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Laura Bush Removed from Pro-Gay Marriage Ad
2 months ago
Laura Bush has asked The Respect for Marriage Coalition, which kicked off a $1 million media campaign yesterday, to remove her from an ad that features her support of gay marriage.
The spot quotes a number of famous individuals who are behind its cause, including a clip of Bush speaking with Larry King in 2010 and telling the host:
“When couples are committed to each other and love each other, then they ought to have the same sort of rights that everyone has.”
Respect for Marriage Coalition AdIn response, spokeswoman Anne MacDonald says the former First Lady “did not approve of
More >Daniel Radcliffe Parades Unknown Brunette in New York
1 year ago
Even in foreign land of the United States, there is little chance that the “Harry Potter” series’ British star Daniel Radcliffe will be unrecognizable to the common eyes. And especially not, if he is walking on the NYC streets hand in hand with an unknown but attractive brunette romancer.
In a recent interview with veteran host Larry King, Radcliffe had revealed that he is seeing someone and is very serious about her.
He said, “I’ve got a girlfriend at the moment, who I am very much in love with. So you know, we’ll see where that goes.”
While the pictures of that mystery girlfriend are out
More >Ashton Kutcher Has the Fattest Paycheck on TV Now
1 year ago
According to TV Guide Magazine, Ashton Kutcher is pocketing $700,000 per episode of “Two and a Half Men,” a figure that effectively makes him the highest paid star on American TV currently.
The magazine recently published its “Who Earns What” edition, in which it claimed that Kutcher will end up making $16.8 million for the upcoming 24 episode season of “Two and a Half Men.” The total sum is still half a million shy of what Sheen pocketed in his final season on “Men before being scripted out of the show.”
Sheen has however claimed that his actual paycheck per episode was $2 million, which
More >Mariah Carey Tweets First Baby Pic
1 year ago
Okay, so you can’t see her adorable little face. But Mariah Carey teased fans on Twitter Sunday with a fabulous snapshot of her baby daughter Monroe.
“This is baby Monroe saying ‘no pictures dahhhhling’ at 7+1/2 weeks,” Carey wrote beneath a photo of her little girl’s hand, raised as if she were trying to shield her glamorous self from a pack of would-be paparazzi. “Oh dear.”
Pretty funny:
Perhaps Monroe’s dad, Nick Cannon, wasn’t kidding when he described Monroe and her twin brother Moroccan, born on their anniversary in April.
“My son is laid back like me,” he said. “My daughter’s a
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Larry King May Soon Be Reporting For Jon Stewart On ‘The Daily Show’
2 years ago
Rumors are circulating that Larry King will soon join the contributing cast of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”
While the deal isn’t completed at this time, it’s believed that King is in talks with show producers to become a contributing reporter for the show. When leaving CNN Comedy Central producers quickly declared, “There’s not enough Larry on TV….”
According to The New York Post:
More >“A single conversation has happened. It’s still extremely preliminary. He’ll be on every now and again, like Lewis Black. He’s not joining as a correspondent but a contributor.”
Larry King To Appear On ‘Piers Morgan Tonight’
2 years ago
Larry King is heading back to CNN but this time it’s to sit on the opposite side of the desk as a guest on Piers Morgan Tonight the show that replaced King when he left the network after 25 years on the air.
It will be interesting to see how the two men react after Larry King told the BBC last week that CNN overhyped Morgan’s interviewing style:
More >“One of the problems they did was to oversell it — they said he was going to be dangerous, he was going to be water-cooler talk, it was ‘wait till you see me, I’m different, Well, he’s good — but he’s not that dangerous…. He’s good, but not that
Piers Morgan Watches Ratings Plummet After Two Weeks On-Air
2 years ago
During his last three months on the air talk show host Larry King routinely saw 674,000 viewers to his popular show, however just two weeks after taking over the show and with a huge advertising campaign supporting him, Piers Morgan is barely managing just over 50% of King’s original viewer numbers.
Piers Morgan Tonight has went from 2.1 million viewers during his shows January 17 premier to just 498,000 viewers as of Thursday’s show featuring uber-popular socialities and reality TV stars Kim and Kourtney Kardashian
How bad is it for the show? During these early stages of existence Morgan
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Celebrities Rush to Defense of Ricky Gervais
2 years ago
The president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association did not think Ricky Gervais was very funny at host of The Golden Globes on Sunday.
But you know who did? Pretty much anyone with a sense of humor. Let’s take a look at the celebrities that have Tweeted/voiced their support for Gervais over the last few days:
Larry King: The folks who put him on the Globes have no right to complain about Ricky Gervais. He does what he does. Why should it surprise them? You agree?
Elizabeth Banks: I thought RG was hilarious. Actors can take it. We have thick skins.
Jon
More >Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may add kids, star tells Larry King
2 years ago
[HMG Celebrity News] – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may have the largest family of any celebrity couple, but last night Angie told Larry King they are still open to adding some extras.
The couple have three adopted children – Pax, who’s 8, seven-year old Maddox and five-year-old Zahara.
Add their own biological produce – Shiloh, 4, and twins Knox and Vivienne, aged two, and most people would call that enough.
And so does Angie – for now.
“We’ve no plans at the moment,’ the actress told King. “But we’re always open to the idea.”
The 35-year old Momma bear also discussed how she and Brad
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Wesley Snipes Reports to Prison
2 years ago
From Passenger 57 to Inmate Number 43355-018…
Despite numerous attempts to overturn his conviction, including a last-minute plea on Larry King Live this week, Wesley Snipes is officially a ward of the state. He checked into McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania today.
Federal Bureau of Prison spokesman Edmond Ross said the processing of the actor – who has been sentenced to three years for failure to file taxes – went off “without incident.”
As for the institution itself?
Larry Levine, a former 10-year federal inmate and founder of Wall Street Prison
More >No Decision in Mel Gibson Custody Case
2 years ago
The judge in Mel Gibson’s custody battle with Oksana Grigorieva postponed a decision until he hears more from both parties, which won’t happen until December.
Both parties appeared in court yesterday not no decision was reached. Mel moved to strip Oksana of custody of their daughter, Lucia, and she was on the stand.
Mel believes her recent interview on Larry King proves her main goal is perpetrating a smear campaign against him and not acting in the best interests of Lucia.
BATTLE ROYALE: The scary thing? It’s only beginning.
Mel claims he has photos that prove Oksana lied about the abuse
More >Mel Gibson Wants Sole Custody of Daughter
2 years ago
After watching Oksana Grigorieva on Larry King last night, Mel Gibson didn’t issue any sort of rebuttal. Rather, he sought sole custody of their daughter, Lucia.
The actor’s lawyers will appear in court to ask the judge in his custody war to award him sole custody of baby Lucia in response to Oksana’s sitdown on CNN.
Team Mel alleges that Oksana’s false and derogatory statements to the media show she is not acting in the best interests of Lucia and should cost her custody.
MEL VS. OKSANA: With new barbs traded every day, this is one of the ugliest custody feuds we’ve ever seen, and the
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