Alex Trebek Describes His Struggle With Pancreatic Cancer: ‘I Was on the Floor Writhing in Pain’
The “Jeopardy!” host has vowed to continue hosting the show while he fights the disease
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BBC Fires Longtime Presenter Danny Baker Over Royal Baby Chimp Tweet
“Was supposed to be joke about Royals vs circus animals in posh clothes but interpreted as about monkeys & race, so rightly deleted,” Baker says in his apology
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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks ‘Fox & Friends’ Defense of Trump Taxes Losses: ‘Will Make You Throw Up’
Earlier Wednesday, “Fox & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt called President Trump’s tax losses “impressive”
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Peyton Elizabeth Lee to Star in Disney+ Film ‘Secret Society of Second Born Royals’
Anna Mastro will direct original movie starring the “Andi Mack” actress
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New Fox ‘Will Not Reunite With News Corporation,’ Lachlan Murdoch Says
Rupert Murdoch’s son assures investors news and sports-focused company “won’t get distracted”
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Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Calls for Breakup of Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Powerful Monopoly’
“Mark is a good, kind person. But I’m angry that his focus on growth led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks,” Hughes writes in NY Times op-ed
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SAG-AFTRA Members Overwhelmingly Ratify New Commercials Contracts
Guild’s board unianimously approved the contracts in April
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Disney Takes $353 Million Q1 Write-Down on Vice Media
Mouse House takes big hit only four years after investing $400 million in the millennial-focused digital media company
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Fox News’ Andrew Napolitano Loses Airtime But No Clout Since Turning on Trump
“He is a completely beloved figure in the building,” says one network insider
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Roku Says Customers Watched 9 Billion Hours of Content in Q1, Stock Pops 7%
Viewers watch 3.4 hours of content per day on average, according to the popular device maker
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Yahoo Finance Launches New Web Series on Celebrity Financial Lessons
Comedian Nick Kroll will be the first guest dishing out monetary advice on “My Three Cents,” hosted by Jen Rogers
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Uber, Lyft Drivers Strike Ahead of Uber’s $90 Billion Wall Street Debut
Protesters from London to San Francisco are seeking better wages as benefits from the two dominant ride-hailing apps
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Meghan McCain Calls Out Seth Meyers to His Face Over Ilhan Omar Defense: ‘Are You Her Publicist?’
“I am not sure what would make you happy coming out of my mouth right now. I am genuinely curious,” McCain says
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George Clooney Launches PSA Combating All the ‘Dumbf—ery’ He Sees (Video)
The world — especially Washington, DC — needs UDUMASS
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Robert Pear, Longtime NY Times Reporter, Dies at 69
“The dominant figure in Washington health care reporting” died Tuesday night after suffering a stroke last week, the Times says
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Baltimore TV Station Drops Anchor After On-Air Question About ‘Female, African American Mayors’
“I hope that the people of Baltimore know that I would never do anything to hurt anyone,” former anchor Mary Bubala says
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Jeff Glor to Leave ‘CBS Evening News’ as He Found It – Dead Last in the Ratings
Glor has consistently been millions of viewers behind his rivals at NBC and ABC
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Twitter Bans Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Parody Account for ‘Manipulation’
The company says parody accounts aren’t an issue — as long as they don’t mislead users
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Why Instagram Hiding ‘Likes’ Could Be Good for Users – and the Bottom Line
Likes impact the brain in the same way sex and gambling do — and can lead to compulsive phone checking — one expert tells TheWrap
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CNN Sheds 100-Plus Employees in Buyouts
A rep for the network says the buyouts were voluntary and there were no layoffs
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Ex-CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien Calls Out Network for Lack of Diversity Among Executives
“CNN needs more people of color working in the executive, decision-making ranks,” O’Brien says
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Reuters Reporters Released From Myanmar Prison After More Than a Year
“We are enormously pleased that Myanmar has released our courageous reporters,” said Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler
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Jeff Glor Sidesteps CBS News Shakeup Questions in ‘Evening News’ Broadcast (Video)
Norah O’Donnell will take over as anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’ later this year
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Instagram to Develop Alert System for Vaccine Misinformation
New notification would come as measles cases hit a 25-year high in the U.S.
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Byron Allen Acquires 4 Broadcast TV Stations in Indiana, Louisiana for $165 Million
Allen’s Entertainment Studios, Inc. purchases two Bayou City Broadcasting station groups
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‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant Describes Losing to James Holzhauer: The ‘Machine Is Inexorable’
“What makes him a ‘Jeopardy!’ machine is all of that and his impeccable timing on the buzzer,” Stephanie Stein says
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Former HBO Films Exec Maria Zuckerman Joins Topic Studios as Executive Vice President
Zuckerman will report to CEO Michael Bloom
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Seattle Times Reporter Suspended After Sexual Harassment Accusations
“We take these kinds of allegations very seriously,” the paper says in a statement
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‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Second Trailer Ushers In the Multiverse (Video)
This newest trailer for “Spider-Man: Far From Home” gives us a glimpse at the aftermath of “Avengers: Endgame”
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Hollywood’s Highest Paid Executives: Who Made Bank, Who Sank in 2018 (Updating)
David Zaslav and Leslie Moonves had very different years
