Posts with tag "barbara walters"

'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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Who Made Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating People List?

Posted Dec 10th 2010 at 01:43 PM by Sarah Crow

Actors, musicians, and entertainers are routinely rewarded for their ability to captivate the masses, but when it comes to the most fascinating people of the year, Barbara Walters is the definitive judge. Walter's 2010 list included the people who wowed the world this year, from princess-to-be Kate Middleton to octogenarian actress Betty White, making sure to leave a little room for the big ...

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Rosie O'Donnell Defends Joy and Whoopi: Bill O'Reilly 'Incites Hatred'

Posted Oct 17th 2010 at 11:33 AM by Rob Shuter

Just days after the now infamous battle on 'The View' between Bill O'Reilly and Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg, ex-'View' co-host Rosie O'Donnell is speaking out. On her Sirius satellite radio program, Rosie asked in a very matter-of-fact manner, "What does he do besides that? That's what Bill O'Reilly does. Why would you book him?" O'Donnell, whose guest panel seemed more fired up about ...

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'The View' for Men May Not Be Coming to TV

Posted Aug 26th 2010 at 02:31 PM by Catherine Donaldson-Evans

Talk of a unisex spinoff of 'The View' may be premature, according to insiders who say there is no such project in the works. A rep for comedian Alec Mapa, who has been floated as a possible co-host of the rumored new show along with former 'Today' anchor Bryant Gumbel, tells PopEater the reports about the venture aren't true. ...

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Whoopi Goldberg Defends Herself Defending Mel Gibson

Posted Jul 14th 2010 at 02:00 PM by PopEater Staff

Whoopi Goldberg has come under fire for remarks she made in defense of Mel Gibson after several of his obscene, racially-charged rants leaked online. "There has been a lot of hassle ... in the media recently about moi because I had the audacity to say that I had some personal time with Mel that goes over years and years and said that I did not think of him as a racist," Whoopi began on 'The ...

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Barbara Walters: I'm Fully Recovered From Heart Surgery

Posted Jul 12th 2010 at 02:40 PM by PopEater Staff

Barbara Walters says she is "fully recovered" just two months after having open heart surgery to replace a faulty valve. In her first TV appearance since the procedure in May, Barbara checked in with her fellow panelists on ABC's 'The View.' Broadcasting from her Manhattan apartment, Walters admits she was never in serious discomfort from the surgery. In the studio, her co-hosts marveled at her ...

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Barbara Walters Recovering From Heart Surgery

Posted May 14th 2010 at 05:28 PM by PopEater Staff

Barbara Walters' doctors are happy with the results of the TV legend's heart surgery. "Barbara Walters' surgery went well and the doctors are very pleased with the outcome," says the rep to the 80-year-old 'View' star. Walters' had valve replacement. She had explained that one of her heart valves was getting "tighter and smaller" and that it needed to be replaced. ...

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Who's Replacing Barbara Walters on 'The View'?

Posted May 12th 2010 at 02:01 AM by Rob Shuter

With Barbara Walters announcing she is having heart surgery, and the fact that the iconic newswoman has turned 80, sources tell me her hugely successful talk show 'The View' has started to think about a possible replacement. So who will it be? Insiders are mum, but we think we've got the perfect selection. Find out ... after the jump! ...