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I know Heather Mills, the ex-Mrs. Paul McCartney, is mega famous in jolly old England. And she was of some interest to our press for about two weeks when she was on Dancing With The Stars last season which I attribute to her dancing with a fake leg. But that was months ago and I had completely forgotten about her and so had every journalist in America.
Until this week when she appeared on the US morning talk shows and started ranting crazy paranoia talk about how the British press is out to get her and has an ax to grind with her. And she's not entirely wrong, they do constantly have headlines on their papers about her infamous nightmare antics, but perhaps if she stopped participating in said antics they'd have nothing to report.
This morning on the Today show, Matt Lauer asked her why she doesn't stop reading the papers, to which she replied she's gotten death threats. Wrong answer. She should've said "what a brilliant idea, Matt."
Personally I think she's addicted to all the drama. It's obvious. When no one is paying attention to her, she starts talking crazy. I'm not a therapist, but I'm pretty sure I got this diagnosis right. Just call me Dr. House. Case closed!
As I’m sure you know, rumors of J. Lo’s pregnancy have been swirling for weeks. She hasn’t denied them and the over-sized maternity frocks she’s been donning aren’t really putting the rumors to bed.
So what did Diane ask J. Lo this morning when all of America was watching… her big moment to break what could possibly be one of 2007’s biggest stories? “How are you?” and “Can I have a hug?”
Are you kidding me?! Why is being pregnant such a big secret?! Is it because of what you did to get pregnant? Someone please clue me in while I go to Babies 'R Us to get J. Lo a shower gift.
Here is comes! Nicole Richie's moment of truth...er, PR storytelling nonsense.
According to People, Nicole will sit down wth Diane Sawyer in an interview that will air on Good Morning, America on on August 2-3, and 20/20 on August 3. Hopefully, Miss Richie will be addressing all those pregnancy rumors, and whether or not she will soon be called Mrs. Madden.
OK, Nicole, we bought the pregnancy/engagement story. You got your big-name interview. Gonna have that "miscarriage" yet?
But Matt always complains and says it's the hardest week of his life and at the end of the week he always vows never to do it again. Bite your tongue, Matt! Blasphemy!
So why does he keep coming back for more? Matt recently told TV Guide that he had lunch with a "very big name in broadcasting," who Matt "respects very much," who told him.
So true.
Where In the World Is Matt Lauer kicks off this Monday. I wonder where he's going to be, I feel like he's been everywhere already, but here's my dream list: Iceland, Nepal, Laos, Chile and somewhere in Canada. Where do you think Matt's headed this year? Let's see how close we come.
After 24 hours of intense speculation, Rosie O'Donnell confirmed her departure from The View in the first two minutes of today's show. She laughed that it was being considered "Breaking News" by CNN. "I've decided that we couldn't come to terms with my deal with ABC, so next year, I'm not going to be on The View. However, I will be coming back and guest-hosting. I will be doing one-hour specials on autism and depression and stuff that I'm interested in. I'm just not going to be doing the everyday thing because you know, they wanted me three years, I wanted one year... and it just didn't work, and that's showbiz.. I'm not going away, I'm just not going to be here everyday."
Barbara, of course, then had to give her two-cents and say how much she will miss Rosie. "I would like to make one thing perfectly clear: I did not participate in the negotiations for Rosie. It was ABC daytime," she said. "I'm going to read a lot of 'I did this, and I did that,' and it brings back a lot of other things I was accused of doing and didn't... this is not my doing or my choice" Haha, I love that she referenced the whole Star Jones drama of last season. Love Barbara.
It was Joy, however, who had the best joke during the announcement. "I tell you who will be really sad," she mused. "Donald Trump. He's on a ledge right now saying, 'How am I going to resuscitate The Apprentice now?" Classic.
Rosie definitely made the show more interesting this season. Are you sad to see her go? Will you still watch without her? Barbara mentioned they don't have a replacement for Rosie (who leaves in June), yet. Any suggestions?
Regis Philbin called into Live With Regis And Kelly this morning to give an update on his recovery from triple bypass surgery and to announce his return to the show on April 26th.
