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Katie Couric’s candid thoughts on supporters of former President Donald Trump could create a sticky situation for her upcoming Jeopardy! gig, a new report indicates. The former Today co-anchor said during an appearance on Bill Maher’s show that the former president and other prominent Republicans had been spreading so many lies to his supporters that […]

Jeopardy! has announced a new guest host schedule following the debut of Ken Jennings who was the first to stand behind the game show’s infamous lectern since the death of Alex Trebek in October of 2020. Ken made his debut on January 11 and will guest-host for several weeks as a moderator during play for […]

Christie Brinkley gave fans a sneak peek into her personal life by sharing a series of photos on Instagram Tuesday. The update was composed of eight images that showed Brinkley and her crew enjoying a movie night with some wine. The first shot in the set captured the 66-year-old Brinkley with the former Today Show […]

Back in 2004, Denzel Washington and Katie Couric had an interview about his movie The Manchurian Candidate and things didn’t exactly go smoothly. Washington appeared to be annoyed with some of her questions, but she said that — looking back — he was probably having a rough day, because he later sent her a large […]

Entertainer Donny Osmond started Monday off with some “Monday Motivation” on Facebook via one of the most recognizable and beloved faces in journalism, hoping to get fans pumped as he was when he shot this iconic clip alongside his brothers and iconic singer Cher. Katie Couric took to her official Facebook page to post some […]

Katie Couric was once a Today show darling, a daytime talk show queen, and even the first woman to anchor a nightly network evening news broadcast on her own. But even with an impressive resume that includes past employment at all of the major television networks, insiders say Couric would be hard pressed to ever […]

A running gag on the original run of the hit CBS series Murphy Brown featured the titular character, played by Candice Bergen, dealing with the absolute worst temporary secretaries. She went through 93 assistants during the show’s initial 10 seasons, including characters played by Paul Reubens, Marcia Wallace, Leslie Jordan, Michael Richards (as Seinfeld’s Kramer), […]

Matt Lauer is reportedly eyeing a comeback to TV. According to Radar Online, Lauer is ready to return to the living rooms of Americans in an effort to win back viewers since sexual misconduct allegations against him surfaced last year. Since the Today Show’s ratings are low, Lauer feels as though it could be the […]

Katie Couric is getting real with her Instagram followers in her latest snapshot. Yesterday, the 61-year-old took the opportunity to share a photo of herself after a long day in bed. But instead of sugar coating the image and adding a filter to it, the former Today Show host left the photo unfiltered, proving that […]

Katie Couric is ready to move on from Matt Lauer. The former Today show anchor, who helmed the NBC morning show alongside Matt Lauer from 1997 to 2006, is reportedly tired of constantly being asked about the fallen newsman. In the months since Lauer’s firing from NBC due to alleged sexual misconduct, Katie has repeatedly […]

Katie Couric is not convinced that all of the stories about her former colleague Matt Lauer are completely true. In a telling sit-down with talk show host Wendy Williams, Couric, who co-hosted the Today show with Lauer for 15 years, said there has been a lot of misinformation reported about the disgraced NBC newsman’s alleged […]

It took Katie Couric a long time to find love again after her husband Jay Monahan tragically died from colon cancer in 1998. But in a new sit down interview with People, Couric is dishing on how she found love for a second time, with the chemistry being almost instant. The 61-year-old explains that she […]

During the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, NBC’s Katie Couric shared an odd stream of consciousness about Dutch skaters and where they get their particular prowess. Couric pulled what she said was a bit of Netherlands (Dutch) trivia out of her mind which turned out to be largely myth. Couric told the world that […]

Amy Schumer has opened up about the Me Too Movement, her own Me Too moment, and the Aziz Ansari controversy in an interview on Katie Couric’s podcast. Speaking to Couric about the recent conversation about sexual harassment and abuse, Schumer claimed that she was “flat-out raped.” “I’ve been flat-out raped,” the comedian and actress said, […]

In a surprise move, Katie Couric will co-host the Olympic opening ceremony along with Mike Tirico. On Wednesday, NBC Sports announced that Mike Tirico, the new prime-time host, will be hosting alongside Couric, who has not been a regular on NBC since 2011, for the opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang Games in South Korea. According […]

Katie Couric is breaking her silence on Matt Lauer’s firing from the Today show and a joke she made about her former colleague six years ago. Couric’s longtime Today co-anchor was fired amid rampant sexual misconduct allegations in late November. Now, more than a month after Lauer’s shocking firing from the NBC morning news show, […]

