Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Diane Sawyer will honor the memory of "Last Lecture" author Randy Pausch in several ways next week. She will pay tribute to the Carnegie Mellon professor on Monday's "Good Morning America." And Sawyer will offer a "Primetime" special at 10...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former Bill Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos firmly declared Barack Obama's trip a " clean success " on Friday's "Good Morning America." " You just cannot take that away from him, " the "This Week" anchor proclaimed. Responding to a question by co-host Diane Sawyer about the trip's elaborate pageantry, he asserted, " I don't think there's much risk of a backlash here. " Despite the accolades of...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Randy Pausch , the man whose inspirational "last lecture" about living life to the fullest even while he battled cancer, has died. ABC News first reported the story this morning. ABC's Diane Sawyer anchored an hour-long special with Pausch in April, seven months after Pausch delivered that "last lecture" at Carnegie Mellon. The lecture has been viewed more than three million times on YouTube. Pausch...
American Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Professor Randy Pausch, the well-loved Carnegie Mellon professor who gave The Last Lecture with just months to live, has died at 47. ABC’s “Good Morning America” reported Friday morning that Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, 47, has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. GMA’s Diane Sawyer received a phone call from the family early Friday morning. With months [...]
Brutally Honest (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's change we can hope for via NewsBusters: DIANE SAWYER: We want to turn now to the race for '08. The new poll out showing Barack Obama leading 47 to 41 percent over John McCain and it comes as the...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Breaking ABC news: things get hot in the sun. "Good Morning America's" Elisabeth Leamy reported on July 24 that playground equipment gets so hot in the sun, it could harm your children. ABC's Diane Sawyer grabbed the attention of parents saying, "Well as the temperatures rise for the summer, we decided to go out and test some of the equipment in playgrounds. It's a safety alert for all parents out...
Dirt Digger Squad (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Alec Baldwin is currently promoting his divorce memoir, “A Promise to Ourselves,” and he turned down interviews with Larry King and others, because he only wanted to talk to Diane Sawyer. Diane agreed to the interview, but had to reschedule because her husband, Mike Nichols had heart surgery. (read the original story)
Watching Those We Chose (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Asked by Diane Sawyer whether the "the situation in Afghanistan in precarious and urgent," McCain responded: "I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border." He's also having a hard time remembering that Czechoslovakia...
Accidental Sexiness (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
This is really weird! Apparently this is like a super treatment for your feet, you dunk your feet into a tank with Turkish fish that eat off all the dead skin. I doubt I would try this, it would be too weird, and really how clean could that water be? Diane Sawyer tried it [...]
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Erykah Badu for Tom Ford Beauty. Photo: Courtesy of Tom Ford Beauty FRAGRANCE • Patrick Dempsey's releasing a fragrance with Avon called Unscripted. We guess marrying the global creative director of Avon has worked out pretty well for you, hm, McDreamy? Speaking of, why didn't you just stop being modest, call it McDreamy, and ignite smiles worldwide? [ WWD ] • Tom Ford's new fragrance, White...
Celebslam (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Rare photo of Alec not chewing After he was nice enough to give her the first interview about his divorce memoir A Promise to Ourselves, Diane Sawyer had the nerve to keep Alec Baldwin waiting because she was at the hospital tending to her husband after his silly heart surgery. I swear, some people. A source [...]
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Journalist George Stephanopoulos and ABC's Diane Sawyer rhapsodized over Barack Obama's Middle East trip on Tuesday's "Good Morning America." Stephanopoulos swooned that the visit to the region was going " better than they could have imagined in the Obama campaign ." He then proceeded to narrate footage of the Democratic candidate. [Video to appear shortly] While video of Obama playing basketball...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
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What Would Tyler Durden Do? (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The reason you hear so many stories about Alec Baldwin being a short-tempered maniac is because Alec Baldwin is short-tempered maniac. As the New York Daily News points out yet again today. Alec Baldwin turned down Larry King and other interviewers because he wanted to talk first with Diane Sawyer about his divorce memoir, "A Promise to Ourselves." But the "30 Rock" star is said to have turned testy...
Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The Carpetbagger Report , with actual clown video! For those of you who can’t watch clips online, McCain appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” a few hours ago, and Diane Sawyer asked if he believed “the situation in Afghanistan is precarious and urgent.” McCain, carefully avoiding Sawyer’s adjectives, responded, “It’s a serious situation, but there’s a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot...
