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Mar 14, 2009 10:51 AM CDT

CNBC Staff 'Furious' at Quiet Cramer

They say he didn't defend the network strongly enough

(Newser) - It's been a tough week for Jim Cramer. After his public skewering from Jon Stewart, colleagues at CNBC are "furious" that he didn't put up a better fight, writes media critic Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Nobody goes on the record, but Kurtz says many are upset that...

Gervais'
Elmo
Interview
Is a Tickler

Mar 12, 2009 4:43 PM CDT

Gervais' Elmo Interview Is a Tickler

(Newser) - Today's video viral sensation seems to be outtakes of a Sesame Street interview between funnyman Ricky Gervais and Elmo. As seen on BuzzFeed, Gervais keeps going off script (“Gimme four!” “Do you know what necrophilia is?”), but Elmo keeps up just fine. He even asks an...

Steele Backs Off
Remarks on Abortion

Mar 12, 2009 12:55 PM CDT

Steele Backs Off Remarks on Abortion

(Newser) - Michael Steele has again stirred up some trouble with his Republican constituency, this time by making an intricate but obtuse argument about his stance on abortion, the Washington Post reports. In an interview with GQ, the RNC chair was asked if he supported a woman’s right to choose. “...

Mac: I'm No Rush, but Can't Support Obama on Economy

Interview

Mar 10, 2009 11:08 AM CDT

Mac: I'm No Rush, but Can't Support Obama on Economy

(Newser) - Unlike a certain talk radio host, John McCain is rooting for Barack Obama—they just don’t agree on much. In an interview with Politico, McCain says he’s trying to work with Obama; in the past week he’s appeared with him at a press conference and consulted with...

Oprah Offers Sneak Peak
Into First Lady Chat

Mar 6, 2009 2:04 AM CST

Oprah Offers Sneak Peak Into First Lady Chat

Host to give fans a look at White House interview, new puppy

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey will tell viewers all about her White House interview with Michelle Obama on today's show, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The host also plans to give fans their first look at the cocker spaniel puppy she adopted from a Chicago shelter recently. The Obama interview will be showcased in...

Oprah Visits the White House

Feb 19, 2009 9:22 AM CST

Oprah Visits the White House

Michelle Obama interviewed for her magazine

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey and BFF Gayle King traveled to Washington this week for a sit-down with Michelle Obama, the Washington Post's "Reliable Source" reports. An upcoming issue of O, the Oprah Magazine will feature the interview with the first lady, and that news is sparking speculation that Obama will...

Aaron: Let Bonds Keep Record

Interview

Feb 14, 2009 12:45 PM CST

Aaron: Let Bonds Keep Record

(Newser) - Maybe you think Bud Selig ought to void Barry Bonds’ chemically-bolstered home run record, but Hank Aaron does not. “I just don’t see how you really can do a thing like that,” the former, and just maybe future, home-run king told Terence Moore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution....

Flight 1549 Pilot 'Trying to Forgive Myself'

Interview

Feb 9, 2009 8:22 AM CST

Flight 1549 Pilot 'Trying to Forgive Myself'

Talks to Katie Couric for first post-crash interview

(Newser) - Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is often called a “hero” for successfully landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, but Sullenberger doesn’t feel like a hero. “One of the hardest things for me to do was to forgive myself for not having done something else....

Palin: Without Makeup, I'm
Not So Hot

GLOSSIES

Feb 5, 2009 3:35 PM CST

Palin: Without Makeup, I'm Not So Hot

Alaska guv says she loves Carmex, hates 'pathetic' bloggers

(Newser) - “I eat, therefore I hunt,” Sarah Palin tells Esquire in a wide-ranging interview, dishing on motherhood, how to make good mooseburger chili, and life as a supposed MILF: “If only people could see me as I come in from a run early in the morning without a...

Clarkson: I'm Not
a Lesbian

Feb 4, 2009 3:35 PM CST

Clarkson: I'm Not a Lesbian

(Newser) - Kelly Clarkson isn’t a lesbian, a large fan contingent and persistent rumors to the contrary, the singer tells PopEater. “I could never be a lesbian,” she says. “I would never want to date (someone like) myself, ever. I’m a crazy person. I need some kind...

'We Are Not
Your Enemy,'
Prez Tells
Muslims

Jan 27, 2009 3:24 AM CST

'We Are Not Your Enemy,' Prez Tells Muslims

President pledges on Arab TV to rebuild ties to Muslim world

(Newser) - Barack Obama reassured the Muslim world that "Americans are not your enemy" in his first formal TV interview as president, presented on an English-language Arabic news channel. The president pledged that he would "get engaged right away" on Middle Eastern issues and repeated his campaign promise to travel...

