CNN was keeping silent last night as phone-hacking claims against the Daily Mirror’s publisher refocused attention on Piers Morgan, the tabloid’s ex-editor who now has his own talk show on the US network. The news channel declined to comment about the cases, and would not reveal whether it was conducting its own investigation. Instead, the […]
Read moreDuring an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, President Barack Obama chastised Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock over recent comments. The GOP Senate candidate has found himself in hot water after saying that a pregnancy resulting from rape is “something God intended.” “I don’t know how these guys come up with these ideas,” […]
Read moreTalk about a long day. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow not only hosted her own primetime program yesterday, but she also made an afternoon talk show appearance, and a late night comedy stop as well. Three very different types of programs, requiring very different ways of talking about the world. On the syndicated talk show “Katie” (which […]
Read moreTaylor Swift appears on “Katie” on Friday, and the pop star opens up about her love life being in the spotlight and how some of her famous exes feel about her music. When asked by Katie Couric whether any of those past loves have called her up to complain about her very personal songs, Swift […]
Read moreBefore the final presidential debate, on his Fox News show last night, Bill O’Reilly said moderator Bob Schieffer “has to retire tomorrow” if he doesn’t ask about Libya. Schieffer did ask about it, in his first question, but that wasn’t enough for O’Reilly. On “CBS This Morning,” the Fox News host said “it’s inexplicable that […]
Read moreHalle Berry and Tom Hanks smoke pot in the new movie Cloud Atlas, but the duo’s drug use seems to have been limited to their on-screen performances. On Monday’s “Tonight Show,” Jay Leno tried to get Berry to say whether she and Hanks enjoyed some recreational weed, too. (Source: GossipCop.com and NBC-TV)
Read moreFelix Baumgartner, the daredevil who fell from space, appeared on Monday’s “Today Show” to talk about his historic feat and show some new video from an upcoming National Geographic special on his leap. He also talked about the “privilege” of standing on top of the world, although he admits that he didn’t actually enjoy the […]
Read moreOn Friday, Bill Maher‘s panel — consisting of the National Review’s John Fund, Daily Caller contributor Boris Epshteyn and MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor — took on the White House response to the Libya attack, and Mitt Romney‘s subsequent line of attack during the second debate. (Source: HBO and Mediaite.com)
Read moreFergie addresses the rumors Josh Duhamel cheated on her with a stripper less than a year into their marriage in a new interview with Oprah. “It was difficult,” says of the 2009 allegations and subsequent tabloid firestorm. When Oprah asks whether the period brought her and Duhamel “closer together,” Fergie answers, ”Definitely. When you go […]
Read moreDuring an appearance on The Daily Show, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his belief that Guantanamo Bay should be shut down and said Congress needed to “rein in” presidential power. “There’s some things that we haven’t gotten done, I still want to close Guantanamo, we haven’t been able to get that done,” Obama told Jon Stewart. […]
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