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Oops: ‘Today’ Show Ratings Are On The Rise Since Megyn Kelly Got The Boot

Photo by: Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images The Show Has Also Been Beating Out ‘GMA’ Ever since Megyn Kelly left NBC’s Today  show following her  blackface comments , it seems things have been looking up for the network. According to Variety , viewership for the 9 a.m. show by their key demographic is up around 10% since Kelly left. On top of all this, for the last three weeks, the overall audience for the first two hours of the NBC show has been larger than that of their rival — ABC’s Good Morning America.  Experts are attributing the larger audience to recent tragedies such as the Pittsburgh shooting . NBC canceled Megyn Kelly Today on October 26, just two days after she made comments diminishing the harm of blackface.  Despite Kelly’s show ending, sources say she is still negotiating terms with NBCUniversal for her departure. It’s not certain whether NBC’s rating surge will hold or fall back to more average levels. GMA usually beats them out as the biggest morning-news audience overall, although Today usually takes the lead in the group that matters more — the viewers between 25 and 54 who advertisers favor for news programming. In Kelly’s last week on air, Today  captured 675,000 viewers between 25 and 54, according to Nielsen and approximately 2.52 million viewers overall. Last week, the third hour of Today  gained 741,000 viewers between 25 and 54, and more than 2.63 million viewers overall, showing jumps of about 10% and 4%. Since Kelly’s show was canceled, Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie have become co-hosts of the Today show. They are currently the only all-female morning anchor team on national broadcast TV. Many people seem to be all about their presence, considering Barbie just revealed them as the latest addition to their “Sheroes” collection. According to the company, their “sheroes” dolls represent women who “break boundaries to inspire the next generation.” There’s no word if Megyn Kelly got the email to be apart of the “Sheroes” collection.

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Exclusive: RHOA’s ‘New Edition’ Shamari DeVoe Says Her Hubby Said THIS About Her Joining The Cast

Bravo Bossip exclusive… Shamari DeVoe Talks Joining “The Real Housewives Of Atlanta” There’s a “New Edition”(pun intended) to the RHOA cast that people can’t wait to meet. This Sunday Shamari DeVoe will make her debut on “The Real Housewives Of Atlanta” as an official peach holder. The songstress, mother, and wife to the legendary Ronnie DeVoe already made a splash in season 11 previews—but who is she, exactly? Bossip recently caught up with the newbie who told us all about joining Andy Cohen’s raucous reality TV crew while being a mom and a “marriage ambassador” with her hubby. She also noted that Ronnie was initially none too pleased to hear she might be picking up a peach—but did she change his mind? Prince Williams/ATLPics.Net Meet Shamari DeVoe below. What attracted you to joining RHOA? I wanted people to hear my story. The world knew me as a member of multiplatinum group Blaque and from the movie “Bring It On” as an actress but I really wanted people to know me as Shamari DeVoe. Did you have any hangups about joining the cast? I just wanted to make sure it truly represented my family and who we are as parents, artists and “marriage ambassadors.” What does it mean to be a “marriage ambassador”? Me and my husband have been together 17 years, we’ve been married for 12 years. We’ve been through so many challenges and we were able to overcome those challenges. We are marriage ambassadors and it’s our mission to help other couples work through their challenges so they can have lifelong healthy relationships. We get couples together and encourage and inspire one another and we help people that are going through challenges and we encourage them to work it out. It’s all about saving families and bettering our community. Families make up our community so as long as the families stay together, our community is a better place. As a marriage ambassador, what advice would you give to the other RHOA couples? No matter what you’re going through, you have to stick it out, you have to communicate, you have to listen to each other. There is a blessing even in the impossible because anything is possible when you trust and you have faith and that’s very important in relationships. What was your husband’s initial reaction when you told him that you wanted to join the RHOA cast? He’s very protective so at first, he was like, ‘Oh hell nah!!!!’ Then the more that we talked about it, we realized that this is a great platform for us to share our testimony. How do you balance being a wife and mother with RHOA? I am a superwoman! I have a great support system, it consists of my husband, my family, and my friends. Even though I ‘m a superwoman every superwoman needs help. We understand that you’ve known Kandi for a number of years, what other housewives are you close with? I think all the housewives are great and we’re getting to know each other more. I’m still closest with Kandi, I just have such a great history with her. She’s worked with my group and we come from the same musical background from the 90s and [from] her doing the “808 Remix” for Blaque. I feel really close to her. I’m getting to know everybody, everybody is really, really, cool. Is there a housewife, in particular, you’ve enjoyed getting to know? I really like NeNe, she keeps me laughing—she’s so funny! And [I like] Eva because we have the same connection, we’re both new mothers, we have that in common. Are you working on any new music? Yes, I have some new music that I’m working on with Blaque. We have a surprise coming up so stay tuned. Also, my husband and I have a singing group called ‘Me and Mari’, we’ve been working on new music for a few years now. We’re finally ready to release our single called “Love Comes Through.” What do you want RHOA fans to learn about Shamari DeVoe? I want the viewers to know that I’m a superwoman; I’m a wife, a mother, I’m a friend, I’m a daughter and I want women to know that they can do it all.   Bravo TV Social Media: @ShamariDevoe  

