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NEWS ABOUT: television personality

television personality stories: 13 news summaries


 ESPN to 
 Steve Phillips: 
 You're Out! 

Network fires philandering baseball analyst

Oct 25, 09 9:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Less than a week after the revelation of his affair with a production assistant, ESPN has fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips. "His ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways," the network... More »

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television • ESPN • New York Mets • affair • infidelity • adultery • baseball • television personality • general manager • marital infidelity • Steve Phillips • Brooke Hundley

 Clooney Unveils 
 New Gal in Venice 

Berlusconi-esque: Elisabetta Canalis is Italian TV presenter

Sep 8, 09 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Clooney has appeared in public for the first time with galpal Elisabetta Canalis at the Venice Film Festival, E! reports. The actor and the Italian TV presenter had been covertly observed frolicking at his Lake Como villa, but the Venice outing makes it official. A costar of Canalis’ says... More »

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entertainment • Italy • Venice Film Festival • George Clooney • television personality • Lake Como • celebrity relationships • Elisabetta Canalis

(Newser) - After months of promoting Jay Leno's move to 10pm, NBC may shake up its prime-time schedule again, moving its late local news to 10 and Leno to 10:30, the network's onetime programming head speculates. Garth Ancier, now chief of BBC America, shared his speculation with critics at the summer... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • CBS • programming • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • comedian • television personality • Late Show • The Jay Leno Show

OPINION

Tough Times
Are Boon for
Couric's Ratings

Anchor has grown
into role at CBS, and more are watching

Jan 29, 09 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Katie Couric’s comforting style is perfect for tough times, or so a 5% uptick in the ratings for CBS’ Evening News suggests. In Couric’s hands, economic catastrophe, Mideast violence and terrorism become “news you can warm up to,” Tom Shales writes in the Washington Post. After... More »

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Katie Couric • journalism • TV ratings • news anchor • CBS Evening News • television personality

GLOSSIES

 Lively Not Really That Gossipy 

Gossip Girl star waxes poetic on her career, clothes, co-stars

Nov 13, 08 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Blake Lively might be the "hottest senior ever to roam the halls" of hit show Gossip Girl, but the 21-year-old is a far cry from the "boozy party girl she plays on TV," writes Dana Wood in W. "I don't really like to go out,"... More »

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television • celebrity • interview • Gossip Girl • television personality • celebrity interview

OPINION

 Hannity, Olbermann:
 On Different Planets 


Oct 27, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has suggested voters are “seeing two different realities, a Sean Hannity reality and a Keith Olbermann reality”—and he’s right, Howard Kurtz writes in the Washington Post. "Adored by fans and derided by critics," Fox's Hannity is an unapologetic John McCain booster, while... More »

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television • MSNBC • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • Sean Hannity • Alan Colmes • television personality

 Backstage Tour Lays 
 Bare Springer Nation 

Campy disasters inspire schadenfreude

Oct 1, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A backstage tour of The Jerry Springer Show reveals "fundamental truths about the human condition," Kevin Pang writes in the Chicago Tribune. Philanderers and home-wreckers vetted by the show receive star treatment for a day, and insist their tales are true—for the most part. It's "all... More »

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television • trash • talk show • talk-show host • Jerry Springer • television personality

 Court Boots Thai PM 
 Over Cooking Show 

Samak forced to resign as protests continue in Bangkok

Sep 9, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thailand's supreme court has ruled that the prime minister and his government must resign, declaring that his participation in a TV cooking show violated the constitution. The unanimous ruling comes as opponents of Samak Sundaravej continue to occupy Government House in Bangkok, reports the AP. While Samak may seek a... More »

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Thailand • cooking • Bangkok • constitution • Samak Sundaravej • constitutionality • television personality • People's Alliance for Democracy

 Oprah Won't Host Palin

Moratorium on political guests in effect til presidential election

Sep 6, 08 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey will not host Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on her program—and some viewers are hopping mad, ABC News reports. “She's doing an injustice to women,” said one likely former fan. The Drudge Report had suggested that the Oprah camp was at... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • endorsement • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • television personality

 Office Actor Charged
 With Possession, DUI

Craig Robinson was on speed, coke, cannabis, police say

Aug 15, 08 8:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Office actor Craig Robinson has been hit with drug possession and misdemeanor DUI charges, according to a complaint released today. Los Angeles police say they pulled Robinson over for a traffic violation this summer, discovered drugs in his car, and found him high on amphetamines, cocaine, and cannabis. The... More »

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The Office • DUI • actor • Craig Robinson • television personality • drug charges

 Why Liberals Like Joe
 Scarborough 

Conservative pundit takes relaxed, questioning attitude on new morning show

Jul 14, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Scarborough was a conservative Republican congressman who gained office in the 1994 House sweep that launched Newt Gingrich. His MSNBC show Scarborough Country was initially devised as a like-minded answer to Bill O’Reilly. But, as Mark Binelli puts it in New York magazine, "Scarborough never quite... More »

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Don Imus • MSNBC • talk show • pundits • Election 2008 • Joe Scarborough • interview • television personality

 Another
 Shock Jock
 Gets TV
 Tryout 

Opinionated, even bawdy, Wendy Williams makes no excuses

Jul 9, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wendy Williams, the blunt, compulsively personal, sometimes snarky radio host whose syndicated morning show reaches 12 million people, mostly in New York, is about to debut on TV. Next week, Williams launches an hour morning show on Fox stations in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Detroit, directly competing with... More »

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television • radio • celebrity • Mariah Carey • television personality • Wendy Williams • syndication • celebrity interview

 Heeeeeeeeeeeeere's a Lawsuit! 

$200K suit adds to McMahon's financial woes

Jun 20, 08 10:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Citibank has filed suit against former Johnny Carson sidekick Ed McMahon to recover $200,000 it loaned to the struggling actor, the AP reports. McMahon, 85, who has not worked since falling 18 months ago, also faces foreclosure on his Beverly Hills home. “If you spend more money than... More »

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Hollywood • debt • Johnny Carson • Citibank • Countrywide Financial • Tonight Show • Ed McMahon • television personality

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