The 56-year-old actor, who won a VGA for voicing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, will host the Nov. 18 awards show at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles.

"Sam Jackson is one of the coolest guys on the planet; we're thrilled to have him hosting this year's show, which promises more stars, more rock and more games than ever before,'' said Casey Patterson, senior vice-president, event production and talent development for Spike TV, in a statement this week.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vin Diesel, the Rock, Missy Elliot, Snoop Dogg and Ozzy Osbourne are among those set to appear at the third annual awards event.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Taped interviews with dozens of prominent TV performers and creators, including Dick Van Dyke, Sid Caesar and Norman Lear, are available online, officials announced this week.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation is making interviews from its Archive of American Television available for free to the public through an agreement with Google Video, officials said.

The archive allows TV history to be "told through the eyes of the creative geniuses - in front of and behind the cameras - who shaped and continue to shape television into the most powerful medium in the world," foundation chairman Steve Mosko said in a statement.

BOSTON (AP) -- Former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite says news media who want to attract the youthful Internet audience need to make the news interesting rather than trying merely to amuse and entertain people.

"To make it more interesting, they should focus on good writing, good reporting and good editing," Cronkite told a forum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on Wednesday. "But that's not what they're doing."

Cronkite said cable television talk shows where participants attempt to entertain by shouting at each other reflect a more divisive political climate in the nation overall.

Cronkite, who was introduced at the forum by Caroline Kennedy, also reflected on President John F. Kennedy's legacy in pioneering and establishing America's space program.

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