Posts with tag "Joan Rivers"

Joan Rivers on Tracy Morgan's Homophobic Rant: 'He Shouldn't Apologize'

Posted Jun 18th 2011 at 11:52 AM by Christine Fenno

Tracy Morgan's apology tour is in full swing, as the '30 Rock' star visited gay homeless teens on Friday in New York (see photo after the jump), in a GLAAD-endorsed meeting that also included relatives of hate-crime victims. Morgan has been under fire since June 3, when he allegedly told a Nashville comedy-club crowd of the violent reaction he might have if his son ever came out to him. ...

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Video: Joan Rivers Gets Waterboarded by Her Grandson

Posted Mar 9th 2011 at 03:45 AM by AOL TV Editors

Most of us don't really think about how the changing landscape of war in the real world might impact how children play a game of war. Joan Rivers learned firsthand when playing with her grandson Cooper and his friends on 'Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?' "We put this on your head and then we spill water on you," he said with the sweetest smile while holding up a rag. He was asking if he ...

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Joan Rivers Lobs Insult Grenade at Jennifer Aniston

Posted Feb 26th 2011 at 10:06 AM by Christine Fenno

Oscar season has everyone weighing in on Hollywood's biggest stars, and Joan Rivers is doing a whole lot more than critiquing fashion choices this year. The veteran comic, no slouch at randomly lashing out at celebrities, has decided to slam one A-lister who isn't even in the running for this weekend's top awards. "I would like to take Jennifer Aniston, and put her hair over her f---ing face!" ...

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Will Kathie Lee Buy Joan Rivers' $25M Apartment?

Posted Feb 18th 2011 at 10:36 AM by Rob Shuter

Kathie Lee Gifford, who is looking for a new home in NYC, recently took her friend and co-star Hoda Kotb along to check out Joan Rivers' up-for-grabs $25 million apartment. What the 'Today' ladies didn't know was that they were being led around by LXTV executive producer Amy Rosenblum and that Joan herself was listening in. "It feels more like a hotel or some grand room," Hoda remarks, ...

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Joan Rivers Reams Christina Aguilera Over Star-Mangled Banner

Posted Feb 7th 2011 at 10:35 PM by Rob Shuter

EXCLUSIVE: Christina Aguilera has pipes of steel, but her memory failed her on Super Bowl Sunday when she flubbed the ramparts out of the Star-Spangled Banner. With great gaffes come great amounts of criticism, and although the singer has tried to explain herself ("I lost my place"), she couldn't escape the wrath of Joan Rivers. "How stupid can you get?" Joan asked when I talked to her on ...

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Jimmy Kimmel to Joan Rivers: Stop Tormenting Your Daughter!

Posted Jan 25th 2011 at 07:25 AM by AOL TV Editors

Jimmy Kimmel has seen the first two episodes of 'Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?' -- the new reality series that features Joan Rivers moving in with her daughter Melissa. "It's very entertaining, but why are you tormenting your daughter?" he teased Joan when she visited 'Jimmy Kimmel Live.' Melissa was offered $400,000 to pose naked in a 'Hollywood Moms Gone Wild' video and turned it ...

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Joan Rivers Ditches Michelle Obama 'Blackie O' Joke

Posted Jan 22nd 2011 at 08:16 AM by Rebecca Macatee

Joan Rivers isn't known for her tactfulness or sensitivity. But one joke about First Lady Michelle Obama was too racy even for Joan, and the outspoken comedienne pulled it from her stand-up routine. Joan told scandal-loving Howard Stern that she pulled a joke about the First Lady for fear of being accused of racism. "We used to have Jackie O," she said. "Now we have Blackie O!" Joan said she ...

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Joan Rivers on Tommy Lee Jones: 'He Makes Hitler Look Warm and Fuzzy'

Posted Jan 21st 2011 at 09:10 PM by Rob Shuter

Joan Rivers is just a friend-making machine this week, right? She got herself dumped from FOX News after saying critics were right to blame Sarah Palin for the Tucson tragedy, and then she announced to me that she regretted ever voting for Sarah's "terrible daughter" Bristol on 'Dancing With the Stars.' "I should've voted for David Hasselhoff. They both sucked as dancers." The comedy icon ...

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Joan Rivers: FOX Can 'Go F**k Themselves' Over Sarah Palin Controversy

Posted Jan 19th 2011 at 11:15 PM by Rob Shuter

Joan Rivers says FOX News can "go f**k themselves" after canceling her Thursday appearance on the network's morning show for what she claims is retaliation for some biting comments she made about FOX contributor Sarah Palin. Why so riled up, Joan? It all started when the loud-mouthed legend told TMZ over the weekend that critics were "right" to blame Sarah Palin for the tragedy in ...

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Joan Rivers Moves in With Daughter Melissa for New Reality Series

Posted Jan 9th 2011 at 02:17 PM by Christine Fenno

What are the stars wearing? Joan Rivers doesn't care anymore. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the comedy legend -- who's practically an awards-season institution on red carpets covering events in recent years for the E! and TV Guide channels -- says she and daughter Melissa Rivers want to move on from dishing about designer duds. As Melissa explained at the Television Critics Association ...