CNN Mulls Heir to King Throne

He drops the news in a dinner interview with celebrities

(NEWSER) - Larry King doesn’t believe in an afterlife, and hence wants to be frozen when he dies, he reveals in a new special airing tomorrow night. Dinner with the Kings sees Larry sit down with a gaggle of celebrities—namely Conan O’Brien, Tyra Banks, Shaquille O’Neal, Seth MacFarlane, Jack Dorsey, Quincy Jones and Russell Brand—to discuss a range of personal topics. At one point, Brand apparently raided Shawn King’s underwear drawer on camera, according to CNN 's advance writeup. More»

Was that a debate, or a reality show?

(NEWSER) - Monday night's GOP debate started off in "fine reality show style," noted Jon Stewart last night , offering up as proof a clip of CNN's opening, in which the network actually assigned each candidate a title. (Mitt Romney is "the early frontrunner," Rick Perry "the newcomer," Michele Bachmann "the firebrand" ... you get the idea.) You'd think that would have been enough, but Wolf Blitzer then went on to enthusiastically introduce each candidate again—all while ensconced inside a debate set that "looks like the inside of Betsy Ross' vagina," Stewart groaned. "We get it! Everyone there loves America." More»

Four celebrities tied the knot ... and one got engaged, too

(NEWSER) - Apparently love was in the air this weekend as at least four celebrities got married and another got engaged:

• Tara Reid had a whirlwind wedding weekend in Greece, People reports. She breathlessly tweeted her engagement Saturday, then just hours later tweeted that she got married. (Click to see her massive ring .) Even weirder: People initially reported the lucky guy was her (apparently ex) boyfriend Danish businessman Michael Lilleund but, Gawker notes, he denied it and Reid explained that she actually married Zack Kehayov.
• Another surprise wedding: Joy Behar, who married her boyfriend of 29 years, Steve Janowitz, in New York Thursday. Behar had sworn off marriage in the past and even broke one engagement to Janowitz, notes the Huffington Post .

CNN legend in talks with Jon Stewart's crew

(NEWSER) - The Daily Show's in talks to add a new contributor to its stable—and you just might have heard of him. Larry King has talked with Comedy Central about joining Jon Stewart's snarky faux-news show, sources tells the New York Post . "A single conversation has happened," says one. "It's still extremely preliminary. He'll be on every now and again, like Lewis Black." More»

Daily Show host slams network's silliest segments

(NEWSER) - Jon Stewart showed last night that he's an equal opportunity mocker, taking a break from his usual attacks on Fox News to instead ridicule "the 24-hour network that started it all, most trusted name in news, the gold standard: CNN." "You'd think there'd be some way for CNN to at least use its reporting team's unmatched size and breadth to do something really impressive," he said ... but of course, that is not the case. More»