ROSIE O'DONNELL WANTS MADONNA FOR NIP

Former television host Rosie O'Donnell is hoping to persuade her gal pal Madonna to direct an episode of hit plastic surgery drama NIP/TUCK, after playing a recurring role on the show.The star has played lottery winner Dawn Budge on a handful of episodes of Nip/Tuck, since making a naked debut in 2006, and now she wants her pal to get on the set of the hit show. Show regular Kelly Carlson says, "Madonna’s been approached because Rosie is on our show and they’re very good friends. I’ve begged the producers to get her on the show."She has such a great mind for stuff like this that I think she’d be a great director for an episode. I would also love to have Madonna on as a character."

ROSIE O'DONNELL THE NEW MENTAL ILLNESS

Broadway and Television star Rosie O'Donnell wants to take Britney Spears' place as the celebrity face of "mental illness," to relieve the pressure on the toxic troubled star. The former View talk show host believes both she and Spears may suffer from bipolar disorder, but insists she is better equipped to deal with the illness and the paparazzi and the media frenzy. Speaking on "Good Morning America," O'Donnell says, "I have been on anti-depressants since Columbine (1999 high school shooting). "I sort of feel Britney has become the poster child (for mental illness). The kid is very young. She never had a childhood. She never rode a Big Wheel. "Rather than put her face on mental illness, or Brooke Shields, who had postpartum depression, use me."

Editors Note: Rosie baby... All the paparazzi know that you would kick our ass ! We are safer with Britney.....When we doing lunch Rosie?

ROSIE O'DONNELL PLANS TELEVISION SHOW

Rosie O'Donnell

Former View Television host Rosie O'Donnell wants to return to TV with a new sitcom starring her friend Fran Drescher. The controversial star is determined to stage a comeback to the small screen after she quit The View in May of last year. O’Donnell had been lined up to front her own chat show for cable network MSNBC, but the deal fell through. And now the star is planning on creating a new entertainment program with her good friend Drescher in the lead role.In a video post on O’Donnell’s website, she says, "Now, Fran and I have a new sitcom, but we can’t talk about it, right?" Drescher adds, "We’re going to do a new, fun, happy, family comedy." The project is reported to be in its early stages with O’Donnell’s spokeswoman insisting that it’s "way too premature" to discuss.

ROSIE O'DONNELL HAS BRITNEY WARNINGS

Wild and fun Rosie O'Donnell is warning that Toxic Britney Spears will suffer the same fate as Princess Diana, if the paparazzi don’t leave her alone. The former television host has warned in her daily online blog that she fears Spears will die trying to flee the press mob that follows her every move. Princess Diana was killed in a Paris, France car crash in 1997 as she attempted to get away from the press pack chasing her. And O’Donnell admits she has flashbacks to the Diana tragedy everytime she sees Spears being chased by an army of photographers. She writes, "I remember the tunnel as it appeared on the news, lit by headlights, flashlights, red lights. Between the cement tall pillars was a heap of twisted metal. I saw it then, and I can see it now. Diana dead." And the crazy events of Monday, which saw Spears trying to escape the paparazzi following her home from a Los Angeles courthouse by running into a Sherman Oaks, California church, made O’Donnell fear for the troubled toxic singer, She adds, "She will be trying to get away, but they will chase her, just as they chased her into that church yesterday."There were dozens of them, jostling their way into sanctuary, elbowing past each other, just to creep closer to her."Not a girl, barely even a woman yet, they chased her. A mob of stalkers for whom no stalking laws have been written."

Editors Note: Rosie my love. Britney is doing what Princess Diana did. She is courting the paparazzi. Before Diana came to New York City I would get press releases from Diana's people telling me every event she would be at with every contact number etc. Diana loved the press and she played the press to get all the publicity she could. Britney is addicted to the press. She is only dating this paparazzi to shock us. She may even do a quick wedding for more shock value, but she will get rid of the poor sucker. He is being used. When Princess Diana died, I was the celebrity photographer every media outlet went too. I was the first to say that Diana's driver was drunk, on the night she died. Point being, if Britney really wanted to escape, she could. She has the money and the means. Britney should hire me to handle her escape from the paparazzi world. It's only a matter of not going out every night, doing crazy things that make her the perfect media target. Look at Lindsay Lohan. She has cleaned up her act, and all is quiet. I used to get ten stories a day across my desk on Lindsay, and now i'm not even getting one a week. Lindsay seems to be pulling her life together. And today's paparazzi are not like the old days Rosie as I'm sure you know as me and you have hung out over the years. In the old days we were all friends. You posed, we had a few drinks together and we all went home. The new breed of paparazzi are dangerous, and believe it or not, many are illegal aliens that do not care about United States laws. Britney is fooling with fire. Point being Rosie, I do agree with you on one thing. If Britney Spears does not do something soon she could end up dead at the hands of the paparazzi !

