stick, look for many gay men, too lazy to change the channel, to develop strange relationships with Tracey Gold movies of the week. [EW] ...

Weinstein Co. Takes on Bravo and Star Wars Fans
Thompson On Hollywood — ... The latest Weinstein brawl is between Harvey Weinstein and NBC/Bravo, now that Harvey is pulling Project Runway away from a network that wants to keep running it in favor of another deal--for five years--at Lifetime. It is highly unusual for a producer to switch gears like this with a hit show. Here's the newstory in Variety and EW.com. The jubilant Lifetime press release is on the jump. Harvey is also still fighting the filmmakers of the Star Wars comedy Fanboys, who have launched a major counteroffensive. The Fanboys ...

What's the Buzz: Backing McCain, Baring All, Walking the Runway
Yahoo! Buzz Log — ... (+2,665%), this season is the show's swan song on the Bravo network and its NYC locale. While we won't give anything away, we will say that this episode was all about transformation. And who couldn't use a little bit of that? ...

An open letter to 'Project Runway' winner Jeffrey Sebelia
PopWatch — ... season 3. But Sunday night, for the first time, I found myself questioning your taste (gasp!). There I was, sitting on my couch, when I turned on VH1 and uttered a "jiggawha?!" at a curious site -- you, sitting beside Sharon Osbourne and judging the fashion sense of the Rock of Love Charm School girls in an elimination challenge. Since I'm already going through a Project Runway identity crisis, what with the show moving (maybe) to Lifetime, I have to ask: Why, oh why, Jeffrey, would you accept a stint as a guest star on Charm School ? Did your neck tattoo tell you to do ...

'Project Runway' lawsuit settled; season 6 to air this summer on Lifetime
EW.com: Top 5 Stories — ... Runway has finally found a home: on Lifetime, where it will air this summer. "NBC Universal, The Weinstein Company and Lifetime have resolved their disputes," read a statement released today by NBC Universal, which owns Bravo, Runway 's home for five seasons. "The Weinstein Company will pay NBCU for the right to move Project Runway to Lifetime. All of the parties are pleased with the outcome." (When The Weinstein Co. announced last April that Runway would be moving to Lifetime, NBC Universal sued for breach of contract . Eventually, The Weinstein Co. countersued NBC ...

'Project Runway': Goodbye, lawsuit! Hello, season 6!
PopWatch — ... , almost a year to the day after NBC Universal slapped The Weinstein Co. with a lawsuit for breach of contract , and more than a month after ...