Good Morning America’s beloved co-host Robin Roberts is home resting this week after she was re-admitted to the hospital last week when she became ill while on vacation. But she’s reassuring fans that she’s OK and will return to the popular ABC morning program next week. Roberts, 52, posted the following message on her Facebook [...]
The 35 Top Power Brokers in Media
April 10, 2013 | Posted by
They are courted by presidents and despots, Hollywood heavyweights and superstar athletes. Their decisions, tastes and every last word drive thoughts and behaviors and set a national agenda in ways far more powerful than any 140 characters strung together ever could. But the past several months have brought a turnabout: The television news anchors, late-night [...]
Robin Roberts To Receive Arthur Ashe Courage Award at ESPYs
March 26, 2013 | Posted by
Robin Roberts, the Good Morning America host who was the first black women sports anchor on ESPN, will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2013 ESPYs in July for her perseverance and brave and public battle with cancer. In 2007, Roberts announced she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She empowered viewers [...]
Robin Roberts Visits ‘GMA’ Set, Prepping For Return
January 24, 2013 | Posted by
Today, Robin Roberts made a dramatic return to the Good Morning America set for the first time since she underwent bone marrow surgery. She didn’t appear on-camera though, the TV host arrived this morning at 5 a.m.EST for a series of tests to calculate when she’ll be able to make her official return. “What a [...]
Robin Roberts Returning to GMA Much Sooner Than Expected
January 14, 2013 | Posted by
Robin Roberts return to “Good Morning America” will be sooner than many thought. Roberts appeared via live feed to share the news that she’ll be returning in a matter of “weeks, not months.” Robin Roberts has been incredibly strong throughout her battle with M.D.S that took her away from the job she loved – co-hosting [...]
Parents Television Council Not Happy With Tom Hanks F-Bomb
October 21, 2012 | Posted by
Tom Hanks dropped an f-bomb on “Good Morning America” this week and the Parents Television Council isn’t happy about it. On Friday morning, Hanks appeared to promote his new movie “Cloud Atlas” and anchor Elizabeth Vargas asked if the actor was good at doing a British accent. Hanks responded that his skills were limited. “Mostly, [...]
Robin Roberts Returns Home 3 Weeks After Successful Transplant
October 11, 2012 | Posted by
Robin Roberts‘ battle against her rare blood disease passed a big milestone yesterday afternoon when she was allowed to leave Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and return home, 21 days after her bone marrow transplant for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Roberts appeared strong and radiant, though thinner, as she danced and sang the gospel song “Amen” to [...]
Robin Roberts Up and Cheerful After Medical Isolation
October 4, 2012 | Posted by
Good Morning America host Robin Roberts posted her first picture post-surgery to Twitter on Thursday, complementing fans with a blog post detailing her condition. After being placed in medical isolation earlier in the week, Roberts posed alongside friends Josh Elliot and Sam Champion, GMA meteorologist in good spirits. Roberts, 51, has been undergoing treatment for [...]
Robin Roberts in Medical Isolation
October 2, 2012 | Posted by
Eleven days after undergoing a bone-marrow transplant, “Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts is now in medical isolation, in an attempt to prevent infection. On June 11, Roberts, 51, revealed that she had been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare blood disease referred to as MDS. She left the show in late August to begin [...]
Robin Roberts Undergoes Transplant But Results Won’t Be Known for Weeks
September 21, 2012 | Posted by
Robin Roberts underwent a bone marrow transplant operation yesterday at New York Presbyterian Hospital that her doctor said was over in just five minutes. The procedure was necessary because of the rare blood disorder, myelodysplastic syndrome, that Roberts contracted from treatment for breast cancer last year. Robert, who left “Good Morning America” at the end [...]