Didn't Like
Valkyrie?
No Face Time
With Cruise

Jan 19, 2009 11:08 AM CST

Didn't Like Valkyrie? No Face Time With Cruise

Star has strict requirements for reporters on movie promotion circuit

(Newser) - Want to interview Tom Cruise? Then you’d better have seen—and liked—his latest movie, Valkyrie, Gawker reports in summarizing a Q&A session with Italian publication LeiWeb (with an assist from Google translation). If you didn't like the movie, “there is no reason to meet Tom,”...

Courtney Love Knocks Jews
... in Jewish Magazine

Jan 16, 2009 3:03 PM CST

Courtney Love Knocks Jews ... in Jewish Magazine

Singer utters a few colorful words on girl bands, actors and parenting, too

(Newser) - Courtney Love says she’s sober, but her recent anti-Semitic remarks in a Jewish magazine might give some observers pause, the New York Post reports. “Every time you buy a Nirvana record, part of that money is not going to Kurt’s child, or to me, it’s going...

Obama Vows Social Security, Medicare Reform

Interview

Jan 16, 2009 8:05 AM CST

Obama Vows Social Security, Medicare Reform

Will hold summit to hash out ways to rein in spending

(Newser) - Barack Obama promised major overhauls for the country’s ever-growing entitlement programs yesterday in a wide-ranging interview with the Washington Post. We have “kicked this can down the road,” Obama said. “We are now at the end of the road.” Obama will hold a “fiscal...

Paterson Interviews Cuomo; Kennedy Not Out

UPDATED

Jan 14, 2009 11:56 AM CST

Paterson Interviews Cuomo; Kennedy Not Out

And she didn't 'eliminate herself,' says Paterson, who avoids naming frontrunner

(Newser) - New York AG Andrew Cuomo, who couldn't be less interested in Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, nonetheless met with Gov. David Paterson about it last month, reports the New York Daily News. A Cuomo rep refused to comment, other than to call the information "factually inaccurate," and Paterson's...

Kennedy,
NY Guv Huddle On Senate Post

Jan 11, 2009 7:38 AM CST

Kennedy, NY Guv Huddle On Senate Post

Meeting critical after Caroline's 'uneven public audition'

(Newser) - Caroline Kennedy met formally with New York’s governor yesterday for the first time to discuss her quest for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, the New York Times reports. Some 10 people have set their sights on the seat. Several have or will speak with Gov. David Paterson, but Kennedy’...

Swayze: 'I'm Going
Through Hell'

Jan 6, 2009 2:29 PM CST

Swayze: 'I'm Going Through Hell'

(Newser) - "Yeah, I'm scared. Yeah, I'm angry. Yeah, I'm all that stuff," Patrick Swayze tells Barbara Walters in a candid interview that airs tomorrow, the first since his pancreatic cancer diagnosis. "I'm going through hell, and I've only just seen the beginning of it." Swayze was determined...

Face of
Abu Ghraib
Isn't Sorry

Interview

Jan 3, 2009 1:59 PM CST

Face of Abu Ghraib Isn't Sorry

Lynndie England struggles to find words

(Newser) - Lynndie England was probably not the ringleader at Abu Ghraib—she says prisoners were being degraded before she even arrived—but she will forever be the face most linked with the abuse. England is out of prison now, but she doesn’t feel sorry, she says. She feels persecuted. “...

Kennedy Won't Run Unless
Appointed

Dec 27, 2008 9:44 AM CST

Kennedy Won't Run Unless Appointed

Caroline says she'd support incumbent in 2010

(Newser) - If Caroline Kennedy isn't appointed to Hillary Clinton’s New York Senate seat, she won’t run for it in 2 years, Kennedy told NY1 last night. If Gov. David Paterson "doesn’t select me, I would support the person that he does select,” she said. She also...

Palin Wishes She'd Talked
to the Media More

Dec 23, 2008 1:39 PM CST

Palin Wishes She'd Talked to the Media More

Governor wishes she'd spoken to reporters more

(Newser) - Sarah Palin wishes she’d interacted with the media more while campaigning with John McCain, the Alaska governor told Human Events. Palin identified her “biggest mistake” in the ’08 campaign as not taking a more active role in communicating with voters through the media. “I was not...