Posts with tag "The View"

Friend: Sarah Palin Is Ignoring Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Posted Jun 8th 2011 at 09:08 AM by Rob Shuter

Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who once dutifully campaigned alongside Sarah Palin during her run for higher office in 2008, is no longer feeling the love for the likely presidential candidate, in fact, a close friend of the 'View' star reveals the two haven't spoken in months. "I think Elisabeth is a good friend. She remembers birthdays and even with a busy schedule always takes time to stay in touch ...

97 Comments

'View' Source: Barbara Walters Would Take Meredith Vieira Back

Posted Jun 2nd 2011 at 04:00 PM by Rob Shuter

Come next Wednesday, the great Meredith Vieira will be saying goodbye to NBC's 'Today' show, but if Barbara Walters has her way we might be seeing Meredith back on TV very soon. "Barbara adores Meredith and would welcome her back on 'The View' in a second," a 'View' insider tells me. "Meredith returning home would be a great ratings boost and Barbara likes nothing better than ratings success ...

73 Comments

Have Rosie and Elisabeth Called a Truce? Former Foes Bond Over Kids, Gluten

Posted May 16th 2011 at 06:00 PM by Rob Shuter

Someone look up to make sure pigs aren't flying around up there. After years of fighting, making up, then fighting some more, Rosie O'Donnell has reached out to Elisabeth Hasselbeck ... via Twitter. "Hey -- how r ur new babies? -- how is gracie? I saw her photo -- she is beautiful ..." tweeted the distinctively brief Rosie on Sunday. Elisabeth responded tweeting, "kids are great @rosie I ...

2 Comments

Aretha Franklin Shows Off Her Slimmer Figure on 'The View'

Posted Apr 29th 2011 at 04:15 AM by Christo Varghese

Aretha Franklin showed off her much slimmer figure on 'The View' after the she lost 85 pounds due to her hospitalization and subsequent surgery last year. RadarOnline.com reporting that a much thinner Franklin appeared on 'The View' to promote her new album and while she would not talk about the reason she was hospitalized or what surgery she underwent five months earlier, the Queen of Soul ...

108 Comments

'You Can't Push Barbara': Star Jones Talks Absence From 'The View'

Posted Apr 8th 2011 at 01:22 PM by Rob Shuter

Star Jones is everywhere on the small screen these days, except for one show: 'The View.' The 'Celebrity Apprentice' star, best-selling author and NeNe Leakes' arch enemy visited my HDNet show to chat up her new novel 'Satan's Sisters,' and she addressed reports Barbara Walters is personally blocking her from ever showing up at 'The View' again. "You can't push Barbara into doing anything! Are ...

13 Comments

Barbara Walters Not Invited to Sherri Shepherd's Bachelorette Party

Posted Feb 24th 2011 at 03:18 PM by Amber James

Sherri Shepherd hasn't done much wedding planning, but she's ready to celebrate her recent engagement with her friends in Las Vegas. Before tying the knot with her fiance, Los Angeles-based television writer Lamar Sally, Shepherd plans to let loose at her bachelorette party, which will include a trip to Chippendales. When asked if Barbara Walters would be partaking in the party, Shepherd told ...

24 Comments

Video: Jessica Hahn and Barbara Walters Fight Over Affairs on 'The View'

Posted Feb 23rd 2011 at 01:50 AM by AOL TV Editors

On 'The View' yesterday, Jessica Hahn brings up Barbara Walters' affair in the 1970s with married Senator Edward Brooke as a way to contrast her sexual relationship with televangelist Jim Bakker, which Hahn says was rape. But this prompts a strong reaction from Walters, who immediately shuts her down. Hahn takes exception to Sherri Shepherd's description of her relationship with Bakker as an ...

153 Comments

Miley Cyrus Forced Billy Ray to Cancel 'The View'

Posted Feb 22nd 2011 at 09:00 AM by Rob Shuter

Billy Ray Cyrus certainly knows how to burn a bridge. First he angers his daughter Miley by comparing her to Anna Nicole Smith. Then he attacks Disney, saying 'Hannah Montana' destroyed his family. Now he goes and upsets TV legend Barbara Walters after his daughter forced him to drop out of a scheduled interview on 'The View' this week. "When Miley found out her father was scheduled to appear ...

807 Comments

Whoopi Goldberg Misfires in Attack on Article About Black Oscar Winners

Posted Feb 14th 2011 at 03:36 PM by Marc Schneider

Whoopi Goldberg used her bully pulpit on 'The View' on Monday to blast The New York Times and two of its marquee writers for what she believed was a disrespectful article about race and the Academy Awards. "I'm embarrassed to tell you it hurt me terribly," the actress said in a segment focusing on a piece written by Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott that listed several black Oscar winners dating back ...

33 Comments

Sherri Shepherd Wants to Fit into Size Two Wedding Dress

Posted Jan 26th 2011 at 11:15 AM by Amber James

Sherri Shepherd is still soaking in the bliss of her recent engagement but realizes she has a lot of planning ahead her. 'The View' co-host admits she hasn't started shopping for her wedding dress because she plans to drastically slim down before tying the knot with her fiance, Los Angeles-based television writer Lamar Sally. "I still have this fantasy that I'm going to be a size two. I'm ...