The 71st Annual Peabody Awards were nothing short of “excellent.” Excellence is the one, and only, requirement for Peabody recipients. The best of the best entries win Peabody Awards and this year was no exception for the ceremony that took place at the luxurious Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue. From the Peabody Awards’ website: “Today  [ Read More ]

Morning Edition: Britney Spears is officially joining The X Factor. The pop star has signed a contract to join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid as a judge on the hit Fox show. Her deal will net her $15 million for just one season of work. A source close to Spears revealed to E! Online, “The  [ Read More ]

Morning Edition: Just days after signing a new deal to stay on American Idol, Ryan Seacrest finalized a deal with NBC Universal, the parent company of E! The two-year deal will include duties like being a special correspondent for Today and will contribute to NBC primetime news, entertainment programming and the Olympics coverage. Seacrest will  [ Read More ]

Morning Edition: Whitney Houston’s final coroner report was released, and like the L.A. County Department of Coroner announced before, the singer was found by her personal assistant submerged under water in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hilton hotel. The final report also said that Houston was discovered face down in “extremely hot  [ Read More ]