FameCrawler : rosie o'donnell

Caroline Rhea Welcomes a Daughter with the Longest Last Name in the World

Karl Erikson — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:07:00 GMT

It's a little Rhea of sunshine for Caroline Rhea and boyfriend Costaki Economopoulos. Ah, a nice Irish boy. I think he's making that name up. But no matter, what's important is that the couple have a brand new baby daughter. Little Ava Rhea Economopoulos was born Monday, coming it at 8 lbs, 15 oz and measuring 22-1/2 inches long. That's a big girl!

Caroline and Costaki said they wanted to minimize the damage of Ava's last name. "We wanted the shortest first name possible," Caroline says, "since her last name is the entire alphabet. It was either Ava or Emmy, because I've always wanted an Emmy."

She's still got it. Caroline, a comic actress known mostly for the wacky aunt on "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch," now stars in the Logo Network series, "Sordid Lives."

Congrats to Caroline and Costaki. Just please don't make me type that last name again.

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Rosie O'Donnell Headed for the Big Time on NBC

Karl Erikson — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Guess who is coming to NBC prime time come November? OK, the headline gave it away. Rosie O'Donnell has a deal with the Peacock network for a Thanksgiving special, says Michael Ausiello. It's going to be an hour variety show, possibly a pilot for a series, and it'll be called "The Man Show." What? That's been done? Oh, sorry, it'll be called "Rosie's Variety Hour."

Rosie described the show: "Old time variety, live from New York with a nod to Ed Sullivan, Carol Burnett, and memories of Sonny and Cher." I hear she's going to do lots of giveaways, too, just like on her old show. This time she'll be giving out complimentary barf bags.

Can't wait.

Seriously. I'm setting my Tivo already.

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Rosie O'Donnell Quits Blogging

Karen — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:08:00 GMT

i am taking off august
in blog-ville
2 c if i can
rosie unplugged

happy summer peeps

peace in
peace out

So was the message on the popular website, Rosie.com yesterday. The ex-talk show host has decided to take August off. I imagine she'll do what most mothers do: concentrate on her kids, have some fun, and take a break from her computer addiction.

Maybe her kids will teach her to write complete sentences.

The View on/of Miley Cyrus- UPDATED, Now With More Ellen!

Whit Honea — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:26:00 GMT

Really? We're still talking about Miley Cyrus posing seemingly topless for Annie Leibovitz on the cover of Vanity Fair? Seems like Jamie Lee Curtis said it best when she alluded to the fact that there are actual problems in the world that should have our attention. Even Rosie O'Donnell is making sense, which may be one of the problems Jamie Lee was alluding to. Frightening.

Not to be outdone by every other person with eyes and an internet connection the ladies of The View offered up their two cents and some change on the matter. The video is below. Brace yourself.

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Rosie O'Donnell to Lap Dance for Jimmy Kimmel

Whit Honea — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:54:00 GMT

I don't care if Letterman is a rerun, it's gotta be better than the scene playing out on Kimmel's show. According to inTouch:

(Rosie) admitted on her web site that the one thing she always wanted to do but just hasn't gotten around to yet is to "give Jimmy Kimmel a lap dance." She'd better be ready to rise to the occasion! The late-night TV host wasted no time in accepting her offer. "God is listening to your prayers," said Jimmy on his show last night. "Let me just say, Rosie, I accept your offer and I would love to be part of making that dream come true for you. Whenever you want to do it, I am here, and my lap is open for business. Get ready to have your underpants stuffed full of cash."

What's funny is that I have a similar wish, but it's for something I've never wanted to see. Kismet.

I wonder if Rosie lets the kids watch Kimmel. This has therapy written all over it.

Photo: FallOutCentral

Rosie O'Donnell Sends Gifts to Elizabeth Hasselbeck's Baby Boy

Karen — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:03:00 GMT

Rosie O sure talks a lot. You guys know I can't stand her, but she wants the world to know just how wonderful she is.

*rolls eyes*

So she sent baby gifts to Elizabeth Hasselbeck. Big deal. People reports:

"He's very, very cute. I saw him on TV, and I sent him a lovely gift, and [she and Hasselbeck] have been e-mailing each other. And peace prevails."

The View got it's Hassle Back this week - and Lizzie brought the baby with her.

Remember when I said Rosie couldn't shut up? There's more:

"I sent something for him and something for his big sister [Grace, 2]," said O'Donnell. "Because, as the mother of four, I know that when the newborn arrives, the most important thing is a sibling gift. For [Taylor], it was a lot of clothes, because babies spit up a lot. I go to Baby Gap. There is a standard newborn gift pack – as much as you can buy at the Gap without being arrested. And a learning gift, a soft shape sorter. And then for [Grace] who is older, I got a tea set that she loves."

