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Elton John, David Furnish Welcome Baby Boy: 5 Other Old Celebrity Dads
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsYou can now add "father" to Sir Elton John's jam-packed resume. He and his partner, David Furnish, became the parents of a 7-pound, 15-ounce baby boy named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish, born to an anonymous surrogate. Furnish is older than most new dads at 48, but at 62, John is entering fatherhood at an age when others are approaching grandfatherhood. By the time their son hits 18, John will be 80 years old. But in the world of celebrity, of course, age is just a number. Here are some other male celebrities still pumping out progeny well into their later years. Clint Eastwood The ...
Larry King's Reign Is Over; All Hail Piers Morgan (5 Facts on the New Host)
By J. Richard - AOL News(Dec. 17) -- Piers Morgan has some big shoes to fill when he takes over for talk show legend Larry King next month, but the 45-year-old TV personality from Britain has an impressive resume of his own. A staple of CNN's evening lineup for over 25 years, King ended his run on "Larry King Live" last night with tens of thousands interviews under his belt. Will Morgan -- whose new show, "Piers Morgan Tonight," is set to premiere in mid-January -- be as prolific? Only time -- lots of time -- will tell. John W. Ferguson, Getty Images Piers Morgan will make his CNN talk show debut in ...
Larry King Says Goodbye With Star-Studded Show
By not in system - AOL NewsSurrounded by some of his favorite guests, Larry King signed off for the last time Thursday night. After 25 years, King hung up his suspenders and ended his iconic interview show, 'Larry King Live.' ...
CNN's Larry King Exits After 25 Years
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK (Dec. 16) -- Marking the occasion with bright red suspenders, Larry King pulled the curtain down on his CNN talk show on Thursday after 25 years. King, 77, said this summer he would leave. Once the dominant voice on cable television news, King has faded in a sea of sharp talkers. British talk-show host and "America's Got Talent" judge Piers Morgan takes over the 9 p.m. Eastern time slot in January. "Good evening, and welcome to the last 'Larry King Live,'" he said as the show opened Thursday. "It's hard to say that. I knew this day was coming. These words are not easy to say." He ...
Putin Criticizes U.S. Over WikiLeaks Revelations
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyFallout over the WikiLeaks revelations came from the highest levels of the Russian government Wednesday, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticizing the United States for interfering in his country's domestic affairs. In an interview on CNN's Larry King Live, Putin responded to a leaked diplomatic cable containing a statement by Defense Secretary Robert Gates that bemoaned a lack of democracy in Russia and described the government as "an oligarchy run by the security services." In excerpts of the interview obtained by The New York Times, Putin said Gates was "deeply misled." Putin went ...
Colin Powell: Obama Lost Focus, Suffered 'Body Blow' in Midterm Elections
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyColin Powell, a friend to President Obama yet also a onetime top aide to two Republican presidents, said Obama should have focused on the nation's troubled economy during his first two years in office "to the exclusion of most everything else domestically." Powell told CNN's Larry King the president's party suffered "a real body blow" in the midterm elections, in part because Obama didn't have his priorities straight. "When you're starting out as president, you have to figure out [what] is most important," he said Monday night. He said endorsing Democrat Obama over Republican Sen. John ...
Fired Flight Attendant: 'Bad Manners' All Around
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Oct. 27) -- Former Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater says bad manners are to blame for the August tantrum that sent him over the edge -- and down the plane's emergency chute with a beer in hand in his celebrated "I'm not going to take it anymore" moment. "I call it the perfect storm of bad manners that created this situation, including my own," he told Larry King on CNN's "Larry King Live" Tuesday night. On Aug. 9, after a run-in with a passenger, Slater had "had it," he said, and quit his job by cursing at the passenger over the loudspeaker before fleeing the plane. "I did, indeed, ...
Larry King Gives a Porta-Potty to Jon Stewart for Mall Rally
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Oct. 21) -- Larry King has gifted a portable toilet to Comedy Central host Jon Stewart for his upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity on the National Mall in Washington. Stewart received the unusual gift on CNN's "Larry King Live" Wednesday night, after King noted that there had been some question about whether the organizers of the Oct. 30 Comedy Central event -- meant to poke fun at conservative pundit Glenn Beck's recent Rally to Restore Honor -- would be able to obtain enough portable toilets for its anticipated thousands of participants. Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that ...
Hamid Karzai: I Am Not Manic-Depressive
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(Oct. 11) -- In an interview with CNN's Larry King, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, known for occasional emotional outbursts, denied he is manic-depressive and insisted he is not using anti-anxiety drugs. The Afghan president, who has often been sharply at odds with Washington and other western capitals, also disclosed that despite recent reports of high-level peace negotiations with the Taliban, there are "no official contacts'' with the insurgents. ...
Hamid Karzai to Larry King: I Am Not Manic-Depressive
By David Wood - Politics DailyIn an interview with CNN's Larry King, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, known for occasional emotional outbursts, denied he is manic-depressive and insisted he is not using anti-anxiety drugs. The Afghan president, who has often been sharply at odds with Washington and other western capitals, also disclosed that despite recent reports of high-level peace negotiations with the Taliban, there are "no official contacts'' with the insurgents. "We have been talking to the Taliban as countryman to countryman, talk in that manner. Not as a regular official contact with the Taliban with a fixed address, ...
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