Sibila Vargas is a news anchor in the morning and 11 a.m.editions of "CBS 2 News" for KCBS-TV

KCBS-TV

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 in Los Angeles, formerly of KRIV-TV in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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, and former CNN

CNN

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 entertainment reporter.

Early years

Vargas was a freelance entertainment reporter for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. Prior to her tenure at KTLA-TV, Vargas was a guest co-host of ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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's The View. Vargas has also been the host of TV Guide Channel

TV Guide Channel

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's Hollywood Insider, Fox Movie Channel News and FXM Dailies, Paramount Domestic TV's Real TV

Real TV

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 and guest host of Fox Sports and Fit TV's Forever Young. She began her broadcasting career at WPIX-TV in New York as a writer and producer.

Vargas graduated cum laude from Long Island University

Long Island University

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Tenure at CNN

Joining CNN in March 2004, Vargas served as an entertainment correspondent/anchor for CNN/U.S based in CNN's Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

 bureau. Vargas was also a regular guest on American Morning

American Morning

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s "90 Second Pop" and Anderson Cooper 360°

Anderson Cooper 360°

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She reported on several key entertainment events, including Fox network's reality show American Idol

American Idol

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 and the finale of the NBC

NBC

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 sitcom Friends

Friends

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She made a name for herself in the blogosphere

Blogosphere

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 with a hostile 2006 interview with Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

, in which she questioned his patriotism for his having criticized George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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. Vargas suggested that Young was criticizing the president in order to sell records, and expressed outrage that a "Canadian" with "less of a platform to say these things" would speak openly about America without considering the "backlash".