Will he stay or will he go? The rumors have been out there as to whether Matt Lauer will re-sign with The Today Show when his contract ends in December. It turns out that money does talk and if NBC is willing to pay a record amount of it, a speculated $30 million, Lauer may […]
Read moreYesterday, conservative commentator Cal Thomas quipped to his fellow CPAC panelists that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow (who has said that the Republican party is “waging war” on contraception) is “the best argument in favor of her parents using contraception.” Last night, Maddow responded. “Mr. Fox News Person speaking there,” she said, “I am sorry that […]
Read moreOprah announced on Thursday that she will be moving her Oscar special to her television network, OWN. The special, which will air over a week before the Academy Awards ceremony, is expected to become a yearly franchise for the cable network. Oprah’s special will differ from her notable “After-Oscar Party,” which she did yearly live […]
Read moreOn Wednesday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel and Chris Hayes of MSNBC’s Up with Chris Hayes took on the recent outcry over birth control. Hayes pointed out that time and again, Republicans react with “hysteria” over parts of the bill that they portray as draconian interventions by the “jack-booted” state into the affairs of […]
Read moreTalk 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 moreFirst Lady Michelle Obama made a guest appearance on Tuesday’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, in a pre-taped segment that had her taking on host Jimmy Fallon in a series of challenges at the White House. The two went at it in dodgeball, push-ups, hula hooping, and tug-of-war. Fallon and the First Lady were all […]
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 moreRyan Reynolds gave Denzel Washington a black eye. But don’t worry: They’re still friends. The mishap occurred while the two stars were filming Safe House, which Reynolds visited the “Today Show” to promote on Tuesday. “I look at moviemaking – it’s like prison,” joked the actor. “You’ve just got to hit the biggest guy on […]
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 moreDespite her humanitarian work and their six children, Angelina Jolie has retained some of her wild ways, according to Brad Pitt. During a Monday sit-down with “CBS This Morning,” Pitt was shown a clip from Jolie’s recent “60 Minutes” interview, in which she said “I’m still a bad girl,” but that that side of her […]
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