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Katie Couric accused Bryant Gumbel of having an “incredibly sexist attitude” about her maternity leave when they worked together on the “Today” show. Couric appeared Sunday on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast where the host brought up Gumbel, whom he called a “friend” and a “guy’s guy.” “He’s a guy’s guy, you got that right,” Couric, 67, said with a giant smirk. “He was prickly, but, what a talent.

streamer’s new miniseries “Supersex” has been slammed on social media for being extra explicit, with prudish pundits promising to cancelling their subscriptions. The steamy show is loosely based on the life of Rocco Siffredi, a famous porn star known as the “Italian Stallion.”But subscribers were less than impressed when Netflix posted an excerpt of the erotic offering on its US Instagram account on Mar.

TheWrap, the 57-year-old Lemon has agreed to a separation deal for approximately $24.5 million, the equivalent he would have earned for serving out the remainder of his final contract, which was set to expire three-and-a-half years after he was pulled from the airwaves.In April 2023, Lemon, who was featured on Metro Weekly’s coverin 2016, announced on X that he had learned from his agent — and not from the network, for which he had worked for 17 years — that he had been terminated. He said he was never given any indication that the network was considering letting him go.

can’t be held down when it comes to talking about sexism. The “Dirrty” singer, 43, got candid about female sexuality and how her career has been built on it for Adweek’s February 2024 issue.The cover was unveiled by People on Tuesday, with Aguilera noting that her wellness brand Playground has been instrumental in helping to strip away societal hypocrisy about females’ bodies.

“The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts” (Scribner).“Articles highlighted her ‘plump figure’ and her infrequent application of lipstick,” she writes. Chris Kraft, a NASA flight director who would become the head of the Manned Spacecraft Center, described Tereshkova as “an absolute basket case when she was in orbit” and “nothing but hysterical.”Such responses, argues Grush, were typical of NASA’s reluctance to consider women for their astronaut training scheme.

HBO Max documentary “Bama Rush” aims to expose some secrets behind the glamorous, expensive life of a wannabe sorority sister. University of Alabama’s sororities received widespread fame among Gen-Z a few years ago when #RushTok took over For You pages on TikTok. However, dangerous hazing practices have sparked lawsuits and accusations of racism and bullying behind the glamorous doors of the houses.Former members have come forward to express how the exclusive Greek life can lead to discrimination.

pic.twitter.com/8PyLqvS0d7— Don Lemon (@donlemon) April 24, 2023 Chris Licht, the CEO of CNN, said that the network and Lemon have “parted ways,” according to a memo posted on CNN’s official communications Twitter account six minutes after Lemon’s tweet went out.“Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” the statement reads. “We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.”Lemon, who was interviewed by Metro Weeklyin 2016, was first hired by CNN in 2006, after a stint anchoring at NBC Chicago and working as a correspondent for NBC News, the TODAY show and the daily NBC Nightly News program.After multiple media outlets quoted Lemon’s tweet, CNN’s communications account issued a follow-up statement accusing Lemon of misrepresenting the facts surrounding his firing.“Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate.

Andie MacDowell is staying silver in her golden years.The “Four Weddings and a Funeral” actress, who is turning 65 in April, is relishing her gray hair as she ages, the star told former “Today” show co-anchor Katie Couric. “I want to be old. I’m tired of trying to be young. I don’t want to be young.

a critic who accused her of “dressing and posing like a retired stripper turned streetwalker.”On Friday, Zee — whose full name is Ginger Renee Colonomos — directly responded to the troll by sharing a photo to Twitter that showed her on the “GMA” set clad in a conservative white blouse, black cardigan and knee-length skirt. “I have been missing these harsh disses on Twitter lately,” the TV star wrote in an accompanying comment.

Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon,” creator George R.R. Martin explained why women have a hard time grabbing power in Westeros.“I get inspiration from history, and then I take elements from history and I turn it up to 11,” the fantasy author said at a Comic-Con panel in San Diego on Saturday, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez because she’s young and attractive. The 57-year-old “Adam Carolla Show” host dropped the controversial bombshell during a recent appearance on “Hannity.”“Here’s a quick thought experiment: if AOC was fat and in her 60s, would anyone listen to another thing she ever said?” the “Man Show” creator told Sean Hannity in the inflammatory interview.The talk show host responded, “Oh, boy.

following backlash prompted by the new Netflix series “Ginny & Georgia,” which made 31-year-old Swift’s ever-changing relationship status the butt of a joke written into the show’s final episode.In a series of tweets that have since disappeared, Hall claimed that Swift “hasn’t dated a crazy amount of people . . . the joke makes no sense.”“Not that it matters,” he continued, “but I can think of quite a few pop stars who run through men/women like it’s cardio and no one mentions their names.” “The double standards are ridiculous,” concluded Hall, a longtime collaborator of Swift’s who worked on the video for “Look What You Made Me Do” and “You Need To Calm Down,” among other singles.The real-life drama started when Swift’s love life was

Singer Jessie Ware has hit out at sexism in the music industry and claimed women are treated differently to men.