Rosie O'Donnell

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Episode Recap: Season 4 — Episode 4 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | 7/4/2008
Further proof that Kathy's big mouth (you know, the one that I love so much) does indeed get her into trouble: we got to learn this week that Kathy has been re-banned from The View. Kathy’s been banned from a lot of shows, but, per Kathy: "This is my first re-banning." Seems executive producer Bill Geddie wasn't quite ready...to forgive Kathy for something she included in her recent Bravo special Kathy Griffin: Straight To Hell. For those who missed it, Kathy hilariously recalled her... read more
Rosie O'Donnell, Kelli Carpenter Delay Remarriage | Today's News: Our Take | 6/6/2008
Rosie O'Donnell says she and partner Kelli Carpenter will not remarry until same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states.The two were married in San Francisco four years ago, when the city's mayor OK'd same-sex marriages. Soon after, the California Supreme Court invalidated such unions.Now that the state's highest court has sanctioned gay and lesbian marriages, celebs such as Ellen DeGeneres and Star Trek's George Takei are making tracks to tie the knot.Not Rosie and Kelli."[We're] going to wait... read more
Rosie and Howard Stern Make Up | Today's News: Our Take | 6/3/2008
Somewhere in the world pigs are flying. Rosie O'Donnell has agreed to audition to do a show on Howard Stern's Sirius radio channel.The former View cohost expressed interest in the radio gig this morning during an hour-long interview on Stern's radio show. Afterward, when asked by a fan on her blog if the news of a possible radio show was true, O'Donnell replied, "it would b fun."The two have had a frosty relationship — make that a frozen relationship — ever since a Howard follower... read more
Rosie Dreams of Giving Lap Dances?! | Today's Top Videos | 4/21/2008
If someone were to ask about the one thing you always wanted to do, but haven’t got around to yet, what would be your answer be? Well if you said, "Give Jimmy Kimmel a lap dance," you and Rosie O'Donnell have something in common. Rosie responded to a fan with this answer on her blog recently only to have Kimmel address and accept her offer on his show. Guess that Ben Affleck video really must have caught her fancy. read more
Rosie O'Donnell Denies She's Abusive Toward Her Kids | Today's News: Our Take | 4/10/2008
Rosie O'Donnell is taking issue with a new article in The Globe that describes her as being abusive toward her children.The article ran alongside a photo in which O'Donnell appears to be loudly scolding her 12-year-old son. The piece also suggests O'Donnell has been abusive toward her two other younger children by repeatedly yelling at the older child in front of them."This story is absolutely ludicrous and ridiculous," her publicist told the New York Post. "There's no truth to it whatsoever."... read more
Danny Noriega Takes a Rosie Vacation | The Great American Idol Blog | 3/18/2008
Following Rosie O'Donnell's heartfelt offer to Danny Noriega in a video on her blog, the American Idol castoff took her up on it, when he sailed away over the weekend to exotic ports.After Noriega was booted from the top 16 on the show, O'Donnell publicly extended the offer to him, calling him a "bold" and "beautiful" young man. But despite the buzz her blog posting got, there was no official yay or nay from the singer himself... until now.In a March 15 post called "Bon Voyage," Rosie and Danny... read more
Rosie Makes "Bold, Brave, Beautiful" Danny an Offer | The Great American Idol Blog | 3/9/2008
In a video blog segment posted Friday, Rosie O'Donnell invited freshly ousted American Idol contestant Danny Noriega to sing on her cruise. "I don't know if you have to sit around the American Idol studio and, like, look sad for the next few weeks," says the comedienne, "but a week from tomorrow, an R Family Cruise is leaving from San Diego for Cabo San Luco." (A voice behind her then said that it's going to Puerto Vallarta, but whatever.) "So, Danny Noriega," Ro continued, "you've got a free... read more
Rosie Planning a Fran-tastic New Sitcom? | Today's News: Our Take | 2/27/2008
Her recent TV endeavors include very public disputes with cohosts (on The View) and disturbing turns on cable dramas (Nip/Tuck), but now Rosie O'Donnell wants to get back to the ha-has (remember she started in stand-up?), in the form of a new sitcom.According to a video blog posted on Rosie.com, O'Donnell and onetime Nanny Fran Drescher are working on a "fun, happy, family comedy" (as Drescher put it). "Fran and I have a new sitcom, but we can't talk about it, right?" said O'Donnell. Indeed,... read more
Nip/Tuck: Not Quite the Bomb | Roush Dispatch | 1/16/2008
There are still moments, fleeting though they are, that remind me what I used to enjoy about Nip/Tuck, back before it became a burlesqued send-up of itself. A few of these moments were on display Tuesday night in the haunting storyline involving Sean (Dylan Walsh, in top form) and Rachel, the grotesquely scarred victim of a Palestinian suicide bomber. Rachel is one of this show's few unironic heroic figures, helping Matt get through his injuries after the meth-lab explosion. Her dilemma this... read more
Episode Recap: "Rachel Ben Natan" | Nip/Tuck | 1/16/2008
After a four-week break, it was nice to revisit the adventures of our favorite fantastically plastic duo. Too bad we still don't know what Eden put in that dang fruitcake four weeks ago. All we know is that it gives Julia spontaneous nosebleeds, which just makes Christian pout about being deprived of sex with his best friend's ex. Speaking of Eden, how lovely to have a completely Eden-free episode! Sure, the skank returns next week, but it was pleasant to get through an entire hour without her.... read more
