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Hasselbeck to Stump for Palin

(Newser) - Elizabeth Hasselbeck has been invited to bring her spunky conservatism to the stump with Sarah Palin, the New York Daily News reports. Hasselbeck will take off for Florida this weekend to join the GOP veep pick on a tour around the state. “I will be flying there to travel...

For Tough Election Coverage, Tune In During the Day

Tune into Ellen and The View for TV's most penetrating look at politics

(Newser) - The days when politicians could take refuge on daytime TV, hiding behind softball interviews and happy talk about favorite recipes, are over, Rebecca Traister writes for Salon. Tracing the trend from soaps through Phil Donohue to Oprah and Ellen to the unrivaled supremacy of The View, she observes, "It...

Star: View Co-Hosts 'Hateful'
 Star: View Co-Hosts 'Hateful' 
Oct 13, 2008 11:31 AM CDT

Star: View Co-Hosts 'Hateful'

Jones plots comeback after healing Court TV cancellation wounds

(Newser) - Star Jones says her Court TV cancellation last season sent her into a “depression,” but she’s over it—and ready for a comeback. Jones, who spent the summer in Italy consoling herself, told Essence she's in talks for a non-scripted show. She offered sharp words for her...

Fear of Lefty Obama Gets Bill Behind Mac

Centrist ex-prez has common ground with Republican, and his win sets up Hillary in '12

(Newser) - If Bill Clinton seems to be sabotaging Barack Obama's campaign, it may not only be for Hillary's presumed 2012 run, but because he prefers John McCain, Roger Simon writes in Pajamas Media. Since "showing up" Obama with his convention speech, Clinton has been "lavishing praise" on McCain and...

Hillary Didn't Really Want VP Slot: Bill

Clinton would've paired up with Obama only out of sense of 'duty'

(Newser) - Even as rumors continue to bounce around the Internet that Hillary Clinton could end up on the Democratic ticket, she never wanted to—and would only have accepted the VP slot out of a sense of duty, Bill Clinton said on The View today. “Not really, she didn’t,...

Clinton Takes In The View on Monday
Clinton Takes
In The View
on Monday
Sep 19, 2008 12:25 PM CDT

Clinton Takes In The View on Monday

Ex-prez likely to get warmer reception than McCains did last week

(Newser) - Bill Clinton is scheduled to appear Monday on The View, where he hopes to get a more friendly reception than John and Cindy McCain did Sept. 12. The GOP candidate and his wife are still fuming about their treatment, the New York Post reports, with the wife of the Republican...

McCain Sheds Honor in Heat of Campaign
 McCain Sheds Honor 
 in Heat of Campaign 
OPINION
Sep 16, 2008 2:45 PM CDT

McCain Sheds Honor in Heat of Campaign

Columnist, a longtime fan of the straight-shooting senator, sorely disappointed

(Newser) - John McCain's dishonesty in this race has turned him into the kind of politician the candidate once professed to hate, writes Richard Cohen—a one-time fan of the Arizona senator—in the Washington Post. McCain’s lies—most blatantly expressed on The View in response to a question about misleading...

Cindy McCain Blasts View After Grilling

It's 'out of sync' with mainstream America, says aspiring first lady

(Newser) - Newspapers and TV shows like The View are out of sync with the average American’s political beliefs, wannabe first lady Cindy McCain has declared. She blasted the media the day after she and hubby John McCain were grilled on The View about misleading campaign ads and the undisclosed number...

Whoopi Reduces Hasselbeck to Tears Over N-Word

Heated face-off sparked by Jackson gaffe

(Newser) - A heated discussion of the N-word between View co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Elisabeth Hasselbeck ended in tears yesterday. Goldberg argued that black people should use the term to rob it of its power—and kept TV censors busy with her repeated use of the word. Hasselbeck fretted over how to...

Michelle Gets a Gig With a 'View'
Michelle Gets a Gig With a 'View'
Jun 18, 2008 12:40 PM CDT

Michelle Gets a Gig With a 'View'

Mrs. O swaps fist bumps with the girls, dishes on pantyhose, politics, Laura Bush

(Newser) - Michelle Obama started off her debut appearance on “The View” with a jab at the "terrorist fist jab" controversy, demanding of her co-hosts, "I have to be greeted properly. Fist bump please." Obama talked everything from politics to pantyhose—no, she doesn’t wear them—and...

