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  • Lamar Odom Walking Again, Khloe Kardashian Thrilled

    Lamar Odom is walking again, and Khloe Kardashian is thrilled with the progress he’s making.

    It was during an interview on Live! With Kelly and Michael that the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star shared an update on the former NBA player’s condition.

    “It’s such a relief,” she told Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan. “It was terrifying and scary. No one knew what was going to happen. And what’s crazy is because he’s an athlete, I really think having so many years of working out every single day — he wasn’t even walking three weeks ago, and now he’s walking.”

    Kardashian recently had Lamar Odom transferred from Cedars Sinai Medical Center to a private rehab facility, where he will relearn many of the skills he lost from being in a coma following his near-fatal overdose in October.

    “We were able to leave the hospital–he was able to walk out of the hospital,” Khloe said. “And it was such a great thing. You get strolled on in there, he didn’t really even know where he was, and he [was] able to walk out on his own. So I’m happy for him and how he’s trying, and he’s really making great strides. And that’s a testament to his own will and desire to get better.”

    Khloe Karashian has remained faithful to Lamar Odom, even if he didn’t always remain faithful to her. His penchant for wandering weighed heavily into her decision to divorce him. Since his overdose, however, Khloe withdrew divorce papers. She has no intention of getting back together with Lamar Odom, but felt he deserved to not deal with a divorce in the midst of working to get well.

    Do you expect the day will come–sooner, rather than later–that Lamar Odom will realize just how much Khloe Kardashian has done for him? Hopefully that realization–coupled with the fact that she will no doubt proceed with divorce plans–doesn’t send him into another drug-induced spiral.

  • Khloe Kardashian Shares Exciting News About Lamar Odom, Talks New Hairstyle

    Khloe Kardashian has spent a lot of time encouraging her estranged husband Lamar Odom on his road to recovery since he nearly died from an accidental overdose at a Nevada brothel in October. During a conversation with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Live! With Kelly and Michael on Friday, Khloe shared some exciting news about Lamar’s progress.

    It was just over a week ago that Lamar checked out of the hospital and into a rehab facility to further his recovery. For the first time yet, it sounds like he is making great strides in that recovery.

    “It’s such a relief,” Khloe Kardashian said. “It was terrifying and scary. No one knew what was going to happen. And what’s crazy is because he’s an athlete, I really think having so many years of working out every single day–he wasn’t even walking three weeks ago, and now he’s walking.”

    She adds that when she had Lamar transferred from Cedars Sinai Medical Center that he left on his own two feet.

    “We were able to leave the hospital — he was able to walk out of the hospital,” she said. “And it was such a great thing. You get strolled on in there, he didn’t really even know where he was, and he [was] able to walk out on his own. So I’m happy for him and how he’s trying, and he’s really making great strides. And that’s a testament to his own will and desire to get better.”

    Khloe Kardashian also dished about her new, shorter hairstyle that is very attractive on her 40 pounds lighter frame.

    “I cut all my hair off because I was in the hospital ad I just felt like I needed–like once I got out of there for a minute, I was like, ‘I need to get rid of this negativity,’” she explained.

    Khloe Kardashian must feel like a huge weight has been lifted–not only through cutting off all that hair, but from Lamar Odom’s recent improvements.

    Hopefully Khloe realizes the impact she has no doubt had on his recovery.

  • Lucy Hale Eats Grasshopper Tacos, Gets Legs in Her Teeth

    Lucy Hale made a big mistake when chatting with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Live! With Kelly and Michael on Tuesday. Ahead her her appearance, the hosts learned she is a big fan of Andrew Zimmerman, the host of the Travel Channel series Bizarre Foods.

    “I live for that show,” she told the co-hosts. “I mean, I could watch it all day long. I will try anything once, but…”

    “Oh, you will?” Strahan eagerly asked. “We got something for you.”

    “I just got myself into some trouble,” Lucy Hale said.

    Kelly Ripa had been trying to get her attention to signal to her.

    “I was trying to signal you with my eyes. Like, ‘Don’t say it!’” she said.

    Lucy Hale was then presented with four options. They included chocolate covered larvae, oxtail, grasshopper tacos, and cold jellyfish.

    The oxtail wasn’t even a consideration.

    “This just looks heinous!” the Pretty Little Liars star said.

    She passed on the cold jellyfish, too.

    Hale and Ripa started out by trying the chocolate covered larvae.

