Shades of Ed McMahon, Michael Douglas has been chosen to be the new announcer for Brian Williams on "Nightly News."
Talk about easy money. All Douglas had to do was a one-time taping saying "This is the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," and he was done. I wonder what type of pay he got, or if he gets some residuals for his effort?
Brian Williams said he wooed him to take the part. "I appealed to Michael's sense of romance and sentimentality and his love of the industry," Williams said. "I called him and said, `On top of all you've done as an actor, producer and Academy Award winner, this will mean a small slice of immortality in our industry. It also means wherever you are on Earth, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, you'll know your voice is on the air.'"
He joins other celebs who've went the announcing route, including James Earl Jones, who has performed similar duties for CNN, and also Walter Cronkite, who introduces Katie Couric.
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