08:54 AM EDT 11/01/2009
Joan Rivers
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Haunted This Halloween? Call a Real Ghostbuster!
Originally posted 10/31/2009 07:30AM
While the brand new movie Paranormal Activity is, er, knocking 'em dead at the box office, other ghostly spirits have been haunting us for centuries – and not all of them should be welcomed with open arms, according to experts.
Appearing on a special Halloween edition of CNN's Larry King Live Friday, a host of ghosthunters, paranormal activists and psychics – as well as ghost victim Joan Rivers and Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd and his séance authority father, Peter Aykroyd – debunked the disbelievers, often with jaw-dropping stories.
Rivers delivered a seriously convincing account about how a malicious spirit was haunting her New York apartment – keeping the place cold, causing havoc with the electrical power and scaring her dogs from entering the residence. When she told her elevator man what was going on, he said, "Sounds like Mrs. Spencer [the former occupant] is back."
"I used to say, this is stupid, this is nonsense," Rivers said of her unseen but clearly felt visitor. Then, "at one point, you cannot say this anymore. Something is going on here."
Permalink | Filed Under: Ghostbusters, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Rivers, Larry King
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Joan Rivers Responds to Roastmaster Kathy Griffin: Drop Dead!
Originally posted 08/03/2009 03:15PM
Joan Rivers may have built her career around her sense of humor, but the comedian has some choice words for good pal Kathy Griffin, who emceed her upcoming Comedy Central roast.
"She can [expletive] drop dead now, I'm so angry," Rivers tells PEOPLE, laughing. "She was evil. We made a pact. No matter what we say on camera ... we stay friends forever. And she really lets me have it."
When it comes to the show – which airs Aug. 9 at 10 p.m. ET – Rivers promises plenty of sharp words and big laughs.
"I was in shock at what they said," she says. "They called me evil, mean and [a] plastic surgery whore and disgusting. I kept saying to myself, 'How do they know so much about me?' "
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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
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.
Permalink | Filed Under: Billy Crystal, Fran Drescher, Joan Rivers, Sharon Stone
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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
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.
Permalink | Filed Under: Joan Rivers, Star Jones
OSCAR COUNTDOWN: Joan Gets Nasty
Originally posted 02/25/2004 01:00PM
(All times Pacific. Latest item at the top.)
Permalink | Filed Under: Oscars 2004, Joan Rivers
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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