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CBS News’ “60 Minutes” has landed a rare interview with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the Associated Press reports. Wintour tells the news magazine her trademark sunglasses act as armor because no one can tell whether she enjoying a runway show…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer answers 10 Questions in Time magazine, including a couple about his notorious appearance on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” “No one wants to suffer a beat-down. No one wants to be humiliated or embarrassed,” Cramer tells…
Former “Survivor” executive producer Tom Shelly has signed an agreement with Endemol USA, Daily Variety reports. Shelly will join Endemol’s series on ABC “Dating in the Dark” as an executive producer and work on new formats for the company, the…
Two actors thought to want off of “Grey’s Anatomy” saw their characters near death at the end of Thursday’s season finale, the Associated Press reports. Katherine Heigl’s Izzie Stephens appeared dead after surgery to remove brain cancer and T.R. Knight’s…
Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps said at a Newseum forum that “two decades of mindless deregulation” has led to “infotainment, sensationalism, cable news mud-wrestling, and homogenized playlists,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. “When TV and radio stations are no longer required…
WGN-TV, Chicago, has laid off reporter Jane Boal, who gained attention in 1999 when she was hit by a car while reporting live on the station’s noon newscast, the Chicago Tribune reports. The station cut a number of other staffers,…
“Survivor” host Jeff Probst tells the New York Post he’s waiting to hear from CBS if the network will pick up his show “Live for the Moment.” The program takes people with a terminal medical condition and sets them on…
Oprah Winfrey has quickly reached 1 million Twitter followers, Advertising Age reports. Winfrey is not consumed by tweeting, and often skips posting an update for days, even failing to remark on hitting the 1 million mark, the trade magazine says….
Former pitcher David Wells warmed up for his second game as an announcer for TBS by shooting a couple of bears in Alaska, USA Today reports. —Jon Lafayette
Frank Aletter, who starred in the 1960s television programs “It’s About Time” and “Bringing up Buddy,” died on May 13 at age 83, Daily Variety reports. Aletter appeared in more than 100 TV programs, ranging from “Perry Mason” to “All…