October 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
“The View” is denying a report that co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck was told to not wear a t-shirt supporting John McCain.
On Thursday, the celebrity gossip Web site Defamer.com claimed after a conference call between ABC and “View” producers, it was decided that Elisabeth could not wear her pro-McCain shirt on the show.
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September 02, 2008
NEW YORK, N.Y.
The ladies of “The View” had quite a hot topic on the table during the 12th season premiere of the hit daytime talk show Tuesday.
News that Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol Palin, is five months pregnant had the ladies buzzing.
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August 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Soap opera leading lady Susan Lucci is ready to go from daytime to primetime.
“I am thrilled to be on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ this season,” the “All My Children” star said in a statement to Access Hollywood after the news of her casting was announced on Monday. “I have always been a big fan of the show. This is going to be an amazing life experience for me.”
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June 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Ellen DeGeneres won a fourth consecutive Daytime Emmy on Friday night, and she has no plans to stop there.
DeGeneres picked up the talk show host honor while “Rachael Ray” cooked up a surprising win in the talk show category during the 35th annual Daytime Emmy ceremony at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre.
Meanwhile, Regis took home one trophy — and it was a big one: the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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June 05, 2008
NEW YORK, New York
Michelle Obama will be a guest host on “The View” on June 18.
The popular ABC daytime talk show had invited her to be a guest this month, but she sent back word that she would like to be a host like Cindy McCain did in April, said Bill Geddie, the show’sexecutive producer.
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May 29, 2008
BOSTON, Mass.
Dunkin’ Donuts has pulled an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism.
The coffee and baked goods chain said the ad that began appearing online May 7 was pulled over the past weekend because “the possibility of misperception detracted from its originalintention to promote our iced coffee.”
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May 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Cameron Mathison has a new partner: Sherri Shepherd.
The soap star and former “Dancing With the Stars” contestant will host the 35th annual Daytime Emmy Awards with “The View” gabber and actress-comedian live from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on June 20, ABC said. Neither Mathison nor Shepherd has ever hosted the Daytime Emmys, nor has either won one.
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April 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
“The View,” “Rachael Ray” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” were among the Daytime Emmy Award nominees announced Wednesday.
The programs will compete for best talk show, while the new category of best informative talk show pits nominees “Dr. Phil,” “The Tyra Banks Show” and “A Place of Our Own” against eachother.
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