Katie Couric Signs Off CBS Evening News

Katie Couric Signs Off CBS Evening News

Katie Couric's final night behind the CBS Evening News anchor desk unfolded like most others. For the majority of Thursday's show, there was no mention that her historic role -- as the first woman to (solely) anchor a national news show -- was coming to an end. That is, until the last five minutes.

Watch the video below to see Couric, 54, sign off for the last time, with a five-minute retrospective of her five-year stint at CBS thrown in for good measure.

 

 

"It's been an extraordinary privilege to sit in this chair, and a real honor to work with so many talented people at CBS News," Couric said in introducing the five-minute highlight reel. And when it was over, she said her last goodbye from the anchor chair. "And to all of you watching, thank you so much for coming along with me on this incredible journey," she concluded. "That's the CBS Evening News for tonight. I'm Katie Couric. Goodnight."

Watching the clips of her war-zone interviews, her investigative reporting and the tough questions she threw at high-ranking political leaders, it's discouraging to recall that ratings plummeted during Couric's time at CBS. Despite  high-profile interviews with people like Valerie Plame, Alex Rodriquez and President Barack Obama, as well as that infamous interview with Sarah Palin, she never attracted the viewership she enjoyed while on Today.

Obviously, on that show, she covered a broader spectrum of stories, many of them fluffy ones. Her decision to join CBS Evening News, and focus on serious and hard-hitting news, cost her scores of viewers. The show's executive producer, Rick Kaplan, recognized that stories like the Afghanistan war aren't ratings-grabbers, but covering such issues was important and worth the effort. And despite the hit her reputation took, Couric clearly jumped in with both feet. She proved she could be a serious journalist, and hold her own in a position previously occupied only by men. Sadly, her good work wasn't rewarded with ratings. 

But Couric's career is hardly over. While reporter Scott Pelley will take over her anchor spot, rumor has it that Couric close to signing a deal with ABC for an afternoon talk show -- one that might even reunite her with her former Today co-anchor Matt Lauer. Stay tuned for more news on this front...

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Drake Leaks First Song From Take Care

'Dreams Money Can Buy' is reportedly intro track to rapper's forthcoming sophomore album.
By Alvin Blanco


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Young Money's Drake set the hip-hop world afire Friday (May 20) morning when he officially leaked "Dreams Money Can Buy" from his forthcoming sophomore album, Take Care. The song was made available via a post on Drizzy's October's Very Own blog and quickly began making the file-sharing rounds.

Besides an MP3 download link, the post contained this message: "A song that I felt the need to share. Not my single. Just a piece of my story. Hear me out though..." Reportedly, "Dreams Money Can Buy" is Take Care's intro track. Drake's blog post was accompanied by an image with text that reads, "This is a story of dreams mixed with reality."

True to its title, the song is filled with quotables clearly taken from the pages of Drake's charmed rap life. In the first verse he muses on juggling different women and on how his success (Thank Me Later has been certified platinum) hasn't necessarily made his life any less stressful. "And comfortable I sit, in manual Ferrari Italian, some fly sh--/ But it's sitting at the house like I bought it in '96, 'cause honestly I'm too busy to drive stick," he raps.

In the second verse Drake addresses rival MCs and past rumors that he was on the outs with Lil Wayne and the YMCMB crew. "Can't tell ya how much I love when n---as think they got it/ And I love the fact that line made them think about it," Drake slickly spits at the beginning of the verse, followed by, "I am CMB, these n---as make it so hard to be friendly when I know part of it's envy."

Rap conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day speculating on whom Drake is possibly referring to with a "top five" line in the same verse. "I feel like lately it went from top five to remaining five, my favorite rappers either lost it or they ain't alive/ And they trying to bring us down, me Weezy and Stunna, we stayed up, Christmas lights in the middle of summer." One rapper Drake himself claims he is not referring to is Jay-Z. "Hov diss? Hov of all people has not lost it ... that's god body flow," Drake tweeted.

Drake's longtime collaborator Noah "40" Shebib produced the song's hauntingly ambient track, which features a prominent sample of British singer/songwriter Jai Paul's "BTSTU." A vocal swipe of "Don't f--- with me, don't f--- with me" from Paul's song is used as the hook for Drake's record.

The "Best I Ever Had" rapper had fallen back on recording after dropping his debut, Thank Me Later. But with talk of collaborating with the Weeknd, guesting on DJ Khaled's "I'm on One" with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross — essentially a Drake record — and now "Dreams Money Can Buy," the Toronto rapper's brief sabbatical is officially over.

What do you think of Drake's newest track? We want to hear from you in the comments!

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