The persistent sexual politics behind the scenes at late-night talk shows is far from a joke, believes former "Late Night with David Letterman" writer Nell Scovell.
After a tiff that has lasted two weeks, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, said Wednesday that he is in discussions with "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien to "bury the hatchet and the feud."
David Letterman may be under attack from some quarters after the revelations that he had sexual affairs with staffers, but he still has the support of a number of notables, as well as TV viewers.
Kanye West called Taylor Swift with a "very sincere" apology Tuesday for interrupting her acceptance speech at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, Swift said.
Kate Gosselin finally opened up about her marriage in her second appearance as a guest co-host on "The View," but the reality of "Jon & Kate" was far from the only topic. The show also addressed the death of Patrick Swayze and the Kanye West-Taylor Swift incident, the latter with Swift herself.
The persistent sexual politics behind the scenes at late-night talk shows is far from a joke, believes former "Late Night with David Letterman" writer Nell Scovell.
After a tiff that has lasted two weeks, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, said Wednesday that he is in discussions with "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien to "bury the hatchet and the feud."
David Letterman may be under attack from some quarters after the revelations that he had sexual affairs with staffers, but he still has the support of a number of notables, as well as TV viewers.
Kanye West called Taylor Swift with a "very sincere" apology Tuesday for interrupting her acceptance speech at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, Swift said.
Kate Gosselin finally opened up about her marriage in her second appearance as a guest co-host on "The View," but the reality of "Jon & Kate" was far from the only topic. The show also addressed the death of Patrick Swayze and the Kanye West-Taylor Swift incident, the latter with Swift herself.
As Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment trial proceedings got under way Monday, the embattled Illinois governor hit the media circuit, answering questions about Oprah, foul language and why he isn't resigning.
Sen. Barack Obama says in an interview that aired on TV Friday that he would have left his church if his pastor had not retired and had not acknowledged making comments that "deeply offended people."
Discovery Communications and Oprah Winfrey announced the Discovery Health network will be turned over to Winfrey next year, becoming OWN -- the Oprah Winfrey Network
The father of a girl who complained about the conduct of a dormitory matron at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls here said Wednesday he fully supports the talk show host and her vision for the school.
As the writers' strike nears the end of its second week, Letterman, Leno and others face a difficult dilemma: support their union, or save the jobs of dozens of staffers?
Video courtesy Warner Bros. Ellen DegeneresGrilled by Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show Monday, Carrie Underwood said that yes, she would be willing to make a home-cooked meal for Gossip Girl actor Chace Crawford – but only if he wanted her to, and only if she could find his phone number first.
David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Conan O’Brien may have to button their lips come Monday – due to the proposed strike of the Writers Guild of America.
Beehive? Bob? Crewcut? Mullet? Hilary Swank's next hairdo is out of her hands, as Oprah Winfrey took the shears to the Oscar winner as part of a charity effort airing Friday on her talk show.
A mother whose daughter and granddaughter attend Oprah Winfrey's school in South Africa considers the talk-show host heaven-sent, despite allegations of abuse being investigated there.
She only wanted to give underprivileged African girls a chance at a better life. But a tearful Oprah Winfrey begged for forgiveness Sunday from students' parents at her all-girls academy, currently reeling from allegations of abuse.
Lance Bass is reveling in the attention he's getting from his new memoir, but the former 'N Sync star says there's one person in particular who's playing hard to get.
Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89.
Welcome to the black-brown thing. That's what my African-American friends and I called it back in college. It's shorthand for the uneasy relationship between the nation's largest minority and the group that formerly held the title.
Rosie O'Donnell turned down the opportunity to promote her upcoming autobiography, Celebrity Detox, on Oprah Winfrey's talk show because, she says, the subject matter is "too raw."
Television history was made Monday, when, after many years of his pleading - make that, requesting - David Letterman finally appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
The impact of a prominent presidential endorsement often fails to resonate at the polls, but popular talk show host Oprah Winfrey's backing of Sen. Barack Obama could prove to have a more significant effect.
It's big news that the goddess of talk, Oprah Winfrey, is throwing a huge shindig for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama at her California estate that is expected to bring in $3 million.
Actress Sherri Shepherd will be introduced next week as a new cast member on "The View," giving the daytime chat show its first full cast since before Rosie O'Donnell came and went.
Not even Rosie O'Donnell and her headline-grabbing year at The View could top Ellen DeGeneres and her daytime dance moves: The comedian scored top honors at the Daytime Emmy Awards Friday, while Bob Barker celebrated his Price Is Right retirement with a win for best game-show host.
Just when Madison Avenue felt the Discovery Channel had lost its way because of mind-expanding fare like "American Chopper," salvation came this spring in the form of a snow leopard and talk-show d...
Comedian Kathy Griffin - who guest co-hosted The View one day after the big fight between Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck - revealed some details about O'Donnell's departure from the show, during a comedy act Saturday night.