    “That’s too easy!” Michael Strahan chided, even though he didn’t try them.

    He did, however, give the grasshopper tacos a try.

    “I just want everyone to see that this is real. There are grasshoppers in this,” Lucy Hale said.

    “I actually enjoyed those,” she added. “Thank you.”

    “It tastes just like chicken!” Strahan said.

    “It’s not bad,” Lucy Hale said before admitting she had some leftovers. “I feel like I’ve got the legs in my teeth right now.”

    Would you have been as brave as Lucy Hale, Michael Strahan, and Kelly Ripa in trying some of these rather disgusting food items?

    And how about that oxtail? Would you have given that a go or would you have taken a stand on that one, the way Lucy Hale did?

  • Michael Strahan to Host “$100,000 Pyramid” Reboot on ABC

    Michael Strahan is spreading his TV hosting wings. In addition to co-hosting Live! With Kelly and Michael alongside Kelly Ripa, he will soon be hosting a game show, too. A reboot of The $100,000 Pyramid is set to air this summer, and ABC has ordered 10 episodes.

    The late Dick Clark hosted the original version of the game show, which first aired in 1973 on CBS. It moved to ABC the following year. Since then different versions have aired on cable and in syndication, but this upcoming version marks the first time it will appear as a regular prime time series.

    Something weighing heavily on ABC’s decision to order the show is the success of Steve Harvey’s Celebrity Family Feud that aired during last summer’s prime time lineup. Michael Strahan has a similar appeal as Harvey. But will the show be as much fun?

    The $100,000 Pyramid pairs a celebrity and an average person against another celebrity and another average person, according to Entertainment Weekly. These pairs compete in playing a word association game, with Michael Strahan interjecting his own brand of humor in his role as host.

    Are you a fan of Michael Strahan on Live! With Kelly and Michael? Can you see the New York Giants Hall of Famer making his mark on the TV game show world?

  • Michael Strahan, Kelly Ripa Channel Their Inner “Magic Mike” for Halloween

    Michael Strahan and Kelly Ripa of Live! With Kelly and Michael are channeling their inner Magic Mike for Halloween.

    The talk show hosts shared their costumes earlier this week via Instagram.

    “Haha! #LIVEhalloween Countdown Costume Reveal! #MagicMike #KellyandMichael #ArtMoore @gelmanlive TUNE IN this Friday for our #Halloween Show! #KellyRipa #MichaelStrahan,” the caption reads.

    Michael Strahan clearly looks the part of a Magic Mike-type dancer, but poor Kelly Ripa makes an incredibly wimpy-looking man. She even has faux chest hair.

    Michael Strahan actually appeared in Magic Mike XXL, and that’s probably where the two came up with the idea for dressing this way for Halloween.

    In addition to showing off this year’s Halloween costumes, Michael Strahan and Kelly Ripa will run down some of their costumes from the past few years as well. Last year Kelly Ripa dressed up as Miley Cyrus and Michael Strahan was Robin Thicke.

    Don’t you love how creative Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan get each year for Halloween on Live! With Kelly and Michael?

  • Kelly Ripa Compares Sound of Breaking Foot to Popping Bubble Wrap

    Kelly Ripa broke her foot this week during a dance class and showed up on the set of Live! With Kelly and Michael on Thursday with crutches.

    Co-host Michael Strahan helped Kelly get to her on-set chair just in time to hear her explain what happened.

    “I was in a dance class which I typically, usually am, and somebody had left a weight on the floor….All I know is, I did a jump–and in my mind I am an incredible dancer as graceful as can be–and I landed on the weight and my foot went over and under the weight,” Kelly Ripa explained.

    She also shared that the moment she broke her foot “sounded like bubble wrap.”

    If that’s not enough to give readers a sick feeling in the pits of their stomachs, then they have a good bit of resolve.

    Kelly Ripa insisted those at the dance facility not call an ambulance, as she was afraid she’d wind up on the nightly news.

    On the upside of Ripa’s injury, she won’t have to undergo surgery to repair her broken foot.

    “I’m not going to be in this that long,” Kelly Ripa said of her inflatable boot. “Six weeks, I give it three weeks.”

    “This was my big hope and my dream that nobody would notice,” Ripa added about her injury. “It’s very traumatic looking but I feel fine.”