Katie Couric insists she had no idea former Today show partner Matt Lauer could be involved in the level of sexual misconduct that ended his NBC career. Nearly two months after Lauer was dumped from the show, Couric is finally speaking out, telling People magazine she was completely shocked and blindsided by allegations that Lauer […]

Katie Couric has finally broken her silence regarding the allegations of sexual impropriety against Matt Lauer, and it doesn’t appear to be kind to her longtime Today show co-host. After Lauer was abruptly fired last week amid a report that he acted in a sexually inappropriate manner with a colleague, many had waited to see […]

Katie Couric is speaking out about Matt Lauer’s firing from the Today show—but she is still not ready to say much. While most of Matt Lauer’s former co-anchors have issued statements on the sexual misconduct scandal that suddenly ended his career at NBC News, many have been surprised by Katie’s crickets. After nearly two weeks […]

Matt Lauer once ruled NBC News as the network’s golden boy, known to have so much power and be so possessive of his position that he allegedly destroyed the careers of possible contenders for his throne. But as that portrait of Matt as a proud and jealous peacock emerges, those close to Lauer are revealing […]

Even as former Today show host Matt Lauer is emailing his former colleagues and reportedly pleading for forgiveness about his alleged sexual exploits, NBC is seeking to find ways to make it look as if he’s vanished without a trace. If Matt’s former network succeeds, all memory of Lauer will be permanently erased, with the […]

In 2006, Katie Couric left her gig as co-host of NBC’s Today Show to become the managing editor and news anchor at the CBS Evening News. After fifteen years on Today, nine of which she co-hosted with Matt Lauer, she moved on to another network. But, even though she did leave for a new job […]

Matt Lauer is seen on camera telling his co-host he likes her sweater and then adding “keep bending over” in a tone of voice that resembled someone attempting a bad pick-up line in a bar. On the Today Show, just like other news shows, they get a break when local channels all over the nation […]

Kentucky Derby day means the stars are in Louisville, Kentucky, for pre-race parties, and also to witness the annual extravaganza live at Churchill Downs, of course. For the 143rd Run for the Roses, the stars came out in droves for the annual Barnstable Brown Gala, including Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, news journalist Katie […]

Tonight, everyone will get to see Katie Couric’s big special called Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric. It will air on Monday night on National Geographic, and you do not want to miss this two-hour special. Now Katie is speaking out and admitting that she made a mistake back in 2014 when speaking to […]

Katie Couric found herself facing a situation where she objectified and insulted transgender model Carmen Carrera, during an interview which left Couric stumbling for the right words and the best way to broach tender topics. Laverne Cox jumped to Carrera’s defense immediately following the interview, forcing Couric to re-evaluate her position on the subject of […]

America has been swept away by the NBC television series This Is Us, and their demands to have the show renewed have been answered. In fact, there will not just be one new season, but instead Season 2 of This Is Us will be followed by a Season 3. Altogether, this means that 36 new […]

Katie Couric is returning to the Today show, along with Merideth Vieira, and each will guest-host for one week in January 2017. https://www.instagram.com/p/BOUoBmXBEFT/?taken-by=katiecouric According to Today, host Matt Lauer will celebrate his 20th anniversary as anchor of the show. The Today show will celebrate its 65th anniversary this in 2017 as well. While his co-host […]

Katie Couric is under the gun, in a legal sense. The Virginia Citizens Defense League, and two of its members in their individual capacities, have filed a lawsuit against executive producer Katie Couric and director Stephanie Soechtig over the deceptively edited pro-gun control documentary Under the Gun. The Epix TV network is also named as […]

Katie Couric has already endured her fair share of criticism for the new gun control advocacy documentary Under the Gun. Along with previous collaborator Stephanie Soechtig, she has been accused of intentionally misleading audiences as to the knowledge of gun advocates in a clip where she was interviewing the Virginia Citizens Defense League. After asking […]

Veteran journalist Katie Couric has come under fire recently for the “creative editing” used in her recent documentary, Under the Gun, which sought to explore the connection between gun deaths and American gun culture. Couric was dealt another blow this morning, as EPIX, the streaming service which published documentary, has reportedly pulled Under the Gun […]

The right to bear arms is a hot topic with escalating gun violence serving as a catalyst in the issue of who should be able to own firearms, and while each side debates their own position before the American public, it seems Katie Couric has proven that the camera isn’t always as unbiased as the […]

Senator Bernie Sanders is making major moves this week to prove that he is better qualified to be Commander-in-Chief than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In an interview Tuesday with Yahoo Global News anchor Katie Couric, Sanders was forced to defend his stance on foreign policy, which many people believe is a weak point […]