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Which Way? James Corden Pipes It Up With Migos For “Carpool Karaoke” [Video]

James Cordon sings along to some severely edited versions of Migos’ greatest hits and helps them drop some of their MANY racks of cold hard cash at a luxury retailer. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/YouTube

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Fickle Follicle Fiasco: Twitter Caught Balding Bron-Bron With 88% Ceiling Missing & Dunked On His Desolate Dome

pic.twitter.com/t3zs3iKTHM — Dre (@Crotin) November 12, 2018 King Bron’s Bald Spots Shatters Twitter We love you Bron-Bron but it really  REALLY might be time to let it go–seriously, like, forreal forreal–based on a recent postgame glimpse of his missing ceiling that sent Go Sports Twitter into a hilariously petty TIZZY. y’all leave bron alone pic.twitter.com/tkPpcRjgA9 — (@PlayoffKobe) November 12, 2018 Peep the hilarious hysteria over Bron-Bron’s missing ceiling on the flip.

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Armie Hammer Blasts Everyone Who Tweeted a Stan Lee Selfie

Hollywood lost a legend this week. As previously reported,  Stan Lee died at the age of 95 . It didn't take long after this news broke for scores of tributes to come flooding in for the co-creator of Marvel, someone responsible for entertaining and educating millions upon millions of comic book fans. Many of these tributes, especially from celebrites, included a photo of the person making the tribute and Lee. Together. It was often a selfie. What's the big deal? Isn't this a typical move in the social media age? Yes, and Hammer is here to explain why it's the wrong move — while many others are here to disagree with him… 1. The Tweet That Started It All “So touched by all of the celebrities posting pictures of themselves with Stan Lee… no better way to commemorate an absolute legend than putting up a picture of yourself,” wrote Hammer. 2. Who is This Really About? Hammer is trying to make a bigger point about social media here, how it leads to user making EVERYthing about themselves. 3. Some Stars Worked with Lee, Though Hammer had an easy reply to that point. 4. What is the Proper Protocol Here? 5. So… This Was a Self-Centered Tweet? Not sure if we agree, Armie. 6. And This Person Doesn’t Agree, Either View Slideshow

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Tori Spelling Says Wildfires Forced Her to Evacuate; Fire Marshal Says She’s Lying

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, dozens have lost their lives and millions of dollars in property has been destroyed, as California continues to battle the deadliest wildfires in the state’s history. Numerous celebrities have lost their homes, including Miley Cyrus, Gerard Butler, and Robin Thicke. Those stars have received an outpouring of support from fan,s and it seems Tori Spelling may have taken one look at the tidal wave of sympathy and thought, how can I get in on that?! Tori took to Instagram this week and told a tale of being evacuated just as the fires made their way to her neighborhood: “My big brood and I were evacuated last night. My eyes swell with happy tears when I reflect on how many friends immediately reached out and offered their homes to us,” the actress said. “No small offer when you are talking about a family of seven. Some I don’t even know that well but as part of our school community they stepped up. Thank you all!” Fans were quick to rally behind Tori with words of love and support. “Praying for you and your family,” commented one follower. “I’m so sad and sorry this is happening! Praying for you all,” wrote another. It’s great that Spelling has such caring friends and fans … but it looks like those folks may have been bamboozled by the notoriously unstable actress. “I haven’t heard anything about Mulholland Drive [where Spelling resides] being affected,” a Los Angeles County fire marshal tells Radar Online. “I can tell you that I was just sent from Miracle Mile and we’re here in Woodland Hills in kind of a standby mode. We have been dispatched to different place across the city. We have different pools of fire engines kind of in a standby mode.” The unidentified firefighter went on to say that there’s a possibility Spelling’s neighborhood could be affected by the fires — but it definitely hasn’t happened yet: “We still have high winds and there is danger, so there could be spots and new fires that can break out. So we are sieging resources to get ready for that,” says the fire marshal. It’s possible there’s some confusion here, or that Spelling and her family made the decision to evacuate on their own out of an abundance of caution. But if it turns out Tori is lying, we think it’s safe to say this incident won’t do any wonders for her already battered reputation. It’s anyone’s guess as to why she would concoct such a story. Spelling’s financial troubles have been well-documented, so it’s possible she exaggerated her situation in hope of a handout. Insiders who know the actress say Tori seems to lie compulsively, and they’ve learned to take everything she says with a grain of salt. Here’s hoping Tori will provide soon post an update clarifying that this has all been one big misunderstanding. Otherwise, she may have just reached a new rock bottom in a career that’s been filled with them.

