NBC News sets goal of a workforce that is half minority

NEW YORK -- Time to cut a conversation with Bob Costas short. The new boss — CNN chief Jeff Zucker — is calling on the other line.

Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton has been getting blasted by millions of people after he claimed that slavery was “the necessary evil upon which the union was built.” Cotton, who many predict will run for president in 2024, did a lengthy interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, where he made the controversial remarks.

coronavirus, will have an album released posthumously. Broadway Records said Wednesday it will release “Nick Cordero: Live Your Life” on Sept.

Also Read: Watch New York Couple Marry Via Video Conference on Local News (Video)“Said it reminded her of her own,” wrote Price. “Hers was cancer.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorMike Francesa, a pioneering figure in sports talk radio and host for 30-plus years on WFAN, said Friday will be his last regularly scheduled broadcast on the New York station.Francesa, who made his acting debut as Adam Sandler’s bookie in Uncut Gems, plans to continue making occasional appearances on the station but will discontinue “Mike’s On.”Although he has been a solo host for more that a decade, Francesa is best remembered by listeners for his longtime teaming with

NEW YORK -- A stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me," his prize winning book about racism and police violence, is being adapted by HBO for a special this fall. HBO announced Thursday that the program will feature readings from “Between the World and Me” and will be directed by Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes, who handled the stage show in 2018 at the celebrated performance center in Harlem.

Peter White Television EditorBetween The World and Me, the stage show based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New York Times bestseller is getting a television adaptation at HBO.The premium cable network is adapting the show and book to air as a special event this fall.It will be directed by Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes and exec produced by Coates and Susan Kelechi Watson (This Is Us).

Live Your Life, set to be released on Sept. 17, what would have been the late Broadway star's 42nd birthday.Cordero's wife, Amanda Kloots, on Wednesday took to Instagram to share the news.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticA recording of the late Nick Cordero’s one-man show will be released by Broadway Records on September 17, marking what would have been the actor’s 42nd birthday.Broadway Records and Cordero’s wife Amanda Kloots announced the release today of Live Your Life, a live recording of the Broadway actor’s April 2019 show at New York’s Feinstein’s/54 Below cabaret.“Nick would be absolutely thrilled to hear this news,” Kloots wrote on Instagram.

penned an op-ed for USA Today, ripping the governor for his bantering appearances on brother Chris Cuomo’s CNN program and “New York tough” messaging.“At first, we didn’t blame anyone for their deaths,” she wrote of her in-laws. “This is a pandemic, and the virus is particularly dangerous for the elderly.

James McClain Senator Kelly Loeffler and her husband, New York Stock Exchange owner Jeff Sprecher, have added to their already noteworthy collection of personal residences with the $5.3 million purchase of a Los Angeles estate.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMONDAY, JULY 20Sony Pictures Classics will release Michael Covino’s comedy “The Climb” in New York and Los Angeles theaters on Oct. 9 — six months after its original date.Written by Covino and Kyle Marvin, “The Climb” premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.

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Sonja Morgan is happy with her choice to undergo plastic surgery on her face and neck after filming the latest season of The Real Housewives of New York City.“There’s been speculation around my fresh new look,” the Bravo star, 56, wrote via Instagram on Monday, July 20, revealing she got a lower facelift and neck lift after she wrapped season 12 of the reality show (which is now airing).The New York native explained that she wanted to “be rid of the wrinkling” on her neck and remove the jowls

Nicki Minaj’s Barbz have gotten to know her husband, Kenneth Petty, quite well since the couple went public with their romance in December 2018.Petty, 42, has joined Minaj, 37, at various events, including New York Fashion Week, in addition to appearing in her music videos, joining her Apple Music show, Queen Radio, and even being featured on her “Yikes” single cover art.“I can’t complain.

Hailey Bieber apologized to a New York waitress after being called out as “not nice” in a viral Tiktok video.

Vulture reported that it’s over concerns the special is too focused on the new streaming service, which rolls out nationwide on Wednesday. The special is being produced by NBCUniversal’s marketing department.Also Read: '30 Rock' Reunion: Liz Lemon Shames Maskless New Yorker in First Teaser for NBC Special (Video)On Thursday, the cast of “30 Rock” will tout NBCUniversal’s 2020-21 programming in an hour-long, commercial-free event.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJimmy Fallon moved to take NBC’s “Tonight Show” from “at home” to “at large” by bringing the venerable program back to NBC’s New York studios after weeks of broadcasting the show from his house.“Normalcy, any type of normalcy feels great,” Fallon told viewers during Monday’s “Tonight” broadcast, dressed in casual clothes, with cameramen wearing facial masks and members of the show’s in-house Roots band scattered around the studio for proper social distancing.