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The Burning Issue News Outlets Barely Touch in Tanning Bed Mom Story

Hundreds of news outlets are picking up the story of Patricia Krentcil, a New Jersey woman who allegedly brought her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, but some outlets aren't acknowledging the obvious reason they're elevating a local news report: the woman is painfully, cringe-inducingly tan.

By Eric Randall

Apr 27, 2012

Ryan Seacrest Gets Another Job

Perpetually overemployed TV personality Ryan Seacrest has just added another line to his resume, signing a contract with NBC's Today Show as a "special correspondent," The New York Times's Brian Stelter reports

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By Eric Randall

Apr 16, 2012

Sherri Shepherd, Not Katie Couric, Pushes 'Good Morning America' Past 'Today'

For the first time in 16 years, it appears ABC's Good Morning America may have finally beaten NBC's The Today Show in weekly ratings, but it wasn't the during the Katie Couric-Sarah Palin death-match. The New York Times's Brian Stelter credits the inimitable Sherri Shepherd, a member of The View's day-time debating panel.

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By Richard Lawson

Apr 6, 2012

The Call Sheet

The Big 'Hunger Games' Shakeup

Today: Katniss has no leader, Nicole Kidman is to become a princess, and an injured actor gets litigious.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 3, 2012

'Today' Was All About Sarah Palin

We appear to be entering Phase Three of Sarah Palin's career: Woman stuff guru.

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By Richard Lawson

Apr 2, 2012

The Call Sheet

Ryan Seacrest Has Something Big to Tell You

Today: Ryan Seacrest has an announcement, Katy Perry has announced her latest dropping, and Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels may be teaming up again.

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By Richard Lawson

Apr 2, 2012

The Smart Set

Kate Thinks Leo Is Fat

Today: Kate Winslet analyzes Leonardo DiCaprio's looks, Bruce Willis is a dad again, and the Spice Girls musical is in trouble.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Mar 29, 2012

Katie Couric Returns to Morning News (for One Week)

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.

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 31, 2011

Ruth Madoff: 'What's a Ponzi Scheme?'

Ruth and Andrew Madoff, the wife and son of famed fraudster Bernie Madoff, in a round of interviews to promote a tell-all memoir, claimed they knew nothing of the Ponzi scheme he ran for decades until the patriarch confessed to them shortly before the truth became public.

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 8, 2011