"We e-mail back and forth," she said. "She seems good. She looks like she adopted, like she didn't give birth. She looks perfectly fit and gorgeous already."

Rosie O'Donnell Voted Most Annoying Celebrity

Karen — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:04:00 GMT

Parade Magazine is my new favorite publication. Not only did they recognize the darling Violet Affleck as the Cutest Baby in Hollywood, but they realize the power of the obvious: Rosie O'Donnell is ANNOYING.

Rosie went straight to her annoying website and posted an annoying video blog: "I am the most annoying, I suppose, but whatever."

Her daughter Vivi did not agree: "No, you're not!"

My other picks for most annoying celebs: Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Britney Spears and Larry Birkhead. It's a 4-way tie in my book. Oh look! All those people are PARENTS. FANTASTIC.

Photo credit: RobX (photoshopped, obviously)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Switching Teams

HerBadMother — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:01:00 GMT

For Hilary Clinton, no less. The conservative co-host of The View - currently on maternity leave - reportedly received a note from Hilary Clinton that was just so lovely and flattering that Hasselbeck sent Barbara Walters an e-mail stating that the former First Wife and possible first female president could very likely 'swing' her.

To the Democrats, that is. Which I think is actually about as likely as Hasselbeck becoming a lesbian and bedding down with Rosie O'Donnell, but then again, ratings are ratings, and what better way to bang back into that co-host chair than to announce a big ol' girl crush on Hilary Clinton? (Whaddup with Hilary, though - seducing La Hasselbeck, a conservative shrew if ever there was one? Is she that desperate for supporters, or does she just like her boobs?)

Source: GabbyBabble

Top 10 Celebrity Parent Trainwrecks

Karen — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:09:00 GMT

Celebrity Cowboy came up with a list of the Top Ten Celebrity Trainwrecks of 2007 and 4 of them are frequent subjects here at Famecrawler. I thought I'd make it an even 10 Celebrity Parents, so we have our own list here too.

Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole, Rosie O'Donnell, and of COURSE Britney all made Celebrity Cowboy's list.

But who rounded out Famecrawler's Top Ten Celebrity Parent Trainwrecks?

In addition to the above 4 trainwrecky parents, we've added the following 6:

Larry Birkhead has tried to trick the public into believing he wants what is best for daughter Dannilynn, but if he really wanted to protect her, he would stop exploiting her via magazine covers and this ridiculous reality television show with her. Ever since the entire fight over Dannilynn began, I've wanted to adopt that beautiful girl and give her a normal life.

Elizabeth Hasselbeck can't be left out, especially if Rosie made the list. Oh who am I kidding? My disdain for both of them is equal and stronger than Rosie's man hands. Strong convictions made the pair entertaining and frustrating to watch on The View, but strong convictions do not constitute intelligent arguments. When Hasselbeck announced she would be mommyblogging for Dreft Detergent, I had to wonder if it shouldn't have been renamed Daft Detergent. Or Annoying Wordy Crock of Crap Detergent. I can't think of a worse spokesperson to have for a mommyblogger. Well there's Britney.

Once upon a time there was a rich girl who's Daddy was powerful and made all her dreams come true. Then the little girl grew up (sortof) and married that guy that gets pulled into every endevour her little brain can conjure up. Tori Spelling may be new at unclogging toilets, but since having her baby she has done some pretty boring things and we all pick on her because she acts kinda dumb and none of us have ever liked her or that Donna Martin twit. The end.

Heather Mills. Insane, money grubbing trollop. Need I say more? She is doing enough talking, no?

Mate Koss, er, Moss Mate, um, *giggle* Peach Schnapps....*falls to floor and passes out.*

Denise Richards & Charlie Sheen have said some absolutely awful things in the press. And if they are both willing to say such damaging things so publicly, then tell me, how much worse does it get, in front of the kids behind closed doors? Disgusting.

I know there are more trainwrecky celeb parents but I had to stop at 10. Who would you have added?

Keri Russell Visits Yappy Birds

Karen — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:04:00 GMT

Last week, I guess Keri Russell visited those nattering hags that make up The View. I was on a beach in a country that doesn't care about American celebrities but Whit told me so I have to believe him.

Russell spoke of her labour with baby River, garnering huge sympathy from the clucking hens when it was revealed that said labour was 38 hours. I have no idea what was mostly said and neither does anyone else because they all never. stop. talking. over. each. other. If I was the boss of the hot mess that is The View, I would change the cast to all men and talk sports. And by all men, I do not mean Rosie O'Donnell, for once.

When asked by Sherri Shepard how she lost all the baby weight so quickly, Russell responded, “I would love to say I worked out every day. But it’s truly genetics. You have what you have, and then you work hard or you don’t. And I…It was genetics.” Oh boy, here we go again. Go Leafs Go!