    Do you suppose Kelly Ripa will at least get a bit of pampering out of her injury? Maybe hubby Mark Consuelos and co-star Michael Strahan will take extra-good care of Kelly in light of the crutches and boot.

    She actually shared a funny story about her husband and her injury.

    “Mark is at the hospital with me and has never in 21 years felt the need to photograph me, videotape me, when I have full hair and makeup,” Kelly Ripa explained to her audience. “But yesterday, he followed me around with a camera, he was never more alive, he loved this moment of suffering.”

    Oh, yes. It sounds like Mark Consuelos owes Kelly Ripa for that one.

    Michael Strahan is unlikely to get off the hook as well.

    Now if only Kelly Ripa hadn’t compared that break to the sound of popping bubble wrap, everyone else besides Michael Strahan and Mark Consuelos could forget about her broken foot.

  • Kelly Ripa Enjoys Co-Host Michael Strahan’s $7500 TV Blunder

    Uh oh. It looks like Kelly Ripa infected Michael Strahan with her TV blooper virus.

    After making a fool of herself a few days back by not fully knowing what Ashley Madison was, Strahan got a little bit of redemption as she witnessed her co-host give away a free trip during Tuesday’s airing of their show  Live! With Kelly and Michael.

    The hilarious TV blunder happened after Strahan misheard a caller’s answer to a trivia segment of their show. The lucky caller is now bound for a $7500 trip to Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

    “On yesterday’s show, we talked to Jeremy Renner. What sport did Jeremy say he once taught at a part-time job?” the former NFL star asked caller, Kelly Copeland.

    Given only 20 seconds, the caller made sure of the host’s question.

    “Sport?” she said.

    Unfortunately, Strahan’s ear was not functioning well at the time.

    “Bowling, you got it!” the TV host imediately replied.

    Of course, the audience cheered on as to what looked like a correct answer from the lucky caller.

    Ripa, however, had the chance to get back at her cohost.

    “She said ‘sport,” Ripa clarified to her co-host. Straham quickly covered his face with embarrassment after realizing the ridiculous mistake that he made.

    “This is the greatest thing that’s ever happened to us!” Ripa said.

    The moment was just TV magic and Ripa even jokingly suggested to Copeland that she has to bring Strahan with her.

    As Ripa and the audience laugh at the mishap, Strahan was observing the producers off camera.

    “Well, you know what’s funny is that some of the producers are looking at me like ‘you in trouble,’ and the other ones are laughing at me,” said the nervous host.

    Nevertheless, Kelly Copeland did legitimately win the prized trip as she correctly answered the question without hearing Strahan’s congratulatory slip-up.

  • Kelly Ripa Co-Host Michael Strahan Gives Away Puerto Rican Vacation by Accident

    Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan are known for making people laugh on Live! With Kelly and Michael. Michael Strahan wasn’t laughing earlier this week, however, when he realized he accidentally awarded one of the show’s callers a Puerto Rican vacation–and she even hadn’t answered the trivia question correctly.

    It seems Strahan misheard the caller’s answer.

    “On yesterday’s show, we talked with Jeremy Renner. What sport did Jeremy say he once taught as a part-time job?” he asked the caller, right before a timer giving the caller 20 seconds to answer began to tick.

    “Sport?” the caller asked, which Strahan obviously misheard, as he announced, “Bowling! You got it!”

    Kelly Ripa loved the fact that her co-host messed up.

    “She said sport,” she told Michael Strahan.

    “This is the greatest thing that’s ever happened to us,” Ripa told the caller with a laugh.

    Michael Strahan was afraid the producers might be upset with him, but soon he realized they were as amused by his mistake as Kelly Ripa was.

    The show chose to award the trip to the caller just the same. She will soon be heading to Puerto Rico, while Michael Strahan is likely to be forever ribbed by Kelly Ripa for his mistake.

    If this has happened on the show before, it hasn’t made news. Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan give away many trips each year to their call-in trivia winners.

    Do you suppose Kelly Ripa will talk to the call-ins from now on in light of Michael Strahan’s hilarious mistake?

  • Kelly Ripa Advises Michael Strahan To “Look As Irritated As Possible”

    Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan always keep their audience entertained on Live With Kelly And Michael, but this week they’ve raised the bar.

    The hosting duo took to the runway on Monday’s show and showed off their best modeling skills, with Michael taking Kelly’s advice to look as “irritated as possible”. Kelly got laughs with her high-stepping walk and annoyed glare over her shoulder, and the entire thing was posted to Instagram for fans to watch later.

