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  • NBC Exec Says He Will Do Anything to Get Rosie O'Donnell

    06/07/2007 11:56:21 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 40 replies · 1,035+ views
    Fox News ^ | June 7, 2007 | Roger Friedman
    <p>Look out, ABC -- NBC wants Rosie O'Donnell in a bad way. New programming chief Ben Silverman is telling friends he will do anything to get O'Donnell onto the network, and not just in daytime. Silverman is talking to O'Donnell about hosting a prime-time game show he has up his sleeve as well as a daytime hour a la "The View." O'Donnell, meanwhile, is sitting pretty. Her final ratings on "The View" skyrocketed the show to unprecedented success. Barbara Walters will have quite a gap to fill over the summer as she looks for replacements. It's not like O'Donnell is going into semi-retirement while Silverman prepares his offer. On Monday, Rosie will give friends a sneak peek "hard hat" look at the new arts center she's building on West 45th Street named for a teacher who inspired her love of Broadway. The building, bought for her For All Kids and Rosie's Broadway Kids foundations, will open officially this fall. The facility is set to contain two dance studios, a music studio, practice rooms, a library, study café, changing rooms, administrative offices and a rooftop terrace. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs will assist in the funding. Circle your calendars for Nov. 19. That's the day Rosie and Kelli Carpenter will host a 10th anniversary gala for O'Donnell's charities and the completion of the building. Who knows? If Silverman has anything to say about it, Rosie may already be back on the air by then.</p>
  • Ted K leaves president behind on education act (He was found in the local bar down the street!)

    06/11/2003 11:33:22 AM PDT · by areafiftyone · 19 replies · 196+ views
    Boston Herald ^ | 6/12/03
    WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy snubbed President Bush yesterday, refusing to attend a Rose Garden speech on the ``No Child Left Behind Act.'' Kennedy and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the top Democrats on the Senate and House education committees, boycotted the event, angered by inadequate funding for the measure they worked with Bush to enact last year. ``They simply won't cough up the resources to make school reform work,'' Kennedy said. The act redefines the federal role in K-12 education and aims to increase school accountability and parent involvement. ``The era of low expectations and low standards is ending;...