Brokaw details blood cancer battle
NBC News stalwart Tom Brokaw is doing some of his deepest confessional talking Sunday on CBS News.
Brokaw is set to speak to longtime friend Jane Pauley, who anchors “CBS News Sunday Morning,” and tell her about his battle with incurable blood cancer. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma 10 years ago.
“I’ve had a bad experience,” Brokaw said in an excerpt shared by the network. “I kept thinking bad things wouldn’t happen to me. But as I grew older, I began to develop this condition.
And what you try to do is control it as much as you can.”
He also said doctors did not think he would make it to his current age, 83.
He said the disease forced him to walk away from NBC News, even as he enjoyed a sort of elderstatesman position there after his exit from “NBC Nightly News,” where he was an anchor from 1982 to 2004.
“I’ve had to change my life in some way,” he also told Pauley in the excerpt. “I really had to give up my daily activity with
NBC. You know, I had to walk away from them, as they were walking away from me. I just wasn’t the same person. … And so for the first time in my life, I was kind of out there, you know, in a place I had never been in my life.”
Brokaw and Pauley cohosted the NBC morning show “Today” from 1976 to 1981. Their new interview is expected to air Sunday on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
Doja Cat announces North American tour:
Rappersinger Doja Cat — the Grammy winner, fashion muse and creator of many Tiktok hits — is set to
embark on a 2023 North American tour this fall.
Doja Cat will be joined by rappers Ice Spice and Doechii. They will open on select dates of Doja Cat’s 24-date run. The Scarlet Tour kicks off on Halloween night in San Francisco and runs through Dec. 13, with a final show scheduled in Chicago. The tour will hit most major cities in the U.S. as well as Toronto.
The announcement arrives a week after Doja Cat released a new single, a fiery rap titled “Attention” that negotiates her relationship with online commentary from fans and critics alike.
Actor Macfarlane welcomes daughter:
Luke Macfarlane is celebrating the joys of fatherhood. The “Bros” star shared the news that he and his partner, champion skier Hig Roberts, are new parents to a daughter named Tess Eleanor Macfarlane, born
June 4.
“We started life with some hectic days and received world class care,” the actor, 43, posted on Instagram on Wednesday. He included photos holding the newborn and an image of Tess holding Roberts’ finger, alongside a short video of the family leaving the hospital on Father’s Day.
“Her Dads can’t wait to introduce her to all the remarkable people and the beautiful world we live in,” Macfarlane added.
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