Dan Rather -- To Freeze or Not to Freeze?

Posted Oct 4th 2007 10:01PM by TMZ Staff

Check out this hee-larious video!

No, this Dan Rather clip is not a fake. It's from the folks at My Damn Channel. The disgruntled, disgraced reporter actually does take 20 minutes to debate whether he should wear a jacket for the CBS Evening News.

It's hard-hitting journalism at its finest!

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The Z List - This Week's Biggest Losers 06/16/07

Posted Jun 16th 2007 2:59AM by TMZ Staff

We were all witnesses this week to LeBron James learning some hard lessons at the hands of the future Mr. Eva Longoria. And King James' 0-4 flameout was echoed in the Zone by similarly cavalier behavior.

Angelina Jolie: She looked fantastic Thursday on "Larry King Live," but her mighty machinations the day before were just plain ugly. Hours before the New York premiere of her film "A Mighty Heart," Angelina unsuccessfully tried to have FOX News banned from the red carpet and get reporters who wanted to interview her to sign a consent form guaranteeing no personal questions, no future repurposing of the interview, and so on. This is a time-honored practice dating all the way back past "Eyes Wide Shut," but predictably, to do this for a film about journalistic heroism -- and one whose premiere benefited the non-profit advocacy group Reporters Without Borders -- sent media types over the edge. Angelina may be the top ranked actress on this week's Forbes Celebrity 100 (she's #14 on the list), but when she told Larry she has "great empathy" for journalists, she sounded about as phony as a three-dollar bill.

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CBS Disses Dan Rather on Last Day

Posted Jun 20th 2006 1:16PM by TMZ Staff

Dan Rather is hitting back at CBS.

In a statement released Tuesday, the legendary anchor accuses the
network of forcing him out. "My departure before the term of my
contract represents CBS's final acknowledgement, after a protracted
struggle, that they had not lived up to their obligation to allow me to
do substantive work there. As for their offers of a future with only an
office but no assignments, it just isn't in me to sit around doing
nothing. So I will do the work I love elsewhere, and I look forward to
sharing details about that soon."

Rather's missive came hours after CBS kicked him on his way out the
door.

Rather was supposed to stay at CBS until November. But in a
surprisingly tacky finale, CBS criticized Rather on its own Web site,
calling him a "lightning rod for conservative critics" and detailing a
dispute over National Guard documents that led to Rather's forced
departure. "Although the Guard story was a low point in Rather's
career, it was far from his only brush with controversy," the reports
says.

Rather is considering an offer from billionaire Mark Cuban to do a
weekly cable news show -- a stark comedown after 44 years at CBS. 

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The Z List

Posted Jun 17th 2006 6:00AM by TMZ Staff

Unlike the guest list for a hot Hollywood party or nightclub, where VIP stands for "Very Important Person," the Z List is where you'll find celebrities relegated to the "Very Insignificant" roll call.

Here's a look at some of this week's prominent Z List VIP's.

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