Don Lemon returning to CNN show Wednesday after ‘frank’ talk with boss
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Don Lemon returning to CNN show Wednesday after ‘frank’ talk with boss

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CNN anchor Don Lemon will be back on the air Wednesday morning and will undergo “formal training” after his return over sexist comments he made last week, according to multiple reports. The development was shared with staff in a Monday night memo from CNN boss Chris Licht, who said he had…

MSNBC doxxed congresswoman who was assaulted in her DC apartment
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MSNBC doxxed congresswoman who was assaulted in her DC apartment

ByNews Polite

MSNBC aired the unredacted address of the Minnesota congresswoman who threw hot coffee to defend herself against an assailant in the elevator of her apartment building in Washington, DC, on Thursday, according to a report. MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson devoted a segment to covering the assault on Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.)…

Megyn Kelly blasts Leonardo DiCaprio for ‘banging teenagers’
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Megyn Kelly blasts Leonardo DiCaprio for ‘banging teenagers’

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Megyn Kelly lashed out at Leonardo DiCaprio amid rumors that the 48-year-old star of Hollywood blockbusters like “Titanic” and “Wolf of Wall Street” was dating 19-year-old Israeli model Eden Polani. “He’s just going to keep banging teenagers the rest of his life,” Kelly said during Tuesday’s broadcast of her SiriusXM…

Disney pulls ‘The Simpsons’ episode calling out China’s ‘forced labor camps’
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Disney pulls ‘The Simpsons’ episode calling out China’s ‘forced labor camps’

ByNews Polite

Disney has pulled an episode of “The Simpsons” that features criticism of China from its streaming platform in Hong Kong. The episode, titled “One Angry Lisa,” first aired in October last year and shows Marge Simpson taking a spin class as a screen displays images of the Great Wall of…

Bill Maher says Howard Stern won’t ‘ever leave the house’ due to germaphobia
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Bill Maher says Howard Stern won’t ‘ever leave the house’ due to germaphobia

ByNews Polite

“Real Time” host Bill Maher questioned whether he would ever get a chance to hang out with Howard Stern in the post-pandemic era during a frank discussion about the legendary shock jock’s germaphobia. Maher discussed his mercurial relationship with Stern – and their differing approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic –…

CNN begins slashing workers as Chris Licht cuts costs: report
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CNN begins slashing workers as Chris Licht cuts costs: report

ByNews Polite

CNN began a long-expected round of layoffs on Wednesday as president Chris Licht and other executives at WarnerBros. Discovery trim costs at the struggling cable news network. Licht informed CNN employees of the cuts in a memo and acknowledged “it will be a difficult time for everyone” at the company….

Disney Q4 profit takes hit despite more Disney+ subscribers
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Disney Q4 profit takes hit despite more Disney+ subscribers

ByNews Polite

Walt Disney said Tuesday its marquee streaming service, Disney+, gained more subscribers than Wall Street had expected, but investment costs dragged quarterly earnings below analysts’ targets. Shares in Disney fell 5% in after-market trading. The entertainment company is spending billions to compete with Netflix and others for streaming television customers as traditional TV declines in popularity. Disney+…

John Smoltz’s insufferable World Series minutia drags down broadcast
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John Smoltz’s insufferable World Series minutia drags down broadcast

ByNews Polite

I admit it. I’m jealous, envious and more than a little resentful. It’s why I can’t have nice things. Throughout this World Series you had the option to save your sanity by eliminating the sound of Fox’s John Smoltz’s relentless, sleep-inspiring pitching recipe recitals that reduced the Series to a…