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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Larry King

Larry King stories: 28 news summaries

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 CBS May Dump Couric Early 

'Evening News' anchor has brought all-time low ratings

Apr 9, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - CBS may part ways with "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric as soon as the January 2009 inauguration, and long before her contract expires in 2011, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources from both camps. Network executives are tired of all-time low ratings that began with the switch... More »

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television • media • Katie Couric • CBS • Dan Rather • Larry King • Nielsen Ratings • TV ratings • contract • news anchor • television news • CBS Evening News

Seacrest Media Empire Still Expanding

'American Idol' host runs 6 companies and wants to 'try everything'

Mar 23, 08 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ryan Seacrest has a mission, and he’s proud to admit it: He aims to be the Dick Clark, Merv Griffin, and Larry King of his generation. Since childhood, the "American Idol" host has plotted every step to get closer to his goal, writes Tom Shales in the Washington ... More »

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television • radio • American Idol • fashion • advertising • Larry King • Dick Clark • Merv Griffin • red carpet • host • Ryan Seacrest • E! Entertainment Network

Rosie in Talks
to Host
MSNBC Show

Outspoken comedian could battle Larry King in prime-time slot

Nov 6, 07 3:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Rosie O'Donnell and MSNBC are close to inking a deal to give the outspoken comedian her own prime-time talk show, reports the New York Times. Just six months after she left "The View" in a cloud of controversy, the loquacious lefty could be battling CNN's "Larry King Live"... More »

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television • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • MSNBC • Larry King • Keith Olbermann • talk show • Sean Hannity • primetime TV • Alan Colmes • Hannity and Colmes • Dan Abrams

Cheney: 'I Erred on Insurgency'

VP doesn't back off other Iraq, Afghanistan decisions

Aug 1, 07 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney admitted yesterday that he was wrong when he said the Iraqi insurgency was "in its last throes" in 2005. "My estimate at the time was wrong, it turned out to be incorrect," the VP told CNN's Larry King. He said he had been optimistic that... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Dick Cheney • insurgents • Larry King • vice president • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Tammy Faye Messner Dies at 65

Famed evangelist and media figure struggled with drugs, scandal

Jul 22, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Televangelist and Christian entertainer Tammy Faye Messner died Friday morning, CNN reports. She had struggled with drug addiction throughout her life and finally died of cancer. Messner had recently been a guest on Larry King Live, appearing precariously ill, claiming she could no longer swallow food and weighed only 65... More »

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Christianity • obituary • evangelism • Larry King • televangelist

The Simple
Life in Jail:
Bad Food,
Fan Mail

'Let the time serve you,' advises celebucon

Jun 28, 07 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Still convinced she got a "raw deal," an almost Zen-like Paris Hilton spilled the beans yesterday about her 23-day stretch in stir, where the food "wasn't that tasty" and being strip-searched was the most humiliating experience of her life. Also especially tough: not being able to hug... More »

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Paris Hilton • God • spirituality • Larry King • heiress • jail • CNN

(Newser) - Nobody else wanted her.  So Larry King got the honor of being the first to interview Paris Hilton following her release from jail next week.  After being spurned by the three major networks who were asked for large sums of money for the interview, Hilton finally got a... More »

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entertainment • media • Barbara Walters • Paris Hilton • Meredith Vieira • Larry King

Why Can't
the Media
Cheer Up? 

First Lady talks to Larry King about the war, and a dour media

Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Her mission was to talk about women and heart disease. But Laura Bush couldn't help telling Larry King how she really felt about the media portrayal of her husband's war in Iraq. "Many parts of Iraq are stable now," the First Lady told King. "But, of course,... More »

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Iraq • media • radio • Laura Bush • Larry King • blogger • Iraq war

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