NEWS: Shonda Rhimes, Ryan Murphy, Chris Colfer, Richard Caine, Alec Baldwin, Danny Dyer

ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee compares Shonda Rhimes to Charles Dickens
"I call her the Charles Dickens of the 21st Century if Charles Dickens had been black and a woman," Lee says about the all-Shonda Thursday on the ABC fall schedule.

Ryan Murphy Responds to Rumors About Star Tension on 'Glee' Set
Extra's Jerry Penacoli caught up with director Ryan Murphy at the premiere of his HBO movie, “The Normal Heart,” talking about his hit FOX show Glee and the recent rumors of a rift between stars Lea Michelle and Naya Rivera, along with the headlines Rivera was fired.

Murphy replied, “I don’t think there is a story between Naya and Lea. I always marvel at the things that become headline news that most of the time are completely fabricated. Naya's coming back next year, Lea's coming back next year, anybody ever in that cast has an open invitation to come back and finish the character they so beautifully started.”

NEWS: GLEE's Cory Monteith Died of 'Intravenous Heroin Use,' Alcohol; David Harewood Joins THE MONEY

GLEE's Cory Monteith died of 'intravenous heroin use,' alcohol, coroner says
Monteith died of mixed drug toxicity, involving intravenous heroin use and ingestion of alcohol, according the final report from the British Columbia Coroners Service issued Wednesday.

The coroner's final report details the scene, saying investigators found drug paraphernalia, "including a spoon with drug residue and a used hypodermic needle, along with two empty champagne bottles and glasses." It went on to say that hotel video captured "Monteith returning alone to his room at 2:16 a.m. on July 13, and that he was not seen alive again."

HOMELAND alum David Harewood to co-star in HBO's David Milch Pilot THE MONEY
THE MONEY revolves around James Castman (Brendan Gleeson), a powerful media mogul who wields power and influence to expand his empire and control his family.

Harewood, who played Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul's (Mandy Patinkin) CIA boss on Showtime's HOMELAND, will play Kurt Corbitt, a grandiose, boisterous, irascible ideologue and the CEO of the parent company to Castman's holdings.

Channel 4 to get Danny Dyer before he becomes an EastEnder
Dyer plays a gangster in the late-night spin-off series HOLLYOAKS LATER. [SPOILER ALERT] He guns down fans' favorite Tony Hutchinson during a cliff-top showdown. The scenes were filmed before Danny agreed to join EASTENDERS.

ABC Developing Mo'Nique Talk Show
Mo’Nique, the actress and comedienne who won a best supporting actor Oscar for her work in the 2009 big-screen drama Precious, is working on a syndicated talk show with ABC/Disney that could launch as soon as September 2014, according to sources.