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‘Soul searching’ Matt Lauer apologizes, promises to fix damage

Matt Lauer apologized and said he was “soul searching” in a statement read out on NBC’s “Today” show a day after he was fired from his role as co-host of the popular morning show for what the network said was inappropriate sexual behavior.

 
CBS fires Charlie Rose, PBS cancels interview show

The president of CBS News said veteran anchor Charlie Rose had been fired from the CBS Corp. unit after allegations that he had harassed former female employees at his production company surfaced Monday in a news report.

CBS cohosts condemn Charlie Rose over sexual harassment charges

Charlie Rose’s co-hosts on “CBS This Morning” sharply condemned their suspended colleague Tuesday after the airing of sexual misconduct allegations that included groping female staffers and walking around naked in front of them, saying that it’s a time of reckoning in society.

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8 women accuse TV host Charlie Rose of sexual harassment

Eight women have told The Washington Post that longtime television host Charlie Rose made unwanted sexual advances toward them, including lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their presence, or groping their breasts, buttocks or genital areas.

Kevin Spacey dropped from ‘House of Cards’

Netflix said Friday night that Kevin Spacey will no longer be a part of House of Cards and its cutting all other ties with the actor after a series of allegations of sexual harassment and assault.

Hacker leaks ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ other HBO series episodes

The weeks-long standoff between HBO and a hacker intent on extracting money from the Time Warner-owned cable network intensified Sunday with the leak of several episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” as well as other series.

‘Game of Thrones’ script among material stolen in HBO hack

Hackers have broken into the networks of HBO and reportedly leaked unreleased episodes of a number of shows, as well as the script for next week’s “Game of Thrones” episode. Altogether, they have reportedly obtained a total of 1.5 terabyte of data.

Scott Pelley out as anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’

Scott Pelley is out as “CBS Evening News” anchor, and he’ll be returning to full-time work at the network’s flagship newsmagazine “60 Minutes.”

Cancellations continue in Manchester in wake of bombing

WWE canceled an event it had planned in Manchester, England, citing Monday’s terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people and injured dozens more. The company, which had planned to showcase its popular developmental roster NXT at the Manchester Arena, where a suicide bomber detonated his device, made the announcement on Friday on Facebook.

Baby Kimmel’s heart defect is common, fixable with surgery

The hole-in-the-heart problem that plagues comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s newborn son is one of the most common heart-related birth defects, and it usually can be fixed with surgery.