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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 30 June 2017
Greta Van Susteren out as

MSNBC host

By DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Greta
Van Susteren’s stop at a
third cable news network
proved to be short. MSNBC
In this Sept. 14, 2016, file photo, actress Michelle Rodriguez said Thursday that she’s out
attends the “(re)Assignment” premiere on day 7 of the To- after less than six months
ronto International Film Festival at the Ryerson Theatre in at the network, to be re-
Toronto. placed by Ari Melber.
Associated Press Van Susteren began host-
Michelle Rodriguez ing a Washington-based
6 p.m. weeknight show
threatens to leave at MSNBC on Jan. 9, join-
ing the network after her
‘Fast and the Furious’ 14-year run at Fox News
Channel ended last sum-
mer following a financial
By The Associated Press bye.” disagreement. Before join-
Michelle Rodriguez is F. Gary Gray directed ing Fox, she had her own This June 19, 2013 file photo shows Greta Van Susteren at the
National Press Club in Washington. On Thursday, June 29, 2017,
threatening to leave “The the eighth film in the se- show at CNN. Van Susteren tweeted, “I am out at MSNBC.”
Fast and the Furious” fran- ries, “The Fate of the Furi- But with the Fox and MS- Associated Press
chise unless its female ous,” and is defending the NBC audiences usually
characters are treated treatment of women in diametrically opposed, it 797,000. When Chris Mat- President Phil Griffin called
differently. that movie. proved a poor fit. thews’ “Hardball” started Van Susteren “a well-re-
Rodriguez wrote on Insta- He tells Business Insider he MSNBC has had its best rat- at 7 p.m., the network’s au- garded television veteran
gram on Tuesday that she “thought the combina- ings in network history in dience jumped to 1.45 mil- and one of only a few
hopes filmmakers decide tion of female characters 2017, lion, Nielsen said. broadcasters who can say
“to show some love to the was pretty strong.” Gray but Van Susteren hasn’t The show is ending despite they’ve hosted shows at
women of the franchise” notes that Charlize Theron shared in the riches. It was the public backing of Van all three major cable news
in its next installment. If played the antagonist in the least-watched show Susteren’s friend and MS- networks. We are grate-
not, she says, she “just the film and Helen Mirren on MSNBC between 5 p.m. NBC’s most popular host, ful to her and wish her the
might have to say good- made a cameo.q and midnight both Mon- Rachel Maddow. best.”
day and Tuesday of this Van Susteren tweeted “I’m A lawyer like Van Susteren,
week, according to the out at MSNBC” before MS- Melber is MSNBC’s chief
Nielsen company. NBC made its announce- legal correspondent and
On Monday, for exam- ment Thursday afternoon. hosts a weekend show,
ple, MSNBC’s “Meet the She had no immediate “The Point.”
Press Daily” at 5 p.m. had comment about the oust- He’ll begin as permanent
970,000 viewers, and Van er. 6 p.m. host sometime next
Susteren’s show dipped to In a note to staff, MSNBC month, Griffin said.q
Pop superstar Adele hints

In this April 26, 2017, file photo, Rob Lowe arrives at the ‘25’ tour is her last
Los Angeles premiere of “How to Be a Latin Lover” at the
ArcLight Hollywood.
Associated Press
Rob Lowe says he LONDON (AP) — Pop su-
perstar Adele has hinted
feared death during that her current tour for
Grammy-winning
album
bigfoot-like encounter “25” will be her last.
The 29-year-old included a
signed, handwritten note
By The Associated Press ma. Lowe says he and his in the program for her
Rob Lowe says he thought sons were camping there Wednesday night show at
he was going to be killed to investigate a bigfoot- Wembley Stadium in Lon-
during an encounter with like creature known to don stating, “I don’t know
a bigfoot creature while locals as a “wood ape” if I’ll ever tour again and so
filming his new A&E docu- during a shoot for “The I want my last time to be at
series. Lowe tells Enter- Lowe Files” when some- home.”
tainment Weekly the en- thing began to approach Her announcement comes
counter took place in the their camp. Lowe says he at the end of a 15-month
Ozark Mountains, which was lying on the ground In this Feb. 12, 2017, file photo, Adele performs “Hello” at the tour throughout Europe,
stretch between Arkan- thinking he was going to 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. the US, Australia and New
sas, Missouri and Oklaho- be killed.q Associated Press Zealand. q