Barbara Walters

By Seth A little later at The View, noted fascinatingologist Barbara Walters managed to get the singer to open up about Goodspeed's death. In the potpourri of sluggish Paulaisms compiled for you below, Abdul reveals their relationship pre-dated Idol by a decade. That fact didn't seem to prevent...

By Kyle Buchanan Republican hearts raced this morning as conservative pin-up girl Elisabeth Hasselbeck told the audience of The View that she'd be showing off what she wears to bed every night. Would it be an oversized McCain/Palin '08 tee? A frilly nightgown from the Fox News gift shop? Or maybe even a fet...

By Kyle Buchanan For all too long, Sherri Shepherd has stayed relatively quiet on The View, keeping a low profile (except for the occasional blow-up at Bill Maher) and generally avoiding the sort of "flat earth" gaffes that would draw the pity spotlight away from her cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Today, t...

By Kyle Buchanan While Elisabeth [Hasselbeck] has a great relationship with Fox News, there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that she is leaving The View," her agent said in a statement on Thursday. "Elisabeth is passionate in her beliefs and enjoys being a part of this dynamic group of women and engagin...

By Kyle Buchanan Looks like that cooling-off period didn't take! On today's episode of The View, outnumbered McCain booster Elisabeth Hasselbeck finally let out the pent-up rage she'd so coolly kept under wraps during yesterday's Bill Maher appearance, lashing out at Whoopi Goldberg for voicing ske...

By Mark On today's show, Hillary Clinton put in her time, performing admirably in the face of Barbara Walters' line of questioning about her "polarizing" nature (it's times like these we most miss Rosie, who would've just blurted out, "Let's not sugarcoat it, Babs. Does it bother you when people...

By Mark If you're the type that found Rosie O'Donnell's explanation of her departure suspiciously tidy (i.e., that she only wanted a one-year contract, while ABC demanded that she be locked up for three more high-rated years of headline-grabbing feuds with media-shy billionaires, public disc...

By Seth The actress was attempting to fly to New York in order to guest host "The View." She did make that engagement, sitting down with the ladies Monday morning. Mo'Nique Asked to Leave United Airlines Flight [ET Online]The View, Monique, Leg Hair, Armpit Hair and Creatures [iFilm via BestWeekE...

By Seth · On Larry King Live last night, Jones stuck by her right "tell the truth" about being fired, having felt audiences might have seen through Barbara Walters' plan of telling the world she was leaving her job at The View for an exciting opportunity to become Payless Shoe Source's first Celeb...

By Seth We marveled yesterday at the cool proficiency with which ABC managed to blot out any trace of recent Barbara Walters' Shit List topper Star Jones from their website. (For those who still care, Jones swats back in today's NY Daily News, with more to come on Larry King Live tonight.) Several re...

By Seth Amidst the cacophony of syrupy farewell tributes that seem to be clogging up the morning show rounds lately, there's something almost refreshing about the beyond messy thunderstorm of bile surrounding Star Jones' abrupt—yet somehow nine years too late—departure from The View. Nothi...

By Seth I love Star and I was trying to do everything I possibly could up until this morning when I was betrayed to protect her," Walters told The Associated Press. [...] Walters said ABC network chiefs had decided last fall not to renew Reynolds' contract because its research showed that Reynolds' dr...

By Seth UPDATE: Jones tells People: "'What you don't know is that my contract was not renewed for the tenth season. I feel like I was fired.' She adds that she was told her contract wouldn't be renewed just days before news leaked that O'Donnell would be joining The View."

By Seth We try to subject ourselves to ABC's menopausal kaffee klatsch The View as rarely as possible, though we have to admit we were looking forward to watching their latest loud-lady addition, Rosie O'Donnell, squeeze the living breath out of Star Jones with one giant, lesbian bear paw. Sadly...