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Bill O’Reilly gave his first interview since his firing from Fox News in April on Glenn Beck’s radio show on Friday.Beck, while stating prior to the interview wouldn’t be about O’Reilly’s firing, nonetheless spoke to the former cable news powerhouse about his unceremonious dismissal. “Look, the entire ordeal was a hit job, and in the weeks to come, we will be able to explain some of it. It really has to do with destroying voices that the far-left doesn’t like. That’s the general tone,” O’Reilly said. O’Reilly went on to explain in vague terms “due to the legality,” of...

Fox News is planning to sever ties with Bill O’Reilly, the popular host who is embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday that sources close to the situation reported a final decision regarding the host of “The O’Reilly Factor” could come in the next several days.

An investigation by The New York Times has found a total of five women who have received payouts from either Mr. O’Reilly or the company in exchange for agreeing to not pursue litigation or speak about their accusations against him. The agreements totaled about $13 million. Two settlements came after the network’s former chairman, Roger Ailes, was dismissed last summer in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal, when the company said it did not tolerate behavior that “disrespects women or contributes to an uncomfortable work environment.”

The former Fox anchor who was dismissed by the now embattled head of Fox News is reportedly peddling a memoir dishing about her experience at the network. As if Roger Ailes doesn’t have trouble on his plate, former Fox News anchor Laurie Dhue has been shopping a tell-all about her experiences with the founder of the conservative-friendly cable network along with other Fox News personalities. Dhue’s proposed book-length memoir, which I’m told is already attracting interest from publishers, can’t be good news for the embattled Ailes—who faces the prospect of a pile-up of sexual harassment allegations, in the wake of...

For 15 years news anchor Laurie Dhue, one of the most recognizable faces on television, hid her alcoholism from friends, family and colleagues. Despite the demands of her job, Dhue managed to hide her crippling addition and admitted that although she was always sober in front of the camera, she was drunk when she was invited to meet President Bush at a small reception. The 44-year-old went on the Katie Couric Show today to discuss her addiction and to encourage others to get treatment.

A JetBlue captain went berserk on a flight from Kennedy Airport to Las Vegas today in an incident that forced the plane to make an emergency landing, passengers and authorities said. “Say your prayers!” the crazed pilot screamed as he ran up and down the aisle, a passenger told The Post.

A JetBlue plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Amarillo, Texas, Tuesday after a pilot reportedly had a medical emergency on board the plane. JetBlue 191, which was headed from New York’s Kennedy Airport to Las Vegas, was forced to make the emergency landing after the pilot reportedly ran up and down the aisles screaming after being locked out of the cockpit.  He apparently began banging on the cockpit door screaming “let me in,” but was not allowed to reenter, CBSDFW.com reported. One of the flight attendants got on the intercom and asked passengers to restrain the man....

NEW YORK -- From the early 1990s to just a couple of years ago, Laurie Dhue was a familiar face on network news. She has the distinction of being the only person to anchor at the three big cable networks -- CNN, MSNBC and most recently Fox News, where she served as anchor from 2000 to 2008 and also hosted her own weekend show. But behind Dhue's impressive careers, glamorous looks and rising star status, was a painful secret she hid for more than a decade. She was an alcoholic. She recently sat down with CBN News to discuss how...

She makes exit polls exciting.

Former television personality Laurie Dhue says she no longer knew who she was and was tired of suffering in silence from alcoholism when she decided to quit drinking and get help four years ago. Dhue, who turns 42 tomorrow and was an anchor for the Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CNN, battled her addiction to alcohol for "at least" a decade and a half, she told the "Today" show Wednesday. "I hid my alcoholism for many, many years," she said. "I was probably a high-functioning alcoholic, as so many people are. But there were cracks, certainly, and there were definitely...

What ahppened to Laurie Dhue? She seems to have disappeared again. She isn't on Gearldo anymore (not that I'd know, except that I tunedin too early for Hannity's America), she isn't reading news or anchoring the weekends (though Julie Banderas isn't bad at all), and the Dhue Point has disappeared. So where's Laurie?

TVNewser has learned Laurie Dhue and Fox News Channel have parted ways. The anchor and FNC management could not agree on a new contract. A Fox News spokesperson tells TVNewser, "Unfortunately, we were unable to come to terms on a new agreement with Laurie. She has been a valued member of FOX News, and we wish her all the best in her future endeavors." Dhue has been with Fox for more than seven years, joining in September of 2000. In addition to hosting FNC programs during her tenure, Dhue was also a correspondent on the syndicated version of Geraldo at...

Just saw her reading the headlines on Brit Hume.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice let slip her news media preferences Thursday, saying, "I love every single one" of Fox News network's correspondents and also favors CBS anchor Harry Smith. In comments overheard on an open microphone between morning television interviews, including one with Fox, the top U.S. diplomat said: "My Fox guys, I love every single one of them." But Rice told an aide that when she was next in Iraq she would like to do a "one-on-one" interview with CBS "The Early Show" anchor Harry Smith. "He's a decent guy. I know they are, like, 55 in the...

Monica Crowley's alleged stalker entered the broadcasting beauty's name into his laptop 9,000 times, it was revealed yesterday as the jury got the case. Two alternate jurors dismissed yesterday predicted homeless artist Ronald Martin would beat the charges - despite e-mails and other evidence suggesting he was obsessed with Crowley and she was frightened of him. "I don't think he intended to harm her. There was no evidence of that," one of the alternates told the Daily News. Jurors began deliberations after a prosecutor told them Martin "intended to harass, annoy and alarm" Crowley, while a defense attorney countered that...

Is it me, or have the feminists in this country completely gone off their rockers? Jane Fonda was recently in New York at a star-studded event designed to increase voter registration for women. The occasion? The "Vaginas Vote, Chicks Rock" gala at the Apollo Theater, which was billed as "a night of entertainment and political empowerment." Are you kidding? "Vaginas vote"? First off, how messy would that be? We'd definitely have to have male and female lines at the polls. And if the wait were anything like the one for the women's restrooms at any ballpark in America, that alone...

I frequent another message board, and someone started a thread talking about the hottest news women. Currently, Laurie Dhue isn't getting a lot of love, so I am doing my best to show them the light.Anyways, there is an image that I have seen a million times here on FR, but of course can't find it when I am looking for it. What it is is a gif of Laurie and it looks as though she is making a kiss. It looks like a normal face shot picture, but someone manipulated it to where she puckers, then unpuckers her lips....

Days after 10,000 mink were released from a farm in southern Snohomish County, hundreds of the animals not yet captured have converged on local farms in search of food. The animals had killed at least 25 exotic birds and attacked other livestock in the area. "Over half our livestock was shredded. Murdered. Eaten alive," said Jeff Weaver, who discovered the dead birds on his farm Thursday. "These are not like regular farm animals. They're our pets." Weaver, who breeds Indian Runner ducks and Banny chickens, said his field was full of the animals Thursday morning. "One of the mink had...

Fox News anchor Laurie Dhue is the hottest woman on cable news!

I heard Laurie Dhue mention the New York Chapter of Free Republic, and show pictures of the march in New York. Anybody else see this? I would love to see some pics! See pics of what they showed on TV.