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Betty White to
Larry King:
Yep, I'm a
Sex Symbol

Mar 18, 2010 10:31 AM CDT

Betty White to Larry King: Yep, I'm a Sex Symbol

Legendary comedian discusses new-found popularity

(Newser) - Betty White was on Larry King Live last night to discuss her upcoming stint on Saturday Night Live—and, more importantly, her sex life. Does she consider herself a sex symbol? “Oh yes. It’s not that I consider myself that, I just have to concede the point,”...

Andrew Koenig's Parents
Walk Out on Larry King

mysteries

Feb 25, 2010 10:55 AM CST

Andrew Koenig's Parents Walk Out on Larry King

Missing persons coordinator fears suicide for Growing Pains star

(Newser) - The mystery of missing Andrew Koenig deepens: Last night, his parents inexplicably walked out on Larry King Live two minutes before their scheduled interview. “We checked them out, they were prepared to go on,” King said upon returning from commercial. “I said hello, they both said hello,...

Brittany to Mom
on Morning
of Her Death:
'I'm Dying'

Feb 6, 2010 9:06 AM CST

Brittany to Mom on Morning of Her Death: 'I'm Dying'

Murphy's mom, husband take Larry King through the day of her death

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy's mom Sharon and husband Simon Monjack last night led Larry King through their version of events leading up to her death, claiming that, despite the coroner's report to the contrary, she'd taken no drugs that could harm her that day, and had been suffering nothing more alarming than...

Larry King Better Than Feds at Interrogation: McConnell

Feb 4, 2010 8:16 PM CST

Larry King Better Than Feds at Interrogation: McConnell

Senate's top Republican blasts Obama on terror

(Newser) - Perhaps a little too pumped up by his new 41-59 majority in the Senate, Republican leader Mitch McConnell lashed the Obama administration for allowing would-be Detroit bomber Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab to lawyer up.

Next for Katie Couric:
Pay Cut or New Job?

CBS Future Iffy

Feb 3, 2010 9:30 AM CST

Next for Katie Couric: Pay Cut or New Job?

Her contract up next year, Couric is sure to face a pay cut or worse

(Newser) - With reports of a 150-person layoff at her network on Monday and just about a year left on her contract, Katie Couric's future is uncertain. Her bosses at CBS have given no indication whether they plan to keep her, but even if they do, "I would be flabbergasted if...

SNL Jabs at Conan, Jay

Jan 17, 2010 11:07 AM CST

SNL Jabs at Conan, Jay

But it's Larry King who's the brunt of most of sketch's jokes

(Newser) - With NBC's late-night stars smacking each other around all week, Saturday Night Live could hardly wait to get its own licks in on Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien—one of its own alums. But, as David Itzkoff notes in the New York Times , given SNL's ties to NBC's late night,...

Balloon Boy Dad:
It Wasn't a Hoax

guess who's back?

Jan 6, 2010 5:01 PM CST

Balloon Boy Dad: It Wasn't a Hoax

Richard Heene says he pleaded guilty to help his wife

(Newser) - There's no easy way to break this: The balloon boy dad is back in the news, and he insists the hoax he admitted to perpetrating wasn't, in fact, a hoax. Richard Heene tells Larry King in an interview airing Friday that he genuinely thought his son Falcon was aboard the...

Rivers, Barred
From Flight,
Explodes

Jan 6, 2010 3:54 AM CST

Rivers, Barred From Flight, Explodes

Her name didn't match the boarding pass

(Newser) - It's going to be a long, excruciating year for airport security guards if every passenger reacts to safety concerns the way Joan Rivers did recently. Rivers lashed a female guard as a "moronic idiot" and "premenstrual" after she was barred from boarding a Newark-bound flight from Costa Rica...

Top 10 Celeb Twitter Feuds

BEST OF 2009

Dec 30, 2009 9:58 AM CST

Top 10 Celeb Twitter Feuds

Some, like Perez Hilton, are always good for a cyber-scuffle

(Newser) - It’s hard to believe that until recently, we were forced to get our news of celebrity stupidity secondhand: Thanks to Twitter’s booming popularity, now it comes straight from the horse’s mouth. The Frisky selects the top 10 celebrity Twitter feuds of 2009:

Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN: When

...

Party-Crashers Got Close
to Obamas Before

FACEBOOK DOESN'T LIE, RIGHT?

Nov 26, 2009 7:28 PM CST

Party-Crashers Got Close to Obamas Before

Photos show them in inaugural box; Secret Service admits mistake

(Newser) - The Secret Service admitted the obvious today, saying that security measures “weren’t followed” at Tuesday’s White House dinner, which a Virginia couple auditioning for a reality show crashed. And, the Washington Post reports, it appears the couple got pretty close to the president-elect during inauguration festivities, even...

