Former congressman likely to replace Imus
Don Imus' former radio and television empire is being broken up, with MSNBC very likely hiring Joe Scarborough for its morning telecast while radio looks elsewhere, according to people close to the negotiations.
WFAN, the New York radio station that was Imus' flagship, is said to be close to naming former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason to the morning time slot. Esiason works now as a football analyst for CBS Sports.
MSNBC used to simulcast Imus' radio show before he was fired in April for making a racial, sexist remark about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. But the radio and TV outlets are now going in different directions, said three people close to the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity on Saturday because talks were ongoing.
Scarborough, a former Republican congressman who was a nighttime personality for MSNBC, has been trying out his “Morning Joe” program on MSNBC for the past few months. Except for some occasional subs when Scarborough takes some time off, MSNBC isn't trying anyone else out.
He's been teamed with former CBS News reporter Mika Brzezinski, who briefly became an Internet sensation last month for refusing to read a report about Paris Hilton leaving jail.
Zeppelin frontman spotted around Nashville
More than a few people in town wondered what was up when rock legend Robert Plant was spotted in recent months at the Grand Ole Opry and at the popular bluegrass club The Station Inn.
The former Led Zeppelin frontman's album with bluegrass star Alison Krauss, “Raising Sand,” will be released Oct. 23 on Rounder Records, the label announced Friday.
Recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles and produced by T Bone Burnett, the album finds the two interpreting lesser-known material from blues, R&B, country and folk songwriters including Mel Tillis, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Waits, Gene Clark, Doc Watson, Little Milton Campbell and the Everly Brothers.
Man identified in dog attack at Rhames home
A man who died in a dog attack at the home of actor Ving Rhames was identified Saturday as Jacob Adams, 40, of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County coroner's officials, who released the man's identity, said the exact cause of death was unknown pending an autopsy.
Adams had been living on Rhames' Brentwood property for about two years as a caretaker for the actor's dogs when he was attacked Friday morning, police said.
- From wire reports
WFAN, the New York radio station that was Imus' flagship, is said to be close to naming former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason to the morning time slot. Esiason works now as a football analyst for CBS Sports.
MSNBC used to simulcast Imus' radio show before he was fired in April for making a racial, sexist remark about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. But the radio and TV outlets are now going in different directions, said three people close to the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity on Saturday because talks were ongoing.
Scarborough, a former Republican congressman who was a nighttime personality for MSNBC, has been trying out his “Morning Joe” program on MSNBC for the past few months. Except for some occasional subs when Scarborough takes some time off, MSNBC isn't trying anyone else out.
He's been teamed with former CBS News reporter Mika Brzezinski, who briefly became an Internet sensation last month for refusing to read a report about Paris Hilton leaving jail.
Zeppelin frontman spotted around Nashville
More than a few people in town wondered what was up when rock legend Robert Plant was spotted in recent months at the Grand Ole Opry and at the popular bluegrass club The Station Inn.
The former Led Zeppelin frontman's album with bluegrass star Alison Krauss, “Raising Sand,” will be released Oct. 23 on Rounder Records, the label announced Friday.
Recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles and produced by T Bone Burnett, the album finds the two interpreting lesser-known material from blues, R&B, country and folk songwriters including Mel Tillis, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Waits, Gene Clark, Doc Watson, Little Milton Campbell and the Everly Brothers.
Man identified in dog attack at Rhames home
A man who died in a dog attack at the home of actor Ving Rhames was identified Saturday as Jacob Adams, 40, of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County coroner's officials, who released the man's identity, said the exact cause of death was unknown pending an autopsy.
Adams had been living on Rhames' Brentwood property for about two years as a caretaker for the actor's dogs when he was attacked Friday morning, police said.
- From wire reports
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