Walter Cronkite is dead at 92
America's most trusted anchorman had been suffering from cerebrovascular disease. As CBS News anchor, Cronkite made TV the dominant national news medium. "He was the voice of truth, the voice of reliability," says journalism and sociology prof Todd Gitlin. "He belongs to a time when there were three networks, three oil companies, three brands of bread."
CBS pays tribute Sunday night // Watch Cronkite's big TV moments, including JFK
Paula Abdul's manager: "Idol" is driving her away
With auditions three weeks away, Paula is still without a deal. "Very sadly, it does not appear that she's going to be back on 'Idol,'" says Paula's manager David Sonenberg. He tells the LA Times of the contract negotiations: "I find it under these circumstances particularly unusual; I think unnecessarily hurtful. I find it kind of unconscionable and certainly rude and disrespectful that they haven't stepped up and said what they want to do."
Pal says Mischa Barton is on a "destructive path"
"Her drug and alcohol (use) has gotten to a point where it drove people away," a friend of the actress tells People.
Susan Boyle: "I don't want it to end"
"It’s just been unbelievable – it’s indescribable,” the "Britain's Got Talent" star tells Meredith Vieira, in an interview that will be broadcast during next week's "America's Got Talent." “Being plucked from obscurity, it’s like a long journey, really.”
Will Comic-Con make the TV Critics press tour extinct?
By the time this year's TCA meeting starts, Comic-Con — and all the TV hype that surrounds it — will be over. Will TCA have anything juicy to offer?
"Big Brother's" Braden defends bashing Lydia, says he's glad to be out.
"She’s gross-looking," he says of Lydia, "and she does weird things and she hangs out with old men and she’s tattooed from head-to-toe and I think she’s disgusting."
