Larry King, bless him, isn't going anywhere any time soon...or possibly...ever, if he has his way. During his CNN special "A Dinner With The Kings," the most awkward meal ever to be caught on film, King tells his famous friends like Conan O'Brien, Russell Brand and Tyra Banks about his post-mortem plans. more ›

A few months ago, we alerted you to a strange new venture undertaken by Larry King, in which the talking head purchased a Beverley Hills franchise of the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. (Lest you forget, they're the Florida-based operation that "Brooklynizes" non-Brooklyn water by purifying it and adding back traces of the minerals and elements that you'd find in an authentic Brooklyn tap.) And now, The Daily has a video of the "King of the microphone" himself, touring the kitchen lab of the restaurant ("The truth is, I have no idea how this works") and slowly gumming his way through a bagel. Behold the grotesque vision: more ›

You know who gets our appetite going? Larry King. Yup, just one look at those oversized glasses and reptilian wrinkles makes us ready to eat whatever he is that keeps him looking so young. And apparently that's bagels. But not just any bagels—Brooklynized bagels. more ›

Daily Show host Jon Stewart appeared on Larry King Live last night to clear up some misconceptions about his big Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. After first congratulating his host on leaving CNN "like the last guy out of a burning building," Stewart declared that his event in Washington on October 30th "is in fact not a political rally." So what is it? more ›

After an inauspicious debut, the new CNN duo of Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker is definitely trailblazing—if you consider it trailblazing to help bury Larry King. According to TV Newser, "Last night’s “Parker-Spitzer” saw the lowest numbers yet for the program and the show did little to help the one that followed on the schedule — “Larry King Live” which had its worst numbers in more than 10 years. In its sixth outing, “Parker-Spitzer” drew 311,000 Total Viewers and 86,000 A25-54 viewers. That’s lower than the previous low for the time period set by Campbell Brown earlier this year... At 9pmET, “Larry King Live” put up its lowest A25-54 demo viewership since July 2000." more ›

Larry King is leaving his CNN show after 25 years of hard hitting interviews with the likes of Anna Nicole Smith, Donald Trump, and Corey Feldman. And now that Piers Morgan of America's Got Talent has been announced as his replacement, everyone is offering their ten cents about how to follow in Larry's footsteps. And who gives better advice than Howard Stern! more ›

Last night, Larry King announced he was leaving his talk show on CNN, Larry King Live. In a segment on his program, he explained he would still host CNN specials and be hosting the show until a replacement was found: "Before I start the show tonight, I want to share some personal news with you. 25 years ago, I sat across this table from New York Governor Mario Cuomo for the first broadcast of Larry King Live...." more ›

There's less than a month left till July 1...which leaves a whole lot of time for LeBromptomists all over to parse every conceivable statistic related to (and every dulcet verb uttered by) LeBron James, in their nearly-never-ending quest to Columbo-the-bejeezus out of where he will be playing basketball next year. more ›

Now that Larry King is ending his eighth marriage and will soon be back on the streets, Joanna Molloy at the Daily News contemplates the 76-year-old news anchor's appeal. In an editorial accompanied by this photo of King, Molloy predicts that King will soon be snatched up by "the next blond with huge implants. They're like a tribe, and anthropologists have noted their customs of having sex with very old chieftains, just for the money." To really turn your stomach, Molloy shudders at the image of King "sitting in his office shirtless, wearing just the suspenders," and swears she wouldn't be No. 9 for all the money in the world. "Nope, not even for $144 million, his net worth, including that 18-room mansion in Beverly Hills." Hmm, the lady doth protest too much, wethinks. more ›

Corey Feldman is making the press rounds speaking about his late friend Corey Haim, who died yesterday morning. Today he wrote a short piece for the NY Post, in which he says, "This is a tragic loss of a wonderful, beautiful, tormented soul, who will always be my brother, family, and best friend. We must all take this as a lesson in how we treat the people we share this world with while they are still here to make a difference." more ›

Before he resigned from office, former Rep. Eric Massa was reportedly under investigation for allegedly groping three male staffers, as well as incidents of improper conduct with interns and aides. The southwestern New York Congressman has said he stepped down for a number of reasons including his health, his "salty" language, and because Democratic leaders had launched a conspiracy to force him from the House before the healthcare vote. White House officials have called those allegations "ridiculous." more ›

As we said Wednesday, ever since the Eliot Spitzer hookergate shocker, New Yorkers are still suffering from a little Post Traumatic Sex Scandal Disorder. So it's no wonder we were ready to believe the worst when rumors swirled about a "bombshell" New York Times article that would supposedly derail our current governor. Appearing on Larry King's show last night, Governor Paterson made the same point, all but blaming the past week's craziness on Spitzer's scandal. "I think people have still a sort of sensitivity to that, to the point that people would tend to believe anything they hear these days," Paterson said. "I think that's victimized me." more ›

Five days after autopsy results gave additional confirmation that Diane Schuler's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit with further indication that she had been smoking marijuana before the Taconic car wreck that killed eight, her husband Daniel and lawyer Dominic Barbara took to the airwaves on last night, saying they would once again challenge those results. more ›

