Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres took a little time to address a media watchdog group called “One Million Moms” that has called for JCPenney to pull DeGeneres as its spokesperson because she is gay. “Normally I try not to pay attention to my haters,” DeGeneres told viewers. “But this time I’d like to talk about […]
Read moreConflict between Keith Olbermann and his bosses at Current TV reached severe depths in the weeks before the Iowa caucuses, according to a new report in Newsweek. Reports of tension surfaced at the end of December when Olbermann was noticeably absent from Current TV’s 2012 election coverage. The tension boiled over as Olbermann and network […]
Read moreCNN political contributor Roland Martin is the subject of a GLAAD call to action with the organization demanding CNN pull Martin from its shows. GLAAD says Martin’s social media postings lately are akin to gay bashing — their words. At one point during the Super Bowl last night, Martin wrote: GLAAD then took to Twitter, […]
Read moreMatt Lauer stayed behind in New York today while his “Today” family was in Indianapolis ahead of the Super Bowl Sunday. Lauer will be at the White House this weekend for the annual live pre-game presidential interview. Bill O’Reilly did it last year on FOX. Katie Couric, then with CBS, conducted the pre-game interview in […]
Read moreA couple of months after 80-year-old Regis Philbin exited “Live! With Regis and Kelly” and took his name in the title along with him, Kelly Ripa has been welcoming a succession of fill-in co-hosts. A number of them — no one’s saying just who — are auditioning on-the-air to land the job for keeps. It’s […]
Read moreMeredith Vieira will make her debut appearance on “Rock Center with Brian Williams” at 9 p.m. on February 8 — and her first interview is with Mimi Alford, the author of a new book about her 18-month affair with President John F. Kennedy. Vieira stepped down as co-host of “Today” last June to spend more […]
Read moreNBC News correspondent Jeff Rossen is getting a promotion. He’s been named National Investigative Correspondent for the “Today” show. Rossen will lead the newly created investigative unit, “Rossen Reports,” for the morning program. Robert Powell will be the senior producer of the unit. Rossen and his team will also report investigative stories for “NBC Nightly […]
Read moreTelevision networks are going to extreme lengths to land an interview with the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister, Pippa Middleton. Middleton splashed onto the international scene in April 2011 when she served as the maid of honor to her sister, Kate, when she wed Prince William. Since then, she has been the subject of significant press […]
Read more“CBS This Morning” co-anchor Gayle King, who holds the title of Duchess of Oprahlandia, was able to stop a story in its tracks this morning. King denied the chatter that Oprah Winfrey is the godmother of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter, Blue Ivy. “It’s absolutely not true that she’s the godmother,” King said on this morning’s […]
Read moreEd Schultz is hanging with the House of Representatives. The MSNBC host will be joining House Democrats on a retreat in Cambridge, Maryland on Wednesday, according to the Roll Call. The focus of the retreat, which has the theme “Reignite the American Dream,” will be honing the group’s message about jobs and the economy going […]
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