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host stories: 15 news summaries
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 Lou Dobbs: 
 I Wasn't 
 Forced Out 

Ex-CNN host says he hasn't talked with Fox

Nov 15, 09 4:47 PM CST
(AP) - Lou Dobbs says he doesn't feel as though he was pushed out of CNN, where he worked for all but 2 years of its existence until last Wednesday. "I don't know if people will believe it, but we had a very amicable parting on the best of terms,"... More »

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immigration • TV networks • CNN • illegal immigration • Lou Dobbs • anchor • host • news anchor • television news

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 Lou Dobbs Leaves CNN 

Longtime anchor announces move on tonight's show

Nov 12, 09 5:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Anchor Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN, he announced during tonight’s show—his last after 27 years at the channel. Dobbs, whose contract wasn’t up until 2011, has made waves with his anti-immigration views and his questioning of President Obama’s citizenship; he didn’t shed much light on... More »

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citizenship • Fox News • CNN • Roger Ailes • illegal immigration • talk show • Lou Dobbs • cable industry • host • news anchor • cable news • President Obama • conservative media • birther

 Martin, Baldwin to Host Oscars 

March 7 broadcast will be third for Martin, first for Baldwin

Nov 3, 09 6:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host next year’s Oscars telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. Martin’s hosted the show twice, and though Baldwin never has, he has plenty of similar experience, hosting Saturday Night Live 14 times. That’s one less than... More »

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Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Alec Baldwin • award show • Steve Martin • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • host • Oscars

 Imus Joins Fox Business 

Fox deal returns host to cable news after 2007 race controversy

Sep 3, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don Imus has completed a deal to simulcast his radio show on Fox Business Network TV beginning Oct. 5, Mediabistro reports. Imus has gotten out of his simulcast deal with RFD-TV. On FBN, he'll add more business news, and Fox Business Morning hosts Jenna Lee, Connell McShane, and Ashley Webster... More »

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radio • Don Imus • Fox Business Network • Imus in the Morning • host • cable news • business news

 Emmys Line Up Harris to Host 

Mother star moves to TV after hosting Tonys

Jul 2, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris is likely to be the host of the next Emmy Awards ceremony, sources tell Variety. The How I Met Your Mother star is in negotiations with CBS and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to front the broadcast Sept. 20. Harris was a hit hosting the... More »

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television • Tony Awards • Emmy Awards • host • How I Met Your Mother • live broadcasts • Neil Patrick Harris

OPINION

 Actually, Beck Calms 
 the Lunatic Fringe 

With O'Reilly and Olbermann, lets wingnuts 'let off steam'

Jun 19, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck infuriates many liberals, but they should really be thanking him: His rhetoric tempers fringe sentiments and prevents violence, writes Reihan Salam for the Daily Beast. Talking heads like Beck and Bill O’Reilly “take unspoken anxieties very seriously,” giving voice to a “small and alienated... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • talk show • Glenn Beck • host

 Blago's 
 New Gig: 
 Talk Radio 



Disgraced governor to host local Chicago broadcast

Mar 24, 09 11:37 AM CDT
(AP) - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has a new temp job—as a radio talk show host. WLS-AM program director Bob Shomper says Blagojevich will be on the air on the Chicago station tomorrow morning, taking calls from listeners, telling stories, and talking with guests. Shomper says it's a one-time deal... More »

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talk radio • corruption • Illinois • radio stations • governor • Rod Blagojevich • host




 Can Jackman 
 Save Oscar? 

He can sing, he can dance, he can act: will that be enough?

Feb 22, 09 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Hugh Jackman has a big weight on his shoulders tonight: carrying an Academy Awards show that cynics are sure is doomed to be ignored by the public and the acting community alike. But producers remain excited that the singing, dancing, not-just-an-action star will lure viewers, and Jackman tells the... More »

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Academy Awards • host • Hugh Jackman • Oscars • performance

 Rudy Likely to Fill 
 O'Reilly's Radio Gig 

Giuliani in talks to succeed Bill O'Reilly

Dec 17, 08 8:34 AM CST
(Newser) - America’s Mayor may return to the radio waves, according to the New York Post, which reports that Rudy Giuliani is the leading candidate to succeed Bill O’Reilly when he leaves his syndicated show. Giuliani's camp isn't commenting, but Hizzoner has some experience being blunt behind the mike—... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • radio • Bill O'Reilly • America's Mayor • host

Jackman to Host
Classed-Up Oscars 

Hugh has 'style, elegance, and a sense of occasion': producers

Dec 12, 08 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Australian hottie Hugh Jackman will host the next Academy Awards, but don't expect Jon Stewart-style wisecracking or mugging à la Robin Williams, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. The ceremony's producers "were looking for Cary Grant or Clark Gable," they said today, and tapped People's "Sexiest Man Alive,"... More »

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Hollywood • Academy Awards • awards • award show • Jon Stewart • host • Robin Williams • Hugh Jackman • Oscars

(Newser) - The moderators for the three presidential debates have been announced, and none of them are particularly gasp-inducing, the Swamp reports. Tom Brokaw, interim host of Meet the Press, Jim Lehrer, of PBS’ News Hour, and Bob Schieffer of CBS’ Face the Nation, will each host a debate, while... More »

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presidential debate • debates • Meet the Press • host • Bob Schieffer • Tom Brokaw • Jim Lehrer • Gwen Ifill • Face the Nation

 Mrs. O Gets Her Own View 

Following Cindy McCain's path, Michelle Obama will guest-host June 18

Jun 5, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following Cindy McCain's lead, Michelle Obama will co-host The View on June 18, the AP reports. ABC’s mid-morning gabfest asked the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee to be a guest, but she said she’d rather jump into the often-lively chat and guest interviews, as McCain did in... More »

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television • Barack Obama • New York City • presidential campaign • Michelle Obama • women • The View • ABC • wife • host

 Scandal-Plagued Ex-DA 
 to Become TV Judge 

Pirro joins the CW's new afternoon lineup this fall

May 6, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - An ex-DA from the New York suburbs will be behind the bench starting this fall—on TV. Judge Jeanine Pirro stars a onetime Hillary Clinton Senate challenger who landed the CW gig even though Pirro and her husband have a history of controversies ranging from tax fraud to wiretapping probes,... More »

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television • New York • judge • TV shows • host • Jeanine Pirro • CW network

Seacrest Media Empire Still Expanding

'American Idol' host runs 6 companies and wants to 'try everything'

Mar 23, 08 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ryan Seacrest has a mission, and he’s proud to admit it: He aims to be the Dick Clark, Merv Griffin, and Larry King of his generation. Since childhood, the "American Idol" host has plotted every step to get closer to his goal, writes Tom Shales in the Washington ... More »

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television • radio • American Idol • fashion • advertising • Larry King • Dick Clark • Merv Griffin • red carpet • host • Ryan Seacrest • E! Entertainment Network

OPINION

Writers Strike Hobbled Oscars

No prep time meant too many clips, not enough Stewart

Feb 25, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The Oscars were mediocre, to say the least, and USA Today TV critic Robert Bianco chalks the "padded bore" up to the writers strike. With the standoff settled just 2 weeks before the big night, the staff putting clever lines in Jon Stewart's mouth was on a tight schedule.... More »

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Hollywood • Academy Awards • Jon Stewart • Hollywood writers' strike • Enchanted • host • Oscars

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