All posts containing the tag: "CBS"
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 12:52AM by TMZ Staff
NFL on CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz made one really bad call -- with a 29-year-old woman -- and it set a divorce in play that will cost him nearly a million bucks a year for the rest of his life.
A Connecticut judge ordered the famous announcer to pay his ex-wife $864,000 a year in alimony -- and the only way out is death ... or if his ex-wife remarries.
The judge's decision comes in light of Nantz's admission that he began dating a 29-year-old woman before he ended his 26 year marriage. Smooth...
Nantz also has to pay $1,000 a week in child support for their 15-year-old daughter for the next two years.
Jim's wife also gets the couple's Westport mansion -- no word if he gets to keep the couch he's probably been sleeping on.
Ultimately, the judge made Jim pay so much because he's loaded.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Dirty Divorces
Tags: cbs, divorce, jim nantz, JimNantz, nfl, sportscaster
Posted Oct 7th 2009 4:43PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned Stephanie Birkitt -- the woman at the center of the David Letterman sex scandal -- has been banned from setting foot on the CBS set where the "Late Show" is filmed.
Birkitt used to be David's assistant -- appearing on the "Late Show" numerous times -- and later became his personal attorney. It was Birkitt's ex-boyfriend -- Robert Halderman -- who discovered Letterman's secret relationship with her ... and then allegedly threatened to release the scandalous information unless Letterman forked over $2 million.
Sources tell TMZ that security at CBS is well aware of Birkitt's ban from the set.
Worldwide Pants just issued the following statement: "Stephanie is on paid leave of absence ... she has not been banned from the Ed Sullivan Theatre."
But TMZ just spoke with someone associated with security at Letterman who just told us, "Security got a verbal order that she is 'banned' from the property for the time being."
Filed under: TV, Exclusives, David Letterman
Tags: cbs, david letterman, DavidLetterman, late show, LateShow, stehpanie birkitt, StehpanieBirkitt
Posted Oct 6th 2009 1:15AM by TMZ Staff
David Letterman may have violated CBS rules on bosses having relationships with their employees, but there's a catch -- Dave doesn't work for CBS.
CBS has guidelines on the conduct of its employees -- the Business Conduct Statement. TMZ has a copy of a provision titled "Supervisor/Subordinate Relationships." It reads:
"CBS recognizes that consenting romantic or sexual relationships may develop between a supervisor and a subordinate (whether such supervision is direct or indirect). These relationships frequently lead to complications and significant difficulties for the supervisor, the subordinate, others in the workplace, and CBS. If a consenting romantic or sexual relationship between a supervisor and a direct or indirect subordinate should develop, CBS requires the supervisor to disclose this information to his or her Company's Human Resources Department to ensure that there are no issues of actual or apparent favoritism, conflict of interest, sexual harassment, or any other negative impact on others in the work environment."
The Statement continues: "Upon being informed or learning of the existence of such a relationship, CBS will take steps that it deems appropriate to protect the workplace environment."
That said .... Dave is not an employee of CBS. He's employed by Worldwide Pants (WWP), his production company. WWP says, "We have a written policy in our employee manual that covers harassment. It is circulated to every employee every year. Dave is not in violation of our policy and no one has ever raised a complaint against him."
We do not know if WWP has a policy of requiring employees to disclose relationships with subordinates.
We contacted CBS but the company declined comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, David Letterman
Tags: cbs, dave, dave letterman, DaveLetterman, david letterman, DavidLetterman, harassment, sex, the late show, TheLateShow, worldwide pants, WorldwidePants, wwp
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 9:14AM by TMZ Staff
We've learned Robert "Joe" Halderman was arrested yesterday outside the CBS headquarters in NYC, and it was news to the people inside who make the news.
Our sources say the Manhattan D.A. played the investigation close to the vest and people inside the building were baffled when the highly-respected producer was cuffed and hauled off in the David Letterman extortion case.
As we already reported Halderman had a relationship with Stephanie Birkitt and lived with her. But we're told they had broken up "recently." We do not know who ended the relationship, but Halderman allegedly was in possession of Birkitt's diary, correspondence and photos -- which he says incriminated Letterman.
People connected with the network tell us Letterman did have a relationship with Birkitt, but the word is that it ended before Letterman had his baby in 2003.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, David Letterman
Tags: affair, cbs, dave letterman, DaveLetterman, david letterman, DavidLetterman, extortion plot, ExtortionPlot, robert halderman, RobertHalderman, sex, sexual affair, SexualAffair, stephanie birkitt, StephanieBirkitt, the late show with david letterman, TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman
Posted Sep 16th 2009 3:19PM by TMZ Staff
We just got video of the Serena Williams U.S. Open rant from a different perspective. It was shot by someone in the stands, and you can clearly see the frustration and anger in Serena's face as she chews out the line judge.
The video starts a few seconds into Serena's explosion -- after she threatened the judge by saying, "If I could, I would take this f**king ball and shove it down your f**king throat."