ROSIE O'DONNELL'S BACK WITH HASSELBECK

Rosie O'Donnell has started her friendship again with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, by buying her new baby a gift. O'Donnell threatened never to speak to Hasselbeck again after they had a heated argument on the television show "The View." But the comedienne has had a change of heart since leaving the talk show last year and has bought Hasselbeck's two-month-old son Taylor Thomas a present to show there are no hard feelings anymore. O'Donnell tells People.com, "He's very, very cute. I saw him on TV, and I sent him a lovely gift, and we (she and Hasselbeck) have been e-mailing each other. And peace prevails. "I sent something for him and something for his big sister (Grace, 2). Because, as the mother of four, I know that when the newborn arrives, the most important thing is a sibling gift." And O'Donnell was full of compliments for Hasselbeck, adding, "She seems good. She looks like she adopted, like she didn't give birth. She looks perfectly fit and gorgeous already."

ROSIE O'DONNELL MAY HAVE CAMERA GIG

Rosie O'Donnell might become the official spokeswoman for a digital camera, after she used the product and posted about it on her online blogs.The 45-year-old comedienne and former View host who was awarded the "best celebrity blogger" prize by the Blogger’s Choice Awards last month, has used a Flip camera to capture videos of herself, her family and even a swimming excursion with dolphins in Miami, Florida. And now the makers of the high-tech gadget want to sign her up to endorse the product. A representative for the company tells New York gossip column PageSix, "She discovered Flip on her own and started blogging about it."We have started talking to her to see if there can be an official relationship. There was a talk two weeks ago and a talk last week. I don’t know the status yet."

HULK HOGAN AND ROSIE O'DONNELL FEUD

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Wrestling star Hulk Hogan has started a war of words with actress and former television talk show host Rosie O'Donnell, calling on her to "shut her big mouth". Hogan was promoting a new show American Gladiators at a press conference on Thursday when he was asked which celebrity he would most like to see challenged by the series’ muscle-bound competitors. He told reporters, "Without a doubt Rosie O’Donnell. Somebody needs to shut that big mouth up." O’Donnell, however, was quick to respond on her blog, writing, "Hulk Hogan, the wrestler guy, wants to pummel me. Isn’t that sweet, and wildly odd." She then likened the star’s vendetta to that of U.S. property mogul Donald Trump, with whom she had a public feud earlier this year: "It’s like a gang of gross guys, a club almost, old, dumb, white and on TV."

Editors Note: Let's go Rosie... Go after him !

ROSIE O'DONNELL'S WAR READY DAUGHTER

Rosie O'Donnell was never afraid to air her opinions on the war in Iraq during her 'View' tenure, but war-related photos of her 4-year-old daughter are causing many to think Rosie's gone too far. On her blog Tuesday, O'Donnell posted photos of her daughter Vivian Rose in a post titled "Dress Up." In the photo sequence, Vivian Rose is shown with the header "Last year a princess," where she's seen in the typical royal wardrobe. Then, "This year a soldier" flashes across the video slide show, revealing the blond-haired child wearing a bullet belt and head coverings.The images are causing an uproar among many, causing a flood of e-mails speaking out against them on Rosie's blog."Ro, so disappointed to see your little ones with bullets. Where are the guns? I thought for sure you would protect them more from such things," one angry reader said to O'Donnell."That picture is gross! I am disturbed," another reader said. According to the New York Daily News, O'Donnell wrote on her blog: ""My daughter in a soldier costume, national news. [But] 3,500 dead soldiers for real, they don't comment. Shame," O'Donnell wrote on her blog, responding to the criticism." On Wednesday morning, those words were not on the blog.The Daily News says Rosie claims the photo was intended to show how Vivian Rose likes to mimic her older brothers, and that the bullets were fake."Her children were playing and they play dress-up, and that was just an image that she took," O'Donnell's spokesperson Cindi Berger told the Daily News. "She is absolutely anti-war."

