The Manti Te'o Interview Just Leads to More Questions
Well that was strange, wasn't it?
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Today in show business news: How I Met Your Mother officially has one more season to go, Katie Couric will keep gabbing for another year, and Saturday Night Live gets a strange host.
Well that was strange, wasn't it?
In his much anticipated first on-camera interview since a fake-girlfriend hoax took over his career and everyone else's rumor-mongering obsession, the fallen Notre Dame star didn't let on too much — but Couric definitely went there.
For anyone who thought Manti Te'o and his people were beginning to take control of the girlfriend-hoax fallout, well, it's starting to look like Katie Couric still isn't just your average daytime talk-show host.
It was pretty clear this week that Oprah is the person to go to for blockbuster interviews, but don't tell that to Manti Te'o. It's not surprising that a guy who maintained a relationship without ever meeting his partner would buck conventional wisdom.
Katie Couric's talk show, once so promising, is in trouble. Also today in show business news: Last night was a TV ratings black hole, Cinemax renews a gratuitous but great show, and we finally see Streisand and Rogen in action together.
Former Today show star and CBS News anchor Katie Couric premiered her new talk show yesterday to high numbers. Elsewhere in showbiz news: Yet another remake is in the works that should not be in the works, Randy Jackson is back on Idol, and Joan Allen is just back in general.
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Chased out of nighttime news and probably too tired for morning TV, America's favorite sassy personality, Katie Couric, is launching her own daytime talk show. The show, called Kickin' It With Katie just plain Katie, has announced its first slate of guests and it is an eclectic mix. A confusing mix, even.
Today in books and publishing: NASA dedicates Mars landing site to Ray Bradbury; Katie Couric has a crush on John Grisham.
Today in celebrity gossip: Tom Cruise is looking to buy a house in the New York suburbs, Snoop Dogg has a fierce new name, and Katie Couric's got a new man.
While hyping her new morning talk show, Katie Couric mentioned that she's asked Sarah Palin to come on the show, an idea we support if only because they might talk about their last face-to-face, but so far, "no response" from Palin, Couric says.
Baghdad might not be able to get power to all its residents, but its PR machine has an hit upon an effective way to sooth some people's frustrations about their powerless, hot, summer misery: Katie Couric.
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Today: The latest on RiChri is that they're pretty serious, Miss Pennsylvania keeps yapping, and Stacy and George enjoy Italy while you don't.
Today: Katie Couric is of two minds when it comes to Snooki, there are conflicting reports about whether Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are moving in together, and Lil Wayne was denied access to last night Spurs/Thunder playoff game because he was ticketless.
As we enter Memorial Day weekend, the season of celebrity commencement speeches is drawing to a close once again, and among the many loftier bits of rhetoric graduating seniors are bound to forget, our nation's elite speakers imparted some valuable life lessons.
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Also: Michelle Williams and Jason Segel are dating, adorably.
Katie Couric's return to morning television after her brutal stint on CBS Evening News is supposed to be a good thing, like releasing penguins back into the ocean--but her upcoming stint on Good Morning America won't do any favors for Today, her former show.
Today: Kate Middleton takes the field, George Clooney is planning to get arrested this morning, and Kate Couric's new show will debut on September 10.
Also: CBS and David Letterman are close to a new contract, Dan Abrams pelted Katie Couric with edamame, and Sinead O'Connor's says her marriage is over again
Katie Couric's a single woman, Derek Jeter needs to work on not being an awful cad, and Mitt Romney and Chris Christie had a very big night last night.
Mia Farrow's son is a Rhodes scholar, Prince Harry does Vegas, and a new Bruce Springsteen album is on the horizon for 2012.
Larry King is toasted not roasted, a Super Committee weekend outing, and two very different evenings with Ronald Reagan.
Also in entertainment news: Katie Couric debuts on ABC tonight
Plus: Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher biopic gets a harsh initial response
The CBS veteran debuts as Katie Couric's replacement tonight
The anchor will get that Oprah-esque syndicated day time talk show
The 'worst kept secret in television' to become a press release
"General Hospital" may become a necessary casualty of the deal
ABC is the only one of the three major networks where Couric has not worked
After five years, the Evening News anchor moves on
What went wrong at CBS Evening News? There are many answers
You could liquidate Morning Edition and All Things Considered and still be short
Plus: A rare social appearance from Woody Allen
Plus: Katie Couric and Matt Lauer may soon be rivals
Plus: Tom Brady basks in private equity
The "safe choice" will start on June 6th
Details of her new gig "are still being discussed"
Plus: Johnny Depp returns to his roots
Plus: Morning Joe crew goes to London, Nixonites cheer Bob Woodward
Watch them dance around the rumors they're teaming up
The CBS anchor is mulling a new TV show with her old 'Today' boss Jeff Zucker
What their departures from broadcast news tell us about the current media moment
Plans on launching a syndicated talk show, according to the AP
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