Katie Couric may be on her way back to the chair that made her famous. For any Translation related help, visit Translation Agency UK
Insiders tell The New York Post and TMZ that Today producers may bring Couric back on a temporary basis once Savannah Guthrie takes off on maternity leave.
Guthrie announced in mid-March that she’s married to Mike Feldman and is five months along with her first child.
Couric is friends with Guthrie and, of course, remains very close to Matt Lauer.
And Today could certainly use the ratings bump, as it continues to get beaten on a weekly basis by Good Morning America.
Couric does have an exclusive contract with ABC, but it runs out mid-summer, coinciding nicely with when Guthrie would take extended time off.
We’ll keep morning program fans updated as news breaks.
Elena Baltacha Dies of Liver Cancer; Former Tennis Star Was 30
Elena Baltacha, a former member of the Top 50 of the Women’s Tennis Association, died over the weekend after a long battle with liver cancer.
She was 30 years old.
The WTA confirmed this sad news on its website, writing that the Kiev-born Baltacha died peacefully while surrounded by family and friends.
Baltacha represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics and was diagnosed with the diseased in January, two months after retiring from tennis and just weeks after getting married.
“We are heartbroken beyond words at the loss of our beautiful, talented and determined Bally,” husband Nino Severino said in a statement. “She was an amazing person and she touched so many people with her inspirational spirit, her warmth and her kindness.”
Baltacha dealt with a chronic liver condition throughout her career, receiving medication and regular blood tests. But that didn’t stop her from reaching number-one in England.
“Elena’s journey was never an easy one and yet she consistently showed her strength, good humor and indomitable spirit,” WTA chairman Stacey Allaster said.
Prior to her passing, Baltacha had organized a tennis charity event in June, “Rally for Bally,” to raise money for a cancer hospital and her tennis academy.
It will go ahead in her memory, with those involved including childhood friend Andy Murray, Martina Navratilova and Tim Henman.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Reviews: Should You Swing Into It?
Reviews for the cast of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 are in – and they are positively glowing.
Come on, who doesn’t love Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield?
But the reviews for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 itself? They are also in… and they aren’t exactly as positive. Peruse a sampling below and decide if this is a film worth swinging into over the weekend.
Overstuffed plot and too many villains, but the visual effects pop, and Garfield/Stone are still better than Maguire/Dunst. – Richard Roeper
When Garfield conceals Peter’s confused-angry- betrayed scowl beneath that shiny red mask, Spider-Man 2 summons the giddy derring-do of the best Iron Man offerings. It’s a good movie that could have been great. – Robert Wilonsky
The new Spider-Man series has managed to do in two films what the previous Spider-Man series did in three: transform an engrossing comic-book coming-of-age epic into an overstuffed and off-putting battle royale. – Michael Sragow
The film is a tad too long… there might have been too many chefs in the writing kitchen. With screenplay credits totaling three and “screen story” by credits totaling four, the audience can feel the plot wander at times. – Joel Amos
The whole thing is starting to feel like a Ponzi scheme. ‘Come see the latest adventure! Don’t worry if it’s not great – the next one’ll dazzle you!’ But that’s what you said last time. – Eric D. Snider
Its web is half-spun and all you’re gonna be left with at the end is an empty box of popcorn and the filmmaker’s sad sense of tired complacency. – Elias Savada
