We knew Rachel Maddow would know how to partaaaay!
Maddow (@maddow) invited a bartender friend to on her show to demonstrate how to make a classic, flammable holiday drink like a pro (with New York City Fire Department’s Explosives Unit and NBC’s pyrotechnicians on standby with fire extinguishers in case things got out of hand).
The drink [...]
December 27, 2009 | Posted in
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Do you ever get the feeling two people in close proximity couldn’t be farther apart? That is how it felt to watch the interview of B. Smith (@BSmithStyle) on a cooking segment of the The Wendy Williams Show (@WendyShow) earlier this week.
To set the tone at the start of the segment, B. (just B.) [...]
Oral Roberts sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 91 due to complications from pneumonia (January 24, 1918 – December 15, 2009) .
To say Oral Roberts was a televangelist and a preacher is to shortchange his legacy by a mile. He was one of the founding fathers of televangelism literally bringing Pentecostalism preaching to 40 million [...]
December 16, 2009 | Posted in
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Amidst a hailstorm of TigerTalk, sex-texts and “ho”-code betrayals, Extra TV! (@extratv) found time in its gossip schedule to cover the debut of Tal Ronnen’s (@TalRonnen) new book The Conscious Cook. Ronnen is the much coveted and adored personal chef to talk show divas Ellen DeGeneres (@theellenshow) and Oprah (@oprah) who has appeared on Oprah’s show [...]
Stephanie and Christian Nielson talk Matt Lauer on NBC’s TODAY (@todayshow) about surviving a fiery plane crash in August 2008 that left Stephanie with burns over ninety percent of her body and their family (including their four children) struggling to piece their lives back together again. Stephanie was not expected to live but survived against [...]
Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel may seem perpetually fun and lighthearted on his show, but in an interview with Esquire Magazine Kimmel discusses the difficulties he’s faced battling a disorder he was only recently diagnosed with (in his 30’s): narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder that causes people to fall asleep suddenly for several [...]
November 8, 2009 | Posted in
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Who wore which costume? Which show had the most spectacular Halloween set design? Check out the round-up of the Halloween scene on a few of your favorite talk shows on Friday.
Our favorite set: Jimmy Fallon (it’s contemporary horror – no cobwebs or Frankenstein and Mummy dolls strewn around – Fallon’s set is more Alfred Hitchcock [...]
Chef Marcus Samuelsson joins Matt Lauer on TODAY (@todayshow) to show us how to make a roasted beef tenderloin and grilled artichoke salad. Chef Marcus, born in Ethiopia and raised in Switzerland, defines his culinary style as American cooking with an ethnic twist. His new cookbook, New American Table, is described as “a love-letter to America”. [...]
I have to admit, something doesn’t sit well with me about television shows that exist only to “help” people. There’s something off about altruism that also functions as commercial entertainment. But in a world where I can barely watch the nightly news because of how depressing it is to see every horrendous crime story get [...]
Dr. Oz, svelte in his pressed shirt tucked into black slacks and the picture of perfect health, stands next to Connie. Connie, 48, used to be model until she developed an addiction to eating. She is now obese, and works at a bakery. Dr. Oz, with his chiseled jaw and salt-and-pepper hair, causally explains that [...]