Gayle King

WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T CALL GAYLE KING an icon. "Diana Ross, to me, is an icon." Fair.

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But one moniker she is fine with is America's best friend. "I'll take that as a compliment. I like that." And it fits, considering her many titles: center anchor of CBS Mornings, editor at large of Oprah Daily, co-host of CNN's King Charles. "If I get five [hours of sleep], I'm doing the hula." At CBS Morn ings, it's the combination of King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson that creates a dynamic unlike any other morning show. "We can educate, we can inform and entertain without being a comedy show. Clearly, people like watching people that they think enjoy working with each other. We certainly have that down on lock. But I think that we each bring