Watching The View

For the recap of part one of today’s episode of The View, including hot topics, go here.

They announced the first three winners in the Dodge Caravan caroling contest. I was pretty impressed with them and glad that I did not bother to submit one, because it would have looked pretty lame in comparison. My favorite was the first video they showed where a couple put different wigs on their one year old baby to make her look like the different hosts.

Sissy Spacek appeared on the show to promote her new television movie Pictures of Hollis Woods. It is based on a children’s book of the same name that is popular with 4th and 5th grade children. The movie is about a woman in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease who takes in a foster daughter. Sissy said that as she has gotten older, she thinks more about the disease affecting her or her husband. Many people are touched by the disease and approach her to talk about their own family member that has the disease.

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Gloria Estefan returned as guest host on The View today, after being on yesterday.

The first topic, yawn, was “holiday sex slumps.” Joy Behar revealed (again) that she saves her “specialties” for the Jewish holidays since her boyfriend Steve is Jewish. The reason for the “slump” might be stress, overeating, and being busy. Whoopi Goldberg said that during the holidays she doesn’t feel cute and doesn’t care if she has sex. Her significant understands because the highs are good. Joy said that when she was married she stopped having sex because she didn’t want to close the door in case her daughter was choking or something.

There is a Hindu man who married a dog in India. The act is atonement for stoning to other dogs in the past. He believes that the others dogs cursed him, because he became paralyzed and lost his hearing. Joy had a friend whose four-year-old son wanted to marry their cat.

They talked about the British teacher in the Sudan who allowed her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad. This was previously recorded, so they didn’t know that she had already received her sentence of 15 days in prison and deportation. Whoopi said that one of the reason Americans are thought of bad people around the world is because they feel like they don’t have to learn other customs. Sherri said that she was on a German airline and wanted to know when they were going to start speaking English.

Gloria Estefan says that the secret to her longevity is to do what is in her heart. She has been with her husband for 31 years. Her secret to success is “keep shaving your legs.” Her husband is also her manager and early in her career the business issues did seep into their personal life.

Sherri feels guilty because her son Jeffrey is in Los Angeles with his father and she only sees him a few times a month. Because he has health issues, the NYC cold is not good for him. Whoopi said it is good, though, when she goes to see him all the time she is there is time for him. If he was with her, she would be away all day at work. Whoopi said that she felt guilty doing her career early on because she thought she being a bad mother. Gloria said that children will be proud of their parents for doing well in their careers. Joy added that it is good for a child to have a fulfilled mother.

The second part of the recap will be up later today!

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It is once again contest time here at Watching the View! In honor of the season, this contest will be holiday themed to get as all in the mood for this festive time of year.

Rather than a prize like a mug as I have had for previous contests, the prizes for this contest is money!

Here are the details:

HOW TO ENTER: Leave a comment on this blog entry or send an e-mail to winnieblogs(at)gmail.com (replace the (at) with @) in which you name one current host of The View, what holiday present you would buy them and why. Your entry can be humorous, sincere, or wacky–whatever you choose. The deadline is Monday December 10th at 12:00 p.m. central time. Only one entry person please.

HOW TO WIN: I will chose one 1st place winner based on my own personal, subjective view of all of the entries. A second winner will be chosen via a random drawing of all of the remaining eligible entries.

THE PRIZES: First place will win $50. Second place will win $25. Any applicable taxes are the responsibility of the winners. If you win, in order to receive the money, you must have a valid paypal account. The prize money is coming directly from 451 Press, so this is how it has to be done. If you are one of the winners, I will e-mail you and you must reply with your valid paypal e-mail address in order for me to give you the prize.

Questions? Leave in the comments or email me at winnieblogs(at)gmail.com. (replace (at) with @). Good luck!

I also have another contest going on at my Chicago blog. Be sure to check that one out too!

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Week three of Project Blog has begun! In case you missed it, my post for this week is here. We had to write about any topic, but the catch was it had to be exactly 50 words. Let me know what you thought of my effort!

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Thanks to all who have been voting so far.

Here are the links to all of the contestants:

The blogtestants:

1. Winnie, Watching the View: “The State of the View Address”
2. Sally, Style Fix: “Deck My Halls with Lights, and Ornaments, and Shiny New Dresses”
3. Kate, Babylune: “Fifty Words on Babylune for Project Blog”
4. Jodie, Gossip on Sports: “The Supermodel Effect”
5. Mark, Get Incensed: “Project Blog #3: Conveying the Get Incensed Style In 50 Words — Like Speed Chess, Only Harder .. And No, The Headline Doesn’t Count Because Then It Would Be Practically Impossible” 6.Kara: Stuck at Denver International Airport?
7. Cynthia: And now…a song

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Gloria Estefan appeared as the guest host on The View today. Gloria said that she loves performing and going on tour, although it can be grueling. She said that the whole arena could be excited and up and dancing and she would focus on the one person sitting down, not enjoying themselves. Joy Behar said that she spoke at a dental convention yesterday (adding that her “career is skyrocketing”) and there was one man who slept through her whole routine. She just assumes when that happens that the person is medicated.

