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NEWS ABOUT: Bob Barker

Bob Barker stories: 11 news summaries

 Betty White-Barker 
 Feud Heats Up 

Price is Right host won't attend game show awards if she's there

May 12, 09 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Barker might not come on down to the Game Show Awards this weekend—at least, not if Betty White dares to show her face, BuzzerBlog reports. The feisty oldsters are feuding over an elephant Barker wants relocated from the Los Angeles Zoo, and since the Golden Girl got her... More »

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entertainment • Bob Barker • celebrity • animal rights • game show • elephant • Los Angeles Zoo • Betty White

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Hudson 
 Returns to 
 Idol, Barker to 
 Price Is Right 

Plus, celeb feuds heat up and simmer down

Mar 25, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrities are returning to their roots today. Jennifer Hudson is taping a performance after tonight’s American Idol that will air on an upcoming episode, the AP reports, and Bob Barker is taping an appearance on The Price is Right to air April 16, according to Variety. Elsewhere:
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television • Barack Obama • American Idol • Simon Cowell • robbery • Bob Barker • The Price Is Right • feud • Jay Leno • Jennifer Hudson • Akon • Rachael Ray • Suge Knight • Anthony Bourdain

Los Angeles Zoo to Bob Barker: Price Is Wrong

Park turns down $1.5M offer to relocate controversial elephant

Jan 28, 09 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Zoo responded forcefully—and negatively—late yesterday to a $1.5 million offer from celebrity Bob Barker to relocate the zoo’s last elephant to a sanctuary, the Times reports. “Billy’s home is at the Los Angeles Zoo, not a distant location that is both... More »

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Bob Barker • The Price Is Right • animal rights • elephant • Billy • Los Angeles Zoo

 Top 10 Movie Cameos 

These small parts left a big impression

May 5, 08 7:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris just about stole Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle with a cameo, and he's not alone. Dose.ca runs down its top 10 movie cameos, including a stealth visit from Cate Blanchett in a hazmat suit.
  1. Bob Barker, Happy Gilmore
  2. Will Ferrell, Wedding Crashers
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Bob Barker • celebrity • David Hasselhoff • Matt Damon • Bruce Springsteen • Cate Blanchett • Sean Connery • Chuck Norris • cameo

Alaska Elephant Retires to SoCal

US Air Force enlisted to fly pachyderm Maggie south

Nov 1, 07 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Maggie, Alaska's only elephant, is leaving Anchorage for California, where the 25-year-old is expected to enjoy warmer climes and the company of fellow pachyderms. With no commercial plane large enough, the US Air Force will handle transportation. Zoo officials were initially loathe to give her up, but acquiesced after two... More »

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Alaska • Air Force • Bob Barker • elephant

Drew Carey's
'Price' Debut
on the Money

Savvy comic lets the show do the talking, says Tom Shales

Oct 16, 07 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comedian Drew Carey's first day as host of "The Price is Right" was a surprisingly normal episode of the classic CBS game show, writes Tom Shales for the Washington Post. Despite all the hype surrounding Carey stepping into Bob Barker's 35-year-old post, the comic's "subdued start" proves that... More »

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Bob Barker • The Price Is Right • Drew Carey

Drew Carey, Come on Down!

Comedian lands Bob Barker's gig on 'The Price is Right'

Jul 24, 07 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's official: Drew Carey will be the next host of "The Price Is Right." For weeks he was rumored to be a favored finalist to replace Bob Barker; while filming the David Letterman show yesterday he confirmed that the deal was finalized. It's reportedly a multi-year agreement for... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • Bob Barker • The Price Is Right • Drew Carey

Neutering Bill Ruffles Feathers

Calif. legislation would require owners to 'fix' cats and dogs

Jul 10, 07 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legislation that would require Californians to "fix" their cats and dogs has captured the state's attention, inspiring more more controversy than any other measure this year, including an assisted-suicide bill. TV legend Bob Barker backs the spay/neuter bill, but groups like the American Kennel Club don't want the state... More »

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pets • California • Bob Barker • Lloyd Levine • American Kennel Club • dog • cat

Rosie Wants to C'mon Down

Former 'View'  co-chatter game
to take Barker's
'Price is Right' spot

Jun 21, 07 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Price is Right needs a new host and Rosie O'Donnell is interested. She's meeting with game show representatives this week and has given readers of her blog an insight into her stormy decision process, saying in one post she's be interested and in another that she might not be... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • Bob Barker • The Price Is Right • Elizabeth Hasselbeck • Iraq war

Barker Tapes
His Final
'Price Is Right'

Legendary host says goodbye after 35 years of 'come on down'

Jun 7, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Barker taped his final episode of "The Price is Right" yesterday after 35 years hosting the long-running game show. He treated it as just another day, signing off with his usual admonition to spay and neuter pets, but after the cameras stopped rolling, the 83-year-old legend thanked the... More »

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entertainment • television • Bob Barker • The Price Is Right • America • culture

Dogs Go Nuts
for Fake
Family Jewels

For neutered males, peer pressure can be a pain in the ... you know

May 18, 07 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Barker, meet Gregg Miller. The outgoing "Price Is Right" host's signature sign-off is a plea to spay and neuter your pets. Miller sells prosthetic dog testicles. Kismet! Says one pet owner who ponied up for the phony cojones, "Mostly it was to make sure Dallas still felt... More »

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pets • Bob Barker • Gregg Miller • Neuticles • dog

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