Tammy all dolled up
What was Tammy wearing the other night – some sort of crimson jacket with a high-collared, sequined thing underneath. She looked like a freakin’ Vegas showgirl or something. Tammy, you got a gig on the side, or what?
We’re used to seeing Tammy around town in a ballcap and jeans, looking more like a dude than a darling. Whaddup, grrrl?
Cracker replacement?
Is the local TV station ever going to hire someone to replace Frank Cracker as a main anchor to team with Diva Darcel? It’s been a few months since Cracker left to go up north. Meanwhile, there’s been a revovling door of anchors sitting beside Diva Darcel.
This makes our head hurt. We want to see regular anchors handle the desk duty, while the rest pound the streets of Ashvegas for the news.
What ever happened to…
Emily Lopez? E-Lo was an arrogant babe who sort of looked like a Latina Jennifer Gardner with those little librarian glasses she wore.
E-Lo hated anyone else taking a bite out of her story. I heard rumors awhile back that she got into a little hot water over some interview with the governor or something. Anybody know where she is now?
A quick search on the ‘net shows E-Lo landed in Raleigh at WTVD/Channel 11 after finding her husband in Asheville. What is it will all these WLOS babes getting married in Ashvegas? Here’s news of her from ’04. A sample (in that same beauty-pageant-answer style that these people always write in):
There she met her husband and learned to love and hike the mountains of western North Carolina. A job offer at WTVD then landed her in Durham, North Carolina. Emily’s motto: “I’m here to tell stories…that are insightful, compassionate, and inspiring…that’s what I set out to do everyday…I am fortunate enough to be doing something I love at a place I thoroughly enjoy.”
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I worked at with Emily at WTVD until I quit in early 2005. When she started, the rumor was that she came from WRAL so there must be more to the "Governor-gate" thing. The only scandal I remember her being involved in is when her photog moved their live truck with the mast up, on an icy road so they could get a better signal and the van flipped over. He was immediately fired and she spent a couple of weeks recuperating from the tumble. Of course, we didn’t report that we wrecked our live van but WRAL made sure the world knew by sticking it in their A block. "E Lo" and I worked on the morning and noon news together. Her husband Scott works at night most of the time so they don’t see each other a lot. At least that was the case a year ago when I left. At first I thought she was stuck up, but that really turned out to be a case of the nerves. Like most reporters, she’s not so camera shy after working in the biz for awhile. She’s very down-to-earth – one of the people you LIKE to work with. She may look like the pageant-queen type, but she’s really a somewhat nerdy girl with a supremely goofy sense of humor, who’s kinda shy until she gets to know you….but then watch out. The girl loves to entertain the crew between live shots by singing (badly) and making jokes at her own expense
Yup, just luck on finding a photo of Tam in a red jacket. Didn’t mean to sound like I hated what she was wearing – I just thought she was a little over-dressed for the TV news. Like you said, maybe it was just the way it came across through the wonders of television.
You’re probably right on E-Lo, but you’ll have to fill me in on the details. What happened with governor-gate?
Nice job (or was it merely coincidence) having an old photo of Tammy with red jacket and high-collared shirt (although I don’t think that corduroy and turtleneck combo would qualify for anything with “showgirl” in the title). The outfit in question was probably one of those that looks great in person (how could it not, on Tammy?), but not so good once the camera gets done interpreting it into video.
As for Slowpez, wasn’t it WRAL that landed her in the region, before governor-gate landed her in the unemployment line, from which WTVD rescued her?