A Look Back at the Perfectly '70s Birth of Good Morning America

Good Morning America turned forty this month, celebrating with a marathon broadcast and a reunion of previous anchors. Its fierce rival Today is older, of course, dating back to 1952. However, GMA was launched in the mid 1970s, which presents a wonderful opportunity to gawk at wacky-ass throwback styles.
Robin Roberts Interviews Two of the Cleveland Kidnapping Survivors
Last night, a special edition of ABC News’ 20/20 aired featuring Cleveland kidnapping survivors Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry, who just marked the two-year anniversary of their escape.
Robin Roberts Is the Most Trusted News Anchor Because Robin Roberts
It's been a heck of a year for Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts. She was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), had a bone marrow transplant, underwent radiation therapy and, on top of it all, lost her mother. Ever-resilient, Roberts was back in her anchor chair less than half a year after…
Fearing Morning Show Espionage, NBC Forbid Ann Curry from Tweeting Well Wishes to Robin Roberts
A huge New York magazine cover story about the rubber band jungle of ill will and corporate fuckery that NBC's Today has become will probably make you realize how terribly unimportant feuding morning show anchors really are in the grand cosmic scheme of things. Then you'll come to the bit about how NBC's corporate…
M.I.A. Loses Her Shit on Twitter Over Son's Custody Battle
Queen of Controversy M.I.A. is currently embroiled in a vicious custody battle over her 4-year-old son, Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman, with her estranged ex-fiancé Benjamin Bronfman, the environmentalist son of Seagram heir Edgar Bronfman Jr. (and part of the younger generation of almost-too-cool dilettante-ish…
The Gorgeous Dresses and Hot Messes of the Oscars Red Carpet
Last night at the 85th annual Academy Awards, for the most part, the look on the red carpet was classic Hollywood glamour. Like rare birds during mating season, A-listers tried to outshine each other, and some of the bright plumage and peacockery on display was truly stunning. Alas, there were a few sartorial missteps…
Robin Roberts Back at GMA, Will Interview Michelle Obama
Woot! After a five-month leave of absence to undergo a bone marrow transplant for a rare blood disorder, Robin Roberts has returned to Good Morning America, opening with: "I have been waiting 174 days to say this: 'Good Morning America." She added: "I keep pinching myself and I realize this is real. This is actually…
Broke-Ass Lindsay Lohan Moves Back in With Her Mom
Lindsay Lohan has moved back into her teenage bedroom on Long Island with mom/"cool mom"/party friend Dina because Thomas Wolfe was wrong: you CAN go home again. Supposedly she's returned home to help pay the mortgage on the Lohan family abode (although she herself is strapped for cash, so I don't really see how…
Nicki Minaj Storms Off Idol Because Mariah's So Fucking Annoying
After an adolescence spent singing Toby Keith covers at block parties and anxiously folding over the waistband of her Soffe shorts in the mirror every morning before school, just wishing she could wake up and be somebody, poor 20-year-old Georgia ingenue Summer Cunningham's big break on American Idol was…
Robin Roberts Is Free of Blood Abnormalities, Should Return to GMA Sometime in February
Robin Roberts, looking as beautiful as can be with her lovely bald head, appeared on GMA via satellite to announce that, starting next week, she will be returning to the anchor desk for a trial run before coming back permanently at some point later in the winter. Roberts was forced to step away from Good Morning…
