Watching The View

Today on The View, they will be announcing the nominees for the Daytime Emmy Awards.

Here is the official announcement about today’s show from ABC:

Mark your calendars! On Wednesday, April 30, nominees for the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be announced live on The View! Tune in for a soap-studded affair: Look for All My Children’s Rebecca Budig and Cameron Mathison (Greenlee Smythe and Ryan Lavery), One Life to Live’s Farah Fath and John-Paul Lavoisier (Gigi Morasco and Rex Balsom), The Biggest Loser host Allison Sweeney and her Days of our Lives co-star Bryan Dattilo (Sami DiMera and Lucas Horton), As The World Turns’ Van Hansis (Luke Snyder) and Guiding Light’s Marcy Rylan (Lizzie Spaulding) to participate. Plus: People magazine senior writer Mark D’Agostino will be on hand to give commentary and predictions based on the nominations.

The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be broadcast LIVE on ABC Friday, June 20. The ceremony will be held in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood—the same place that houses the Academy Awards every year. The View has received 22 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Talk Show. Watch to see if the show and the ladies are up for the honor once again!

View host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is participating in the Johnson’s Celebrity Hand-Me-Down auction on Ebay. The auction involves baby gear donated by celebrity moms and dads. The proceeds of the auction will benefit Baby Cause, which is Johnson’s new global charity initiative.

Elisabeth has donated a stroller and car seat combination, pictured above. More information on the auction below:

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is co-host of the popular ABC daytime talk show The View. Married to her college sweetheart Tim Hasselbeck, quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals and NFL commentator on Fox, they have two children, daughter Grace and son Taylor.

Elisabeth has donated The Cortina Travel System, Race Model, which combines both a baby stroller and car seat.

Product details: Chicco Cortina™/ KeyFit™ 30 Travel System consists of Cortina lightweight aluminum stroller and KeyFit™ 30 Rear-facing Infant Safety Seat. Original packaging is included. Product has never been recalled nor involved in an accident. Expires July 2013.

The Cortina stroller offers a fully reclining seat for newborns, and a sturdy, lightweight frame and automatic storage latch for easy travel. The Car Seat comes with a large seat that provides ample room for infants, as well as a newborn infant insert.

To check out all the other celebrity auctioned items, including those from Matt Damon and Tori Spelling, check out the Johnson Hand-Me-Down auction here.

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The first 22 minutes of The View was preempted today by a President Bush news conference. When the show was joined already in progress, they were at the tail end of a conversation about binkies. That ended almost immediately and went to commercial. Anyone in Canada or in a different time zone not affected by the preemption, please post in the comments about what they talked about! Hopefully ABC will post the clips later today.

Newt Gingrich joined the ladies at the table when they came back from commercial. He has a book called Days of Infamy. Joy jokingly asked if the book was about the eight years of President Bush.

Gingrich thinks that Rev. Wright is deliberately trying to harm Barack Obama based on the things he said especially yesterday. He thinks that maybe Obama is no longer acceptable to Rev. Wright’s way of thinking how Black people should be and that being middle class is selling out. Whoopi said that is a stretch and doesn’t think he is trying to hurt Obama. She thinks that it is because Wright is not running for president that he is speaking out. Joy pointed out that John McCain said that he doesn’t believe that Obama shares beliefs with Wright. She asked why we can’t just put the issue to bed.
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Last night View host Joy Behar attended an event which benefits Rachael Ray’s Yum-O! charity. It was called Café Una Notte pop-up restaurant and was a one night only experience that provided a single dinner service to a reported 70 guests.

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Joy Behar, Rachael Ray, Café Una Notte, Yum-O!

The View host Elisabeth Hasselbeck and her husband Tim Hasselbeck attended the premiere of the new film Made of Honor last night in New York City. The film stars Patrick Dempsey. Here are some photos of them on the red carpet and at the after-party.

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As part of May sweeps, The View will be having weekly segments about Barbara Walters’ memoir Audition, which is out May 6th. I guess if you have a platform like that to publicize your book, you should do it, right? Hopefully it won’t be like her specials in that she reveals too much about the book, so there is not much left to read. I think the first segment in this series of segments will be next week, as there is no mention of it on this week’s schedule (which is below).

I am looking forward to her book, mostly to see what, if anything, she actually reveals about the backstage goings-on at the show. I also am also curious to know more about her relationship with her daughter.

I am hoping that I can get a review copy of it so that I don’t actually have to pay for it. I managed to get a review copy for Rosie O’Donnell’s book Crafty U, so it could happen. (My review of Rosie’s book coming once I have actually completed one of the crafts. Visually the book is absolutely stunning, but I have to try at least one of the crafts before giving a proper review).

Are you all looking forward to Barbara’s book?

Here is The View schedule for the rest of this week:

TUESDAY, APRIL 29 – Day of Hot Topics.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 – Nominations for the “35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” Tyra Banks (“Tyra”).

THURSDAY, MAY 1 – Uma Thurman (“Accidental Husband”); Gloria & Emilio Estefan (“Noventa Millas”).

FRIDAY, MAY 2 – Gwyneth Paltrow & Robert Downey, Jr. (“Iron Man”).

Sherri Shepherd did the March for Babies walk this weekend for the March of Dimes, along with her son Jeffrey, who was born prematurely, and her estranged husband Jeff. She said that they got along really well. Joy Behar said that no matter what if you have a kid together, you can’t get rid of the ex-husband. Sherri said that she found herself wondering why she and her husband are separated. Whoopi asked her if she finally remembered. She said yes. Joy said that sometimes you look at the kid and it is easier to forgive if you think you should be together for the sake of the kid. Elisabeth said that she gives Sherri a lot of credit for how she has handled the whole situation. Sherri said that everyday she works on forgiveness. Joy joked that it was her second job.

