LeVar Burton
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Posted Wednesday 5/12/21 at 3:38PM EDT
CBS This Morning enlists celebrities Drew Barrymore, Jon Batiste, Nate Burleson, Ashley Graham and LeVar Burton to fill in for Tony Dokoupil
Dokoupil is taking parental leave as his wife, MSNBC's Katy Tur, prepares to give birth to their second child.
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Posted Tuesday 5/11/21 at 1:15PM EDT
LeVar Burton to lend his voice to potential Nancy Drew spinoff Tom Swift
Burton will voice the role of Barclay, the steadfast AI companion and tough-love mentor to Tian Richards' Tom Swift.
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Posted Wednesday 4/28/21 at 2:40AM EDT
Jeopardy! boss says he and LeVar Burton have "been speaking for a very long time" -- he's the only guest-host to lobby for the job
"I think he was the first person to reach out to me after Alex passed away" in November, "so this...
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Posted Monday 4/26/21 at 4:02PM EDT
LeVar Burton tells The View: I "absolutely" want to host Jeopardy! full-time
“For a long time, 2013 I tweeted for the first time how much I would love to have that job...
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LeVar Burton is Ready to Compete For a Full-Time Spot as Jeopardy! Host
It may have taken a massive fan campaign to get LeVar Burton on Jeopardy!, but the prolific performer is not...
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LeVar Burton among final round of Jeopardy! guest-hosts
The former Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: Next Generation star will join Good Morning America's Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos,...
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Posted Saturday 4/17/21 at 3:48AM EDT
Aaron Rodgers ends his two-week Jeopardy! guest stint looking like he should have the job full-time
The reigning NFL MVP looked poised, controlled the flow of the game and had some truly fun and viral moments...
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Posted Wednesday 4/14/21 at 11:50PM EDT
Ken Jennings: "It doesn't seem fair!" that Aaron Rodgers is great as Jeopardy! guest-host
Jennings was responding to an Adam McKay tweet praising the Green Bay Packers QB's two-week stint as guest-host.
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Posted Monday 4/12/21 at 10:02AM EDT
LeVar Burton on his Jeopardy!-hosting campaign: "I don't believe there is anyone out there who is better suited for this job than me"
The former Star Trek: The Next Generation star and Reading Rainbow host is explaining why he's now publicly campaigning to...
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Posted Tuesday 4/06/21 at 11:50PM EDT
LeVar Burton is now openly lobbying to host Jeopardy!
When fans of the former Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: The Next Generation star first pushed for him to guest-host...
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Posted Friday 1/29/21 at 1:12PM EST
LeVar Burton remembers Cicely Tyson: "Her presence onscreen was nothing short of mesmerizing"
Burton recalled working with Tyson on his first day as a professional actor when she played his mother on Roots.
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Cicely Tyson, pioneering Emmy-winning actress, dies at 96
The iconic actress died today, her manager Larry Thompson announced without revealing details of her death.
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Watch: Roots Became a TV Phenomenon 44 Years Ago Today
In 1976, Alex Haley published the book Roots:The Saga of an American Family, telling the story of what he believed to be his family's...
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Posted Saturday 12/05/20 at 4:56AM EST
Jeopardy! should hire LeVar Burton to be the host as a bridge to the next generation
The more than 100,000 who've signed a petition calling for Burton to host Jeopardy! "are on to something, because has...
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Posted Friday 11/13/20 at 4:54AM EST
Only one person is worthy of succeeding Alex Trebek on Jeopardy!: Ken Jennings
"All 30 clues on Jeopardy!’s board know that Ken Jennings, the certified greatest of all time, is the only worthy...