Regis said that he'd been "through the wars," during his recovery and credited daily walks and weight lifting to help him build up his strength.
I love Reege and can't wait to see his smiling face grace my TV screen again soon.
Matt Lauer has scored the first interview with troubled Miss USA, Tara Conner. The interview, her first since getting out of rehab, will air Thursday on the Today Show. I just think this picture of her and Matt is so cute for some reason. Caption it below, or share the question you'd want to ask Tara. My guess it they're talking about the Rosie/Trump fight that she bascially is responsible for!
George Clooney might have been named "Sexiest Man Alive," by People Magazine last month, but this morning on the Today Show he finally got his crown. Caption the photo below.
George admits to "doing shots of limoncello" with Danny and that's pretty much all he can remember. He also admits to being on Regis and Kelly the next morning totally hung over.
Hmm, George was hungover while Danny was still drunk... looks like someone can't handle their liquor.
Matt jokingly accused George of using Danny to get to the women who swarm the Deck The Halls star.
Clooney: Exactly.
The only answer I didn't get is what everyone wants to know: Why on Earth were these two actors were hanging out in the first place?
Since the arrival of Rosie O'Donnell on The View, the show has become appointment television viewing for me. And I'm not the only one. In a very unscientific poll that I took amongst my friends, male and female, people everywhere are tuning into this show in unprecedented numbers.
I think the reason I like it is because it just seems fun now. Before I believe they took themselves way too seriously, really attacking the issues of the day. Now I'm all for current events but I like to get that information from a program I like to call, The News. I don't watch The View to learn about Fidel Castro. No I want to know what Britney Spears has been up to this weekend. FYI: not wearing panties as far as I can tell.
Anyway, I want to get tickets to see The View because now that Rosie is in charge, they're giving away free stuff left and right: $200 gift certificates to Target and some sort of cooker was today's gift.
Speaking of today, on the show was Matthew Broderick who was promoting his new film Deck The Halls. What happened to him? He got old. And if he got old that means I've gotten old. I'm sad about how not good he looks. I loved him as baby face Ferris Bueller, I mean LOVED him, thought he was such a suave sophisticated older man. Now he's a middle aged dad. I guess that happens to the best of us.
Are you watching The View now that Rosie and her "libel to say anything" attitude is back on the tube? Why are you watching? Are you waiting for a Hasselbeck/O'Donnell throwdown like me? I don't want to miss it.
I have no idea why, but Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen will be on The Today Show this morning. They're going to be on during the real part of the show, between 7-9a.m., when Meredith and Matt interview people. I'm not exactly sure why the 9-10am hour of the show exists, it's a total snooze fest.
I wonder what they could be promoting or talking about? I don't think they have a career movie coming out and they seem very busy with school partying and dressing like hobos, to take the time to grace The Today Show with their presence, but I'm totally tuning in to find out what is up.
File this under: Are you kidding me? Did anyone happen to catch The Today Show this morning? Well, I did and on it was guest Gloria Allred, a publicity monger lawyer, you know the one who represented Amber Frey in the Scott Peterson trial. Anyone, this morning she announced that she is representing the two guys who Michael Richards' verbal racist tirade was directed at, Kyle Doss and Frank McBride. She said they're willing to meet with Michael to discuss "compensation."
Since when do people get compensated for being yelled at and verbally harassed because if that's the case, I have a few nuns I need to look up from grade school I'm gonna need to hit up for some serious cash.
Do you think they should get cash for being yelled at?
Last Friday when Clay Aiken was guest host with Kelly Ripa on Live With Regis and Kelly, Clay put his hand over Kelly’s mouth to get her to stop talking in the middle of interviewing Dancing With The Stars Winner, Emmitt Smith. Kelly pushed away Clay’s hand and said, “I don’t know where that hand has been.”
