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Michelle Obama Reveals How Barack Won Her Over

Michelle Obama Reveals How Barack Won Her Over

Originally posted 10/02/2008 01:05PM

Just hours before the vice-presidential debate, Michelle Obama called her husband's running mate, Joe Biden, "one of the smartest men in Washington."

Biden is "the kind of guy you want to have a beer with," she told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Thursday. "I hope that part of his personality comes through."

As for her own guy, Obama, 44, talked about her husband's ceaseless energy and promise – and about the couple's courtship.

Asked how she and Barack met, Michelle said he simply told her, "We should go out. He had no special lines. Barack's not some line-giver."

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Paris Hilton Premieres Her Latest Song

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Paris Hilton Premieres Her Latest Song

Originally posted 09/30/2008 12:05PM

Paris Hilton's latest single could convert skeptics into fans.

The "Stars Are Blind" singer premiered a dance-worthy new song – "My BFF," which she co-wrote with Benji Madden – Tuesday on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show in Los Angeles. (Listen to the track here.)

In the techno-inspired theme song to Hilton’s new reality show, My New BFF, which premieres Tuesday night on MTV, Hilton sings, "Could you be the one I want? (My new best friend.) Could you be the one I need? (My new best friend.)"

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Ellen Urges Ryan Seacrest to Fall in Love – Before It's Too Late | Eva Mendes, Ryan Seacrest

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Ellen Urges Ryan Seacrest to Fall in Love – Before It's Too Late

Originally posted 09/12/2008 04:35PM

Perhaps it's because she recently tied the knot herself, but Ellen DeGeneres seemed to be in a romantic mood while interviewing Ryan Seacrest for Monday's Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The new bride, 50, presses Seacrest, 33, on why he can't seem to find love, according to excerpts of the show. On a helpful note, she comes up with a suggested date – Eva Mendes – and even offers to set him up with the actress.

"I want to know what love is?" says Seacrest, who at the end of last year told PEOPLE his goal for 2008 was to make time for a personal life.

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Ryan Seacrest & Paris Hilton Team – for TV Show

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Ryan Seacrest & Paris Hilton Team – for TV Show

Originally posted 09/12/2008 10:50AM

Ryan Seacrest and Paris Hilton might just be the busiest reality-TV personalities in showbiz.

PEOPLE has exclusively learned that Ryan Seacrest Productions and the 27-year-old reality-star extraordinaire Hilton – whose upcoming Paris Hilton's My New BFF airs on MTV this fall – have struck a deal to develop a series together – a scripted one.

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Ryan Seacrest, Heidi Klum To Host Emmys

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Ryan Seacrest, Heidi Klum To Host Emmys

Originally posted 07/28/2008 07:30AM

Sit back and enjoy the show? Not so much.

The five nominees for top reality show host are not just up for Emmy awards – they're also going to oversee the entire ceremony!

American Idol's Ryan Seacrest, Project Runway's Heidi Klum, Dancing with the Stars' Tom Bergeron, Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel and Survivor's Jeff Probst have all signed on to co-host the Sept. 21 awards show, the Associated Press reports.

Best reality show host is a new category this year.

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Seacrest: 'I Like What I've Heard' of Lindsay's Music | Lindsay Lohan, Ryan Seacrest

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Ryan Seacrest: 'I Like What I've Heard' of Lindsay Lohan's New Music

Originally posted 05/12/2008 01:10PM

Lindsay Lohan is going hip-hop on her next album – and Ryan Seacrest is impressed.

"I've heard some of it, I like what I've heard so far," Seacrest told PEOPLE backstage at KIIS-FM's annual Wango Tango concert in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday. Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers performed at the show.

"Lindsay is taking it very seriously," said Seacrest, 33. "She's working really hard. She's working with great producers."

The host added, "She's told me that she's going to come in and debut the entire record with me on my KIIS-FM [radio show]. We're going to play some of the songs, and go through the whole thing together."

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Ryan Seacrest Donates His Paycheck to Idol Gives Back | Ryan Seacrest

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Ryan Seacrest Donates His Paycheck to Idol Gives Back

Originally posted 04/07/2008 04:45PM

The American Idol host did the special charity episode for free

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Ryan Seacrest Crowned King of All Media by Details | Ryan Seacrest

Ryan Seacrest Crowned King of All Media by Details

Originally posted 03/17/2008 12:20PM

For the second year in a row, Ryan Seacrest lands a spot on Details magazine's "Maverick" list of the 22 big thinkers shaping the world. This year the 33-year-old American Idol-E! News-On Air KIIS-FM host also lands the cover!

Seacrest, who appears on the annual list with SNL star Amy Poehler, Oscar-winning Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, and Amy Winehouse's Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson, calls himself a "content provider," while the publication dubs him, "the new King of All Media."

In accepting the honor, Seacrest tells the magazine of his busy, "planned-to-the-second" schedule, "I'm tired, but I'm used to it. You know when you watch video screenings and there's a time code in the corner? I have dreams about time codes."
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Paula, Randy & Ryan Unveil Her New Single | Paula Abdul

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Paula, Randy & Ryan Unveil Her New Single

Originally posted 01/18/2008 02:50PM

A gathering of American Idol regulars took place on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Friday – with one major omission, though he did briefly speak over the phone from England.

Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson were there for the world premiere of Abdul's new single "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow," which will appear on the upcoming album, Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1. (Listen to it here.)

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Ryan Seacrest Ready to Find Romance in 2008 | Ryan Seacrest

Ryan Seacrest Ready to Find Romance in 2008

Originally posted 12/29/2007 06:00AM

One New Year's resolution for the multi-tasking Ryan Seacrest, who is single, could be to find a Mrs. Seacrest – or, at least, make time for a personal life.

"I think, in a way, my goal is to focus on a little bit more balance," a smiling Seacrest 33, told PEOPLE at a recent photo shoot for Crest and Scope's tooth-whitening products. "I really haven't been out with anybody. ... This week I'll literally work seven days, and I'll get home at 10 p.m."

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