    Kelly and Michael did the bit during a commercial break, but it’s not unlike them to be silly onstage for the benefit of the live studio audience. Last week, Kelly made headlines with her flirtatious interview with Jake Gyllenhaal, touching his beard and asking if he uses conditioner. When he replied that it’s just good genes, she told him he really was perfect.

    Ripa had the web talking earlier this month when she took to Instagram with photos of her newly dyed hair; the television hostess colored her locks blue and garnered comparisons to Joy from Inside Out. Ripa said the process was interesting, as her blonde hair changed colors a couple of times.

    “I wanted to try blue because I tried pink and I really liked it. We dyed it blue and it turned lime green. Mark [Consuelos] came downstairs and he said ‘Oh my gosh, you look like the lucky charms guy.’ The kids think I look like a superhero!” Ripa said. “What’s sad is that I get two shampoos and then it’s back to normal. Every time I get ready to go on vacation I dye my hair a different color. It’ll wash out. This will wash out, I just haven’t washed my hair yet. I get bored. I think I might go red next.”

  • Regis Philbin, Kathie Lee Gifford Together Again on ‘Today’ Show

    Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford are back together again. This time the stars of Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee have come together on NBC’s Today Show after spending 15 years apart.

    Kathie Lee Gifford stars alongside Hoda Kotb on the fourth hour of Today each morning. Regis Philbin was just named a contributor to the fourth hour of the show.

    “Regis brings his legendary charm and humor each time he visits Today,” Tammy Filler, the co-executive producer of Today, said in a statement. “His energy is infectious, and when Regis is around, you never know what will happen.”

    No stranger to the Today Show, Regis Philbin has appeared on the morning show several times in the past few months. He was a huge hit in Today The Musical–a sing-along that aired back in December.

    When Kathie Lee Gifford left Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee back in 2000, Regis Philbin brought in Kelly Ripa as his co-host. When he retired, the show became Live! With Kelly and Michael, with Michael Strahan serving as Kelly Ripa’s sidekick. Ripa and Philbin have lost touch since he retired from the show.

    During a segment on Thursday’s Today Show, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb appeared in a skit with Philbin announcing his upcoming appearances on the show.

    “Reg, what are you doing here?” Gifford exclaimed when Regis Philbin was seen tending bar.

    “I’ve got a job here!” he replied.

    “We thought [he] would be the perfect person to join our motley crew: Regis Philbin is joining the fourth hour,” Hoda Kotb said.

    “I wish we could have him every day, but he’s very busy,” Kathie Lee Gifford added.

    What’s your take on Regis Philbin joining Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb as a fourth-hour contributor on Today?

    Regis Philbin is 83 years old.

  • Kendra Wilkinson Birthday Karaoke With Hank Baskett, Michael Strahan, and Urkel [Pics]

    Kendra Wilkinson is flying high. With a popular reality TV show gig on Marriage Boot Camp, a weekend of trending news on her name, and a newly-revitalized relationship with her husband, the former Playboy Bunny is doing well.

    Kendra caught lots of attention this week, but only some of it was due to episodes of Marriage Boot Camp. Folks who read news rather than just watching TV know that Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett are doing great now. The reality TV crowd will catch up soon enough.

    Kendra’s biggest story this week is due to Holly Madison’s new book called Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny. It details the time Kendra, Holly, and Bridget Marquardt spent in the Playboy Mansion as Hugh Hefner’s three girlfriends.

    Holly Madison was pretty brutal about Kendra, calling her “the fakest person I’ve ever met.”

    According to Madison, the last exchange between her and Kendra was not pretty.

    Madison wrote, “Kendra had apparently given an interview to a tabloid explaining that she wasn’t friends with either [myself or Bridget Marquardt] as if she were somehow better than everyone else… Of course I wasn’t going to stoop to her level and address this only on social media, so I decided to text her how I truly felt: that she was a coward and that she tried to act like the ‘real’ girl on TV, but she’s the fakest person I’ve ever met — and that if she had a problem with me, she should have confronted me like an adult instead of just going silent.”

    Madison says Kendra Wilkinson responded with:

    “WHO ARE YOU???? I DON’T EVEN KNOW YOU! WE WERE NEVER FRIENDS. IT WAS ALL JUST WORK.”

