‘Today’ takes top prize at Africa’s largest film festival

A French-Senegalese director’s film about a man who knows he will die at the end of the day took the top prize Saturday at Africa’s largest film festival, Fespaco in Burkina Faso.

A French-Senegalese director’s film about a man who knows he will die at the end of the day took the top prize Saturday at Africa’s largest film festival, Fespaco in Burkina Faso.

For many years now, NBC’s “Today” show has topped the ratings for morning TV in the United States. However, starting this year, its main rival, “Good Morning, America,” has occasionally been chalking up better viewership figures, prompting the erstwhile leader to shake up the way it does things.

RUMOR has it that Ann Curry, Matt Lauer’s co-host on NBC’s “Today” show, may not be around much longer, because she’s being blamed for the daily morning show’s dip in viewership ratings.