Brooke Anderson gone from Showbiz Tonight on Star! as she becomes the new anchor of entertainment news show The Insider.

And she's gone. Brooke Anderson (33) is gone from the daily entertainment news magazine show Showbiz Tonight on Star! (TopTV 179, daily, 17:00, repeat 07:30), leaving AJ Hammer as the sole anchor and presenter of Showbiz Tonight for now.

Brooke Anderson has become the new host of another weekday American entertainment news magazine show, The Insider (not seen in South Africa) after finishing off covering the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton for Showbiz Tonight from London.

 Brooke Anderson has not appeared on screen yet since leaving Showbiz Tonight, but Lara Spencer who used to be the anchor, has already left for the ABC network in America and had her last show on The Insider.

Brooke Anderson has already started working for The Insider and has been filming interviews with the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz.

BREAKING. Brooke Anderson leaving Showbiz Tonight on Star!; joining another entertainment magazine show from May.

Brooke Anderson we hardly knew ya. The Showbiz Tonight co-presenter Brooke Anderson is leaving the daily entertainment news show that South African viewers can see at 17:00 on Star! (TopTV 179) (repeat 07:30).

Brooke Anderson (32) based in Los Angeles, will be joining The Insider, another more tabloid-centric daily entertainment news show in America from May. The Insider is the sister show to the venerable Entertainment Tonight that South African viewers will get to see from June on SABC3.

''I'm a huge fan of Brooke Anderson both professionally and personally,'' says Linda Blue Bell, the executive producer of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider in a statement. ''I've admired her work and am thrilled that the's joining our Insider family.''

Brooke Anderson will still be Showbiz Tonight's anchor for the upcoming Royal Wedding on Friday 29 April and will be reporting from London from Monday 25 April for the Royal Wedding.

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BREAKING. Showbiz Tonight's Brooke Anderson will be in London for the Royal Wedding of Prince William on 29 April.

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Brooke Anderson, the co-host of Showbiz Tonight on Star! (TopTV 179, daily at 17:00 and 07:30) will be in London, Britain on Friday, 29 April to cover the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Brooke Anderson in New York said on the air that not only will she be in London on the wedding day but will be visiting the British capital from the beginning of the week of the wedding from Monday 25 April.