CNN anchor Jessica Dean is going to be a mom! The 41-year-old host of the primetime weekend edition of CNN Newsroom confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday that she and her husband, Alex Katz, are expecting their first child together, a baby boy, this June. “I’ve been extremely lucky and have felt relatively good so far,” […]
Rahel Solomon will be leaving CNN at the end of the week. The journalist, who anchors CNN Early Start and has served as a business correspondent at the news network since 2022, announced on Monday that she would be exiting CNN. “I have decided that this will be my last week at CNN,” Solomon said. […]
Ana Cabrera is leaving MS NOW just three years after making the leap to the network formerly known as MSNBC from CNN. Cabrera, who filled a two-hour morning anchor slot at the network, announced she would be exiting MS NOW on March 18 — the same day the organization revealed a major shift in the […]
Michael J. Fox is laughing off inaccurate reports of his death. The Back to the Future star, 64, took to Threads on Wednesday to poke fun at mistaken reports that he had died following CNN’s accidental publishing of a tribute video titled, “Remembering the life of actor Michael J. Fox.” “How do you react when […]
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon may have his sights set on the Oval Office. The independent journalist, who was fired from CNN in 2023, revealed on the March 29 episode of Pod Save America that he “could” consider a run for U.S. president if “the right opportunity presented itself.” “Do I ever think about it? […]
CNN’s Stephanie Elam will be exiting the network after more than 20 years as a correspondent. Elam, who has worked in recent years as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for the network, confirmed in a statement to Variety on April 10 that she would be stepping away, saying farewell in a broadcast on Friday. “For more […]
Ted Turner has died, according to a Turner Enterprises statement cited by CNN. He was 87. CNN, which Turner founded, reported he died “peacefully” surround by loved ones. No cause of death was disclosed, though Turner was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in his final years. The New York Times provided a second confirmation of […]
CNN anchor Abby Phillip is pregnant with her and husband Marcus Richardson’s second baby. The popular news anchor announced her pregnancy late last month. Phillip also confirmed that the baby-to-be is a boy who is expected to be delivered in October. Baby boy Richardson already has a big sister, 4-year-old Naomi. Abby, 37, told People: “We […]
Paula Reid won’t be joining CNN when its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, is acquired by Paramount. Reid, 43, who has been with CNN since 2021, first as the news network’s senior legal affairs correspondent, and then in her current role as chief legal affairs correspondent, is choosing to decline a contract renewal option and […]