You can stop holding your breath! Real estate developer Donald Trump threw his hat behind John McCain last night on Larry King Live. He said he's known McCain for a while, "Also, this is not the right time for tax increases. And Obama wants to increase your taxes drastically.” Politico points out, "Well, maybe not your taxes. But certainly The Donald’s: Obama would repeal President Bush tax cuts for households making more than $250,000." (Trump, check out FactCheck.org!) Trump went on to say he didn't understand why Hillary Clinton wasn't chosen as Obama's running mate and said, "He should have chosen Hillary, It would have been a much different race, I believe. Right now, it looks to me like McCain is probably winning.” more ›

Larry King has two interesting guests tonight: The main guest is JetBlue CEO Dave Barger, who will discuss his airline's changes as higher costs hit the airline industry. And more humorously, writer-director Adam McKay will also be on, to discuss the Paris Hilton response ad on Funny or Die. The ad was shot in the Hamptons--and Paris apparently memorized the entire script! more ›

Barack Obama appeared on Larry King Live last night and topic number 1 was the New Yorker cover. You can read the transcript here, but Obama said, "I know it was the "New Yorker's" attempt at satire. I don't think they were entirely successful with it. But you know what, it's a cartoon, Larry, and that's why we've got the First Amendment. And I think the American people are probably spending a little more time worrying about what's happening with the banking system and the housing market, and what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, than a cartoon." Well, we can all hope. more ›

As rumors about Katie Couric leaving the CBS Evening News early next year continue to simmer, the Daily News offers one suggestion from a network (CBS? CNN?) "insider": "Take Katie off the 'Evening News,' let her to do Larry King, and then let [Anderson] Cooper anchor" the CBS Evening News. more ›

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal suggested CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric may leave the network "well before her contract expires in 2011" and as soon as early next year. more ›

Snoop Dogg, in town shooting BET interviews last week, was caught green-handed with the drug he claimed to give up at age 30: pot. The rapper was busted outside of hotspot Lotus last Wednesday for marijuana possession, and was issued a desk appearance ticket. The Post reports that didn't stop Snoop from partying the very next night, with his 25-strong posse, at Serafina and the tapas lounge Lollipop (somewhere in between they ordered 15 pizzas, so we're guessing there may have been some weed around that night, too!). During one of the BET interviews, he claimed the accusation was "bogus". more ›

Hillary Clinton's February flop continued today as voters in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. turned out for Barack Obama by nearly two-to-one margins (in D.C. he won by 75% to 24%). According to exit polls, Obama not only did well with young voters, blacks and independents but, surprisingly, with certain demographics Clinton's been counting on: senior citizens, women and blue collar voters. Polls suggest 49% of those who voted for Obama were white and voters over sixty backed Obama by 52%. more ›

On November 25, 2006, groom-to-be Sean Bell and his friends were leaving the Kalua nightclub in Queens when undercover police confronted them. In the confusion that ensued (the police thinking the men were armed or were going to the car to retrieve a gun, uncertainty over whether the police identified themselves leading Bell and his friends to think they were being carjacked) five undercover cops fired 50 times at Bell's car. His friends Joseph... more ›

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The search is already on to replace Rosie O'Donnell on The View. Rumors are that Rosanne Barr may be first choice to fill the seat. Though Barr was on "Larry King Live" recently and said that she was "not looking for the job," on KVVU-TV in Las Vegas Monday, she seemed to have a change of heart. She told the station, "I'd love it. Yeah, definitely. I think I would do a real good job," adding that she would "stir up some real good controversy." And undoubtedly, some crotch-grabbing. more ›

A look at some noteworthy television this week: more ›

After some rumors that the Reverend Al Sharpton hated Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Sharpton says they had a nice phone call yesterday. Sharpton, who just last week told Fox News he believed that Obama's campaign floated the story that he was jealous of the Senator, now says, "We had a good conversation. He said he's got a lot of respect for me and what I've done. We agreed to keep in touch." However, Sharpton won't be endorsing any Democratic candidates until next month, so we'll see how much respect remains after that. Related: The Sun-Times had an interesting story on Sharpton's "badmouthing" of Obama. more ›

Taking a break from Anna Nicole Smith coverage, Larry King interviewed former mayor Rudy Giuliani who finally admitted that he's running for president. In fact, King asked Giuliani three times if he's running (we don't know if that's because King's so old, he's hard of hearing and forgets). During the interview, Giuliani actually criticized the Bush administration, and gave what his strategy would have been to go into Iraq. From the NY Times:

His comments more closely aligned him with his chief rival in Republican primary polls, Senator John McCain of Arizona, who has supported the war, as Mr. Giuliani does, but has criticized its conduct. more ›

Just after her son died, and just after her new baby girl was born, it has been announced that Anna Nicole Smith has now died at age 39. She had been at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino, where she collapsed in a room. The police say there was no child in the room, but there was a personal nurse with her. Her bodyguard had performed CPR; apparently a paramedic said Smith was dead when he got to the room. Smith was pronounced dead at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida; an autopsy will be performed tomorrow. more ›

Here is part two of our semi-chronological look back at the top stories this past year (here is part one): more ›