Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters Misquotes Cabaret On Retiring

TV legend Barbara Walters will no longer be on view--or on The View--as of next summer, when she's stepping down from her longtime perch as TV's reigning quizzer. And she means it.

Barbara Walters Retiring? Here's What I Said On TV About That

Jill Niccolini interviewed me for the Fox 5 News at 10 last night about the report that Barbara Walters is supposedly retiring next year. I'm not sure which sound bites they used--after the interview, I went off to see Tom Hanks in a play---but above is a photo of me telling Jill stuff like:

Sharon Needles Interview! Hail, Satan!

Sharon Needles won the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race with a witchy mix of ghoulishness and girlishness. And she's back from the dead once again! The world's most fabulous corpse is hosting rentboy.com's Hookie Awards for male escorts this Friday, so I strapped her in her coffin and grilled h ... More >>

Let's Stop Caring About A President's Weight, Please

Yesterday, Barbara Walters sat down with Governor Chris Christie for a live broadcast interview. For his dedication to New Jersey during Hurricane Sandy and the non-partisan, budding friendship with President Obama, the famous newswoman made room for the Governor on her 'The 10 Most Fascinating Peop ... More >>

We Need Our Own Diamond Jubilee!

After all, the one for Queenie has given the UK a much needed boost, everyone scrambling to buy mugs and T shirts and anything with the British flag colors in order to celebrate the old bag's longevity at standing and waving. And lord knows our own country could use such a bump, the latest jobs rep ... More >>

Help! Show Biz Careers Can't Be Killed Anymore!

Just when you think they're done, they're back!

Diane Keaton: "I've Never Had Plastic Surgery"

So many stars say they haven't had surgery that I actually expect Barbara Walters to come out and say it too. It's the oldest cliche in the book. An older actor--looking remarkably line-free--says, "I haven't had surgery, but I wouldn't rule it out in the future." But I worship Diane Keaton and s ... More >>

Syrian President Bashar Assad's E-mail Hacked by Anonymous, Hilarity Ensues

Our favorite hacker group of questionable motivations, Anonymous, has set its sights on its next target: Syrian president Bashar Assad. Late on Sunday night, Anonymous gained access to 78 different e-mail accounts at the Syrian Ministry of Presidential Affairs, including that of the Minister of Pres ... More >>

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

Roseanne: God Is Telling Me To Run For President

​Check out my new column, an incredibly zingy and provocative conversation with TV legend Roseanne Barr about her race for the Presidency as a Green Tea Party candidate who wants to throw out the bums and replace them with grandmothers and other solution seekers.

Anne Sinclair, Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Celebrity Third Wife, Is Paying All of His Bills

The happy (?) couple​Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the ex-IMF chief facing attempted rape charges in New York City, is out of Rikers Island on a $6 million bail package, right into another money-burning arrangement. The armed security officer he's required to keep with him at all hours of the day ru ... More >>

Gayle King Is Oprah's Mother, Not Her Lover

​Remember when Oprah Winfrey told Barbara Walters that Gayle King is so very many things to her, including the mother she never had? Well, Gayle was moved to tears to hear that on TV, since it's not the kind of thing you get up the nerve to vocalize in person.

Oprah Breaks Down Crying When Talking About Her Beloved Gayle (Video Below)

​Barbara Walters has an uncanny ability to make people sob, even when simply asking them what kind of tree they'd be. In fact, it must be in Barbara's contract that her interview subjects don't leave the studio until they shed some showy, large-scale tears--and they invariably oblige, just to ... More >>

Andrew Stein, The Man Who Wanted to Be Mayor, Admits Tax Scam

​Former City Council President and one-time mayoral candidate Andrew Stein pled guilty yesterday to a $1 million tax fraud. This didn't rate big headlines since Stein long ago faded into the city's rearview mirror, which is where he always belonged. If he was spotted at all in recent years, it ... More >>

Give Robyn Her Knock Back

A beloved pop star's Body Talk series withers away to treble

Barack Obama Will Dish With The View Ladies as POTUS

​President Obama is about to make, um, history, by becoming the first U.S. President to appear on a daytime TV talk show -- something George Washington or Abraham Lincoln could never actually get away with, media being what it was in those days (also, they weren't exactly lookers). In the mode ... More >>

Michael Musto to LCD Soundsystem: "Suck it, James Murphy!"

​"Eat it Michael Musto: you're no Bruce Vilanch!" So goes James Murphy's pernicious insult of our dearly beloved and long-serving nightlife columnist on "Pow Pow," one of two partial tracks to leak last night from LCD Soundsystem's much anticipated, yet to be titled third record, due in May. ( ... More >>

Jenny Sanford, Elizabeth Edwards Make Democracy Fun Again

The country's in the toilet -- in lieu of bread, let's get right to the circuses. Jenny Sanford has revealed more hilarious details of her life with South Carolina governor and adulterer Mark Sanford. Apparently the first red flag came when Mark and Jenny were working on the wedding vows and he said ... More >>

Photos: Lady Gaga's First Night at Radio City Music Hall

all photos by David AtlasLady Gaga at Radio City Music Hall​"She's worn red latex to meet Queen Elizabeth, possibly dethroned a queen of a different sort (Madonna), collaborated twice with Beyonce, compelled Barbara Walters to say 'bluffin' with my muffin' on prime-time television, reminded th ... More >>

Lady Gaga Approximately

You can't be a fabulous pop star like her, no matter what she tells you

Cronkite Funeral Held in New York

 Legendary newsman Walter Cronkite's funeral was held today at St. Bartolomew's on Park Avenue. (The former CBS anchor passed on Friday at the age of 92.) As expected, the services were attended by celebrity newspeople and well as family and friends, and ended New-Orleans style with "When The S ... More >>

Bloomberg, Baba Wawa Endorse Each Other Over Breakfast

Danny Meyer: Dreaming of Sarah Palin and Curried Moose

Advice to Madonna, Lindsay, Katie, and Meth Addicts

Stay away from clowns! Just continue to be ones yourselves. (And other Dear ABBA suggestions.)

Mariah Carey and Barbara Walters' Bizarre Love Revelations

The Mystery of the Tween Demographic

Bringing smarty back, Nancy Drew returns for another generation of young consumers

Scoopable Litter

How Rudy's campaign helped the Post snatch the news from the News

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Does Kanye West Deserve the Grammy?

Full Disclosure

Time for Miller to come clean

Letter to the Editor

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The French Inhale

Sports

Humanizing Mike

Why Won't the Mayor Let Us Get Close to Him?

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Leather Puppy Love

'N Synch

In New York, the Sport of 'SNL' Spoofs Is Treading Water

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Nation

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The XXX Files

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Making book

L-Shaped Studio In 26-Story High-Rise

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''How can you dislike a Barbara Walters co-anchor who had a birthday party at Hooters?''

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When I asked Jane Horrocks if she's a gay man trapped in a woman's body, she said, 'No! If so, I haven't discovered it!'

Recorded History

The Monica Chronicles

Home of the Moan

'The Vagina Monologues' Seizes the Means of Production