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Jon Stewart I was born with an adult head and a tiny body. Like a Peanuts character.

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

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TODAY Show Goes Behind the Scenes at YouTube

TODAY Show Goes Behind the Scenes at YouTube

Considering its game-changing impact on culture and society (allowing us to see and share ourselves with the world as never before), it’s pretty astounding that there hasn’t been more “behind the scenes” at YouTube videos.  Or, maybe there have been.  But I’ve certainly never seen any.  Which is why I felt compelled to post this.
NBC’s [...]

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 [...]

“Low-Tech” Woman Treated as Outkast Gets Tech-Makeover on TODAY Show

“Low-Tech” Woman Treated as Outkast Gets Tech-Makeover on TODAY Show

You know times have changed when a woman being called “low-tech” is worse than her being called “loose”.  NBC’s TODAY Show ran a contest with Ladies Home Journal to find the most “low-tech” person in America (we all know that person – they don’t do the internet, they don’t text, they actually still talk on [...]

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 [...]

Oprah and Half-Brother Jeffrey Lee Share a Moment (early 80’s)

Oprah and Half-Brother Jeffrey Lee Share a Moment (early 80’s)

Oprah poses with her half-brother Jeffrey Lee in the early 80’s.  Lee eventually died of AIDS in 1989 (just prior to Winfrey producing and starring in the ABC miniseries The Women of Brewster’s Place).  They are only half-siblings, but do we see any family resemblance?
The video clip below is of an ABC’s promo spot for [...]

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 [...]

Bonnie Hunt on Heidi Montag’s Plastic Surgery and “Dirty Rat Bastard” Spencer Pratt

Bonnie Hunt on Heidi Montag’s Plastic Surgery and “Dirty Rat Bastard” Spencer Pratt

It’s ashamed that Bonnie Hunt’s daytime talk show, The Bonnie Hunt Show (@bonniehuntshow), was canceled last month.  While her ratings were disappointingly low, Hunt is an incredibly witty woman who can nail the heart of a topic with a wink and joke.
Here, Hunt dissects d-list celeb Heidi Montag’s decision (many say her tragic decision) to [...]

General Larry Platt Performs “Pants on the Ground” on The View

General Larry Platt Performs “Pants on the Ground” on The View

Less than one week after giving a hilarious audition on American Idol where he performed an song, Pants On The Ground, General Larry Platt has been officially skyrocketed to pop-culture royalty.  A sure sign that he has arrived – his guest appearance on daytime tv’s The View to perform for the eager co-hosts who have [...]

Phil Donahue and Reverend Lady Bishop (1988)

Phil Donahue and Reverend Lady Bishop (1988)

You might think the star of this photo is legendary daytime talk show hostPhil Donahue (The Phil Donahue Show – 1967-1996).  She was a guest on Donahue’s show, yes, but the woman in this photo (Reverend Dr. Lady Bishop) is legendary in her own right.  Her super powers awed talk show audiences, celebrities and the [...]

Children of TV Talk Show Host Montel Williams Call Him Heartless-Dad

Children of TV Talk Show Host Montel Williams Call Him Heartless-Dad

The New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) is reporting that Montel Williams (the former daytime tv talk show host of the popular, syndicated Montel Williams Show from 1991-2008) is not the family man he portrayed himself to be on his talk show.  Quite the contrary, Williams’ own children (teenagers Wyntergrace and Montel, Jr.) are speaking out [...]

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