Al Roker might want to invest in a new alarm clock. The "Today" weatherman overslept Tuesday, missing his early-morning call for the Weather Channel's "Wake Up With Al."
"After 39 years, it happened. I overslept and missed a show. Missed #WUWA. But will be on time for @today," Roker tweeted at a still-ungodly hour of the morning. He fulfilled his promise, showing up at Rockefeller Center where colleagues Savannah Guthrie, Natalie Morales and Matt Lauer quizzed him about the incident.
"The alarm clock on my phone didn't go off. Somebody asked, 'What's your backup?' For 39 years I didn't need one," Roker explained, joking that he had changed the name of his show to "Al, Wake Up!"
Hoffman treated for cancer
Dustin Hoffman is doing well after being successfully treated for cancer. A spokeswoman for the 75-year-old actor-director confirmed a People.com report Tuesday that says Hoffman is "feeling great and in good health" after undergoing cancer treatment. His publicist told the site that Hoffman's cancer was detected early and "surgically cured." Hoffman made his directorial debut last year with "Quartet."
co-anchors: "PBS NewsHour" has named Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff as co-anchors and co-managing editors of the weeknight broadcast. The network said Tuesday that the Washington-based Ifill and Woodruff will share anchor duties Mondays through Thursdays. Each Friday, Woodruff will anchor solo as Ifill continues to host "Washington Week" that evening. Hari Sreenivasan will serve as senior correspondent of the "NewsHour," along with his duties anchoring the New York-based "PBS NewsHour Weekend" on Saturdays and Sundays starting Sept 7. In recent years, the "NewsHour" has had rotating teams of anchors who included Ifill and Woodruff. The announcements were made at a session of the Television Critics Association press tour.
recovering: Acclaimed crime novelist Elmore Leonard is recovering at a hospital following a stroke last week. Leonard's longtime researcher, Gregg Sutter, said Tuesday that family members are guardedly optimistic about the 87-year-old author's condition. Leonard, who lives in suburban Detroit, has written 45 Westerns, crime novels and mysteries. Sutter says Leonard — who was given an honorary National Book Award last year — has been at work on No. 46.
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