The 'Fascinating' Will Smith

Tonight don't forget to catch ABC's Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008.


While Hollywood golden boy, Will Smith has made the cut, I can't help but wonder who will be the number one most fascinating person of 2008.

I'm stumped. ;)

Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008 airs tonight at 10 PM EST.

Whoopi Bites Her Tongue?

Is it me or was Whoopi biting her tongue during this morning's interview of Sen John McCain on ABC's The View ?

Wow..did Babs let McCain have it or what! Finally somebody was able to ask McCain these questions dead on and not tolerate bogus answers.

What did you think? Do you think Whoopi kept her cool?

Gossip Friday: Oprah's Blond Moment and Star Fires Back At Babs

Happy Newlyweds
So turns out all the gossip last week over Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's elopement was actually all truth.

This week photos of the happy couple circulated the internet made possible by People Magazine who got the inside scoop on the wedding. Even Oprah had to add to the talk on a live show this week where she comments on overlooking some of the clues while interviewing Mariah just the week before.



Oprah was clearly having a blond moment. She could have broken that scoop a week earlier if she just had paid more attention to the clues.

Anyhoo...

Last week we polled BONTV on how long you think the Nariah nuptials will last and we have a tie.

36% of voters feel the Nariah wedding will last either 2 weeks or 6-12 months while 27% of voters feel it will only last 1 month.

Well, for those of you who voted 2 weeks, we will know in just 1 more week if you were right. I personally dont think this will last any longer than a year.

And who's ready for a cat fight?

Star Jones has thrown the first punch scratch at Barbara Walters who earlier this week confessed to Oprah that Star made her lie.



Star tells UsWeekly:

"It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book. It speaks to her true character,"

Ouch!

Don't hold back Star. Tell us how you really feel.

For more on Star's response click here.

That's all folks! Have a great weekend!

Babs Tells Of 'Black' Secrets

Barbara Walters definitely got some cool points after admitting to Oprah on yesterday's show that she once had an affair with married black politician, Sen. Edward Brooke.

"He was a wonderful man and a wonderful senator. … I have always felt that I perhaps ruined his future," Walters told Winfrey. "I regret that he didn't get re-elected. So if you ask me if I regret it, yes."

Do you regret the sex too Babs? Enquiring minds want to know.

Anyhoo...

Barbara also spoke about having to lie for Star Jones when she was on ABC's The View . Apparently Star originally had planned to tell everybody how she was losing the weight on an episode of 20/20 but then at the last minute decided not to, asking Barbara not to reveal that she had undergone gastric bypass surgery to anybody.

“We had to lie on the set everyday,” Walters told Winfrey. “She was our colleague and she really did not want us to out her … We cared about her, and we thought we owed her.” Instead, Jones told audience members at the time she had lost weight because of “portion control and pilates.”

I'm still trying to figure out who didnt know Star underwent the knife to shed all those pounds.

Barbara Walters was on The Oprah Winfrey Show to promote her new book, Auditions.

For more on the O interview and what was revealed click here and here.

Poll Results: Do You Share Whoopi's 'View'?

A whopping 11 readers voted in my last poll: Do You Share Whoopi's View On Michael Vick?

72% of voters do not share Whoopi's 'view'.

Yes [ 72% ]
No [ 27% ]

This was obvioulsy a no brainer. While Whoopi was offering to find a reason for Michael Vick's actions I don't feel she was defending his actions in anyway as she stated the day after the hoopla. [Click here to watch]

In other 'View' news, apparently Babs had to check Elisabeth yesterday on the show. The duo apparently got into about a disagreement on of all people, Monica Lewinksy.

The whites seem to be fighting a lot lately. First Tommy Lee and Kid Rock [click here to watch] at the MTV Awards and now this!

Just glad it's not the blacks for a change.

Did Whoopi and Elisabeth Already Have A Tiff?

As everyone knows by now, Whoopi Goldberg's first day of work at The View made front page:

Whoopi defended supported Michael Vick to some degree citing 'that all the nasty business really wasn't Vick's fault because, after all, in the culture he comes from, this kind of thing is normal'.

Elisabeth really seems pressed to be holding her tongue. It being Whoopi's first day and all. But then finally she did cave in and gave her hard opinion.

Now fast forward to day 2:


Whoopi let it be known that she was in no way supporting, defending or condoning Michael Vick's actions and all seems well again on The View. Or is it?

Why was Elisabeth not sitting next to Whoopi on day 2 as she was the previous day? Is there already beef on the set? WTF!!

Be sure to watch as this saga of musical chairs unfolds.

And what the hell happened to the open spot? Did Babs think we forgot?