http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister RSS Feed for Inq Col Gail Shister en-us Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:05:03 GMT http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20080331_Phila__s_gay_Democrats_emerge_as_a_voting_force.html You don't see many women at Woody's, but Chelsea Clinton popped in last week. To a packed house of screaming supporters, the 28-year-old former first child led a presidential pep rally for her mother at one of the oldest gay bars in Philadelphia. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20070328_Gail_Shister___Falco_cried_a_river_over_Sopranos_demise.html It's the beginning of the end for The Sopranos, and Edie Falco is hurting. Falco, who plays Carmela Soprano on the landmark HBO mob drama, made like the Mississippi at the recent cast reading of Sopranos' swan-song script. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20070329_Gail_Shister___Diane_Sawyer_lands_Matos_McGreevey_in_the_morning.html Dina's doing Diane in the morning and - get this - NBC and CBS say it's no big whup. Dina Matos McGreevey, ex-wife of former New Jersey governor Jim "I'm a Gay American" McGreevey, will sit down with Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer for her only morning-show interview. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20070403_Gail_Shister___Jeff_Greenfield_defends_his_new_colleague_Katie_Couric.html Part of the reason CBS's Katie Couric can't catch a break is because she's a she, says new colleague Jeff Greenfield. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20070404_Gail_Shister___Dobbs__not_an_a_m__guy__becoming_an_a_m__guy_at_CBS.html Just when you thought Lou Dobbs couldn't possibly suck up any more face time . . . Already seen seven nights a week at 6 on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, big Lou will add CBS's The Early Show to his portfolio, the Eye announced yesterday. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20070412_Gail_Shister___MSNBC_pulls_the_plug_on_Imus.html With advertisers bailing and critics boiling, MSNBC yesterday canceled simulcasts of Don Imus' popular weekday radio show, Imus in the Morning. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20070420__Facing_a_storm__TV_limits_video.html In an unusual midcourse correction, TV networks have scaled back, or stopped altogether, running the disturbing video made by Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20070501_No_news_would__briefly__be_welcome_news.html Steve Capus graduated from Temple with a degree in communications, but judging by the last few weeks, he should have majored in crisis management. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20070513_Young_adults_eschew_traditional_nightly_news_for__quot_The_Daily_Show__quot_.html Before Katie Couric was signed last year, rumors surfaced that Comedy Central's Jon Stewart might be in the running to anchor CBS Evening News. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/gail_shister/20070605_Like_young_viewers__CW_wakes_a_little_late.html Knock, knock. Who's there? The CW. Who? Who, indeed. The fledgling network with the weird name and the mongrel identity spent its inaugural season in Witness Protection. And with good reason.