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Michelle Obama Focuses on Family (Not Feuding) on The View

Originally posted 06/18/2008 01:05PM


Michelle Obama made sure there were no fireworks while making her debut on The View Wednesday. Some political observers had predicted the wife of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama might clash with the show's famously conservative co-host, Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

In fact, Obama, 44, quashed any chance of that early on – reaching out and clasping hands with Hasselbeck, 31.

"This girl, she's solid," said Obama, whose husband appeared on the show in March. "She's got great kids, she's a great mom, she's funny. So I can disagree with her on a whole range of points. We can still come back again tomorrow."

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Behar to Barack: 'Are You Related to Brad Pitt?' | The View, Barack Obama

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Behar to Barack: 'Are You Related to Brad Pitt?'

Originally posted 03/28/2008 09:00AM

Joy Behar got right to the heart of the matter that could ultimately decide the election.

"I understand," Behar said to presidential candidate Barack Obama, "that you’re related to Brad Pitt, in some way."

What The View host – who, along with her colleagues, welcomed the Democratic Illinois U.S. senator to the ABC daytime show Friday – was referring to was a claim by the New England Historic Genealogical Society that Pitt and Obama are distant cousins, linked by one Edwin Hickman, who died in Virginia in 1769.

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Sex Talk Takes Over The View, Barbara Blushes

Originally posted 01/14/2008 02:40PM


They're not shy about expressing their opinions about sensational topics. But Monday, the women of The View demurred – at first –when conversation turned to who's had a ménage à trois. After citing research that 23 percent of Americans have experienced a "three-way," Barbara Walters turned her attention to the audience –rather than her cohosts – to solicit confessions.

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Returning to The View | Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Returning to The View

Originally posted 01/02/2008 05:30PM

Maternity leave is nearly over for The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who returns to the show on Monday, ABC announced.

Hasselbeck, 30, has been away since Oct. 23. She gave birth to son Taylor Thomas on Nov. 9, her second child with Arizona Cardinals quarterback Tim Hasselbeck.

The conservative co-host's first day back at the table with Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sherri Shepherd will be an hour-long "Hot Topics" episode, with a surprise guest, ABC reports.

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Rosie O'Donnell Talks About Her Self-Destructive Past | Rosie O'Donnell

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Rosie O'Donnell Talks About Her Self-Destructive Past

Originally posted 09/13/2007 09:00AM

Although it is her unkind treatment of former employer Barbara Walters in the pages of Rosie O'Donnell's upcoming memoir, Celebrity Detox, that has been generating headlines, the former "Queen of Nice" also bashes herself in her book – literally.

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Sherri Shepherd: View Job 'Is a Miracle of God' | Sherri Shepherd

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Sherri Shepherd: View Job 'Is a Miracle of God'

Originally posted 09/11/2007 03:00PM

Barbara Walters may have hired her to be on The View but Sherri Shepherd says her new job as co-host on the ABC show "is a miracle of God."

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Rosie O'Donnell Tells Barbara Walters to Retire | Barbara Walters, Rosie O'Donnell

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Rosie O'Donnell Tells Barbara Walters to Retire

Originally posted 09/11/2007 10:00AM

Rosie O'Donnell has some words of advice for Barbara Walters: Go, already.

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It's Official: Sherri Shepherd Joins The View | Sherri Shepherd

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It's Official: Sherri Shepherd Joins The View

Originally posted 09/10/2007 11:30AM

As long expected, Sherri Shepherd has been added to The View – in what Barbara Walters called "the worst-kept secret" on television.

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Sherri Shepherd Will Join The View Crew | Sherri Shepherd

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Sherri Shepherd Will Join The View Crew

Originally posted 09/06/2007 07:00AM

Ending weeks of speculation, Sherri Shepherd will become a permanent member of ABC's The View on Sept. 10, PEOPLE has confirmed.

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Rosie O'Donnell: Whoopi 'Was Good' on The View | Rosie O'Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg

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Rosie O'Donnell: Whoopi 'Was Good' on The View

Originally posted 09/05/2007 12:35PM

Rosie O'Donnell delivered a three-word verdict on Whoopi Goldberg's first day on The View: "Whoopi was good."

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