Here is Russell toting homemade pastries at a wine tasting in California. Yum.

Rosie O'Donnell Considers Doing a Show "In Blogville"; If She Comes Near FameCrawler I'm Outta Here

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:15:00 GMT

Lock the doors and password-protect your servers: Rosie O'Donnell is coming to a URL near you. MSNBC cut off negotiations with O'Donnell after she prematurely started yapping about it, and now the TV bully has decided to take it out on billions of innocent internet users. "I'm going to figure out a way to do a show here, in my blogville, because I really think it's the next way anyway," And by "next way" she means the next way to get scores of people to tune her out by taking a sledgehammer to their computers.

For some reason I've got a sinking feeling, like knowing that the family who's moving in next door has got six-foot speakers in their living room, a bullhorn mounted on their car and a drum set in their garage.

Dancing with the Stars Star, Jenny Garth Ready For Baby # 4

Sassy Smith — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:02:00 GMT

Four is a good number of kids to have. Just ask me, I have 4 ~~that drive me insane alot~~. And TVs Dancing with the Stars star, Jenny Garth wants to be just like me! Er, well, she's ready for a 4th child. She's never met me, so it's sorta weird for me to say she wants to be just like me, but if she did meet me, she would. Confused yet? Keep reading...

Garth, who is married to Peter Facinelli, says she's in the best shape of her life thanks to Dancing with the Stars but that she'd love to have baby # 4. "I've lost weight and I'm looking great," she told PEOPLE at the West Hollywood release party for Emmy Rossum's new CD, Inside Out. "And I know me. I'll just go get pregnant again! I actually secretly look forward to [it]." Um, well I can honestly say I didn't actually secretly, or otherwise, look forward to being pregnant. I loved the prospect of having the child in my life but not to actually lugging it around for 9 months.

Why is Garth looking forward to being pregnant? "So that she could eat and have ice cream," joked husband Peter Facinelli, joining in the baby talk. He said, "I thought she was so sexy when she was pregnant." Sexy and pregnant aren't necessarily meant to go together. Oh sure, some people think that but I sure didn't feel sexy when I was pregnant. Ya, heartburn and swollen ankles, hot stuff.

Jenny and her husband, have 3 girls: Luca Bella, 10, Lola Ray, 4 and Fiona Eve, 1. And no, they don't want baby number four just in hopes for a baby boy. "I only make girls," said Facinelli.

Said Garth about Dancing having only 5 couples left in the competetion, "Anyone could go home at any time and I'm okay with that," she said. "I love my life. I can't wait to get back to it full-full time." I really like Jenny Garth: I freely admit, I was a huge 90210 fan. But don't tell anyone.

Photo source: The daily stroll

This Just In: Sandra Bernhard Still Exists

Whit Honea — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:26:00 GMT

This is Sandra Bernhard and her daughter Cecily. If you are unfamiliar, Bernhard used to try to be funny for a living.

Remember when Sandra Bernhard's biggest claim to fame was her friendship with Madonna (see Rosie)? Guess where she was seen lately.

That's right, at a service for Madonna's very own red-threaded Hollywood religion, Kabbalah.

They're just one big flock of sheep, aren't they?

Photo: Celebs and Bubs

MILG's Night Out: Madonna and Rosie Hit the Town

Karen — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:01:00 GMT

What's a MILG you ask? Well you know what a MILF is? It's not that. MILG = Mom I'd Love to Gag. Loudmouths Madonna and Rosie went together to a NYC screening. I'd love to tell you how exciting it was but zzzzzzzzzzzz.

The two of them need to invest in tailors: Madge's pants are too long and Rosie's look like she's expecting a flood as big as her mouth. Or something. Shit, I just don't care. I'm busy watching my toddler pick his nose and find it more interesting than this post.

Are you still reading this? Sheesh. Idiot.

Photo Credit: INF Daily.

Rosie O'Donnell Says She Was Fired From "The View," We Say "So What?"

Karen — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:03:00 GMT

On the stage at Comix Wednesday night, Rosie O'Donnell started off by saying "When I was fired by Barbara Walters ...," and it was the first time she didn't put that spin on it that it was a mutual agreement. I say, "Count your blessings Rosie, that show blows."

She said some nice things about Barbara Walters, including "But she paved the way for women," Rosie allowed. "She interviewed Presidents ... "

"Like Abraham Lincoln," snapped Roseanne Barr, who was on stage alongside O'Donnell.

Here's the thing. When Ro had her own show, I liked her. She did a lot of good for children's charities and likely still does. When she engaged childish Donald Trump into that public feud where they shot insults back and forth, I was already losing respect. But I can forgive and forget, Rosie is out for the greater good and who can argue with that?