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Let Him Love You: Mario Says He’s Smashed Over 100 Women & Has A Crush On Jhene Aiko [Video]

(Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage) Mario Says His Love Life Has Been “Loveless” & Reveals His Celebrity Crush This is spicy. On Wendy Williams’ extras from her youtube channel, she sits with Mario and got the “Back Seat Heat” on his love life. In the short clip, Mario reveals A LOT. He’s recently gotten out of a two-year relationship for a younger woman, insisting he’s never been in love. “What’s your number?”, Wendy asks the once uber-popular R&B veteran, referring to how many women he has slept with. “50, 100?” Wendy asks, “I would say around 100.” Mario adds that his celebrity crush is Jhene Aiko, and if she wasn’t with Big Sean, he’d be shooting his shot! Press play!

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90 Day Fiance Star Larissa Returns To Instagram After Arrest, Calls Herself a "Survivor"

Things for 90 Day Fiance stars Colt and Larissa took a somewhat scary turn after Larissa was arrested for domestic battery . Her arrest followed an argument in which she locked herself in the bathroom and begged her followers for help. Now, however, she’s out on bond, and she and Colt want to assure everyone that everything’s fine, actually . After being released on bond, Larissa put out a statement on her Instagram Story. “Hello everyone,” Larissa begins. “Thank you for the support and love,” she says. “I am safe and resting.” “The past 48 hours have been the most difficult in my life,” the 31-year-old Brazilian woman admits. “But reading the messages from all of you has made me smile,” Larissa writes. “God bless and thank you,” she concludes, promising: “I’ll update soon.” Upon her return to Instagram, Larissa changed her frantic-cry-for-help bio so that it read “survivor.” That, particularly from someone who is not a native English speaker, is very cryptic. She has since changed the profile on her still-private Instagram to something more general about how she’s a 90 Day Fiance star. Larissa also shared the above photo of her and Colt at an aquarium. “People are asking about me and Colt, sending message to him (I read everything),” she writes in the caption. Larissa affirms: “We are together and strong. We just choose [to not] expose it.” What she means by that is that they have decided to not go into detail about what went down — not yet, anyway. For his part, Colt decided to take aim at people who were trying to figure out what happened between them. “Self proclaimed internet sleuths who think they are Woodward and Bernstein,” Colt’s Instagram post begins. Colt continues: “They are simply people that spread misinformation, lies, and chaos to make themselves look important.” “They are nothing and will never be relevant,” Colt declares. He and Larissa had both posted about what had happened between them, but it looks like he didn’t care for the people who were spinning theories. Honestly, that message is a little hostile. We strongly prefer when Colt posts cat photos. As we mentioned, both 90 Day Fiance stars — who were married last June — had spoken about the fight. Larissa had claimed that she was upset with Colt for not being open about their marriage on social media. She said that he’d brought home flowers but when they continued to fight, he’d knocked over shelves. She then said that he’d deactivated her wifi and took her phone, which caused her to panic. She hid in the bathroom and used a tablet to try to convince her followers to message Colt and tell him to reconnect her. Larissa also expressed a fear that Colt would call the police. Ultimately, it looks like someone — perhaps a fan — called the police. “Larissa was arrested this afternoon,” Colt shared on Instagram over the weekend. “She suffers from high anxiety and several [sic] depression.” “She overreacted to problems that do not exist,” Colt claimed. “I proceeded to deactivate her phone to try to defuse the situation. This escalated issues and matters became worse,” he admitted. Colt realized: “She felt this action was a threat towards her and tried to reach out for help.” “Not long after her cry was posted,” he said. “The police came and knocked down the front door. They drew their guns at me and handcuffed me.” It sounds like both of them feared for their safety at one point. “The police interviewed us,” Colt said. “But not long after they decided to arrest Larissa.” “No one was hurt and I did not press charges against my wife,” Colt clarified. “However,” he explained. “It is policy in the state of Nevada that since we are in a domestic partnership, someone had to be arrested.” So that is Colt’s side of the story. Even if no one was really hurt, everything about that sounds toxic. We hope that nothing like it ever happens again. Whatever went down, we have a suspicion that 90 Day Fiance is going to want to address it on camera. View Slideshow: 90 Day Fiance: Larissa Dos Santos ARRESTED For Assaulting Husband!

