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Rosie O'Donnell, former host of "The View," announced Monday that she will not replace Bob Barker as host of "The Price is Right! Barker had earlier said that O'Donnell would make a fine host for the show.
'Price isn't right for Rosie O'Donnell won't move to LA to take over for Barker
NEW YORK — Rosie O'Donnell says she's out of the running to replace Bob Barker as host of "The Price Is Right."
O'Donnell, a superfan of the CBS game show, said on her blog Friday that she had a "nice lunch" with the show's producers.
Barker, 83, retired earlier this
month after 35 years with the show, which is filmed in Los Angeles.
Although O'Donnell has said she would love to fill Barker's shoes, the 45-year old comedian has changed her mind.
"Well, here's the thing: I don't really need a job. I'm in a weird position.I don't need the money."
money."
"So to get my entire family uprooted from their lives and move them across the country so that I can have a fantasy childhood indulgence, you know, job ... it just doesn't seem fair."
O'Donnell lives in Nyack, N.Y., near New York City, with her
"Well, here's the thing: I don't really need a job," O'Donnell says in a video posted Sunday on her Web site. "I'm in a weird position. I don't need the
ROSIE O'DONNELL Former talk show host
partner, Kelli, and their four children. She recently left ABC's "The View" after a heated on-air squabble with co-host Elisabeth
Hasselbeck.
"You know, if they were able to do it in New York, it would be a different story," O'Donnell says. "But it looks like it's — ain't
gonna happen."
But Barker told The Associated Press last week he never meant to endorse any potential host and has no role in choosing his replacement.
Barker told reporters at the Daytime Emmy Awards he had "no doubt" that O'Donnell would make a fine host for the show.
"The Price Is Right" is on hiatus until the new season starts in the fall.
Victoria Beckham accepts damages after suing magazine
Associated Press
LONDON — Victoria Beckham accepted undisclosed damages Monday from a celebrity magazine that claimed the crew of her U.S.TV show considered her "picky, demanding and rude."
The former Spice Girl sued Star magazine over an April article that claimed staff working on the NBC show had also described her as "full of herself and not very nice."
Beckham's lawyer, Gerrard Tyrrell, told Britain's High Court that filming hadn't started at the time the story was published.
"The story was therefore completely inaccurate and defamatory of Ms. Beckham,"he said.
Northern & Shell PLC, which publishes the magazine, apologized and agreed to pay Beckham's legal costs and "substantial" damages. The amount of damages wasn't disclosed.
Beckham, 33, is married to soccer star David Beckham. The couple recently moved to the U.S., where her husband is due to join Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy next month.
"Victoria Beckham: Coming to America" will air July 16.
Associated Press
L.A. prosecutor in Hilton case admits to wrongdoing
LOS ANGELES — When Paris Hilton was sprung from jail early, few were as outraged — and as outspoken — as the prosecutor who put her there.
But City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's complaints of a two-tiered jail system where "the rich and powerful receive special treatment" have come to back to haunt him.
Soon after Hilton was sent back to jail earlier this month, he acknowledged his wife had committed a similar infraction — driving with a suspended license. Among other things, he also admitted sticking the taxpayers with the bill after his wife crashed his city-issued car in 2004, and acknowledged that staffers have occasionally run personal errands and baby-sat his children.
The disclosures have led the California bar and the city Ethics Commission to open investigations of one of Los Angeles' highest-ranking law enforcement officers.
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The furor has sent the normally publicity-friendly politician into virtual hiding. Delgadillo's office declined to comment.
Actor Sizemore sentenced to 16 months for drug possession
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Tom Sizemore was sentenced Monday to 16 months in state prison by a judge who ruled the alleged discovery of methamphetamine in the actor's car had violated his probation in a previous drug case.
Sizemore "has been in every program, and here he is again," Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis said.
Rayvis recommended Sizemore be sent to the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County because of its noteworthy drug treatment program.
Sizemore, whose screen credits include "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down," didn't speak during the hearing. He wore orange jail clothing. Associated Press
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