Prejean Tantrum Stumps Trump

Nov 13, 2009 5:21 AM CST

Prejean Tantrum Stumps Trump

'Inappropriate' means something different to The Donald

(Newser) - Carrie Prejean's tantrum on Larry King gave Donald Trump an opening to land a few more blows in his feud with the dumped beauty queen. Prejean removed her mike and threatened to leave because of King's "inappropriate" questions about her settlement agreement with the Miss California USA pageant. "...

Prejean Throws
Smiling Tantrum
on Larry King

'LARRY, YOU'RE BEING INAPPROPRIATE'

Nov 12, 2009 5:29 AM CST

Prejean Throws Smiling Tantrum on Larry King

Ex-Miss Calif. rips out microphone to avoid question from gay caller

(Newser) - Showing she could also win top honors in a Miss Passive-Aggression pageant, Carrie Prejean last night blanked out Larry King's questions about her recent lawsuit settlement by repeatedly calling King "inappropriate"—all the while flashing a blindingly white smile. Prejean's pageant smile only faltered a bit when a...

Kate Heads to Court After
Jon Empties Joint Account

plus hate

Oct 4, 2009 4:01 PM CDT

Kate Heads to Court After Jon Empties Joint Account

Mom of 8 has $1,000 to pay family's bills

(Newser) - Days after his lawyer told Larry King he "doesn't care about the money," Jon Gosselin withdrew hundreds of thousands of dollars from the joint bank account he shares with Kate, leaving his estranged wife with just $1,000. Kate has hired at least two new lawyers, one of...

Jon to Larry: My Kids
Need 'Normal Childhood'

VIDEO

Oct 2, 2009 7:32 AM CDT

Jon to Larry: My Kids Need 'Normal Childhood'

Gosselin talks 'epiphany' with King, admits 'mistakes'

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin defended his decision to fight Jon and Kate Plus 8 last night on CNN's Larry King Live, saying it’s not healthy for his kids because “we're going through a divorce right now, and I don't think it should be televised.” Sure, they’ve been on...

CNN Mulls Heir to King Throne

Sep 28, 2009 10:42 AM CDT

CNN Mulls Heir to King Throne

Ryan Seacrest, Katie Couric, Joy Behar are contenders to replace Larry King

(Newser) - Believe it or not, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is still the top choice to replace Larry King when his CNN contract expires in 2011—but thanks to Seacrest’s massive deal with Idol, he’s “unreachable,” a source tells the New York Post. Other possible replacements include...

Brown: I Do Remember Beating Rihanna

Aug 31, 2009 8:28 PM CDT

Brown: I Do Remember Beating Rihanna

Clip 'not representative' of interview with CNN's King, R&B star claims

(Newser) - A video clip making the gossip rounds, in which Chris Brown says he doesn’t remember beating then-girlfriend Rihanna, is “not representative of what I said” to CNN’s Larry King, the singer tells People today in a statement. “Of course I remember what happened,” Brown adds....

Chris Brown: I Don't
Remember Assault

Aug 31, 2009 11:11 AM CDT

Chris Brown: I Don't Remember Assault

Speaking out for first time since attacking Rihanna, singer says he's still shocked

(Newser) - Chris Brown spoke out for the first time since his assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, but “spoke” is a relative term. “Wow” was the word he used most often to describe to CNN's Larry King the shock he still feels about the incident. “No, I don't” remember doing...

Levi, Kathy Plan 'Love Igloo'

Aug 11, 2009 8:35 AM CDT

Levi, Kathy Plan 'Love Igloo'

Plus, Levi dishes on Palins' marital problems

(Newser) - Kathy Griffin rehashed her date with Levi Johnston last night on Larry King Live, in what the Huffington Post and Gawker declare quite possibly the most entertaining segment in the show’s history. Amid recollections of “spooning” in the arms of her “tiger” and imagining their “love...

Powell: Gates,
Cops Both at Fault

Jul 29, 2009 7:08 AM CDT

Powell: Gates, Cops Both at Fault

Both sides overreacted; people should 'cooperate' with police

(Newser) - Speaking to Larry King about Henry Louis Gates’ arrest, Colin Powell said he’d faced racial profiling “many times,” and suggested both the professor and the police were at fault in the incident, the Huffington Post reports. Gates “should have reflected on whether or not this was...

Your Guide to
Today's Jacko
Media Orgy

OPINION

Jul 7, 2009 8:19 AM CDT

Your Guide to Today's Jacko Media Orgy

Let the 'freak show' begin

(Newser) - Surprisingly, the elephants entering Staples Center this morning aren’t there for the “Michael Jackson Memorial Orgy of Excess”—but for the circus, opening tomorrow. “That seems completely appropriate,” writes Lisa de Moraes for the Washington Post. As for today’s “freak show,” 16...