    “After that, I deleted her number from my phone,” Madison says. “Kendra and I haven’t spoken since, and I have to say, I don’t miss her.”

    But Kendra seems to be taking Madison’s comments in stride. She celebrated her 30th birthday recently, and she is proud of what shape she and her life are in.

    On her birthday, Kendra posted to Instagram, saying:

    “I’m never looking back and I’m going to enter the next 10 years with my head up high, forgiveness in my heart and domination in my eyes. LOL….Goodbye 20s and HELLO 30s!!!!!! My 20s were just a warm up…”

    She could be referring to Hank Baskett’s infidelity with that post. Or she could be thinking about Madison’s new book. Or both.

    For her birthday, Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett did some karaoke. Lots of people do that on their birthday. But Kendra Wilkinson brought some VIP company to the club.

    Hank Baskett posted to Instagram:

    I’m really thinking about taking our #karaoke team consisting of me, @kendra_wilkinson_baskett, @mrjaygalvin, @michaelstrahan and @jaleelwhite on the road. #shuttheplacedown last night for Kendra’s birthday! #GoodTimes with #GreatPeople #FriendsInLowPlaces

    Check that list out. It includes Michael Strahan and Jaleel White — that’s Urkel from TV’s Family Matters.

    But Hank Baskett did not tag everyone in attendance. Jay Galvin had a longer list of those who joined Kendra Wilkinson for karaoke.

    mrjaygalvinJust got #home from #karaoke with @latreal_mitchell @kendra_wilkinson_baskett @hank_baskett @jaleelwhite @jwoww @souleschris @michaelstrahan @officialanneburrell my #concert will be #epic

    That list includes Jersey Shore‘s JWOWW, The Bachelor‘s Chris Soules, celebrity trainer Latreal Mitchell, and celebrity chef Anne Burrell.

    In response to Jay Galvin’s post, Kendra Wilkinson commented:

    “LMAOOO imagine how I felt this morning… Best birthday EVER!!”

    Apparently there was some “Push It” in the karaoke lineup. Kendra commented:

    “salt salt salt salt n pepa here”

  • Kelly Ripa Sports Bright Pink Locks

    Kelly Ripa Sports Bright Pink Locks

    Kelly Ripa is the latest celebrity to sport bright pink locks. The Live! With Kelly and Michael star had her tresses dyed recently–just before heading out on vacation.

    Ripa joins the ranks of stars including Kaley Cuoco, Nicole Richie, Julianne Hough, and Hilary Duff who are either wearing or recently wore pink hair.

    Kelly Ripa shared word of her new ‘do with her followers via Twitter on Tuesday night.

    She also shared a photo of her pink locks on Instagram.

    Check out Kelly Ripa with pink hair–and see if you think blondes really have more fun–or if pink-headed ladies might stand a chance of enjoying themselves almost as much.

    A photo posted by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa) on

    Kelly Ripa’s hair stylist shared a couple of shots, too.

    Kelly Ripa debuted her new ‘do on Wednesday on Live! With Kelly and Michael–leaving herself wide open for ribbing from co-host Michael Strahan.

    “Every time I go on vacation I dye my hair a different color,” she explained to the audience. “It usually washes out and this will wash out. It’s part of my tradition–I like to have fun for a few weeks. I literally sat there with pink hair dye, multiple shades of pink on my hair for hours. I get very bored. I’ve had the same color for six months at least, and that’s a long time for me.”

    Ripa also says she’s not done dyeing yet.

    “I think I might go red next. When we first put it on it looked really red and I was like, ‘I like it!’ I tried a red wig once and I was drunk with power,” she said.

    Kelly Ripa’s husband, Mark Consuelos, hasn’t yet seen the new pink ‘do in person, but Kelly sent him a picture.

    “He said, ‘Babe, keep going. I love it.’”

    Do you love Kelly Ripa’s new–albeit temporary–look?

  • Sandra Bullock Tells Ellen DeGeneres She Ovulates When Seeing ‘Magic Mike’ Trailers

    Sandra Bullock chatted with Ellen DeGeneres this week as she promoted her role in the upcoming animated film Minions. But it was her talk about the upcoming Magic Mike XXL that has everyone talking.

    It all started when Ellen asked her if she had plans to see the upcoming Magic Mike sequel.

