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Joan Rivers: 'I'm So (Bleep)-ing Sorry' for Swearing

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Joan Rivers: 'I'm So (Bleep)-ing Sorry' for Swearing on Live TV

Originally posted 06/17/2008 04:15PM

Joan Rivers issued an apology, of sorts, for dropping the F-bomb and a scatological reference in the same breath on a live British TV show.

"Yes, I swore, and I'm so f------ sorry," the comedian, who has publicly admitted to being in her 70s, said in a statement – though the statement actually spelled out the same offending gerund Rivers used on the chat show Loose Women (a kind of British version of The View.

Rivers went code blue when she was asked about the challenges of interviewing celebrities on the red carpet. She said, "Get ready to bleep this," before using the offending words while talking about Russell Crowe.

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Maternal Instinct: Sharon Stone Adopts Boy | Sharon Stone

Maternal Instinct: Sharon Stone Adopts Boy

Originally posted 05/12/2005 08:00AM

ADOPTED: Sharon Stone, 47, has adopted a baby boy, born to "unknown and unrelated parents in Texas" on Saturday and named Laird Vonne Stone by the actress, Stone's publicist, Cindi Berger, said in a statement, adding "Mommy and her boys are over the moon." The Basic Instinct actress has a 4-year-old son, Roan. She and her husband, Phil Bronstein, divorced in 2004 after five years of marriage. She is currently in London filming Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction.

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Star, Joan and Melissa Hit the Red Carpet

Star, Joan and Melissa Hit the Red Carpet

Originally posted 12/08/2004 08:00AM

Newlywed Star Jones Reynolds is set to meet and greet celebs for the E! Network's cameras on Jan. 16 as the host of the two-hour Live From the Red Carpet: The 2005 Golden Globe Awards, the entertainment channel has announced.

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Star Jones Replaces Joan on Emmy Red Carpet

Star Jones Replaces Joan on Emmy Red Carpet

Originally posted 09/14/2004 09:00AM

HIRED: Replacing former fashion empresses Joan and Melissa Rivers, E! Entertainment Television has tapped The View cohost Star Jones to host this Sunday's Live From the Red Carpet: The 2004 Emmy Awards outside L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium from 6-8 p.m. ET, the network has announced. Former E! star Brooke Burke will also return to the red carpet to cohost the final two hours of the six-hour Live Countdown to the Red Carpet (starting at noon), along with fashion expert Robert Verdi. Also assisting with reports will be TV personalities Sam Rubin, Kristin Veitch, Mystro Clark and The Bachelor veteran Andrew Firestone.

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OSCAR COUNTDOWN: Joan Gets Nasty

Originally posted 02/25/2004 01:00PM

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Red Carpet or Not, Joan Will Be There

Originally posted 03/18/2003 01:00PM

The Oscar festivities were dampened a little bit more Wednesday as ABC pulled the plug on Barbara Walters's annual interview special, the Associated Press reports.

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