Verne Gay

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

In the summer of 1991, living on the East End of Long Island, Deborah Norville fell into a brutal depression -- a postpartum one made worse by a singular career setback. Months earlier, she had been pushed off "Today" as co-host a little more than a year after replacing Jane Pauley, a revered figure in morning TV. At just 33, that once high-flying career appeared over. Then, the phone rang. An executive at the ABC Radio Network wanted her to host a talk show from home.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

The first YouTube video was posted 20 years ago on April 23, 2005 ( "Me at The Zoo"). Since then ... Well, how to possibly get your head around that "since then?"For starters, some 20 billion videos have been uploaded since then. A vast and growing "creator economy" has grown up on YouTube since then, too.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

WHAT IT'S ABOUT A cyborg security unit, or "SecUnit" (Alexander Skarsgård) is assigned to protect a small group of free-spirited scientists headed to a distant planet where they'll survey its resources. But they learn a little too late that their SecUnit is in fact a rogue who may kill them, or help them, and they're not entirely certain which.

4 weeks ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

On Friday, June 3, 2005, just before 4 p.m. — a cool spring afternoon in New York City — the veteran WCBS-FM DJ Bill Brown wondered if his listeners ever felt the "urge to just kinda scream RESCUE ME!?"Odd, because Brown never raised his voice, although this was not quite a "scream" as much as an anguished yowl. Listeners would find out why soon enough.

1 month ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

"Boston Blue" — the not-quite-spinoff of "Blue Bloods" starring Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan — will land on Fridays at 10 p.m. this fall, CBS announced Wednesday. That was, of course, the longtime home of "Blue Bloods." In addition, the network said Sonequa Martin-Green will join the new series, which CBS has described as an "expansion" of the "Blue Bloods" universe. She'll play a Boston PD detective paired with Reagan, who also joins the department.