Rosie O’Donnell’s talk show — produced at Oprah’s old TV home, Chicago’s Harpo Studios, for Winfrey’s new TV home, the California-based OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network — has been canceled, the cable channel announced Friday. The final new episode, to be taped Tuesday on the eve of O’Donnell’s 50th birthday, is set to run March 30. […]
Read moreDonald Trump revived the war of words on Monday during a call-in to “Fox and Friends,” where he took jabs at O’Donnell and the recent cancellation of “The Rosie Show.” “Frankly, that was just going to happen. I knew it immediately when they announced it,” Trump said, adding “Rosie fails at everything.” He continued, “Some […]
Read moreOn “The O’Reilly Factor,” last night, host Bill O’Reilly took aim at one of MSNBC’s detractors–the Media Research Center–which has been leading an effort to try and get talent there fired. To be sure, O’Reilly still took jabs at MSNBC, but he also defended the channel from the MRC attacks, saying that issues with content […]
Read moreDuring an interview actress Annie Potts about her new ABC show, GCB, which stands for “Good Christian Bitches,” Joy Behar took a shot at Newt Gingrich, who does not like the new show. “Good Christian husband that he is” Joy joked. (Source: Mediaite.com and ABC-TV)
Read moreA Brooklyn woman claims Charlie Rose stiffed her five years ago. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Lucy Bickerton says that she worked 25 hours a week as an unpaid intern for the “Charlie Rose” show over three months in 2007 and that she should be paid. “Unpaid interns are a crucial labor force […]
Read moreRihanna called into Ryan Seacrest’s radio show on Thursday morning and discussed a range of things (London, Battleship, going blonde, losing weight), but most interesting was her rationale for recently collaborating with ex Chris Brown. “I reached out to him about doing ‘Birthday Cake’ because [he was] the only person that really made sense to […]
Read moreRicki Lake’s upcoming talk show is issuing an invitation: Go online and join a production meeting. Beginning Thursday (7 p.m. EDT), “The Ricki Lake Show” will put a planning session live on Facebook once a month. The goal is to let people get a peek at the series’ development and weigh in on it, Lake […]
Read moreAmerica Live host Megyn Kelly invited GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney onto the program Wednesday afternoon to discuss a wide range of topics — from Gingrich to mandates to riches. (Source: Mediaite.com and Fox News)
Read moreBillionaire Carlos Slim’s wireless carrier America Movil SAB is funding an online TV network that will star former CNN talk-show host Larry King. Ora.tv, based in New York, is led by Jon Housman, formerly News Corp.’s president of digital journalism, according to the company’s website. Programming will start later this year, the company said. It […]
Read more‘The View’ talked about a new bill introduced in the Ohio state legislature to regulate the sale of Viagra, as a clear symbolic response to the debate over hormonal birth control that has been raging during the primary season, and whose flames were stoked by Rush Limbaugh over a week ago. This bill would require […]
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