Marisa Guthrie

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The tale of the tape

When Jenna Bush’s Secret Service detail locked themselves out of their heavily fortified SUV after the first daughter’s appearance on Wednesday’s Early Show , CBS News made hay of the G-men’s bungling by featuring them on the show. Hannah Storm and Harry Smith joked that the federal government should at least spring for On-Star while footage of the agents... More

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Mark Cuban takes a stand for Dan Rather

  Dan Rather still has Mark Cuban in his corner. Back in June 2006, when the former anchor’s 44-year career at CBS News imploded over his flawed 2004 report on President Bush ’s National Guard service, Cuban helped to break the fall by hiring Rather to report for his high-definition channel HDNet . And now that Rather has filed a $70-million lawsuit against CBS... More

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ABC stings NBC's 'Predator'

The ABC News investigation into NBC News’ To Catch a Predator (which aired Friday on 20/20 ) shines an unflattering light on the Dateline staple and Murphy, Texas law enforcement. The investigation was spurred by the suicide of a former Texas prosecutor who shot himself when Murphy police – with Dateline cameras and Predator front man Chris Hansen in tow –... More

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Coogen pushes (therapy) on 'Curb'

Loyal fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm have waited nearly two years for Larry David to return with his singular brand of vexing humor. When last we saw David, in the season five finale way back in December 2005, he was getting kicked out of heaven (by Dustin Hoffman and Sacha Baron Cohen). Returned to mere mortal status for season six (which premieres Sunday, Sept. 9 at 10 p.m. ET on HBO),... More

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The Bionic Woman's Smokin' Fembot

  Although you wouldn’t know it from watching AMC ’s Mad Men , Hollywood has been under pressure from Washington to kick—or at least cut down on—scenes of smoking in entertainment programming. But if NBC ’s upcoming remake of The Bionic Woman is any indication, cigarettes are still cool. In the show’s pilot, as the heroine Jaime... More