A New York state appeals court dismissed longtime CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against his former employers Tuesday.
Rather, 77, filed suit against CBS in September 2007 on grounds of...
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Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather has sued network CEO Leslie Moonves and CBS News President Andrew Heyward in an effort to have them reinstated in his $70 million lawsuit against the network.
In the new complaint, which was filed in New York State Supreme Court, Rather accused both men of fraud, according to Reuters. Rather claims he was a made a scapegoat by the network during a scandal in 2004 over a report on ...
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Big Brother host Julie Chen will no longer just babysit reality TV stars.
Chen announced on The Early Show that she and husband Leslie Moonves are expecting their first child. The baby is due October 4.
Never fear, Big Brother fans: Chen said the pregnancy will not keep her from her weekly hosting duties for the 11th cycle of the show, airing this summer.
Chen and Moonves, the CEO of CBS, were married...
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Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against his former employers may still make it to court, but it won't be packing nearly as much punch. Manhattan judge Ira Gammerman dismissed four of the seven claims made in Rather's lawsuit, particularly those that name Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone (Viacom is CBS' former parent company), CBS president Leslie Moonves and former CBS News president Andrew Heyward. Rather's lawsuit, which was filed in September, claimed that he was treated unfairly by CBS News after a September 2004 broadcast about the military service of President Bush in Vietnam was proven to be flawed. He also claimed his reputation in the final months of his contract was damaged because he was made a "scapegoat" in an effort to appease the Bush administration.With the dismissal, the suit has now been boiled down to a garden-variety contract dispute. With all of the sensational political accusations and sought punitive damages dismissed, the remai...
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CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves has sealed a new deal to stay on at least through Sept. 30, 2011.... Foot-in-mouth poster-deejay Don Imus is thisclose to finalizing a contract that would bring him to Citadel Broadcasting, which owns ABC Radio Networks.... Per Variety, in a move that makes as much sense as adding bananas to peanut butter, Knocked Up laugh machine Judd Apatow has been made a partner in Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's comedy website FunnyorDie.com. — Ben Katner
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