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Heath Ledger

Who The Hell Is 'Keith' Ledger? Ask Ben 'Witticombe'

Not surprisingly, the phrase "Heath Ledger" was Google's fastest-rising search term yesterday. The second most buzzy? "Keith Ledger." Who is maybe a video game designer but definitely not a dead leading man. Even HuffPo couldn't get it straight, tagging many of their Ledger posts, including Bonnie Fuller's, with "Keith" instead of "Heath." The blunders weren't limited to the web. On Larry King last night, Daily News gossip columnist and Aussie (Just like Heath! Book him stat!) Ben Widdicombe was identified as "Ben Witticombe," much to his chagrin, we're quite sure. Notice any other bloopers from yesterday's frantic coverage of the actor's death? Let us know.

11:50 AM ON WED JAN 23 2008
BY MAGGIE
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Latest by DorothyMantooth: @MisterHippity: Not to mention Cathy! (p.s. Woody's classic "Isn't that three people?" line from Cheers still cracks me up!) more »

the gray zayde

'Times' Bill Carter Has Dimples, Amnesia

As we mentioned earlier, Fox News anchor Shephard Smith is raking it in, to the tune of $7 million per year in a recently-inked deal with his network. According to today's story from New York Times media reporter Bill Carter, "Mr. Smith would be making more than anyone at CNN--if reports of $5 million for Anderson Cooper and $6 million for Lou Dobbs are accurate." Did Carter forget that in 2002, the Timesran a piece in 2002 about CNN talkshow host Larry King's potential $14 million salary? Perhaps. Harder to believe is that he forgot the piece the Times did way back in 1998 about King's earnings, which the paper reported at $7 million. He wrote it himself!

3:50 PM ON MON NOV 19 2007
BY MAGGIE
491 views, 9 comments

Latest by jbk: Woooh, drinks on Shep next time he drops by the Cock! more »

bizarre endeavors

CNN Aims For Cutting-Edge, Misses By Several Dimensions

CNN is opening up a new bureau! And a j-school! Larry King will teach! Weekly news meetings will be run by CNN staffers! Oh, except, all of these things will be happening in alleged virtual world Second Life. Beginning next week, says MediaWeek, CNN will open up shop in the 3-D virtual world, allowing its residents to submit i-Reports on "news" happening in Second Life, learn tricks of the trade from leading CNN personalities, and get their news from virtual newsstands throughout the network. "I love that we don't have to take things from the real world and force them in," Susan Grant, executive VP of CNN News Services, told MediaWeek. We love the total insanity of that rationale.

3:40 PM ON MON OCT 29 2007
BY MAGGIE
639 views, 18 comments

Latest by Prokofy_Neva: What's really funny about the timing of all this (no accident, comrade?) is that Daniel Terdiman of CNET is trashing CNN horribly ([www.news.com]) for this, as is the Second Life Insider -- I guess they see it as competition to more »

Maybellined televangelista Tammy Faye Bakker Messner passed away on Friday. If you haven't seen this final interview with Larry King, fair warning: it's pretty creepy. Still, you have to admire the fact that she stuck with that look all the way to the end. You're in God's hands now, Tammy. Thanks for all the fun. [Bloomberg]

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No Paris Hilton, no Larry King, no glossy celeb mags, says Simon Dumenco. We'll just go home then. [AdAge]

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various pardons

The Gays Forgive Isaiah Washington

"Isaiah Washington was a lot of things on Larry King—personable, cool, self-pitying, non-committal, shiny-haired," writes blogger Rich Juzwiak:

At the end of the interview, he said what he learned from this entire debacle is to keep his mouth shut. When the infuriatingly closeted Anderson Cooper came on just moments after, it was clear that Isaiah understands gay community, or at least one segment of it, far too well.

It's a good point—the boringification of America is because everyone gets shamed one way or another into keeping his mouth shut. In other news, as the CNN crawl noted, Scooter Libby: still pardoned!

I Kinda Like Him Now [Fourfour]

10:45 AM ON THU JUL 5 2007
BY CHOIRE
2,042 views, 24 comments

Latest by nigerienne: @yourfriendandneighbor: yeah really. I watched for Denny. The show was shit after that. I haven't watched since so I've missed this McSteamy fellow. The other asshole doc who has a thing for Izzie is kinda cute. more »

"Ratings for the Paris edition of "Larry King Live" exceeded those for CNN's last two presidential debates." [Variety]

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Did Paris Hilton Lie To Larry King About Drug Use?

Uh, yeah, says "Access Hollywood."

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paris is learning

Paris Hilton On Larry King

In HER FIRST TV INTERVIEW SINCE SHE GOT OUT OF JAIL, hotel heiress Paris Hilton sat down with CNN's Larry King for a very special Larry King Live last night. The articulate, multi-talented businesswoman appeared contrite, well-prepared, and -- ah, who are we kidding, it's Paris Hilton. Larry King nailed her on a Bible question. Here are some highlights.

