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With a move on Wednesday that the 24-hour news channel reports left its staff shocked and reeling, CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker has tendered his resignation, citing his failure to disclose what he characterized as a "consensual relationship" with a colleague (with the resignation effective immediately). "As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo's tenure at[...]

So The City of New York and CNN held the "We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert" on Saturday to celebrate The Big Apple's reopening of its cultural life now that the COVID-19 pandemic has been defeated Well, except the Dela Variant showed us it hasn't been defeated But at least it would be an event[...]

Best known for his radio work and CNN show Larry King Live (which would go on to run for 25 years, 1985 to 2010), King's recent turns as a broadcaster included Ora Media shows Larry King Now and Politicking With Larry King The multimedia talent would go on to earn an Emmy in 1999 for his[...]

Trumps' refusal to accept the results of an election he lost like a bitch has wreaked havoc on wrestling ratings for months, but the cable news coverage accelerated when Trump's blatant lies about the election results cost Republicans control of the Senate, an event which was immediately followed the next day by a rally of[...]

Yesterday, commenting on Mike Pence's take on Donald Trump's speech to the media, CNN anchorman Jake Tapper tweeted out the observation "The VP always has the most affirming comments of what a fictitious President Trump might have said on Earth 2." The VP always has the most affirming comments of what a fictitious President Trump might have[...]

Not content with having powerhouses like Scott "C'mon! Who doesn't remember 'Cha-Chi'?" Baio and Jorge "Maybe Too Many Punches to the Head?" Masvidal out super-spreading Trump's argument for four more years, the PosTUS had such stellar athletes as Jack "I Played Gold Before There Were Talking Movies" Nicklaus, Jay *Yawn* Cutler, and Brett "Mom Jeans"[...]

First joining the network as its chief White House correspondent in 2011, Henry would go on to serve as the network's chief national correspondent and anchor America's News HQ Weekend before replacing Bill Hemmer in 2019 on the three-hour morning program. Ed Henry from the CNN days (Image: CNN Screencap)   In a memo sent to all employees, FOX[...]

The 94-second clip was posted to the director's Twitter page and was debuted on CNN in an interview with anchor Don Lemon, where Spike Lee said, "We are seeing this again and again and again This is the thing, the killing of black bodies, that is what this country is built upon." you can see[...]

On the morning after another night of protest and rioting over the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd and only hours after Donald Trump tweeted a threat to have American citizens shot, CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and his camera crew were arrested during a live broadcast from the streets of Minneapolis during the cable[...]

The Outpost, based on a book by CNN host Jake Tapper, has debuted its trailer The film is about a company in the Afghanistan War in 2009 embroiled in The Battle of Kamdesh The film is directed by Rod Lurie and written by Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson The film stars Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry[...]

Two days after CNN and Univision announced that the Sunday, March 14 Democratic debate between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders would run without a live audience or a post debate "spin room"/filing area (media room/press area for interviews), Univision anchor and debate moderator Jorge Ramos has backed out over concerns about possible coronavirus exposure[...]

Now comes word that the portion of the venn diagram where entertainment and politics overlap isn't immune, either – with CNN announcing Tuesday night that the Sunday, March 14 Democratic debate between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders would run without a live audience or a post debate "spin room" (media room/press area for interviews). NBC NEWS ELECTION[...]

FOX News original Shepard "Shep" Smith will be leaving the self-proclaimed news network after 23 years, making the announcement on his Friday show. 

Department of Veterans Affairs' Blog. CNN's Jake Tapper enlisted the help of friends from across the entertainment industry to arrange an extensive assortment of auction items to benefit Home for our Troops in November 2018 Franchise co-creator and screenwriter Ed Solomon had other ideas and went the extra mile in upgrading the tour with Tapper taking[...]

Now, Showtime is offering a look at the second episode of the series "2001," which finds Fox News and CNN fighting for first place in cable news – until 9/11 changes everything Ailes sees the opportunity to push a more agenda-driven news broadcast – a move that catapaults the news network to the top spot. https://youtu.be/bIlhhp-USNMVideo[...]

