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NEWS ABOUT: Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks stories: 22 news summaries

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 Happy 35th 
 Birthday, 
 Hello Kitty 

Fashionable events surround style icon's big day

Nov 1, 09 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - She can't blow out the candles, but Hello Kitty turns 35 today. Launched by the Japanese greeting card firm Sanrio in 1974, the mute, mysterious feline made her US debut in 1976 and is now an international style icon. "Who doesn't love Kitty?" fashion entrepreneur Kimora Lee Simmons asks.... More »

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Britney Spears • Paris Hilton • Tyra Banks • cartoon • Hello Kitty • Sanrio • Christina Aguilera • Kimora Lee Simmons • cartoon characters • Iman • Kelly Ripa • anime

ICK ALERT

 Set Your 
 DVR: Tyra 
 Airs First 
 Televised 
 Colonic 

A colonic, by the way, is when ' they suck the poo out of you,' Banks explains

Oct 16, 09 4:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - You might want to start writing your thank-you notes to Tyra Banks now. The talk show host is doing what can only be classified as a public service by airing the first televised colonic on her show today, Dlisted reports. Not exactly sure what a colonic is? Well, let Tyra... More »

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entertainment • Tyra Banks • celebrity • daytime talk show

OPINION

 My Hair Is Fake, 
 and That's OK: 
 Meghan 

Following in Tyra Banks' footsteps, McCain comes clean about her hair extensions

Sep 16, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Inspired by Tyra Banks’ appearance on her talk show sans weave, Meghan McCain comes clean on the Daily Beast: “Yes, I have been wearing different variations of permanent and semi-permanent hair extensions since high school,” she writes. If this revelation doesn’t sound earth-shattering to you, perhaps you... More »

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entertainment • fashion • hair • Tyra Banks • Meghan McCain • hairstyle • hairdo

(Newser) - Turns out Perez Hilton didn't just bring down the wrath of Demi Moore when he linked to pics of daughter Tallulah Willis, 15, in skimpy clothes last week: He broke his promise to Tyra Banks, the Daily News reports. On an episode of her talk show that airs today—but... More »

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entertainment • Tyra Banks • gossip • talk show • blogger • Perez Hilton • Demi Moore • Twitter • Tallulah Willis

Sesame Street, View Among Daytime Emmy Winners

Susan Haskell, Christian Leblanc, Darin Brooks take home honors

Aug 31, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ladies of The View unseated Ellen Degeneres as Best Talk Show Host at yesterday's Daytime Emmy Awards, though they weren't at the ceremony, E! reports. Other big winners included Rachael Ray for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show and Tyra Banks for Outstanding Informative Talk Show, while The Bold ... More »

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entertainment • The View • Tyra Banks • celebrity • soap operas • Emmy Awards • talk show • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • The Bold and the Beautiful • Rachael Ray • Sesame Street • game shows

Tyra Stalker
Convicted,
Avoids Jail

Judge urges attorney
to get Brady Green out of New York

Apr 30, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Brooklyn grocer who threatened to slit the throat of a studio staffer for denying him access to Tyra Banks was convicted today of stalking the supermodel. A judge spared Brady Green jail time and suggested he leave New York for “a location where he can thrive,” the... More »

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entertainment • crime • New York • stalker • Tyra Banks • court • harassment • Brady Green

 Miley Spies on 
 Boyfriends 

Singer cops to snooping through cell phones

Apr 10, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus is an admitted boyfriend stalker, she tells Tyra Banks. “I go through their text messages,” says the tween phenom, who admitted she would stalk her boyfriend for a day if given the chance, People reports. She also looks for clues in the way boys treat their... More »

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entertainment • cell phones • Tyra Banks • celebrity • text message • Miley Cyrus

Palin Slams Levi for Talking Sex on Tyra

Governor accuses daughter's ex of lying in quest for fame

Apr 4, 09 4:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Levi Johnston's discussion of his relationship with Bristol Palin on the Tyra Banks Show has earned him the wrath of the Palin clan, People reports. A statement from the Alaska governor's family accuses Johnston—who said Sarah Palin let the couple share a room and “probably knew” he and... More »

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Tyra Banks • teen pregnancy • Sarah Palin • Wasilla • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's former fiancé says the couple shared a room at Sarah Palin’s home, and  the governor was wise to what was going on, Us reports. “I'm pretty sure she probably knew,” Levi Johnston tells Tyra Banks in an interview. “Moms are pretty smart.”... More »

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Tyra Banks • safe sex • engagement • teen pregnancy • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

 Banks 'Concerned' 
 by Top Model Melee 

Working with NYPD to determine what happened

Mar 16, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks responded—somewhat vaguely—to the weekend’s audition stampede but said she does not know what triggered the incident, CNN reports. “We are concerned by the events that occurred Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the New York City casting call,... More »

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entertainment • Tyra Banks • America's Next Top Model • stampede