    “You see the trailers, and I know they’re sort of winking at you, but then I ovulate,” Sandra Bullock said in reply to Ellen DeGeneres’s question.

    That certainly sounds like a ‘yes,’ don’t you think?

    Sandra Bullock then asked Ellen if the same thing happens to her when she sees one of the Magic Mike trailers.

    Ellen shook her head.

    “Doesn’t happen to me,” she told the Blind Side star.

    You can check out the conversation between Sandra Bullock and Ellen DeGeneres below.

    Magic Mike XXL stars Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Michael Strahan, Adam Rodriguez, and more. At least those are likely the stars that make Sandra Bullock ovulate.

    Check out the Magic Mike XXL trailer. Yes, that one.

    Now do you get what Sandra Bullock was talking about?

    Magic Mike XXL hits theaters on July 1st. Guess what Sandra Bullock is likely doing over the 4th of July weekend?

  • Hoda Kotb Beats Michael Strahan on ‘Lip Sync Battle’

    Hoda Kotb and Michael Strahan went head to head (or is that lip to lip?) next week on cable’s breakout TV hit show of the season, Lip Sync Battle.

    The Live! with Kelly and Michael star and former NFL player had fans cracking up as he got down to the sexual innuendoes performing Fergie’s ‘London Bridge.’

    Hoda Kotb–sans her sidekick Kathie Lee Gifford–entertained fans singing about big butts while lip syncing Sir Mix-A-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back.’

    Which of these morning television hosts do you suppose did the better job?

    Check out Hoda Kotb lip syncing ‘Baby Got Back.’

    And now check out Michael Strahan. Does he have what it takes to beat Hoda Kotb?

    In addition to ‘Baby Got Back,’ Hoda Kotb also performed ‘Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson. Michael Strahan’s second number was ‘Poison’ by Bell Biv DeVoe.

    Lip Sync Battle airs on Thursdays nights on Spike TV at 10:00 pm ET. Are you surprised Hoda Kotb beat Michael Strahan? Did you expect the results would be the other way around?

  • Kelly Ripa to Receive GLAAD’s Excellence in Media Award, Anderson Cooper to Present It

    Kelly Ripa will receive the Excellence in Media Award at the upcoming GLAAD Media Awards in New York City. Her good friend Anderson Cooper will present the award to the Live! With Kelly and Michael star. Ripa learned this exciting news on Monday.

    “For over a decade, Kelly Ripa has greeted millions of viewers with messages of acceptance and inclusion,” GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. “By sharing inclusive stories with her audience and loudly voicing support for her LGBT friends and fans, Kelly is helping to drive acceptance forward.”

    Kelly Ripa will be in good company when receiving this Excellence in Media Award. Past recipients include Diane Sawyer, Tyra Banks, Julianne Moore, Glenn Close, Barbara Walters, Judy Shepard, and Russell Simmons.

    The GLAAD Media Awards are scheduled for May 9th at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Ross Mathews will host the event. Distinguished guests will include Laverne Cox, Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor, Jonathan Groff, and Homeland’s Rupert Friend.

    This isn’t the only honor Kelly Ripa celebrated on Monday. On Sunday she won Best Entertainment Talk Show Host with cohost Michael Strahan at the Daytime Emmys.

    Just days ago Kelly Ripa shared some emotional words in honor of the late Dr. Frederic Brandt. The renown cosmetic surgeon took his own life earlier this month.

    Hopefully her Emmy Award and Excellence in Media Award from GLAAD will help lighten the heavy heart she has felt since her dear friend’s passing.

  • Malia Obama: Who Taught Her How to Drive?

    Malia Obama: Who Taught Her How to Drive?

    Malia Obama didn’t go to a nearby Washington, D.C. driving school when she became old enough to drive. Instead, people from the Secret Service taught President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s older daughter to drive.

    Michelle Obama shared that little tidbit of information when she taped an interview with Rachael Ray for The Rachael Ray Show. The episode aired on Thursday.

    “The Secret Service [taught her], actually, because they wouldn’t let me in the car with her,” Michelle Obama said.

    On Monday, the first lady visited with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Live! With Kelly and Michael and shared that Malia recently asked her a question about parking in a public lot.

    “I barely know now too so I have to check with other sources,” she said.

    Surprisingly, Malia Obama goes out driving on her own.

    “She always has security around. But in order for her to learn how to drive, she had to drive on her own. So once she was legally permitted to drive on her own, she gets in her car,” Michelle Obama said.

