Posts with tag "donald trump"

NBC Downplays Donald Trump's Salary Reports

Posted Jun 24th 2011 at 12:20 AM by AOL TV Editors

Reports of Donald Trump getting millions of dollars from NBC for two more years of 'Celebrity Apprentice' are "inaccurate," according to NBC. The New York Post reported Trump got a raise from NBC, bringing his and producer Mark Burnett's earnings to a staggering $160 million. Trump would reportedly pocket $65 million a year. However, NBC is firing back at the report. "The financial ...

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Katie Couric Talks Palin, Says Trump Acted Like a Jacka** (Video)

Posted Jun 7th 2011 at 09:04 AM by AOL TV Editors

Katie Couric may no longer be the anchor for the 'CBS Evening News,' but she has plenty of opinions about some of the top political personalities. She talked a little about both Sarah Palin and Donald Trump on 'The Tonight Show.' She hit the nail on the head in saying that Palin is such a polarizing figure that she is equally fascinating to both her supporters and detractors. "She makes good ...

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Donald Trump: I'm Not Running for President

Posted May 16th 2011 at 12:54 PM by PopEater Staff

Yet again Donald Trump flirted with a White House run, and just like before he's taking a pass for the buck. The business mogul and 'Apprentice' host released a statement Monday afternoon announcing his intention to stay in the business of business, which he called his "greatest passion." "I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public ...

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NBC: 'Apprentice' Will Carry On With or Without Donald Trump

Posted May 16th 2011 at 09:48 AM by AOL TV Editors

If Donald Trump does throw decide his hat into the ring as an official 2012 Presidential candidate, he'll lose his place at the 'Apprentice' boardroom table. NBC President Bob Greenblatt has announced that the show will go on without Trump at the helm. According to Entertainment Weekly, Greenblatt said that, although the network hopes to have Trump back for the next season, "If he decides to ...

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Double Firing Leaves Two Contestants Left on 'Celebrity Apprentice' (Video)

Posted May 16th 2011 at 05:25 AM by AOL TV Editors

In the penultimate episode of 'Celebrity Apprentice,' four would become the final two. To help him make this tough decision, Donald Trump brought back three recent winners. Joan Rivers, Piers Morgan and Bret Michaels assisted by interviewing the final four and served as advisors to Trump in his biggest decision yet. In fact, he did the firings before the challenge, based almost entirely on ...

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Donald Trump Dishes on Maintaining His Curious Coif

Posted May 11th 2011 at 02:47 PM by Kiki Von Glinow

Although some may be more interested in Donald Trump's political antics, Rolling Stone got down to brass tacks with the potential 2012 presidential nominee -- how does he manicure his combover-combunder-combsomewhere coif? "Okay, what I do is, wash it with Head and Shoulders," Trump detailed to the mag. "I don't dry it, though. I let it dry by itself. It takes about an hour. Then I read paper ...

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Friends Applaud NeNe Leakes for Quitting 'Apprentice'

Posted May 10th 2011 at 04:46 PM by Rob Shuter

With celebrities, respected journalists and interest groups lobbing the racist label at Donald Trump, friends of Nene Leakes tell me that quitting 'Celebrity Apprentice' in a shocking -- and low-rated -- episode on Sunday was a smart, principled move. "Everything will ultimately work out for NeNe," a friend of the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star tells me. "In the long run she was much better ...

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'Apprentice' Contestant 'Would Boycott the Finale' If They Could

Posted May 3rd 2011 at 07:37 PM by Rob Shuter

Over the course of a month, Donald Trump has upset a lot of celebrities with his bombastic and eager criticism of President Obama, so much so that one 'Celebrity Apprentice' cast member tells me that they would boycott the season finale show if they could. "If it wasn't for my contract I would boycott the finale when he decides who will be hired," one cast member who asked not to be revealed ...

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Donald Trump Congratulates President Obama on 'Great Victory'

Posted May 2nd 2011 at 12:52 PM by Kiki Von Glinow

In what may be seen as a grand gesture of mea culpa, Donald Trump took to Twitter to congratulate Barack Obama for his administration's victory in the takedown of Osama Bin Laden. Although Trump's recent focus has been on Obama's origins, it seems as though Obama took his time in producing a copy of his birth certificate do to a slight preoccupation with a global endeavor -- capturing the man ...

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Watch President Obama Roast Donald Trump in D.C.

Posted May 1st 2011 at 08:25 AM by Christine Fenno

One the most (deliberately) entertaining nights of the year in Washington D.C., the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, took place Saturday. 'SNL' star Seth Meyers hosted, but our nation's chief executive stole the show. This year, President Obama took the mic for some comedy aimed squarely at one of the dinner guests in the room: Donald Trump. The president didn't waste ...