The first main topic was the Republican You Tube debate. Gloria was born in Cuba and came to the United States at age two. She is not affiliated with any parties. She thinks that the worker program is a good idea and the employers can responsible for the taxes and sponsoring the workers. Joy doesn’t like that the candidates demonize illegal immigrants. She said that John McCain was the only one who seemed to acknowledge that they are people, not “the other.” Sherri said her nanny from Guatemala is at risk of being deported, although she is in the country legally. (She did not get into the details of the reason for the deportation). Sherri is helping her by paying her legal fees because she doesn’t want her and her five year old son to be deported.

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Tepid topics reign.
What happened to the hotness?
Gone like the viewers.

A revolving door,
just like a cocktail party
where the guests are bored.

Whoopi cannot hide
that she’d rather be sleeping
than chatting with stars.

What’s in the future?
This is my holiday wish:
Less sugar, more spice.

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IT’S TIME FOR PROJECT BLOG! head to head weekly competitions for the grand prize:

• An autographed picture of Jackie Warner, courtesy of Sky Sport and Spa (Jackie Warner’s gym from Work Out)
• A pair of shoes from the newest line from Jonathan Kayne (one of my favorite Project Runway Alums)
• A Soffe college hoodie, courtesy ofBCS Frenzy
• Gold-plated earrings from Aurora at Between the Sheets
• A pet portrait, courtesy of Intricate Art
• A set of bud vases from Top Design’s Jonathan Adler

THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:

On Project Runway, the contestants had to design menswear and surprise, surprise, most of them had no clue what they were doing. It came down to one thing - making it work with styling. In order to survive the week, the designers had to style their models to make up for what they were lacking. Some used safety pins because they didn’t have time to hem. Some used fabric in the place of shirts they didn’t have time to make. Some relied on hair and accessories.

Your competition is simple - show us your style! This week, you can write a post on anything you want - absolutely anything. Just write us a post for your blog. The catch? You can only have 50 words. Exactly 50 words, actually (no more, no less). We want to see how you “style” your post to make the most of what you do have, even if you don’t have a lot.

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Couresy of ABC, here are next week’s guests on The View, subject to change:

MONDAY, DEC. 3 – Charles Gibson (“ABC World News”); Genie Francis (“The Note”).

TUESDAY, DEC. 4 – Guest co-host Kate Walsh (ABC’s “Private Practice”); Abigail Breslin; Congressman Ron Paul.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5 – Randy Jackson (“American Idol”).

THURSDAY, DEC. 6 – Jeff Foxworthy (author, “Redneck Dictionary III”); Sam Elliot (“The Golden Compass”).

FRIDAY, DEC. 7 – John Cusack (“Grace is Gone”); Ernie Hudson (“Everything’s Jake”).

My recap will be up later tonight. Feel free to comment here on what you thought about the episode!

UPDATED TO ADD: Sorry, but my recap won’t be up tonight. It’s been a long day. Be sure to check out the comments below to see what people have had to say about today’s episode.

In her latest blog entry on Dreft, View host Elisabeth Hasselbeck talks about giving birth to son Taylor Thomas, as well as adjusting to life as the mom of two.

She wrote that Grace has been very sweet with the new baby, saying “If he cries, she runs over and says ‘It’s ok, It’s ok’…singing to him…etc.”

Elisabeth also revealed more details about the “Big Sister party” that she threw for Grace, which Barbara mentioned on The View last week. The photo above is from the party.

To read all of Elisabeth’s blog entry, go to Dreft.

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Mario Cantone appeared on The View as guest host today. He said that the filming of the Sex and the City movie is going well. He said that everyone is laughing and having a good time and he had no dirt to dish. Mario said that people also ask him to dish on what happens at The View and he said everything is happy on the show. Joy said this year there is nothing to dish about, but last year was a different story.

The Dancing with the Stars finale was last night. Whoopi watched it “by accident.” She had bad gas, went to go to sleep, let one go, woke up and “there was Marie Osmond.” They showed the clip of Marie’s dance. Mario said that she did not even dance in her last dance. Whoopi said that there is nothing stranger than a 45-year-old woman in a baby doll dress. Joy said that she is a smart business woman by doing a dance as an homage to her doll line.
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Today on The View, they started the show talking about their Thanksgiving. Joy Behar went to her daughter’s in-laws house. They are in the funeral business and the aunt got a “death call” just as they were sitting down to eat. Sherri was proud of herself for only having one plate of dinner and eating in moderation. She also went shopping on Black Friday at 4:00 a.m. with her sisters.

Barbara Walters turned in the first draft of her memoir. She hates the book because it is too personal and she has been working on it for too long. It is set to come out in May. She will also be doing an audio book of it. She would not reveal the title, but said that it is a good title. Yesterday she watched Godfather II on television in the bathroom. She watched for over four hours and then her doorbell rang and she had to miss the ending. Joy said, “Everyone dies.”

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Here is a video of the speech that Rosie O’Donnell made at the Women’s Conference at Hunter College a couple of weeks ago, taken from Rosiechat. Thanks to Watching the View reader Julie for the link.

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Here is a video of an interview that Sherri Shepherd did with Mix 100.7 at Super Soap Weekend. In it she talks about Susan Lucci, Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s “maternity” clothes, as well as why she loves Whoopi Goldberg.

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Although Barbara Walters has always tried to give the impression that she is a serious journalist by interviewing heads of state around the world, she has also done some not so serious interviews.

Did you know that Barbara Walters once interviewed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Click here for the video. (I wasn’t able to embed it).

Hope all of you are enjoying your Thanksgiving weekend!
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