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Amber Portwood Melts Down In Bizarre Instagram Rant: I Am NOT a Bad Mom!

We think it's safe to say Amber Portwood is going through a bit of a tough time. Over the course of the past two weeks, Amber has gotten emotional on social media multiple times while discussing recent events in her life. And she's not exactly welling up with joy. Amber recently “quit” Teen Mom OG over what she says is bullying and harassment from fans. It's unclear if she'll actually be leaving the show, but in the week since, she's complained about poor treatment from viewers several more times. And last night, she delivered what might be her most emotional tirade to date. Take a look: 1. Tough Times Amber appears to be stuck in a downward spiral these days. The Teen Mom OG star is now in the habit of unleashing her anger toward fans in bizarre social media rants. 2. When the Bullied Becomes the Bully Amber has accused TMOG viewers of bullying her, but as many have pointed out, she’s recently engaged in quite a bit of behavior that could be described as bullying. 3. Crossing the Line In the first of her recent rants, Amber threatened to get violent with fans and insulted one of her followers by referring to them using the R-word. 4. Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Shortly thereafter, Amber took to Twitter to deliver another rant, this time threatening to quit the show that made her famous. 5. In Case It Wasn’t Clear … “I can’t do this anymore,” Amber tweeted. Shortly thereafter, she followed that up with “I have to quit this show.” 6. Amber’s Heartache “The heartache this show has put me through is too much to bear anymore,” she continued. “If I will not be shown then there’s nothing more to do. My name will not get smeared anymore.” View Slideshow

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Alaskan Bush People Star Ami Brown Grieves Death of Estranged Mother

Now that Alaskan Bush People star Matt Brown has checked out of rehab , things should be smooth sailing for the Brown family. Sadly, they have now suffered a tragic loss. No one should have to lose their mother at any age, but that is just what has happened to Ami Brown. RadarOnline   reports that Ami Brown’s estranged mother, Earlene Branson, has died. “Ami’s mother has died,” their insider reports. According to the source, “Ami is rather upset about this.” She’s upset despite — or perhaps because of — their estrangement. The insider explains that Ami is saddened “because she never got the opportunity to reconcile with her mom.” Earlene, the source says, is a woman “who tried for years and years to see her daughter.” Earlene Branson, pictured here, passed away at the age of 85. Ami never got the reunion and potential healing with her mother that she wanted. “There is nothing that she can do,” the insider laments. “It’s too late,” the source says of Ami’s feelings. “She’s gone.” Earlene and Les Branson — Les being Ami’s brother — apparently tried to visit Ami in Alaska not too long ago. Ami was, at the time, out of state. Despite the estrangement and some unresolved resentments, Earlene’s obituary does mention her daughter. “Her daughter Ami Brown is a star of the hit television show Alaskan Bush People,” the obituary reads. “Which airs on the Discovery Channel.” As recently as last year, RadarOnline spoke to Earlene and Les about their continued separation from Ami. Apparently, they very nearly had a little family reunion. “She said, ‘We’re going to come see you on Billy’s book signing tour, we’ll come down and see you,’” claimed Les. “We were very excited,” Les admitted. “Thinking we were going to get to see her.” Sadly, it never happened. “I found out later that they drove right by,” Les lamented. “And Billy wouldn’t let her stop and see any of us” “We were absolutely heartbroken,” he shared. At the time, Les added: “We’re still waiting to see Ami.” But they’ve been unable to do so for some time. “And we know,” Les accused. “It’s all because of Billy!” We of course cannot confirm that Billy either did or did not prevent Ami from visiting her mother and brother. It’s not that big of a surprise that they would regard Billy as the villain. They’ve harbored a grudge ever since 15-year-old Ami ran off with 26-year-old Billy. (That’s right; their 11-year age difference might not mean much now , but it sure did when Ami was young) Estrangements are complicated things, and it is only natural to look for one single villain when there are probably many factors. Family reunions can just be awkward, folks. We are so sorry for Ami’s loss, and for Les’ loss, and for all of Earlene’s loved ones. But there is a silver lining to this grim news. Earlene had many, many grandchildren — and now even has some great-grandchildren. Ami and Billy’s children have five first-cousins on Ami’s side whom they could meet. And those are just Earlene’s grandchildren. Earlene was also a great-grandmother and a great-great-grandmother to, added together, 13 others. There’s a whole family waiting for the Browns to claim and meet if they want to. View Slideshow: Alaskan Bush People: 13 Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know

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