Today on The View Rosie O’Donnell called Kelly out and said that comment was homophobic. Kelly called in to defend herself and clarified that she meant the comment to be about cold and flu season and it had nothing to do with the speculation about his sexuality. She said Clay was shaking every audience member’s hand and the hands of the guests and she was afraid that it was covered in germs. Kelly made a good point that Clay would have never done that to Regis because he respects Regis in a way he doesn’t respect Kelly and she had a problem with that.
Also did I miss Clay coming out of the closet? Is he gay? Do you think Kelly’s comment was homophobic? And was Clay totally inappropriate with Kelly, covering her mouth to get her to stop talking on her talk show? Talk back below.
All Aboard the Madonna “I adopted a baby from Africa,” press train. Next Stop: The Today Show
In case you didn’t see Madonna with her ridiculous English accent (I’m sorry, isn’t she from Detroit?!) on Oprah last week, you can catch her in an interview airing Wednesday and Thursday on NBC’s The Today Show. Madge sits down with Meredith Viera and will talk in detail about the controversy surrounding the adoption of David, her 1-year-old son from Malawi, her recent concert tour, and the continued scrutiny over her religious beliefs.
She tells Mer that she doesn’t regret her decision to adopt David and believes that the controversy that has followed the adoption is just the result of uneducated people jumping to conclusions which forces the story to then take on a life of it’s own.
Madonna shares her side of the baby daddy drama. She claims that when they were in court she offered to help David’s father financially to raise David instead of going through with her adoption, but he turned it down. Madonna says this was a decision she couldn’t really understand, but she saw it as a sign.
“I don't want to judge him. And I don't know his life. And, you know, I believe he remarried and had moved to another village and was kind of getting on with his life. And I think he truly felt in his heart of hearts that-- and-- and-- and who knows if he was telling me the truth, that he would have a better life with me. So, when he said no, that was my, you know, my sign that-- that, you know, it was my responsibility to look after him."
I can’t wait to hear Madonna say “heart of hearts” in her English accent.
Anybody tune into The View this morning? If not you missed a doozy of a bitch slapfest. Apparently, the good humored writers over at Law and Order: SVU had a woman character on the show get raped and killed last week and her name was none other than Elisabeth Hassenbeck. Sound familiar? Well Elisabeth Hasselbeck thought the same thing. She thought it was too much of a coincidence so she called up someone over at SVU and got into it with them. According to her report this morning on the all gal gab-fest the producer she spoke to:
"remained defensive and nasty, which prompted a threat on the petite blonde’s behalf to never book any of the L&O actors on The View again. "
Oh, no she didn't! Elisabeth thinks that it's a conspiracy to besmirch her politically conservative good name. I think she's a little paranoid. Everything has to be about her. I have the same name as a very famous singer, but you don't see me calling her up and demanding her to stop the Lillith Fair, oh wait, that is over, hmm, maybe I did do that.
Whenever I watch Oprah and see her amazing house I say to myself, I'd be able to have a house like that if I had Oprah money and access to all the best interior decorators. Haven't we all thought that?
Well, now's your chance to get a dream house. The Today Show is looking for people who need advice on how to unclutter their kitchen. And if you're camera shy, the best part is, you don't have to reveal who you are. Just send in your questions regarding your cluttered kitchen then watch The Today Show to see if your question is answered and who knows the advice they give might help you have an Oprah-looking kitchen afterall. Then I'd be so jealous of you.
My biggest clutter problem in my kitchen is where to neatly keep all the take-out menus. I have one from every restaurant I've ever been to and they look so messy shoved in a drawer. That's the one I'm going to submit, so nobody steal it.
Well, well, well. It turns out Meredith Viera isn't the only morning show hot shot to get her own countdown clock. Apparently the countdown clock fairy also dropped one off over at The View where it’s busy ticking off the hours until the much anticipated September 5th premiere with new co-host Rosie O'Donnell.
Be honest, am I the only person who doesn’t have their own countdown clock? 
I remember the last time I saw a countdown clock, I believe it was before we sent astronauts into space. See what I’m getting at? I’m not sure Meredith coming to The Today Show is worthy of the fanfare that comes with a 4.5 million pound space shuttle defying gravity and transporting human beings to the international space station.
But then again, she does have such great hair.