    The president and first lady allow Malia Obama to go out driving as part of their effort to allow their daughters as much normalcy in their growing up years as possible. It must be frightening, however.

    “Driving for Malia, I think, gives her a sense of normalcy, like the rest of her friends are doing. And my kids have got to learn how to live in the world like normal kids,” the first lady said.

    Surely Malia Obama is never far from the eyes of the Secret Service. If they taught her how to drive, they’re probably following along fairly close behind while she heads out on her own.

    Do you think it’s nearly as frightening for Malia Obama to go out driving solo as it is for her parents to allow her to do so?

  • Kelly Ripa: What the ‘Live! With Kelly and Michael’ Star Gave Hubby Mark Consuelos for His Birthday

    Kelly Ripa made news last week when word that she and Regis Philbin hadn’t spoken since he left their talk show in 2011 hit the media. This week she’s making news again, and she may go down in history for giving her husband Mark Consuelos the most thoughtful birthday gift ever.

    It’s no secret that Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are well off. Each could likely afford to give the other just about anything imaginable. That’s what makes Kelly’s gift even more thoughtful.

    Mark Consuelos turned 44 on Tuesday. That’s when Kelly Ripa told him she’d give him his gift when she got home later in the day. He assumed that meant they were heading off to a hotel.

    When she got home and led her husband outside, he figured she was giving him a car.

    “I’m like, ‘Oh no! He thinks it’s something amazing!’” Kelly Ripa said.

    At one point, as the two headed down Fifth Avenue, he feared she had arranged for a flash mob to laud him on his big day.

    “My worst nightmare!” he said

    “I’m like, ‘Stop saying elaborate things, because now my very sweet gift that’s very sweet and from the kids and from the heart is going to seem really small!’” Kelly said.

    Before long the couple reached Central Park–and a bench in the park, decorated with balloons.

    Kelly Ripa and their children had a plaque inscribed on a bench for Mark Consuelos.

    “Daddy Cool,” the plaque reads. That’s Kelly Ripa’s nickname for her husband.

    “You’re the most thoughtful, the best gift giver of all time,” he told his wife, as he sat in for Michael Strahan on Live! With Kelly and Michael.

    You’ve got to admit, that’s pretty thoughtful and creative, too.

    So with that kind of creativity and thoughtfulness, exactly how could Regis Philbin go all that time without talking to Kelly Ripa?

  • Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin: Why They Lost Touch

    Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin: Why They Lost Touch

    Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin hosted Live! With Regis and Kelly together for 10 years. Once Regis announced he was retiring back in 2011, everyone likely expected they’d stay in touch. Oh, they probably wouldn’t have coffee every week–or probably every month for that matter. But after Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin worked side by side for 10 years, you’d certainly expect that at the very least they’d meet up for dinner once a year.

    How about none of the above? It came as quite a surprise to many people earlier this week when Regis Philbin was interviewed by Hoda Kotb on the Today Show’s radio show on SiriusXM, to learn that he and Kelly Ripa haven’t had any contact whatsoever since he left the show.

    “I haven’t seen her, I don’t see her,” Regis answered when Hoda Kotb asked him how often he sees or speaks to Kelly Ripa. “She lived downtown, and now I hear she’s on the East Side and, uh, you know.”

    When Hoda asked him if that seemed strange at all, he said no. He admitted that he and Kelly Ripa had a great run on the show together, however. Kelly Ripa now hosts the show alongside Michael Strahan on Live! With Kelly and Michael.

    Back in 2013, Kelly Ripa said she and Regis had lost touch.

    “I haven’t seen him, no,” she said.

    Does this strike you as really strange? If you sat beside someone for 10 years–and you liked that person–wouldn’t you at the very least pick up the phone once in a while to say hello? Do you think there’s something here that doesn’t meet the eye?

    Someone Regis Philbin has stayed in contact with is Kathie Lee Gifford. Kelly Ripa took over for Kathie Lee when she left the show back in 2001.

    “She lives in Greenwich and I’m a weekend guy there, so I do see a lot of her,” Regis told Hoda of Kathie Lee Gifford–now her sidekick on the Today Show.

    If you’re having a hard time swallowing the fact that Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin haven’t been in touch in 10 years–you’re not the only one. It just goes to show you that show business can be just that–and that it doesn’t mean that two people who talk, smile, and laugh together for a decade will necessarily do so when the cameras stop running.