 Bomb Scare 
 Sparks Melee 
 at Top Model 
 Auditions 

Mob stampedes; 2 hospitalized, 3 jailed for inciting a riot

Mar 15, 09 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A smoking car mistaken for a bomb sparked a high-heeled stampede among thousands of women awaiting Manhattan auditions for America's Next Top Model yesterday, reports the New York Daily News. Six were injured and three jailed for inciting a riot. "The girls were running like it was 9/11 Part... More »

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Tyra Banks • model • America's Next Top Model • stampede • bomb scare

 Rihanna Feels Unworthy: Oprah 

It's a sign of low self-esteem, she says

Mar 13, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna took back her abusive boyfriend because she feels bad about herself, Oprah said on her show yesterday. "If you go back with a man who hits you, it is because you don't feel you're worthy of being with a man who won't," she said. Guest Tyra Banks... More »

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entertainment • Oprah Winfrey • Tyra Banks • abuse • domestic violence • Rihanna • Chris Brown

Rosie's Menopause Guru? Madonna

'Big sis' tells O'Donnell to 'get the cream' for 'hormone things'

Feb 25, 09 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Material Girl can add another talent to her resume: menopause counselor. At least according to Rosie O'Donnell, who happily overshared in an interview on The Tyra Banks Show. Between investigating the source of all the sweat in her bed and cutting out booze, O'Donnell still has time to check... More »

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entertainment • baby boomer • Rosie O'Donnell • menopause • Tyra Banks • Madonna

 Oprah  
 No. 1 
 Woman in 
 Film, TV 

Angelina, Tyra, and Miley round out list of female dynamos

Dec 5, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Even with Sarah Palin snubbing her, Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in film and television, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The trade mag places the Harpo chairwoman atop its Power 100 list for “her dizzying array of Oprah-branded media and her immense cultural influence.” She was... More »

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entertainment • television • Angelina Jolie • Hollywood • women • Oprah Winfrey • Tyra Banks • Miley Cyrus

Banks Will Pay for Top Model Contestant's
Sex Change

'This is not happening,' cries Isis King

Nov 17, 08 7:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Tyra Banks shocked a former America's Next Top Model contestant by offering to pay for her sex change, the New York Daily News reports. Transgendered Isis King, booted off the show for flunking a poolside photo shoot, was stunned when Banks said a doctor will operate pro bono. "This... More »

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entertainment • Tyra Banks • transgender • sex change • America's Next Top Model

 Transgender
 Woman
 Competes on
 Top Model

Isis was born a male

Aug 14, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The new season of America's Next Top Model will include a transgender contestant, US Weekly reports. "My cards were dealt differently," says Isis, 22. The former receptionist from Maryland identifies herself as "a woman born physically male." The president of a gay advocacy group says the... More »

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reality TV • Tyra Banks • transgender • model • America's Next Top Model

 Ellen,
 Rachael
 Score
 Emmys 

Regis Philbin earns Lifetime Achievement Award

Jun 21, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres took home her fourth consecutive Daytime Emmy for best talk show host yesterday—but the award for the top show itself went to foodie Rachael Ray, E! Online reports. Meanwhile, Tyra Banks scored in the new category of Informative Talk Show. “I never take this for granted,... More »

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entertainment • television • Tyra Banks • Emmy Awards • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • Regis Philbin • Rachael Ray

Tyra Says It: She 'Wants Power'

Host of 2 TV shows produces a third to 'instill self-esteem in young girls'

Jun 1, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The supermodel who hosts two TV shows and sits front-row center at fashion galas insists she is frugal and unhip, but ambitious. "I want power,” 34-year-old Tyra Banks says in a New York Times profile. “The power to make change.” Savvy and outrageous, the follower of... More »

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entertainment • television • reality TV • Oprah Winfrey • Tyra Banks • Martha Stewart • America's Next Top Model

Kimora and Djimon Share Mushy Details

Amid pregnancy rumors, 'couple of the moment' talks romance

Mar 13, 08 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Their timing couldn't be better. Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou earned Harper’s Bazaar's couple-of-the-moment title just as rumors began flying that Simmons is pregnant. “He’s a reality check for me, and I’m a fabulosity check for him,” says Simmons of her beau. The flamboyant... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Tyra Banks • model • romance • Djimon Hounsou • Calvin Klein • celebrity pregnancy • Kimora Lee Simmons • Russell Simmons

Tyra, Hillary Dish About Bill

Clinton: 'I never doubted Bill’s love for me ever'

Jan 15, 08 4:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton talked about her husband's affair with Monica Lewinsky during a taping of The Tyra Banks Show yesterday, People reports. No tears were shed (it's New York, not New Hampshire), and Clinton said she "never doubted Bill’s love for me, ever." Asked to offer advice to... More »

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entertainment • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Tyra Banks • Clinton 2008 • America's Next Top Model

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