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Reese Witherspoon, Anthony Anderson, & Sofia Vergara Show Their Support at Stand Up to Cancer 2021

The stars are showing their support for the 2021 Stand Up to Cancer telethon.

Anthony Anderson, Sofia Vergara, along with Ken Jeong and wife Tran Ho served as co-hosts for the event, which took place on Saturday night (August 21), and was streamed on YouTube.

Stars making appearances during the event included journalist Katie Couric, Grey’s Anatomy actress Chandra Wilson, The Office actor Ed Helms, New Girl actor Max Greenfield, Pose actress MJ Rodriguez, comedian Iliza Shlesinger, SNL‘s Cecily Strong, Veep actor Tony Hale, Jane the Virgin actor Jaime Camil, black-ish actor Deon Cole, and Designated Survivor actress Italia Ricci.

During the event, Common and Stevie Wonder teamed up for a performance.

Reese Witherspoon produced the event with husband Jim Toth, which helped raise funds for cancer research.

Also during the telethon, Chadwick Boseman‘s wife Simone performed a moving tribute to her late husband.

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Katie Couric Calls Khloe Kardashian's Body Essay 'Raw & Honest,' With One Caveat

Katie Couric‘s comment about Khloe Kardashian’s revealing post about her body is going viral.

If you missed it, Khloe was involved in an ongoing controversy where her and her family wanted a photo of her in a bikini, that was unretouched, removed from the Internet.

Khloe addressed the issue in a lengthy, emotional essay about her body.

Click inside to see what Katie Couric posted on Instagram…More Here! »

Not One 'Jeopardy' Contestant Knew the Answer to This Gwyneth Paltrow Question!

Katie Couric was guest hosting Jeopardy! when one celeb-related question really stumped the three contestants.

The category was “I’ve Won an Oscar and an Emmy” and the $600 dollar question gave the clue “Shakespeare in Love and Glee.”

The three contestants all remained silent and when the time was up, Katie remarked, “She’s gonna be upset!” before revealed the answer: Gwyneth Paltrow.

If you don’t know, Gwyneth won the Best Actress Oscar in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love and a 2011 Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy for her work on Glee.

You can watch the video of the Gwyneth Paltrow Jeopardy! moment over on TVLine.

If you missed it, Gwyneth recently revealed how much weight she gained during the Coronavirus quarantine lockdowns.

Katie Couric Talks About Becoming The First Woman To Host 'Jeopardy!'

Katie Couric will make history on television tonight, by becoming the first woman ever to host Jeopardy!

The 64-year-old newscaster will step into the podium to host the classic quiz show following executive producer Mike Richards and Ken Jennings before that, following the passing of the show’s longtime host Alex Trebek.

Speaking to CBS Boston about her guest host role, Katie says that her message to little girls watching is that “it’s cool to be smart.”

Katie also revealed that she was very nervous about her guest hosting duties: “The last thing I wanted to do was come here and mess up and embarrass the show.”

However, that changed fast: “The thing is, everyone here takes such good care of you and it was such a relief to know that they weren’t going to let me look stupid and they were going to have my back and help me out,” she said.

Katie also revealed how she studied the show in detail when she knew she was going to be guest hosting.

“I love the show, I loved Alex Trebek. I was so inspired by him, especially by his courage toward the end of his life,” she says. “It’s just such an American institution and the opportunity to play a small part in the continuation of this show was just something i didn’t want to pass up.”

Check your local listings to see when and where Jeopardy! airs on television in your location.

Find out what fans thought about Mike hosting the show for the past two weeks.

Katie Couric Announced as 'Jeopardy!' Guest Host

Katie Couric is temporarily taking over as the host of Jeopardy.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Katie will serve as one of the first guest hosts after the final episodes featuring long-time emcee Alex Trebek finish airing this week.

Alex passed away in November after battling pancreatic cancer. He continued taping episodes after he announced his diagnosis in 2019, filming his final episode only 10 days before his death. Alex shared a message with fans about his future replacement in one of his final interviews.

Jeopardy‘s producers have stated that the show will feature guest-hosts until a permanent replacement has been chosen. Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings has also been booked to host episodes of the long-running trivia show. The LA Times says Katie and Sony Pictures Television, who produces Jeopardy, declined to comment on whether she would be interested in serving as Alex‘s long-term replacement.

In November, Ryan Reynolds opened up about his last conversation with Alexsee what he had to say.

Katie Couric Says She Was 'Shaken' & 'Uncomfortable' After This Denzel Washington Interview

Katie Couric is speaking out about the “uncomfortable” interview she had with Denzel Washington back in 2004.

A little backstory: Katie interviewed Denzel on Dateline back in 2004 to promote his film The Manchurian Candidate. During the interview, Katie asked if “Hollywood folks should stick to acting.”

Denzel then responded, “I don’t know what Hollywood folks are, first of all. Hollywood is a town that has some stars on the sidewalk. I don’t know anybody from there. So, I don’t – that’s like saying – calling you a ‘type’ of folks. I’m not a Hollywood folk. I don’t know who they are.”

“Are you one of those people that–” Katie said, attempting to rephrase the question.

Denzel then interrupted, “Ah, there you go. Am I one of those people? Hmmm, isn’t that interesting?” “Oh, stop, stop, stop,” Katie said.

“No, don’t stop. I heard what you just said. ‘Am I one of those people?’ No, I’m not,” Denzel said.

“No, are you an actor who would rather not —” Katie responded back. He then said, “No, I’m not that either. I’m a human being. My job is acting.”

Well, all these years later, Katie spoke about the interview on her recent “Everything Iconic With Danny Pellegrino” podcast appearance.

“I think he totally misconstrued a question I asked and kind of jumped all over me. It was so uncomfortable because he was doing it with Meryl Streep…” Katie said. “I don’t think I said anything wrong… I don’t know what happened.”

Katie continued, “I think he must have been having a really bad day because he later wrote a really big check to my colon cancer organization, which I thought was super sweet. I love him, I admire him so much. He’s one of my favorite actors, but I remember walking out and feeling really kind of shaken that he had kind of gone after me in a way that was completely, weirdly uncalled for.”

On that same podcast, Katie opened up about another subject everyone has been anxiously awaiting her opinion on.

Katie Couric Shares Thoughts on 'The Morning Show' & Jennifer Aniston's Performance

There have been rumors that Jennifer Aniston‘s character on the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show is based on The Today Show‘s Katie Couric… and now she’s sharing her thoughts on the show!

The plot of the series follows the male co-host of a morning show who is accused of sexual misconduct, similar to the way Matt Lauer was when he was a co-host on The Today Show.

Katie, who hosted that morning show with Lauer for many years, opened up about the TV series on the podcast Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino.

Katie said she had “so many thoughts” while watching the show. She added, “I thought some of it was really interesting. I think the long-term impact and the serious devastation that results from certain behaviors was quite well represented, or quite well conveyed in that.”

“I think Jennifer Aniston is great. … I wish they had made her more charismatic because I think you need a certain ebullience to pull off a show like that,” she said about the star’s performance.