Voters May Yet Warm Up to Michelle Obama

Would-be first lady reaches out to women by hosting The View

(Newser) - Nicknamed "the closer," Michelle Obama is known for winning over voters—but many still have not warmed up to her, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A recent poll shows that 42% of voters have an unfavorable view of her and 25% are "very unfavorable." The first...

Mrs. O Gets Her Own View
 Mrs. O Gets Her Own View 
Jun 5, 2008 10:42 AM CDT

Mrs. O Gets Her Own View

Following Cindy McCain's path, Michelle Obama will guest-host June 18

(Newser) - Following Cindy McCain's lead, Michelle Obama will co-host The View on June 18, the AP reports. ABC’s mid-morning gabfest asked the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee to be a guest, but she said she’d rather jump into the often-lively chat and guest interviews, as McCain did in...

Rosie: View Producers Threatened to Sue Me

O'Donnell dishes as she buries hatchet with Howard Stern

(Newser) - Shoot-from-the-lip comedian Rosie O'Donnell had plenty to say about her acrimonious last days on The View when she called up Howard Stern to bury the hatchet with the shock jock, MSNBC reports. O'Donnell told Stern that producers threatened to sue when she told them she was leaving. But ABC insiders...

Daytime TV as Campaign Stop
 Daytime TV as Campaign Stop 
ANALYSIS
Jun 3, 2008 2:26 PM CDT

Daytime TV as Campaign Stop

'Low-info' voters, soft-pedaling hosts want personal details

(Newser) - You know where they stand on gas prices, but what about pantsuits and family pets? Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama are making the rounds of daytime talk shows and celebrity gossipfests, courting "low-info" voters—those mostly white, working class, and undecided folks who haven't been paying much...

Ex- View Buddies Swap Barbs
 Ex-View Buddies Swap Barbs 
May 7, 2008 2:40 PM CDT

Ex-View Buddies Swap Barbs

Onetime co-host slams Walters tell-all as cry for attention

(Newser) - Star Jones is blasting back at Barbara Walters for claims made in her new tell-all memoir, US magazine reports. Walters writes in Audition that Jones compelled her and the other co-hosts of The View to lie about her gastric bypass surgery.

Star Jones Wants a Divorce
Star Jones Wants a Divorce
Apr 23, 2008 7:12 PM CDT

Star Jones Wants a Divorce

Former View co-host files for split from Al Reynolds after 3 years

(Newser) - Star Jones is filing for divorce, 3½ years after her lavish wedding to Al Reynolds, Entertainment Tonight reports. The high-profile attorney representing Reynolds previously worked on the divorces of Howard Stern, Donald Trump, and Diana Ross. "The dissolution of a marriage is a difficult time in anyone's life that...

McCain Recipes Cribbed From Food Network

Rachael Ray 'flattered' as aide blames intern, Cindy to hit 'The View'

(Newser) - Rachael Ray tells Us Magazine she’s “flattered” John McCain’s website passed off some of her recipes as belonging to wife Cindy. An aide was embarrassed that dishes like Passion Fruit Mousse and Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw were lifted from Food Network sites, and blamed an...

Hasselbeck Returning to 'The View'
Hasselbeck Returning
to 'The View'
Jan 4, 2008 6:46 AM CST

Hasselbeck Returning to 'The View'

Rosie O'Donnell's right-wing rival back from maternity leave

(Newser) - Conservative TV co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck will return to "The View" on Monday after a two-month maternity leave—and she'll be bringing her new son, Taylor Thomas, with her. Hasselbeck infamously had it out on the air with liberal co-host Rosie O'Donnell over the war in Iraq shortly before the...

Rosie Won't Gab on MSNBC
Rosie Won't Gab on MSNBC
Nov 8, 2007 5:08 PM CST

Rosie Won't Gab on MSNBC

Money issues sink negotiations for prime-time cable gig

(Newser) - Talks between MSNBC and Rosie O'Donnell, the outspoken ex-host of ABC's "The View," about a potential prime-time talk show have broken down, the Los Angeles Times reports. The main point of contention was money, with O'Donnell demanding network-TV coin from the cable news station. O'Donnell confirmed that the...

Rosie in Talks to Host MSNBC Show
Rosie in Talks
to Host
MSNBC Show
Nov 6, 2007 3:31 AM CST

Rosie in Talks to Host MSNBC Show

Outspoken comedian could battle Larry King in prime-time slot

(Newser) - Rosie O'Donnell and MSNBC are close to inking a deal to give the outspoken comedian her own prime-time talk show, reports the New York Times. Just six months after she left "The View" in a cloud of controversy, the loquacious lefty could be battling CNN's "Larry King Live"...

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