Julie Chen leaves CBS show 'The Talk' in taped message after husband Leslie Moonves is ousted
Julie Chen has left the cast of the CBS daytime show "The Talk" a week after her husband, CBS Corp. boss Leslie Moonves, was ousted from the company due to sexual misconduct charges. Chen announced her decision via a taped message on the show Tuesday, saying she needed to spend more ...
Bert and Ernie a 'loving couple' claims writer; 'Sesame Street' disagrees
Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" may only be puppets, but that hasn't stopped audiences from speculating over the years ...
'Show must go on': Stranded in Europe, Boston orchestra improvises, ends on high note
The Boston Symphony Orchestra might want to consider naming its next album "Songs in the Key of A" — as ...
Ayyy! Henry Winkler, TV's 'the Fonz,' wins Emmy 42 years after first nomination
Henry Winkler won the first Emmy of his career on Monday, more than four decades after he was first nominated for his role as The Fonz in "Happy Days." The 72-year-old Winkler looked bowled over when he won for best supporting actor in a comedy ...
'Saturday Night Live,' politics, diversity could rule at Emmys
There are critical points about the 70th Emmy Awards to keep in mind, starting with this: The ceremony airs Monday. Typically held on a Sunday, it was punted one day so this year's host network, NBC, could accommodate its "Sunday Night Football" franchise (New York ...
Pop star Namie Amuro bows out with final performance in Okinawa
Pop star Namie Amuro delivered her final stage performance Sunday as fans from Japan and elsewhere in Asia flocked to Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to bid her farewell. Amuro — who has achieved milestones in Japan's pop music scene since the 1990s as a singer, dancer ...
A CBS network shaped by Leslie Moonves seen challenged after his ouster
For the past two decades, CBS may just as well have been called the Moonves Broadcasting System. Now it's time to move on. Leslie Moonves, who was ousted over the weekend as head of CBS Corp. amid a continuing investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, ...
'60 Minutes' chief Jeff Fager out at CBS amid misconduct probe
CBS News on Wednesday fired "60 Minutes" top executive Jeff Fager, who has been under investigation following reports that he groped women at parties and tolerated an abusive workplace. The network news president, David Rhodes, said Fager's firing was "not directly related" to the allegations ...
Video shows Harvey Weinstein caressing woman before alleged rape
A video of Harvey Weinstein caressing and propositioning a woman who accused him of rape aired on television Wednesday. Melissa Thompson, who sued Weinstein in June, said she made the recording, shown by Sky News, while demonstrating video technology for the movie mogul-turned-#MeToo villain at ...
CBS sets Leslie Moonves payoff at $120 million pending results of harassment probe
CBS Corp. said on Monday that it would pay $120 million to former Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves if an internal investigation into allegations of harassment fails to provide grounds for his dismissal. Moonves, who turned CBS from an aging radio and TV broadcaster into ...
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain wins posthumous Emmys for 'Parts Unknown'
U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who committed suicide in June at age 61, posthumously earned a pair of Emmy Awards on Sunday for his work on the popular CNN food-and-travel show he hosted, "Parts Unknown." Bourdain was awarded one of the Emmys, the U.S. television ...
Search on after German pop star apparently leaps from cruise liner off Labrador
Search and rescue workers were actively seeking Sunday a German pop star who went missing while on a cruise off Canada's coast, the Royal Canadian Navy said. The 33-year-old pop singer, Daniel Kueblboeck, was believed to have jumped off the AIDAluna cruise ship about 200 ...
CBS chief Leslie Moonves out immediately amid more alleged sexual misconduct
U.S. television giant CBS announced Sunday the immediate departure of CEO Leslie Moonves, one of the biggest scalps in the #MeToo era, following a slew of escalating sexual misconduct allegations. Moonves, who orchestrated CBS's revival into a ratings winner, had been one of the most ...
John Lennon's iconic round glasses and shaggy 1970s mane will now adorn a U.S. stamp. Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and their son, Sean Lennon, were in New York City's Central Park Friday to celebrate the U.S. Postal Service's release of a stamp honoring the late ...
Pacifist samurai film by Japanese director is a 'scream' against modern-day violence
Cult Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto said Friday that his new film about a pacifist samurai who refuses to kill is "a scream" at the current state of the world. The actor-director with a huge following for his cyberpunk horror movies like "Tetsuo: The Iron Man" ...