The View has got to be the second most asinine show on t.v. right now.* I can't watch all that crosstalk without getting a migraine and Hasselbeck's constant stupidity infuriates me and many other moms. I don't know how it stays on the air and how people can honestly say they enjoy it.

*The most asinine show on t.v is Grey's Anatomy. I tried to get into it at the very beginning of Season One but it's so stressful and the characters are so whiny, it was like watching pre-school for lemmings. Immature decisions repeated over and over. Nuff said.

Photo Source: James Edstrom.

Elizabeth Hasselbeck Compares Fight with Rosie to a Softball Game: We Wish She Had a Bat in Hand

Karen — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:03:00 GMT

Hasselbeck is no stranger to confrontation, especially regarding her Conservative views:

“Being a conservative mother isn't the challenge. Being a conservative in New York City on television is the challenge.” she recently told Pregnancy Magazine.

Her quarrel with Rosie O'Donnell on The View earlier this year, found Hasselbeck trying to keep her cool by think about her college days when she was Captain of the softball team:

“I almost had the same feeling in me as when I had a championship [softball] game and I was up to bat and the pressure was on. I'm very lucky that tears didn't come out ... Unfortunately when a woman cries, it's never seen as a sign of strength and never seen in a positive light.”

Now pregnant with her 2nd child and due in November, whether you agree with her views or not, you have to give her credit for sticking to what she believes:

“I had more reassurance and affirmation as to why I have felt the things I've felt for a long time,” she tells the magazine of getting pregnant. “And as a mom, now I want to make sure that the decisions I'm making and the votes that I'm casting are going to create long-term benefits for Grace and my next child and hopefully more to come after that.”

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Diane Bondareff

Heidi Klum to Sing on New Seal Album: Britney's New Record Looking Better and Better

Whit Honea — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:47:00 GMT

Circle November 13th on your calendar. That's the day you'll be standing at an endcap in Target trying to decide between the new Britney Spears or Seal albums. Yes, you can only get one, because a) you'll have an icee in your other hand, and b) what are you, some sort of sicko?

Sure, I like the stuff that Seal has put out in the past, but the idea of Heidi Klum joining him (didn't she sing on some Christmas album for Rosie or Victoria?) makes my spine tingle. Now, if they had the kids singing background, that might do it.

Photo: Eric Charbonneau / WireImage

Lindsay Davenport and a Shot of Jagger

Whit Honea — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:04:00 GMT

Lindsay Davenport and her son, Jagger Jonathan Leach, took time out for reporters before a tennis tournament in Connecticut. She looks happier than a Grand Slam winner.

Jagger had no comment.

Photo: Yahoo!

Elisabeth Hasselbeck: The View Still Has One Big Obnoxious Loudmouth

Whit Honea — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:07:00 GMT

To say that I was torn over the Rosie and Liz tiff, is to imply that I cared. All I know about that scene is that it involved Rosie O'Donnell, who I love, like I love getting my teeth pulled, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, whose husband carried my fantasy football team a couple of seasons ago.

So here's her husband, Matt... wait, she's married to Tim Hasselbeck? That guy has never done squat for my team.

So here's Tim and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, photographed at The Breeder's Cup Challenge. I don't know the rules about the breeding or the challenge, but she's pretty pregnant, don't they just get the cup?

Rosie Says It With Bullets

HerBadMother — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:04:00 GMT

The title to the post on Rosie O'Donnell's blog that bears only this picture is "A Picture Says A Thousand Posts."

Which, I don't even know what that means. How is a post said? Is it supposed to be worth a thousand posts? Or words? And if words, which words would those be? Shameless bid for attention in guise of making a point? No, that would be ten words, I suppose.

Look, we all get that war and guns are bad. We really, really do. Most of us even understand that war and the exploitation of children in war is more deserving of our attention than is Paris Hilton. But is that really the message that you send - those precious thousand-plus words or posts or whatever - when you wrap your privileged kid up in fake rags and real bullets and post her picture on your blog? I'm all for the photograph as shorthand, as punctum, as a means of reaching out to others and grabbing their hearts and pricking their minds. But having your kid - again, your cute, white, privileged kid - play war-child dress-up while you take snapshots to make a political point (an unclear political point, at that) is pushing it a little for me.

The message - the post? - that I'm getting is this: Rosie will do anything to make a point; Rosie will use her kid, wrap her kid in bullets, to make a point, and she won't even worry if her point is clear. (You want evidence that her point isn't clear? Check out the comments to that post, or, if you have less patience than is required for that exercise, check out Dlisted's commentary on the comments to the post.)

Is that one of the 'thousand posts' that you intended, Rosie?