  • Jada Pinkett Smith Tells ‘Live! With Kelly and Michael’ She’s Leaving ‘Gotham’

    Jada Pinkett Smith informed Live! With Kelly and Michael stars Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Friday that she likely won’t return for season two of Gotham. Smith plays the role of mobster Fish Mooney, a nightclub owner.

    According to a report from People magazine, Jada Pinkett Smith only signed on the dotted line to stay one year on the show.

    “I signed for a year, and the year is up,” she told Ripa and Strahan. “But, there are some great things coming ahead on Gotham–believe you me, there’s a lot of good stuff coming.”

    Fish Mooney was one of very few new additions to DC Comics’s Batman universe. Jada Pinkett Smith loves that she got the opportunity to portray the character.

    “It definitely has been a real creative joy to have this opportunity to help create this character,” she told People.

    She even referred to herself in the third person as she went on to explain her role.

    “Fish really gives Jada an opportunity to get into some stuff that Jada wouldn’t and express herself in a way that Jada wouldn’t. Fish goes for it, and I love that about her,” Pinkett Smith explained.

    Before retiring Fish Mooney, Jada Pinkett Smith will still get to have some fun with the character. Fox released a statement about the storyline.

    “Fish Mooney’s storyline takes a lot of interesting twists and turns into the finale of season one of Gotham,” the statement reads in part.

    Have you had the pleasure of watching Jada Pinkett Smith play Fish Mooney on Gotham? Will you check it out before the season finale and the retirement of the role?

    Jada Pinkett Smith won’t say how Fish Mooney gets written off the show. Do you think she’s holding out for a possible comeback?

    “She could show up anywhere, you never know!” she says.

    That leaves things rather open-ended, don’t you think?

    There are just four episodes of Gotham left before Jada Pinkett Smith exits the show.

  • Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: Double Date

    Chrissy Teigen and John Legend went on a double date with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on Saturday night. So where did the two couples go?

    They started out hanging together at the DirecTV Super Saturday Night Party in Glendale, Arizona, where Kanye West performed. The event was hosted by Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban and Live! With Kelly and Michael host and NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan. After the party, the double date kicked into high gear.

    It’s definitely not where one might expect to find people like Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Kim Kardashian, and Kanye West–but the gang was hungry and it was likely well after hours. That’s how the two couples found themselves out for a bite to eat at a nearby Waffle House.

    Each couple sat in their own booth–adjacent to one another–so that all four could chat while dining.

    Kim Kardashian shared a photo on Instagram.

    “Double date at the Waffle House,” she captioned the photo of herself with Kanye West, Chrissy Teigen, and John Legend.

    Can you imagine how surprised employees at the Waffle House must have been to see these two famous couples walk through their doors? How long do you suppose it took them to realize they were waiting on four celebrities? Maybe the fact that Chrissy Teigen was wearing a white gown gave it away?

    Teigen shared a very similar photo of the two couples on her Instagram account, captioning hers, “Every house should be a waffle house.”

    Chrissy Teigen is actually quite a foodie, having launched her own cooking site just yesterday.

    What do you suppose she really thought of Waffle House cuisine?

  • The Rock: Dwayne Johnson Sings Christmas Song in Onesie

    The Rock, aka Dwayne Johnson, sang a hilarious rendition of ‘Here Comes Santa Claus’ while a guest on Live! With Kelly and Michael on Wednesday. Even better, he sang the song while wearing a onesie.

    Johnson competed with Kelly Ripa’s co-host Michael Strahan in a Christmas karaoke singing duel. The Rock even screamed out, ‘I’m in a onesie!’ halfway through his song.

    He later posted to Instagram, sharing the fun he had with Kelly and Michael with all his fans.

    The Rock captioned his post, “Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus lane…” #KaraokeKING #LIVEWithKellyAndMichael #ChristmasEveShow #RealGsWearOnesies.”

    Entertainment Weekly writes that they think Dwayne Johnson actually sounded pretty good while belting out ‘Here Comes Santa Claus.’ Might he add recording artist to his repertoire of talents one day soon?

    Check his performance out for yourself and see if you think there’s a hit album in his future.

    If you don’t think The Rock shows off his amazing sense of humor while singing karaoke, then check out the Christmas card he sent his friends.

    Maybe stand-up comic is a more viable option than recording artist?