Paris, Britney Among Time's Most Shamed of the Year | Today's News: Our Take | 12/13/2007
Forget the Golden Globe nominations, I have the list you really want: Time's Top 10 Awkward Moments of 2007! Among the political embarrassments, you'll find Paris Hilton at No. 2 (wailing for her mother as she's hauled off to prison); Alec Baldwin at No. 3 ( for calling his daughter a thoughtless pig); David Hasselhoff at No. 4 (soused in the shower); Britney at No. 6 (for her Night of the Living Dead routine at the VMAs); Rosie O'Donnell vs. Elisabeth Hasselbeck at No. 7; Fox at No. 8 for... read more
Episode Recap: "Dawn Budge II" | Nip/Tuck | 11/21/2007
As a longtime Rosie fan, I was looking forward to her return as lottery winner Dawn Budge, as were a lot of you. I was skeptical, though: How could they make it believable for any former McNamara/Troy patients from their Miami years to fly to L.A., besides having them there just to visit? That question was answered quite well after we got to experience seeing Dawn hang gliding in Calgary and being attacked in the mouth by a flying eagle. Truly one of the funniest Nip/Tuck visuals ever — so... read more
Jeers: A Less-Than-Rosie Nip/Tuck | Cheers & Jeers | 11/21/2007
Jeers to Nip/Tuck for going way over the top — and hitting rock bottom. After a promising start to its Hollywood season, FX's plastic-surgery drama has lost its, uh, mind again. It began with Paula Marshall's repulsive diarrhea-in-a-hot-tub scene (clearly "inspired" by a notorious viral-video clip). And it only got crappier with Rosie O'Donnell's return as Dawn Budge, who was attacked by an eagle while hang-gliding(!), had her mouth sewn shut (now there's an idea), was violated by an "ass... read more
Critic's Notebook: Strike — and Life — Goes On | Roush Dispatch | 11/12/2007
How’s this for irony? All last week, trying not to get too depressed about what a protracted writers’ strike might mean for the TV season and the industry at large, I was secretly looking forward to a weekend getaway: catching former Alias star Jennifer Garner’s Broadway debut in a revival of Cyrano, opposite Kevin Kline and Rescue Me’s Daniel Sunjata. Unfortunately, my tickets were for Saturday night, by which time the stagehands’ union had initiated their own sudden... read more
Rosie-MSNBC Talk Quiets Down | Today's News: Our Take | 11/7/2007
It's looking highly unlikely that Rosie O'Donnell will be the next new prime-time host on MSNBC. The cable news network has been courting O'Donnell for its 9 pm slot, which would put her against CNN's Larry King Live and Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes. There's little doubt that the opinionated O'Donnell would create some buzz as a cable news provocateur. But O'Donnell's insistence on a one-year deal has become a major obstacle in making that happen, according to sources inside NBC.... read more
Rosie in Talks to Talk for MSNBC | TV Guide News Report | 11/6/2007
Rosie O'Donnell may be getting a new platform to spout her views. Cable news channel MSNBC is reportedly in talks with the comedienne/View alumna about a nightly prime-time show that would pit her against CNN's Larry King Live and the Fox News team of Hannity & Colmes. An NBC News executive confirms that discussions have taken place but on Tuesday morning said that the two sides "are not close as of this moment."O'Donnell has not had much of a presence on television since her stormy... read more
Rosie's Apres-View Debut, More Programming Notes | Today's News: Our Take | 10/31/2007
Rosie O'Donnell makes her first (consensual) television appearance since exiting The View on today's The Martha Stewart Show. Read into it what you will, but Ro will be dressed as Queen Elizabeth (sic?).... Charisma Carpenter's Big Shots debut currently is rescheduled for Nov. 29, with the Angel alumna playing (typecasting alert!) an "increasingly irresistible" woman.... ABC premieres the animated special Shrek the Halls Nov. 28 at 8 pm/ET. (My Jared and Jacob are getting into an advance... read more
Rosie Promotes Her New Book | TV Guide News Report | 10/9/2007
Rosie O'Donnell was all smiles at a New York City Barnes & Noble store Tuesday while signing copies of her new memoir, Celebrity Detox, chronicling her painful childhood as well as her tumultuous cohosting stint on The View. Rosie, accompanied by her wife Kelli, posed for pictures with fans, belted out Broadway show tunes, and handed out Halloween candy corn to youngsters. Next up for Rosie includes attending the opening of her new art exhibit, "Solace," in New York City Tuesday night.... read more
"New" View Ratings Are Rosier than Rosie's | Today's News: Our Take | 9/24/2007
ABC's latest incarnation of The View, featuring Whoopi Goldberg as moderator and Sherri Shepherd as a gabber, thus far is averaging 3.5 million total viewers, a seven percent increase from the 3.3 mil who were tuning in to the Rosie-run edition a year ago.Though the talker got off to a slow start this season — Whoopi drew a million fewer than O'D did on her first day — with Shepherd in place in its second week, it bested Ro by 400,000 heads. read more
First Look: Rosie O'Donnell Returns to Nip/Tuck | TV Guide News Report | 9/20/2007
Rosie O'Donnell returns to FX's Nip/Tuck on Nov. 20 as unlucky lottery winner Dawn Budge. This time the hypochondriac millionaire comes to McNamara/Troy for cosmetic help after an altercation with a bald eagle while paragliding. And, in a twist that will no doubt please the ex-View moderator's detractors, the procedure will require Dawn's mouth to be sewn shut.Dawn will also develop a crush on flamboyant TV producer Freddy Prune (played by Oliver Platt). The roly-poly guy has a penchant for... read more