11:02 PM ON WED JUN 27 2007
BY BALK
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Paris Hilton's first interview after her release from jail goes to CNN and Larry King this Wednesday. Set your TIVO now! [CNN]

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stalk of the town

Dead Larry King Deserves His 'Privileges'

The date: June 14th
The time: 8 p.m.
The place: Spring Awakening, 230 E. 49th Street
Sighted: "Last night I saw Larry King at Spring Awakening, accompanied by his incredibly tall trophy wife. The guy needs to do his roots more often, at least every two weeks, because the gray is showing and its not looking pretty."
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1:05 PM ON WED JUN 20 2007
BY STALKETTE ROBESPIERRE
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Clips

Larry King Jealous Of Anderson Cooper

From the feed of the debates on Sunday: The animatronic Larry King puts his facial muscles through a workout and expresses his displeasure that lil' Andy Cooper gets more panel time.

5:50 PM ON TUE JUN 5 2007
BY CHOIRE
3,376 views, 20 comments

New York Observer

The 'New York Observer' At The Four Seasons

The significance of holding last night's party to celebrate the New York Observer and its new website at the Four Seasons restaurant was intentional, obvious, and not at all lost on anyone. Despite its recent Frank Bruni demotion to two New York Times stars, the restaurant remains the symbolic and probably actual center of New York old-guard media power. After so many years of playing gadfly to the media, politics, and real estate elite of this city, the Observer and its boy-owner and his advisers chose to make a very specific sort of statement. more »

4:18 PM ON THU APR 19 2007
BY DOREE
4,675 views, 11 comments

Latest by dishalicious: @the cajun boy: Good one. But I am so crushing on the Kush. Yummy. more »

Heather Mills

Heather Mills Indicative Of Talent Required For Larry King Guest Host Duties

HEATHER Mills has been bombarded with offers of work on American TV since her success on Dancing With The Stars. Sir Paul McCartney's estranged wife has been invited to be a stand-in host on CNN's Larry King Live.

Let's see, a C-list celebrity best known for her association with a more talented partner? She should be just fine. Plus, if she decides to beat an interviewee over the head with something hollow and plastic, it'll be more than just a metaphor. —balk more »

5:18 PM ON MON APR 9 2007
BY BALK
1,403 views, 13 comments

Latest by GorgeousGeorge: @polypam: "I was under the impression that everyone in the known world hated her for all of the garbage she's been spewing about King Paul." That may be true in the UK, but evidently, here in Jesusland, we ain't never heard'a more »

Media

Media Bubble: Ben Brantley Can't Find A Gay

Ben Brantley: bad gaydar. [WWD]

Sam Zell: "Fuck you, Eli Broad." [NYP]

Big gay powerhouse Stuart Elliott reports that The Week will publish an online-only issue about the environment. The mag claims it's an attempt to spare trees; we see it as more of an admission that no one gives a shit about the environment enough to pay for a magazine about it. [NYT]

Stealth mogul, theater-owner and creationist Philip Anschutz needs to intelligently design a plan to keep himself off the witness stand. [LAT]

10:20 AM ON THU APR 5 2007
BY BALK
1,460 views, 12 comments

Latest by narnio: I nominate everyone who is talking about video games and superheroes. In the comment section. On Gawker. more »

Larry King

Larry King Loves Some Parts Of Heather Mills

Last night, Larry King (fresh out of the hospital!) had a very special guest on his show: one-legged Heather Mills, recently committed to a season of Dancing With the Stars. Of course, Larry couldn't resist pulling out the clip from his 2002 interview with Heather, in which she very kindly removed her leg (the fake one!) for him to stroke. Fortunately, he's well aware of the cultural impact of this "historic moment." more »

6:36 PM ON WED MAR 21 2007
BY DOREE
2,892 views, 14 comments

Larry King

Even The Cat Whisperer Knew That There Was No Blood Flowing To Larry King's Brain

Post gossip dowager Cindy Adams emerges from the gerontology ward this morning to bring news of a celebrity surgery: Larry King recently had a procedure to flush his arteries. Cindy, who was Larry's wet nurse when he was but a mewling infant, learns this from her former charge: "I actually never knew anything about the carotid artery. See, I take a yearly test. My doctor checked the blood flow to my brain and discovered I was over 70 percent blocked." At the very least we're talking malpractice here: they just found that out now? Also, 70 percent seems a little low: might want to run those numbers again. more »

11:25 AM ON TUE MAR 20 2007
BY BALK
506 views, 4 comments

Latest by Slackferno: Was it all the backed-up blood causing the brown sounds? more »

Anna Nicole Smith

Wolf Blitzer and Larry King All Over This Anna Nicole Thing

This afternoon on the Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer and Larry King shared some special memories about their mutual friend Anna Nicole. Some highlights:

KING: I've always liked Anna Nicole Smith. I first met her many years ago after the Playmate era, when she was in Playboy, featured in Playboy. She came on the show -- I was doing it out of New York that night -- and liked her right away. She was bouncy, she-- I went through with all the marriage to the elderly gentleman, the weight gains up, the weight gains down. But there was always a special thing about her, even when they spoofed her on Saturday Night Live -- she could easily be made fun of. There was also a genuineness about her. She was an extraordinarily pretty girl. An unusual thing, Wolf, is that she did a painting that we have here in the house. She tried -- she was kind of an amateur painter. I have an oil painting that she has done here.

5:15 PM ON THU FEB 8 2007
BY DOREE
912 views, 18 comments

Latest by KarenUhOh: I catched a good deal of Wolf and Larry burbling (here's five bucks someone had to explain to Wolf who Anna Nicole Smith was at 3:00 p.m.), but felt this story was made for "Family Matters Fox," and they didn't more »