Wesley Snipes got three years for failing to file income taxes. Elisabeth said that IRS is setting an example. Whoopi talked briefly again about the government taking a lot money, saying the IRS knows that people are “getting boned” and getting very little in return. She said that not paying taxes is a way to get their attention. Sherri said that is how you end up in jail.

Miley Cyrus appeared in provocative photos in Vanity Fair. Elisabeth said that they probably told her that they were very artistic and she is in a bubble. She added that it comes down to the parents who should be the ones in control because she is only 15. Whoopi said that it is wrong for them to say that they were manipulated because she knows that the photographer Annie Lebowitz would have shown them all the photos and had them approve them. Joy said that Miley’s fans are aging and she is trying to keep up with them. She added that she thought the photo of Miley with father Billy Ray Cyrus was a little odd and could not imagine posing that way with her own father. She thinks maybe he is trying to resurrect his own career.
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Here are two videos from The View’s hot topics segment for today, April 24th, including the argument between Whoopi Goldberg and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. (Unfortunately the person who clipped them did not edit out the commercials)

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According to the Detroit News, Joy Behar is helping to launch Kraft Foods new product: Bagel-fuls. What are they, you ask? According to the article, they are “an all-in-one combination of bagels and Philadelphia cream cheese.”

The article also includes a short interview with Joy about her food preferences and what she likes to eat on the run. The funniest part of the interview was when she was asked, “Of all the foods you regularly enjoy, which best fits your personality?” Joy responded, “Fusilli pasta, because it looks like my hair on humid days. And then there’s roasted large-mouthed bass! It’s self explanatory, isn’t it?”

For the full article visit the Detroit News.

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The first topic on The View today was that Elisabeth Hasselbeck is concerned that people are voting for Hillary Clinton because she is a woman or Barack Obama just because he is Black. Joy Behar said that they have pretty much the same platform so that could be how people chose between them. Sherri Shepherd pointed out that there have been other Black candidates who did not get as far, so it is more than just Black people voting for him because he is Black. She said that he is very qualified and she is proud to see a Black man go so far and be in such a place of power.

Whoopi said that the fact that Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can be president knocks you out because you have never seen it before and people are “voting their dream.” Sherri said to Elisabeth that she has grown up with people in power who like her, white, and Sherri has not had that before. Elisabeth said that she is just saying that we need to look at the whole picture. Whoopi said that is a “white way of looking at things.” Elisabeth said she will take her white goggles off. Sherri and both Whoopi said that she can’t. Whoopi said that she cannot explain to her fully how Black people feel about this.

Joy asked Elisabeth what it is about Barack and Hillary that she is so against. She started talking about Barack’s relationship to Reverend Wright and Joy said that she meant the policy. Elisabeth said that Barack does not have much history in policy, but she is concerned about the taxing of middle America. Joy asked what McCain is going to do to help middle America and Elisabeth said that he will reduce the gas tax, which Joy called “a drop in the bucket.” (This segment actually had a lot more details, but I couldn’t really keep up with everything Elisabeth was saying, although it was noting she hasn’t said before).
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Former View co-host Star Jones has filed for divorce from her husband of three years, Al Reynolds. As you probably recall, prior to her wedding she alienated a lot of viewers with her repeated discussions of her elaborate wedding plans and the many sponsors of the event.

In a statement to Entertainment Tonight, she said: “Several years ago I made an error in judgment by inviting the media into the most intimate area of my life. A month ago I filed for divorce. The dissolution of a marriage is a difficult time in anyone’s life that requires privacy with one’s thoughts. . .

I have committed myself to handling this situation with dignity and grace and look forward to emerging from this period as a stronger and wiser woman.”

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The View, Star Jones

Today’s recap will not be up until probably tomorrow.

Today’s scheduled guests are Maria Shriver and Bob Guiney, host of Date My House.

I have watched a couple episodes of Date My House and I get annoyed quickly because Guiney says a derivation of “date this house” at least 10 times per episode. The concept of the show is not that complex, but he feels the need to repeat it constantly. If you have watched it, you know what I mean.

Today on The View was an “hour of hot topics.” I really don’t understand why they call it that when it includes celebrity guests. Maybe someone can explain it to me. Although Mia Farrow was initially on the guest list for today’s episode, she was not on the show.

It is Sherri Shepherd’s birthday, so Whoopi stood up and danced and sang for her. She turns 41 today. It is also her son’s birthday today. (Video of Whoopi Goldberg’s dance for Sherri at the end of this post)

Today is the Pennsylvania primary and Whoopi said that a study shows that people vote for the candidate close to their age. Elisabeth joked that she likes to double her age and add 10 to get her candidate. Joy said that Barack Obama is getting the young vote, Hillary Clinton the older vote, and McCain is getting the dead vote. Barbara said that she wouldn’t have made that joke when Cindy McCain was on yesterday and Joy said that she had to be polite when she was on.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck is among dozens of celebrities photographed for the “Celebrity Champion” campaign to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s disease.

As she explains in a video on the Alzheimer’s Association site, Elisabeth’s grandfather was diagnosed with the disease several years ago.

The program aims to recruit five million people to help champion the cause. You can read more about the program and see the other celebrities involved on the Alzheimer’s Association site.

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Watching the View would like to wish Sherri Shepherd a very Happy Birthday! We hope this new year brings great things for you and your family!