ROSIE O'DONNELL WANTS PRICE IS RIGHT

Rosie O'Donnell has confirmed on her blog that she will meet with the producers of CBS's Los Angeles-based game show 'The Price is Right.' O'Donnell has previously said that she was interested in taking from Bob Barker as host of the game show, The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Barker's last episode aired Friday, ending his 35-year run as the show`s host.Now, it appears O`Donnell has sparked CBS` interest. She previously wrote in her blog that the Network didn't 'want me, boo hoo.'CBS has been auditioning replacements for Barker for the past several months, and have narrowed the field down to three others, beside O`Donnell.The three leading candidates have been George Hamilton, Mark Steines, and Todd Newton, who hosts a live version of 'The Price Is Right' at Bally`s in Las Vegas.If O'Donnell is offered the job it remains unclear whether she and her wife would move their four children to Los Angeles or stay in New York.

ROSIE O'DONNELL LEAVING 'THE VIEW'

Rosie O'Donnell on The View

Talk show queen Rosie O'Donnell said on Wednesday she will end her rein as wold co-host of ABC's "The View" in June when her contract expires, ending a nine-month run that saw her do battle with Donald Trump and other celebrities. O'Donnell, 45, said she and the Walt Disney Co.-owned network failed to come to terms on a contract renewal deal, but she would return to the show next season for special segments and as a recurring guest host. She said one unresolved issue in her talks with ABC had been the length of her contract, with the network seeking a three-year extension while she held out for just one year."It just didn't work, and that's showbiz. But it's not sad, because I've loved it here, and I love you guys, and I'm not going away. I'm just not going to be here everyday," O'Donnell said on the show, drawing applause. Barbara Walters, the daytime talk show's creator, co-executive producer and fellow co-host, said she was "sad" over O'Donnell's impending departure and that she was not involved in the negotiations between ABC and O'Donnell."I knew you were coming for one year, I hoped it would be more," Walters said after O'Donnell spoke. The weekday program, averaging 3.5 millions viewers in its 10th season, has seen the size of its overall audience grow 17 percent since O'Donnell joined the show in September. The actress-comedian, an activist for gay adoption and other social causes, has drawn frequent headlines for her brand of commentary. She has often skewered such powerful men as real estate baron Trump and Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly from her seat on "The View," a panel hosted by four women discussing news and gossip.

ROSIE O'DONNELL GOES TOPLESS

Rosie O'Donnell gave co-star Julian McMahon an eyeful when they were shooting a sex scene for FX Networks' Golden Globe-winning drama "Nip/Tuck." A Whole Lotta Rosie ! O'Donnell told "Access Hollywood" that the director tried to shoot around a tube-top that they made her wear. But the director kept yelling "cut" because a bit of the tube-top could be seen in the shot. So, Rosie fixed the situation by pulling down the top. O'Donnell said McMahon, who plays plastic surgeon Dr. Christian Troy on the show, looked down and told her "nice boobs," adding, "but he was so nice." O'Donnell said she would "love to do that show again and again and again." O'Donnell's episode of "Nip/Tuck" airs Oct. 3. She plays a woman who has just won $381 million in a Powerball lottery and goes to the South Beach plastic surgery practice for her whole family.

ROSIE O'DONNELL TELLS OPRAH TO COME OUT OF CLOSET

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Its beyond me why Rosie O'Donnell is telling Oprah to come out of the closet considering Rosie spent a good time there herself ! After years of people questioning Rosie, she refused to admit she was gay, but here she is insisting that Oprah and her good friend Gayle King come out of the closet. When Rosie came out finally, she thinks she is the expert on all things gay. I think everyone should come out of the closet, it would help a lot of people accept who they are, but since Rosie spent a good amount of time denying it herself for years, I don't think she has the right to be the Gay judge. If Rosie had come out much sooner, theres no telling what good that would have done. Don't get me wrong Rosie....I love you, you are great every time I see you, but I don't think you have earned the right to be the Gay Judge. Where were you when everyone was fighting for gay rights? Where were you for all the Gay protests? The answer is in your closet until we made it safe for you to come out. No risk for Rosie!

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