In our video you can hear her tell the line judge, "You better be freaking glad I don't do that ... you don't know me!"
Even though Serena started saying "freaking" instead of "f**king" -- CBS still bleeped it.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Exclusives
Tags: anger, cbs, freaking, rant, serena williams, SerenaWilliams, tennis, U.S open, u.s. open, U.s.Open
Posted Jul 15th 2009 1:43AM by TMZ Staff
Two physically disabled people are suing "Dancing with the Stars," claiming the show's studio is so disabled-unfriendly a cameraman threatened to run over a service dog.
Robert Carr and Arnie Pike claim in a new lawsuit they went to CBS Television City in L.A. last March to watch the show. Carr is a double amputee who is confined to a wheelchair. Arnie Pike is a quadriplegic who also requires a wheelchair.
The men claim they arrived with two companions and a service dog and were forced to watch as the majority of the audience was let in ahead of them.
The suit claims the studio has no "designated accessible seating for persons with disabilities." They claim the staff has "a policy of placing disabled persons where they cannot be seen by the camera or the public."
According to the suit, Pike was placed behind several rows of seats where he could not even see the action on the stage. The worst slight of all -- allegedly -- "his service dog was placed in the aisle where the camera man threatened to run over the dog."
The suit -- which also lists CBS as a defendant -- claims "Dancing" violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and asks for an order forcing the show to institute disabled-friendly policies. The plaintiffs also want damages.
Filed under: TV, Dancing with the Stars
Tags: cbs, dancing with the stars, DancingWithTheStars, disabled, dog, DWTS, lawsuit, service dog, ServiceDog, wheelchair
Posted Jun 4th 2009 4:48PM by TMZ Staff
Katie Couric has seen a ratings surge on the "CBS Evening News" -- but don't credit her new 'do or her infamous stems.
The real reason behind the sudden popularity: TMZ TV's story on her hair over the years ... and she agrees.
If you missed it, check it out to the right.
Tags: cbs, cbs evening news, CbsEveningNews, cbsnews, hair styles, HairStyles, katie couric
Posted May 29th 2009 7:43PM by TMZ Staff
The following story really isn't about the fact that some dude is suing reality king Mark Burnett over his short lived show "Pirate Master" -- the REAL story is that someone actually wants the credit for creating that piece of crap.
Some guy named James Papa says the show idea was all his -- and that after he "created" it back in 2003 and registered it with the US Copyright Office, that damn scallywag Burnett plundered all of his brilliant ideas -- like having a reality show on a pirate ship and making eliminated contestants "walk the plank." Burnett's show aired on CBS in 2007.
In the suit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Papa is demanding no less than $2,000,000 for his trouble ... unless it goes into arrrrrrrrrrrbitration.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: cbs, mark burnett, MarkBurnett, pirate master, PirateMaster
Posted Jul 8th 2008 3:30PM by TMZ Staff
The CBS foreign affairs correspondent who put the bag in Baghdad has just discovered the dad there too: Lara Logan is preggers.
Lara tells the Washington Post that she's expecting in January, and the father is a married federal contractor who lives in Iraq.
Another thing: Logan's married. She says that she and the baby daddy will be getting married, once their respective divorces are finalized.
Filed under: TV, Wacky & Weird
Tags: Affair, CBS, Foreign Reporter, ForeignReporter, Lara Logan, LaraLogan, Pregnant
Posted Aug 6th 2007 7:00PM by TMZ Staff
UPDATE: To be absolutely clear, the banner that appeared on last night's show was NOT pulled by Jerry.
The producers of the CBS reality show "Big Brother" have grounded a pilot they say planned on ruining the show.
Lawyers for Endemol USA Inc. sent a cease and desist letter to Jerry Hider of Blue Yonder Air, to stop him from flying his plane over the "Big Brother" house. According to Endemol, Hider was planning a flyover carrying a message that told the other players in the house that Eric is "America's Player" -- essentially ruining part of the game.
Endemol alleges that by doing this, Hider's proposed actions would violate a "tort of intentional interference of an advantageous business relationship" -- or, in layman's terms, "Dude, don't ruin the game!"
Hider alleges that he's not trying to ruin the game, and that he was simply paid to do a job. The peeved pilot wouldn't release the name of the person who has been hiring him to make "Big Brother"-related runs, but said that up until now he, CBS and Endemol enjoyed "a symbiotic relationship." In 2001, Endemol even produced a story about the banner operation.
In a statement to TMZ, CBS says: "It's always great to have fans that are this engaged and passionate about 'Big Brother.' However, we also need to protect the integrity of the competition, which does not allow any outside influence on the houseguests who are sequestered from the public broadcast and therefore unaware of some of the secret twists in the show."
Is Hider going to try to fight Endemol and CBS? Not likely. He told us "If I had a bunch of attorneys I would fight this, but it's not worth my time."