Floyd Mayweather discussed his 2010 domestic violence conviction in an interview with Katie Couric — just one week after Freddie Roach invoked Mayweather’s history in an interview of his own. Roach, of course, is the acclaimed trainer of Manny Pacquiao, and the tactic by Roach was seen as an attempt to distract and psych out […]

Katie Couric is planning a new direction for her career. She’s on board to be the executive producer of a comedy series centered around a fictional morning news program. The show will feature Michelle Pfeiffer as the leading anchor, essentially filling the role Couric held on Today. According to TV Line, Michelle Pfeiffer and Katie […]

The rumor that Katie Couric was in talks to make her return to NBC have been further silenced after news of the expanding partnership between ABC and Yahoo was made known on Thursday. The agreement that resulted involved a decision that segments on Good Morning America would be incorporated with, as Variety relays, “broader distribution […]

Katie Couric is not returning to NBC, according to a statement from her spokesman. He insists that despite the rumors swirling around Couric replacing Brian Williams, she is too focused on her work for Yahoo. According to other sources, the story might be a little bit more complicated than that. Couric’s spokesperson told the New […]

Is Katie Couric Brian Williams’ replacement for NBC after the controversy he’s faced? That is the buzz making the rounds, but it sounds like not everybody is thrilled with the possibility. What’s the scoop available so far? According to the Daily Mail, NBC is looking to bring Katie Couric back in the wake of the […]

Amid the brouhaha resulting from Brian Williams’ “embellishment” of his Iraq and Hurricane Katrina reports, the newscaster has cancelled his planned appearance on the David Letterman show, according to Reuters. Williams was scheduled to appear on the witty talk show host’s clever-a-thon later this week. However, in the wake of the controversy about what he […]

Katie Couric is willing to step into Brian Williams’ vacant spot if necessary, says New York Daily News‎. Couric could step in for Brian Williams if Brian’s “several days” of absence turns into a permanent vacation due to Williams’ controversial Iraq story that has turned the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News into […]

Celebs are just like the rest of us, making New Year’s resolutions with the best possible intentions. The question is, are the resolutions celebrities make on New Year’s Eve anything like the ones the rest of us make? Here are some of the best from around the web. Check them out and see how your […]

Rosie O’Donnell has not been one to back down from a fight since returning to The View, as recent bouts with Whoopi Goldberg over the Bill Cosby situation have proven. Therefore, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the panelist on the popular daytime talk show would have a few things to say about her friend […]

Former Today show co-host Katie Couric appears to be a perky, sweet woman, but according to a tell-all book written by Sheila Weller, Couric is a bully when she is off-camera. Radar Online reports that the book, The News Sorority, states that prior to Couric’s departure from the NBC morning show in 2006, she terrorized […]

Killing O’Reilly? Bill O’Reilly claims he has been on the Al Qaeda hit list since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. The O’Reilly Factor host on the Fox News Channel is on a book touring promoting his latest Killing tome, this time Killing Patton, about the dynamic World War II general who died under mysterious […]

A new book claims that news matriarchs Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric absolutely despise each other, according to Upstart Magazine. The tell-all exposé, “The News Sorority,” by Vanity Faire contributor Sheila Weller explains the cut-throat relationship between three of the top news-making women in the business: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric and Christiane Amanpour. The subtitle […]

Sofia Vergara didn’t seem to mind being objectified while on stage at the 2014 Emmys by Bruce Rosenblum at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Despite the numerous complaints made against the segment, Vergara seemed very chilled about the whole thing. The segment, led by Rosenblum, the President of the Academy of Television Arts and […]

It looks like the two newlyweds are ready to let bygones be bygones, but has Kim Kardashian decided to forgive Katie Couric for her previously disrespectful comments? The whole feud started last year when Katie Couric simply asked the question that so many people ask about the Kardashians: why the Kardashians were famous. Kim took […]

Katie Couric tied the knot on Saturday, making an honest man of financier John Molner, at an intimate ceremony in her East Hampton home in New York. Shortly after the ceremony, once Couric had said the requisite “I do,” the now 57-year-old veteran journalist, Tweeted: “So excited to make my debut as Mrs. John Molner!” […]

Katie Couric has been cast to guest star in Mariska Hargitay’s directorial debut for a Law & Order: SVU episode along with Alec Baldwin, whose casting was announced last week. Keeping in character with his real life persona, Baldwin will portray Jimmy MacArthur, a controversial newspaper columnist who is suspicious of the SVU team’s motives […]

Katie Couric is finally going to settle down and marry boyfriend John Molner! The TV host announced the news while attending Howard Stern’s 60th birthday party in New York City on Friday. According to Us Weekly, when talking to Stern, he asked when the big day was. And Couric replied with, “Summer!” In an earlier […]