There are two types of unpaid interns: The kind who have a fair shot at suing their employers for illegal abuse of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the kind who can’t do anything about it. The government employs the second kind.
Elizabeth Wagoner, the Manhattan attorney who is crusading on behalf of interns with glamorous positions that don't pay, hasturned to Charlie Rose in the latest lawsuit alleging wage violations.
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After a long day staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense.
Just a couple hours after its premier, CBS's new morning show is swimming in the warm, comforting words of glowing reviews.
Yesterday CBS made their overhaul of The Early Show official, formally announcing Erica Hill, Gayle King, and Charlie Rose as their new hosts and positioning the morning show, which will get a new name, as a real-news alternative to Today and Good Morning America's chipper fluff.
Paul Bettany has been declared an expert in the art of love, Ben Stiller's wife gets her shot, and The Early Show will never be the same.
Charlie Rose and Gayle King are about to shake up your morning talk show routine, Howard Stern is close to a deal to replace Piers Morgan, and Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are absolutely dating again.
The surprise announcement that Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg would make a rare television appearance has sent tech bloggers on furious search for meaning buried in the just-released transcript.
Following the Page Six item gossiping that CBS is looking to pair Charlie Rose with Gayle King on The Early Show, Rose has confirmed that he's in talks with the network in an interview with Howard Kurtz in this week's Newsweek.
Charlie Rose and Gayle King could be cohosting the revamped 'Early Show', Jennifer Lopez breaks down during a performance, and the Church of Scientology reportedly tried investigating 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone back in 2006.
File under: 'things that could only happen at George Clooney's Lake Como villa'
Plus: Marc Jacobs to Dior?
It includes Barack Obama, Rupert Murdoch and, for some reason, Brian Kilmeade
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