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Oprah I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.

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Vierra, Kathie Lee & Hoda’s Cranky Today Show Production Meeting

Vierra, Kathie Lee & Hoda’s Cranky Today Show Production Meeting

In a backstage scene you couldn’t pay me to be in, NBC TODAY talk show co-hosts Meredith Vierra, Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb hold a production meeting in the hair and makeup room for a new segment being hosted by Vierra.
Can we say cranky?  Good.  Can we say hysterical?
Kathy Lee and Hoda (with hair [...]

Mitt Romney on Letterman Takes On Palin on Leno

Mitt Romney on Letterman Takes On Palin on Leno

Maybe this is a foreshadowing of a brewing, political battle to come – or maybe it’s just coincidence, but Letterman has booked Sarah Palin’s nemisis former Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
First, who are we kidding?  There are no coincidences in tv.  Everything (down to sneezes and awkward silences) are carefully planned.  Letterman (himself very close [...]

Aaawww – Conan’s First Tweet

Aaawww – Conan’s First Tweet

It’s like watching a baby take their first steps!  That’s right… c’mon… you can do it!
The embattled talk show host who once made fun of celebrities on Twitter and all but renounced the social media platform as trivial in his monologues and Twitter sketches has now… joined Twitter.   And what a welcome wagon he’s receiving!
Last [...]

University of Georga Readies Second Season of its First Daytime Talk Show

University of Georga Readies Second Season of its First Daytime Talk Show

Wendell Scott (a sophomore at the University of Georgia) may never have interviewed A-list celebs like Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts or won a Daytime Emmy like Oprah or Ellen, but he is the big man on campus as host of UGA’s first daytime talk show, “The Wendell Show” and he’s back with a revamped [...]

Palin Jumps on Board the Leno Train as First “Tonight Show” Guest

Palin Jumps on Board the Leno Train as First “Tonight Show” Guest

March 1st marks the momentous return of Jay Leno (@NBCJay) as host of The Tonight Show weeks after an ugly battle between NBC, Conan O’Brien and Leno left all three bloodied and bruised and Conan without a network to call home (or a talk show for that matter).
NBC and The Tonight Show producers aren’t wasting [...]

Why a Conan Live Tour is a Tour de Force

Why a Conan Live Tour is a Tour de Force

Comfort is the death of creativity.  Disappointments and getting your ass kicked in a fight to the death is the fertile ground of creativity, genius and innovation.  Conan O’Brien didn’t exactly get his ass kicked in the NBC fallout where he lost the honor of being top dog on The Tonight Show to former host [...]

William Shatner to Star in “Sh*t My Dad Says”

William Shatner to Star in “Sh*t My Dad Says”

William Shatner (@williamshatner), one of hardest and longest working actors in show business and host of his own Biography channel talk show (Raw Nerve), has just scored a new gig:  star of popular Twitter stream turned tv show Shit My Dad Says.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Shatner will play the father in the tv pilot [...]

Avatar’s Sam Worthington Chills Backstage at “The View”

Avatar’s Sam Worthington Chills Backstage at “The View”

Bill Geddie (Executive Producer of The View) turns his FlipCam on Avatar’s Sam Worthington backstage after his appearance on the show.  Worthington doesn’t seem completely comfortable with having the tiny camera shoved in his face but he’s a good sport.  Bill’s enthusiasm when describing Avatar’s awesomeness is hysterical (he almost can’t keep the camera on [...]

Jimmy Fallon’s Guided Tour of His Dressing Room

Jimmy Fallon’s Guided Tour of His Dressing Room

There are no secrets between friends.  Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon) takes us on a guided tour of his cozy dressing room at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (from the couch, to the toilet and everything in between).  It would’ve been nice to see his mini-fridge and what he keeps in it (any dressing room worth its [...]

“Tiger Woods Defense” by Letterman Extortionist Nixed by Judge

“Tiger Woods Defense” by Letterman Extortionist Nixed by Judge

It was a long shot.  But it was a long shot that a desperate defendant, Robert “Joe” Halderman (CBS News producer who allegedly blackmailed David Letterman), felt he had to take.
Halderman is being charged with attempted first-degree grand larceny for allegedly attempting to squeeze $2 million from David Letterman by threatning to make public letters [...]

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