David Custer has joined WNWO-TV, Channel 24, as an anchor on its 6, 7 and 11 p.m. newscasts, teaming with Shenikwa Stratford.
He's a former anchor in his hometown of Flint, Mich., and is an Emmy Award winner for his reporting.
The University of Michigan graduate also has been recognized several times by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.
Top NBC anchorman Brian Williams will host the next Meet the Press but the network hasn't chosen who will permanently replace Tim Russert, an NBC News spokesman said yesterday.
NBC News will announce the guests for the show with Williams today.
Tom Brokaw was the host Sunday, two days after Russert died of a heart attack. The show was a tribute to its longtime host.
NBC News reporters David Gregory and Andrea Mitchell are considered possible permanent choices, along with Hardball host Chris Matthews.
Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a girl yesterday morning at a south Mississippi hospital, according to a person close to the Spears family.
The 17-year-old was the star of Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 and is the younger sister of pop star Britney Spears. The father is Casey Aldridge, a pipe-layer from Liberty, Miss. The couple is not married but has announced an engagement.
James Bond film producer Barbara Broccoli has paid $38,000 for a kiss from Daniel Craig, who plays the suave British spy on screen.
Broccoli will also get kisses from Hugh Grant and Robbie Coltrane for her winning bid at the Great British Movie Event benefit for the National Film and Television School.
Bond's tuxedo from Casino Royale sold for $19,000.
Javier Bardem has won Spain's 2008 national film award, an honor given annually by the Culture Ministry.
Bardem was selected for the $46,500 prize for "goals achieved throughout a long career."
The ministry, in a statement Wednesday, highlighted the 39-year-old actor's "defense of the acting profession and a constant commitment to Spanish cinema."
Bardem won a best supporting actor Oscar for No Country for Old Men. His screen credits also include Before Night Falls.
Rascal Flatts will play with the Boston Pops during a July 4 concert to be broadcast on CBS.
The country music group says they will play some of their hits with the Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart. Rascal Flatts' hits include "Take Me There," "What Hurts the Most," "Bless the Broken Road."
Craig Ferguson, host of The Late Late Show will host the telecast from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.
First Published June 20, 2008, 9:57 a.m.
