Brian Williams
Good-looking and quick-witted, this veteran news anchor started out as a White House intern under President Jimmy Carter before embarking on a career in broadcast journalism. After working as a report...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
05/04/1959
Elmira, NY |
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Wald switches news jobs at NBC, will produce "Today"
May 18, 2001 12:54pm ESTJonathan Wald, executive producer of NBC Nightly News, has been named the new exec producer of the Today show.
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Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Review
May 14, 2001 9:10am ESTDundee's the man to trade tall tales with over pints of Foster's. But it's time for him to hang up his knife and let Steve Irvin hunt those bloody crocs
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QUICK TAKES: Eminem receives two years' probation
April 26, 2001 3:02pm ESTGrammy Award-winning artist Eminem was sentenced to two years' probation Tuesday for carrying a concealed weapon.
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ROLE CALL: Remaking "Brian's Song"
April 26, 2001 2:15pm ESTSean Maher, Mekhi Phifer and Ben Gazzara have been cast in ABC's Wonderful World of Disney's Sunday showcase Brian's Song, a remake of the Emmy-winning 1971 TV movie starring James Caan and Billy Dee Williams.
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR MAY 19-21, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTDinosaurs snapped back to life this weekend as Buena Vista/Disney's "Dinosaur" kicked off to nearly $39 million. The PG-rated, computer-animated feature, which cut short the chart-topping reign of DreamWorks' "Gladiator," set a record as the year's biggest opening with an ESTIMATED $38.6 million at 3,257 theaters ($11,860 per theater). "Dinosaur's" per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide or limited release this weekend. "I think it's great," Buena Vista Distribu
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR MAY 12-14, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am EST"Gladiator" continued to rule the box office this weekend, collecting another $24 million in tribute from moviegoers. The R-rated action adventure from DreamWorks easily held on to first place in its second week with a hefty ESTIMATED $24.3 million (-30%) at 2,943 theaters (+40 theaters; $8,257 per theater). Its cume is approximately $73.3 million, heading for about $150 million in domestic theaters. "Gladiator's" per theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release thi
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR MAY 5-7, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTMoviegoers gave DreamWorks' "Gladiator" a thumbs-up vote of nearly $33 million. The R-rated DreamWorks' action adventure set in ancient Rome arrived to a spectacular ESTIMATED $32.7 million at 2,938 theaters ($11,130 per theater). Its per theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide or limited release this weekend. "It really is a great opening," DreamWorks distribution head Jim Tharp said Sunday morning. "I think we're so pleased with it because it's an R-rated movie, it h
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EXTRA: Bruce Willis, Jesus and the May Sweeps
March 19, 2001 11:50am EST"Friends" (© NBC) SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 27, 2000 -- From the closing days of April to the better part of May, tears will be calculatedly shed, market-researched miracles attempted and the monumental exit of "Beverly Hills, 90210," hitherto known as the show that started it all, finally realized. Nay, it's not a shift of cosmos in the universe of perpetually bad TV programming. Rather, the said tube highlights are merely part of that scheme known as the May sweeps, wherein -- from to
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR APR. 28-30, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTUniversal's unsinkable "U-571" continued full speed ahead in first place this weekend just as studio tracking data indicated it would. The PG-13 World War II submarine drama, which had a 19% first-choice tracking going into the weekend, held on to the top spot with a brisk ESTIMATED $12.33 million (-37%) at 2,615 theaters (+32 theaters; $4,715 per theater). Its cume is approximately $38.2 million, heading for $60 million-plus in domestic theaters. "U-571's" per theater average was the high
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Spielberg Polishes Image at NAACP Awards
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2000 -- Kidney surgery wasn't enough to keep Steven Spielberg from making an impassioned plea for diversity. The 53-year-old director skipped the red carpet arrivals but mustered the strength to make it to the podium at the 31st NAACP Image Awards on Saturday in Pasadena, Calif. Only a few days after having a kidney removed, the filmmaker -- looking no worse for his recent wear -- urged his peers in the industry to continue to "expand the opportunities of the portr
