Gayle King
Gayle King Inks New Deal for ‘CBS Mornings’
Gayle King has inked a new deal to remain on CBS Mornings, a source familiar with the matter tells The Hollywood Reporter. Specific terms of the deal were not immediately available. King’s deal was said to be coming up in early 2025. She had most recently inked a deal in early 2022 to continue as co-anchor […]
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Taraji P. Henson in Tears While Saying “The Math Ain’t Mathing” Due to Pay Disparity in Hollywood
Taraji P. Henson broke down in tears during an appearance on Gayle King’s Sirius XM radio show when asked whether she has plans to quit acting. “Are you thinking about it?” King asked the Oscar-nominated actress while she was seated next to Blitz Bazawule and Danielle Brooks to promote their film The Color Purple. The […]
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TV Ratings: CNN’s ‘King Charles’ Premiere Flops
The reign of King Charles — the CNN show, not the British monarch — began rather quietly Wednesday. The weekly show, hosted by Gayle King and Charles Barkley, drew just 501,00 viewers for its debut, according to same-day Nielsen ratings (it adjusted up a little from 486,000 in fast nationals). It finished a distant third among the […]
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Barbra Streisand Didn’t Want to Write About Past Relationships in New Memoir
With her new memoir My Name Is Barbra, Barbra Streisand says she hopes readers will finally “know the truth” about her. “One of the reasons I wrote the book is to talk about the myths about me,” Streisand tells CBS News’ Gayle King in an interview that aired on CBS Sunday Morning. Among reflections on […]
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Tiffany Chen Says She’s Been Diagnosed With Bell’s Palsy, “Lost All Facial Function” After Giving Birth
Tiffany Chen is publicly discussing her recent Bell’s palsy diagnosis, which she says followed her giving birth to her and partner Robert De Niro’s first child together. In a preview clip of a sit-down interview with CBS Mornings’ Gayle King slated to air in full on Friday, Chen explained how the condition worsened after she […]
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Ed Sheeran on New Docuseries: “It Isn’t a Documentary on a Musician; It’s a Documentary on Grief”
Ed Sheeran, who is relatively mum about his private life, is going behind-the-music in his new Disney+ docuseries, touching on subjects like grief, mental health, love and loss. “I never wanted to make a documentary that was [focused on the] sad pop star and feel sorry for [the] sad pop star,” Sheeran said Tuesday night […]
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Gayle King, April Ryan Celebrate Diverse Voices in Political Journalism During White House Correspondents’ Dinner Weekend
White House Correspondents’ Dinner host Roy Wood Jr. made a stop at the second annual Politics & Inclusion Dinner on Friday night in D.C. ahead of his esteemed hosting gig on Saturday night. Co-hosted by CNN’s Abby Phillip and ColorComm founder and CEO Lauren Wesley Wilson, the event celebrates diverse voices in political journalism, gathering […]
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Gayle King and Charles Barkley to Co-Host CNN Show “King Charles” as Chris Licht Seeks Reset for Cable News Channel
In one of the most significant programming moves since joining CNN as its CEO nearly a year ago, Chris Licht has hired CBS Mornings co-anchor Gayle King and NBA on TNT analyst Charles Barkley to host a weekly primetime program, to be called King Charles. The show was announced on TNT as part of the […]
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Andrew Freedman, Veteran News and Entertainment Publicist, Dies at 67
Andrew Freedman, the veteran news and entertainment publicist whose clients included Gayle King, Barbara Walters, Joan Collins, Margo Martindale, Christopher McDonald and Harry Shearer, has died. He was 67. Freedman died Feb. 8 at Mount Sinai West hospital in New York, his son Chris told The Hollywood Reporter. He was diagnosed with liver cancer in […]
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U.S. Soccer Reporter Grant Wahl Died of an Aortic Aneurysm, Says Wife
American soccer journalist Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm that ruptured while in Qatar covering the World Cup. Wahl’s wife Dr. Celine Gounder told CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King during her first TV interview since Wahl’s sudden death. “He (Wahl) had an autopsy done here in New York by the New York City medical examiner’s office, […]
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Savannah Guthrie, Gayle King and Questlove Celebrate the Return of The Hollywood Reporter’s New York Party
Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Gayle King, Amber Ruffin and Questlove were among the stars celebrating the return of The Hollywood Reporter’s New York Power Media party at The Pool in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday night. This year’s Most Powerful People in Media party, presented by A+E Networks, was held in conjunction with the publication of THR’s […]
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Making Space at the Table: Journalists Celebrate Diverse Voices in Political Coverage
The vibrant evening at Masseria in Washington, D.C., felt like a gathering of old friends — journalists representing major news organizations celebrating diverse voices in politics and media. The first of what’s planned to be an annual Politics & Inclusion event came on the eve of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and included CBS Mornings […]
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