Posted on 03/06/2010 1:57:17 PM PST by smokingfrog
Twenty-nine years, 93 interviews, one regret.
That's Barbara Walters' personal scorecard when it comes to ranking her internationally famous Oscar-night interviews that come to a close Sunday evening in a program featuring Mo'Nique and Sandra Bullock.
For nearly three decades, the interviews made up one of the most sought-after, eagerly watched, highest-rated programs on television, but now, Walters has decided to stop doing them.
It's not a retirement, because she admits that she's going to continue delving into the private lives of the world's big names, but the showbiz-specific package she puts together at Oscar time each year will be a thing of the past.
"Until very recently, to see one of these movie stars on this program was a big deal for them and for me. But now, with all these cable programs giving people sound bites of every star, I would have to come up with a show that was special, special, special!"
Walters is on the phone from her Manhattan office and – to be totally honest – it's an intimidating experience. I've profiled some of the biggest stars today without blinking an eye, but now I'm talking to the woman who is arguably the most famous and most successful interviewer of our time.
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stump
I have never seen one of Baba Wawa’s shows after Oscares, Probably because I never watch the Oscars.
A pack of liberals sucking up to other liberals is a not my idea of a good time.
Charlie LeDuff asks Monica Conyers what kind of nut she is. LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGxiGdwngNY
No Monica Conyers is a nut.
YES!!!! That's the one!!
I’m movin’ to Deetroit tomorrow! LOL!
Araucaria Araucana or Monkey Puzzle Tree! Very old and weird looking!
Leni
There are some Hilarious Monica and Kwamee videos out there. One of my favorites is Kwamee’s mother complaining about the judge ordering her boy arrested for going to Windsor.
She says he only went to Windsor, its not like he left the country or anything.
Coconut palm.
I could drop coconuts on people that ask stupid questions.
LOOK UP BAA BAA!
where’s the BARF ALERT?
A weeping skank.
a beech-—LOL -good one
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