Filed under: TV
Tags: big brother, BigBrother, cbs, endemol
Posted Jun 7th 2007 12:40PM by TMZ Staff
Congratulations, obsessive "Jericho" fans -- you have officially broken CBS. The "canceled" show has been quickly resurrected and will be back in 2008, the network announced late yesterday. But CBS still needs your help.
Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment, posted an open letter to fans announcing the decision and imploring them to now focus their attention on bringing more viewers to the show, saying, "We will count on you to rally around the show, to recruit new viewers with the same grass-roots energy, intensity and volume you have displayed in recent weeks." Doesn't CBS have a marketing department for that?
The show's fans had bombarded CBS offices with peanuts (a reference only fans of the show would get) as a form of protest. The tactic worked so well, Tassler closed her letter with, "Please stop sending us nuts :)"
Filed under: TV
Tags: cbs, jericho
Posted Jun 7th 2007 12:27PM by TMZ Staff
Nicole Richie is laughing about the possibility of going behind bars -- and judging from Paris Hilton's quick release, it's not hard to see why.
The stick-thin sometimes-BFF to Ms. Hilton was on "The Late Show with David Letterman" last night, where she started to chuckle when telling Dave that prison is indeed a likelihood for her. Incarceration -- hilarity!
In between giggles, wrong-way Richie also said she is "keeping her fingers crossed ... but I'm willing to face whatever consequences come my way." Clearly, prison food won't bother her.
Filed under: Nicole Richie
Tags: CBS, Nicole Richie, NicoleRichie
Posted Jun 5th 2007 3:06PM by TMZ Staff
For all you super-obsessed "Jericho" nuts out there, worry no more!
CBS is steps away from sealing a deal to bring "Jericho" back from the TV graveyard for at least eight episodes, this according to TVGuide.com. An insider was quoted as saying the deal hinges on signing the actors to new contracts and finding a soundstage to house the show's sets. The series, which focuses on a small Kansas town coping with a new reality after a series of nuclear attacks by terrorists, could return as soon as mid-season. Kaboom!
Jerichoholics have launched all sorts of desperate campaigns to resurrect the show, including bombarding TMZ's email accounts with pleas. People -- listen up -- we can't bring back TV shows!!
Diehard fans have also sent shipments of peanuts to CBS in a move to persuade them to pickup the series. The peanuts were an allusion to a bit of war-cry dialog in the final episode. "Nuts!"
For the first time, television executives will work for peanuts.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, TV
Tags: cbs, jericho, skeet ulrich, SkeetUlrich, tv guide, TvGuide
Posted May 3rd 2007 10:55AM by TMZ Staff
Don Imus may get the last laugh -- because the contract he signed with CBS seems to court the very behavior that got him fired.
In Imus' multi-year contract with CBS Radio, seen by CNN's Jeffrey Toobin, the shock jock was told by his employer to be "irreverent" and "controversial. " CBS fired Imus for his "nappy-headed hos" comment. The question for a jury: Did Imus give CBS exactly what it wanted?
Imus is still owed $40 mil on the five-year deal. CBS is clearly in a bind, because not only does the contract require Imus to be "irreverent" and "controversial" but the document says those qualities are "desired by Company" and "consistent with Company rules and policies."
The fired shock jock has lawyered up with one of the country's top trial attorneys, Martin Garbus, who says that Imus plans to file a wrongful breach of contract suit against CBS.
Filed under: TV, The Biz, Celebrity Feuds
Tags: CBS, Don Imus, DonImus
Posted Apr 14th 2007 3:01AM by TMZ Staff
In a perfect Zone, the forthcoming sex tape from Season Two "American Idol" contestant Olivia Mojica would play out to the sounds of William Hung's "She Bangs," but for this sorry lot, a simple funeral march will suffice.
Don Imus: We had Don on last week's list, but since then, events have conspired to put him in the running for This Year's Biggest Loser. Stripped of his MSNBC simulcast and WFAN-AM syndicated morning radio show, he's now pushing the control buttons of "Imus in the Mourning." Would producer Bernie McGurk's ill-fated comments have sparked as big a furor had they been exchanged with a top-selling rap artist? You know, the kind that keeps radio parent company Viacom in the green via MTV and BET? Hard to say, but with the loss of Howard Stern and now the 66-year-old Imus, CBS Radio is suffering a serious case of jock shock.
Click here... it's not over yet
Filed under: The Z List
Tags: bernie mcgerk, bernie mcgurk, BernieMcgerk, BernieMcgurk, cbs, cbs radio, CbsRadio, david e. kelley, DavidE.Kelley, don imus, DonImus, girls gone wild, GirlsGoneWild, grindhouse, harvey weinstein, HarveyWeinstein, joe francis, JoeFrancis, Life on Mars, LifeOnMars, loser, losers, michelee pfeiffer, MicheleePfeiffer, miramax, olivia mojica, OliviaMojica, richard smoak, RichardSmoak, rosie o'donnell, RosieO'donnell, The Wedding Bells, TheWeddingBells, tom delay, TomDelay, townhall.com, TV, viacom, z-list