Responding to CNN reporting late Saturday night from that actor/singer Jussie Smollett either arranged or played a planning role in his assault and was now the focus of Chicago Police's investigation, the Empire star's defense lawyers Todd S Pugh and Victor P Henderson pushed back on behalf of their client with the following statement: EMPIRE: Pictured[...]

Henderson and Todd Pugh. The investigation into the alleged assault on Empire star Jussie Smollett has possibly taken an unexpected turn on Saturday, with CNN reporting that two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation have informed the news organization that Chicago Police believe Smollett orchestrated his attack. EMPIRE: Pictured L-R: Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon and Jussie[...]

Historian Ron Chernow will be the featured speaker at next year's White House Correspondents Association's (WHCA) annual dinner, forgoing a comedian.

Kelly expired, The White House sent CNN's Jim Acosta a letter on Monday informing him that his press access was restored as well as outlining new rules for reporters Some of the rules outlined in the letter include limiting every reporter to one question, with follow-up questions allowed "at the discretion of the President or other[...]

Kelly granted CNN and Jim Acosta's request for a temporary restraining Thursday morning, ordering President Donald Trump and The White House to reinstate the correspondent's press credentials Judge Kelly's decision was based on CNN and Acosta's Fifth Amendment claims, stating that The White House did not provide Acosta with any due process to legally revoke his access. While[...]

***UPDATE*** Thirteen news groups/organizations have signed on to the following statement in support of CNN, including: The Associated Press, Bloomberg, Fox News, The Washington Post, First Look Media Works, Inc., Gannett, National Press Club Journalism Institute, NBC News, The New York Times, Politico, Press Freedom Defense Fund, E.W Scripps Company, and USA Today Network: "Whether the news of[...]

***UPDATE*** White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued the following statement in response to the lawsuit (with original post following): For those waiting for the other shoe to drop in the ongoing media war between CNN and correspondent Jim Acosta and President Donald Trump's White House, your wait's over – in a big way[...]

Reports indicate that the network will pay out the remaining $69 million of her salary (Kelly had been with the network for a little over a year); and with no new episode of Megyn Kelly Today on Thursday morning, it's also expected that her morning show is officially cancelled. Nathan Congleton/NBC As background, during a Tuesday morning[...]

Cable news network CNN is in the early production phase of producing what they're calling a "feature-length" documentary about the late Anthony Bourdain. CNN Executive Vice President for Talent and Content Amy Entelis commented: "As well as we knew Tony, because he did reveal himself in the series, there was still a hunger to know more about him,[...]

Maisel, Amazon Outstanding Achievement in News and Information: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, CNN Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming: Queer Eye, Netflix Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming: Sesame Street, HBO Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO Outstanding New Program: Killing Eve, BBC America Outstanding Achievement in Movies And Miniseries: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, FX Outstanding Achievement in Drama: The Americans, FX Outstanding Achievement in Comedy: The Good[...]

It would appear that CNN is planning to air additional 'final' episodes of the late Anthony Bourdain's series, Parts Unknown The presenter (he was so much more than that, but calling him simply 'former chef' seems disingenuous) sadly took his own life in June of 2018 while filming an episode in Paris. Executive Vice President of Talent and[...]

CNN announced this morning that they will air the final two completed episodes of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown as planned The episodes will cover trips to Cajun Mardi Gras and Bhutan. Fans of the outspoken author and chef are still reeling from the news that Bourdain, while filming an episode along with longtime friend Eric Ripert in Paris, had[...]

Parts Unknown, the CNN travel and food documentary series from Anthony Bourdain, was scheduled to leave Netflix US on June 16th, but that has now changed Following the death by suicide of the host on June 8th, fans began petitioning Netflix to keep the series on the platform Turns out Netflix was already working on[...]

The celebrity chef and host of CNN's Parts Unknown reportedly took his own life while in France to film a new episode of the upcoming 12th season of his Emmy and Peabody award-winning series The reaction to the news online has been a mix of shock and sadness for the man who was called the first-ever[...]

No, not just on the best place to have pho and beer with former POTUS Barack Obama (but also yes, that too), but places where maybe the danger outweighs the opportunity. Anthony Bourdain hosts Parts Unknown, photo courtesy of CNN To clarify, Bourdain answered a question on Twitter, which he does not infrequently, with a level of[...]