1. K.C. Johnson, blogger: Arguably, the most important media figure in the Duke lacrosse case, Johnson's Durham-in-Wonderland blog provided exhausting, meticulous and obsessive daily coverage. It was a remarkable bit of citizen journalism, and upon the dismissal of all charges, one of the accused players, Collin Finnerty, cited Johnson for "his diligent work exposing the truth every day." He and Stuart Taylor Jr., a legal columnist for the National Journal who deserves equal acclaim, are a writing a book on the case.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- Between chats with presidential contender Barack Obama and late-night talk show host David Letterman, Masters champion Zach Johnson barely has had time to swing a golf club since slipping on the green jacket.
They may not jump up on the couch or scream with excitement but the live audience on China's revolutionary talk show is slowing getting into the Oprah Winfrey frame of mind.
I was tasked this year with watching the Super Bowl broadcast and selecting the best commercials. I'm usually not much of a commercial consumer, but I am a conspicuous consumer, so I vowed to the folks at SI.com that I'd pay my most strict attention while the game wasn't being played and try and make some sense of things. And fittingly, our top 10 includes a certain gap-toothed talk show host.
"Oprah's Favorite Things," an episode of Oprah that usually airs annually around Thanksgiving, has repeatedly been one of her best rated shows of the year. This year, though, it's not running at all.
The creators of "South Park," Matt Stone and Trey Parker, don't make life easy for their bosses at the network. Here are some of the things that have happened recently behind the scenes:
In 1982, Chris Gardner was just another go-getter in the training program at Dean Witter's San Francisco office, making $1,000 a month. He was also homeless. Gardner couldn't afford both day care f...
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey handpicked on Sunday 73 South African disadvantaged girls, the first of hundreds of girls who will attend her new school just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Star Jones Reynolds says she decided to make a surprise announcement that she was leaving "The View" because she wanted to tell the truth about her departure.
With a roast, a champagne toast and a goodbye grope from Joy Behar, "The View" said goodbye Friday to Meredith Vieira, who's leaving to take Katie Couric's job at the "Today" show.
A producer for "The Maury Povich Show" says in a $100 million lawsuit filed this week that she was made to disrobe on tape and that the video was then shown in a New York City bar.
Tyra Banks was a supermodel for 15 years--Victoria's Secret, Sports Illustrated, you name it--and more recently the host of America's Next Top Model, a reality show with legs. Some scoffed when Ban...
XM Satellite Radio and Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Radio have signed a three-year, $55 million deal to launch a channel featuring the popular talk show host, the companies said Thursday.
The author of a best-selling memoir enthusiastically endorsed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey answered accusations Wednesday night from critics who say parts of the book are fabricated or exaggerated.
What do Google, Oprah Winfrey, Las Vegas and the iPod have in common? These four are among the top 10 brands expected to sizzle in 2006, according to a published report Thursday.
When I landed in Istanbul to host this month's edition of "Inside the Middle East," I certainly didn't expect to end up in the Turkish Internet gossip pages.
Luxury store Hermes on Wednesday apologized to Oprah Winfrey for turning her away last week, saying that its Paris store was closed to set up for a public relations event when the talk show host stopped by.
Katie Holmes took the indirect approach with David Letterman when the talk-show host asked if she and beau Tom Cruise have talked about getting hitched.
A man who worked as a painter on late-night talk show host David Letterman's Montana ranch has been charged with plotting to kidnap the entertainer's 16-month-old son and the baby's nanny, and seek a $5 million ransom.
Former "Tonight" show host Johnny Carson was a low-key guy who would be uncomfortable with the tributes heaped upon him since his death, longtime sidekick Ed McMahon said Monday.
Three months ago Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia hired star TV producer Mark Burnett and charged him with two tasks: to revive a homemaking show featuring Stewart that had been canceled, and to develop a prime time program starring the queen of domesticity.
Forget Sand Hill Road—Oprah's mouth is the new path to cash. "She went wild over my curried-chicken sandwich," says Margaux Sky, 50, whose Art Café & Bakery in San Luis Obispo, Calif., was saved wh...
Letterman, Leno , "The View, " Regis and Kelly, Dr. Phil, Oprah -- it seems that the 2004 campaign trail leads to television talk shows as much as it does to hotly contested states.
When "ALF" premiered on NBC in 1986, who would have predicted that the series about a furry, funny, feline-craving alien from the planet Melmac, would be a success. Nearly 20 years later, the alien has been a mainstay on television from commercials to game show appearances.
Is Oprah doing for music what she did for books? The publishing world heaved a sigh of relief when Oprah kicked her book club back into high gear last year, since her selections quickly become best...
In the heart of his 1984 re-election campaign, Ronald Reagan made a speech in Hammonton, New Jersey, and took the opportunity to invoke the name of one of the Garden State's favorite sons.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres' new talk show was nominated for 12 Daytime Emmy Awards on Thursday, and "The Young and the Restless" led the soap opera pack with 16 nods.
All night long the fax machine at Jay Leno's house spits out jokes. It delivers jokes about President Bush, the Democrats who want to unseat him, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson and his sister Jane...
Until last year, when they published an enormous bestselling hit by an unknown child poet, Cheryl and Peter Barnes were best known for producing children's books like Nat, Nat, The Nantucket Cat. H...
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