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NBC’s Megyn Kelly says she’s

‘done with politics’ on debut

By DAVID BAUDER ball players and the flag Kelly as saying she hoped
AP Television Writer Monday morning, but her show could be a unify-
NEW YORK (AP) — Megyn Kelly’s show had an inter- ing force and said, “and
Kelly made her debut as view with the revived cast now a look at the unifying
an NBC morning TV host of NBC’s “Will & Grace,” force that is Megyn Kelly.”
on Monday with the dec- a toast from her new “To- It than ran a clip reel of Kelly
laration that she’s “kind of day” colleagues and a from Fox News briefly men-
done with politics for now.” story about a nun fighting tioning hot button issues
The former Fox News Chan- violence in Chicago. like Black Lives Matter, the
nel anchor was in the thick “The truth is, I’m kind of New Black Panther Party
of it during the 2016 presi- done with politics for now,” and whether Santa Claus
dential campaign, most Kelly said. “You know why, was white. NBC News had
notably when then-candi- right? We all felt it, it’s ev- no immediate comment Megyn Kelly poses on the set of her new show, “Megyn Kelly
date Donald Trump turned erywhere. And it’s just got- on Oliver’s segment.q Today” at NBC Studios on Thursday, Sept, 21, 2017, in New York.
on her following her sharp ten so dark.”
questioning of him in a de- She said she wants viewers Sterling K. Brown, Chadwick
bate. “to have a laugh with us,
She joked at the beginning a smile, sometimes a tear Boseman support NFL players
of “Megyn Kelly Today” and maybe a little hope to
that “we’ll be dissecting start your day.”
the latest tweet from Presi- HBO’s John Oliver had a By JILL DOBSON
dent Trump.” takedown of Kelly on his Associated Press
No, she wouldn’t. Trump show that aired the night NEW YORK (AP) — Sterling
was tweeting about foot- before. The show quoted K. Brown and Chadwick
Singer Art Garfunkel Boseman have high praise
for the pro football players
reveals feelings, who took a knee in protest
of President Donald Trump.
thoughts in new book The actors — both starring
in the upcoming film “Mar-
shall,” about Thurgood
By WAKA TSUNODA Marshall — commended
Associated Press players in the National
“What Is It All but Lumi- Football League who sat,
nous: Notes from an Under- knelt or raised their fists in
ground Man” (Knopf), by defiance during the na-
Art Garfunkel tional anthem on Sunday.
Art Garfunkel once envi- The players responded
sioned a simple life as a after Trump said anyone
mathematics teacher. He who knelt during “The Star-
earned a master’s degree Spangled Banner” should
and was well on his way be fired, and used a pro-
to becoming a Ph.D. That fane term to describe such
plan was derailed when he a player.
and Paul Simon became Boseman, who plays Mar-
famous as the folk-rock shall, the first black person
duo Simon & Garfunkel. This cover image released by to ascend to the U.S. Su-
“What Is It All but Lumi- Knopf shows, “What Is It All but preme Court, called the
nous: Notes from an Under- Luminous: Notes from an Un- players “patriots.”
ground Man” is a charming derground Man,” by Art Gar- “America is always being ABOVE: In this Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, file photo, Sterling K. Brown
book of prose and poetry funkel. born out of being revolu- in Los Angeles; BELOW: In this Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, file photo,
printed in a digitalized ver- Associated Press tionary,” said Boseman, Chadwick Boseman arrives in Los Angeles.
sion of his handwriting. In it, whose roles have included Associated Press
he reveals his thoughts and for five years. In 1981, he Jackie Robinson in “42” main silent.” He was released by the
feelings about his turbulent performed with Simon be- and the Black Panther in On Sunday, some players 49ers during the offseason
life. fore more than 500,000 the Marvel movies. “That’s took a knee, while some and has yet to find an NFL
Garfunkel’s accomplish- fans in New York’s Central what it’s born out of. It’s locked arms while stand- team.
ments are many: With Paul Park and belted out his not born out of doing what ing to show unity with their Trump, in comments Friday,
Simon, he won six Grammy signature vocal “Bridge people told you what teammates. said: “Wouldn’t you love to
Awards, the Grammy Life- over Troubled Water.” In you’re supposed to do.” The issue of players sitting see one of these NFL own-
time Achievement Award 2010, he temporarily lost his Brown, who recently won during the anthem in pro- ers, when somebody disre-
and was inducted into the voice due to a vocal cord an Emmy Award for best test first came to a head spects our flag, to say, ‘Get
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. problem and struggled to actor in a drama for his role last year when then-San that son of a bitch off the
As a solo singer, he scored regain it. on “This Is Us,” said Trump Francisco 49ers quarter- field right now, out, he’s
three Top 20 hits. He also His poems in “Luminous” has been divisive. back Colin Kaepernick fired!”Boseman said Kae-
won acclaim for his film are witty, candid and wild- “I believe that this presi- decided to kneel to pro- pernick was only seeking
roles in “Catch-22” and ly imaginative. He comes dent has sort of brought test police brutality against equality.“Kaepernick was
“Carnal Knowledge.” through as a highly intel- a lot of ugliness to the sur- blacks and what he called saying was that America
In 1970, S&G broke up after ligent man trying to make face ...,” said Brown, add- the overall racist treatment should live up to what its
dominating the pop charts sense of his extraordinary ing, “We can no longer re- of blacks in America. creed is. That’s it. q