Verne Gay

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

"60 Minutes" is poised to settle a lawsuit with President Donald Trump as early as this week, or next. But the fallout has already begun. The broadcast's top producer — Oyster Bay native Bill Owens — resigned on April 22 while lead correspondent Scott Pelley explained in a postscript on this past Sunday's show that "he did it for us — and for you."Obviously, there are questions here. Here are just a few:What exactly happened? On Nov.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The abbreviated seventh and final season of "The Conners" ended Wednesday, as Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) rejoined the police force; Darlene (Sara Gilbert) got back into the arms of husband Ben (Jay R. Ferguson); Mark, Darlene's son (Ames McNamara) headed off to the Big Apple; Becky (Lecy Goranson) and Tyler (Sean Astin) started to get a better sense of their own future together; and so did Dan (John Goodman) and Louise (Katey Sagal).

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

WHAT "Andor" season 2WHERE Streaming Tuesday on Disney+WHAT IT'S ABOUT The Empire has big plans for Ghorman -- an otherwise peaceful planet that has already suffered at the hands of the Imperial forces. The rebel's leader, Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård), and his protege, Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), are in a race to find out what those plans are. But first, Andor's close friend (lover?) Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) is in peril, and he needs to turn his attention to her.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

Veteran radio and TV weather forecaster Craig Allen was named the "official meteorologist and weather historian" for Old Bethpage's Museum of American Armor last week, which raises a question or two. Inarguably New York's (and Long Island's) hardest-working broadcast meteorologist, the Merrick native ended a 43-year run at WCBS/880 AM radio last summer when the beloved station fell under the ax of Philadelphia-based corporate parent Audacy.

4 weeks ago | newsday.com | Verne Gay

Over the phone from his home on the Jersey Shore, John Montone sounds much the way he always did on the radio — through storms, floods, fires, murders, strikes, World Series, mayoral races and those million other stories in the naked city that he reported on over a 40-year run that ended in 2021. Maybe he's a little raspier, that voice not quite up to that familiar orotund pronouncement that drew out the vowels of his name so distinctively:This is John Montoonnne of 1010 WINS ...