Category Archives: Broadcaster

M.I.A. music video elicits strong online response

By doris | Published: April 28, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — If singer/rapper M.I.A.’s purpose was to get people talking about her new single “Born Free,” she succeeded. The Sri Lankan-born artist debuted the graphic video on Monday. Immediately, fans took to social media to debate its scenes of military force, violence and brutality. “M.I.A. is a provocateur and someone [...]

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‘Dancing’s’ Andrews: ‘I don’t quit on things’

By doris | Published: April 5, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – Fans of “Dancing With the Stars” take note: Erin Andrews will perform on Monday night’s live performance show. Despite receiving death threats, the ESPN correspondent tells PEOPLE she is committed to the show and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy. “I’m glad I’m here. I have a dance on Monday and [...]

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Diane Sawyer leaves ‘Good Morning America’

By doris | Published: December 12, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — There was more laughter than tears on Friday as “Good Morning America” bid farewell to the anchor who has helmed the morning news show’s desk for the past ten years. Within the span of that decade, Diane Sawyer covered Hurricane Katrina, Mideast disruptions and interviewed Washington political figures including [...]

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‘Office’ plotlines reflect recession anxieties

By doris | Published: November 22, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Dunder Mifflin, the fictional paper company at the center of NBC’s prime-time comedy “The Office,” is facing bankruptcy. Staffers in the Scranton branch are anxious about their fate. “The Office” is among a great many prime-time shows that have integrated recession-era themes into their plotlines this fall in an [...]

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TLC sues Jon Gosselin for breach of contract

By doris | Published: October 17, 2009

Full Story atCNN.com It’s doubtful anyone is surprised that TLC is cutting “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ from its programming. After 10 years of marriage, the couple announced their separation and divorce filing on a special one-hour episode of their reality show in June. A show insider told CNN on Thursday there’s enough “Jon & [...]

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Free-spirited Drew Barrymore champions women

By doris | Published: September 25, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The 34-year-old actress earned critic’s attention with her uncanny portrayal of “Little Edie” Beale in HBO’s “Grey Gardens,” and her directorial debut, “Whip It,” has been hailed as a success well before it rolls into theaters October 2. But, at her core, she’s still the irresistible free spirit we all know [...]

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Friends, colleagues honor Walter Cronkite

By doris | Published: September 10, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com “He was a great anchorman in the news business, because his greatest contribution was not his knowledge or his expertise — as great as those were — it was his steady holding to what was most important,” said his colleague and longtime friend Andy Rooney, who addressed the crowd in a [...]

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Cronkite to be buried in Missouri

By doris | Published: July 19, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – Walter Cronkite’s final resting place will be next to his late wife in Missouri, where the two first met, his chief of staff said Saturday. The 92-year-old former CBS anchorman died Friday at his Manhattan home of disease involving blood vessels in the brain, according to Marlene Adler, [...]

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Janet Jackson makes emotional appearance at BETs

By doris | Published: June 29, 2009

Full Story At News.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – Some of the biggest stars on the planet turned back into gushing Michael Jackson fans at the BET Awards, donning single gloves, swapping stories about their idol and singing The King of Pop’s standards. One person who perhaps knew him best, though, brought the night into perspective: his [...]

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Foxworthy on Letterman: ‘It was a flawed joke’

By doris | Published: June 16, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com The best-selling comedy recording artist in history paid a visit to CNN’s “Larry King Live” to talk about Letterman’s gaffe. “As a father of two teenage daughters, it was a flawed joke,” Foxworthy said. Letterman joked last Tuesday that Palin’s “daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez” at a recent Yankees [...]

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