News Beat, Baba Wawa Edition

Barbara Walters Admits Affair With Senator

NEW YORK (AP) _ After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as “exciting” and “brilliant.”

Appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” scheduled to air Tuesday, Walters shares details of her relationship with Brooke that lasted several years in the 1970s, according to a transcript of the show provided to The Associated Press.

A moderate Republican from Massachusetts who took office in 1967, Brooke was the first African-American to be popularly elected to the Senate. Both he and Walters knew that public knowledge of their affair could have ruined his career as well as hers, Walters says.

Three masters perform today’s News Beat song: Your Cheatin’ Heart

Hank Williams

Ray Charles

Beck? Yes, most definitely.

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M@M: The Rolling Stones and Bonnie Raitt-Shine a Light

In honor of the incredible movie I just saw…

I hope when I’m 50 or something old like that they rerelease this movie in imax theaters again.  I want to do that all over…

MP3: Shine a Light

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Shine a Light on me

Just saw Shine a Light, and all you can really say is: