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The former talk show host, 50, posted an Instagram photo Monday of her adorable new daughter Dakota, with the caption: “And now the smiling begins.” Baby Dakota was born on Jan. 9 via surrogate to comedian Rosie O'Donnell and her wife, Michelle Rounds. O’Donnell, who has four other children from her previous marriage with Kelli Carpenter, welcomed Dakota into her family with wife Michelle Rounds, 41, via surrogate on Jan. 9. “We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our daughter,” the couple tweeted at the time. O’Donnell and Rounds got engaged in 2011 after only three months of dating....

NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez may have been using steroids when he was a highly touted high school player and was suspected of using performance-enhancers while playing for the New York Yankees, according to a soon-to-be-released book. The Daily News reported in Thursday's edition that Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts' upcoming book "A-Rod" offers an unflattering portrait of the MVP slugger as a needy personality who wanted his ego stroked constantly.

NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez is ready to cash in. Again. Agent Scott Boras hinted yesterday that A-Rod will opt out of the final three seasons of his contract with the New York Yankees and seek a new deal in the free agent market that will lock him up through his pursuit of Barry Bonds’ home run record. Boras negotiated Rodriguez’ record 10-year, $252 million agreement with Texas before the 2001 season, a contract the Yankees took on when they acquired A-Rod before the 2004 season. His next deal could last more than a decade. “Alex wants to be in...

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Talk about your pushy New Yorkers. Strutting into Jacobs Field for the weekend, the Yankees made themselves right at home. They bullied the Cleveland Indians before leaving with three wins and the same confidence that has made them champions many times before. "I feel like we're the team," Andy Pettitte said. When weren't they? Pettitte didn't have much trouble with Cleveland's lame lineup and Jason Giambi homered for the second straight day as the Yankees beat the Indians 5-3 to complete a series -- and season -- sweep on Sunday. Written off in May when they trailed...

According to NY Daily News and ESPN.

The Hillary Curse continues. Everyone knows of the Curse of the Bambino foisted on long suffering Boston Red Sox fans until finally vanquished in 2004. I've been tracking The Hillary Curse. What is that, you may ask? Well, ever since the voters of New York saw fit to alect Hillary Clinton as their Senator in 2000, no New York professional team has won any championship. Yep, go check for yourselves. Not the vaunted Yankees, Mets, Rangers, Knicks, Jets or Giants have won the ultimate prize; God's little payback for the b*itch. Tonight, 2 days after the Democratic convention in Buffalo,...

Rosie O’Donnell’s new mega contract with ABC has one absolute proviso: the former talk show queen cannot cut her hair. You may recall there was an uproar toward the end of Rosie’s run as a syndicated talk show host because she chopped off her locks to emulate Culture Club songstress Helen Terry

Did anyone else see Geraldo interrupt Rosie in the middle of a rant just a moment ago? Can't find a transcript, though.

Clarke Calls Iraq War 'An Enormous Mistake' Ex-Terrorism Czar Says U.S. Credibility Undermined ORLANDO, Fla. -- Former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke called the invasion of Iraq an "enormous mistake," costing untold lives, strengthening al-Qaida and breeding a new generation of terrorists. The invasion of Iraq was an "enormous mistake" that is costing untold lives, strengthening al-Qaida and breeding a new generation of terrorists, former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke said Saturday. Clarke gave the keynote address at the American Library Association's annual convention in Orlando Saturday. "We did exactly what al Qaida said we would do...

<p>November 14, 2003 -- It was do or die for "Taboo" last night, as Rosie O'Donnell's troubled musical starring Boy George debuted on Broadway. The glitzy show, about the androgynous London club scene of the early '80s, opened at the Plymouth Theatre following weeks of less-than-stellar previews.</p>

Comedienne Rosie O'Donnell is launching a travel company specializing in holidays for gay and lesbian families. Rosie, partner Kelli O'Donnell and travel entrepreneur Gregg Karminsky have set up R Family Vacations for gay and lesbian couples who want to travel with their children. Karminsky explains, "We're creating vacations where gays and lesbians can bring their kids, their friends and their parents." The first trip, a cruise on the Norwegian Dawn, leaves New York on July 11 for Key West and the Bahamas, and future holidays will include ski trips and safaris. Karminsky adds, "This is the first cruise that will...

Rosie O' Donnell blames fame for making her fat.O'Donnell writes in a column in the gay magazine 'The Advocate' that fame robbed her of her 'Yellow' which is her way of saying her energy or happiness. O'Donnell said she got 'bigger and sadder' as she became more 'starved for yellow.'O'Donnell's solution was to eat more and more.O'Donnell said the bigger she got, the angrier she felt.This is O'Donnell's first column since joining the Advocate as a regular contributor. It's in the May 13 issue.

NEW YORK (AP) - Rosie O'Donnell's girlfriend has given birth to a baby girl. Kelli Carpenter, the comedian and former talk show host's longtime partner, gave birth to Vivienne Rose O'Donnell Friday at an undisclosed New York hospital, O'Donnell spokeswoman Cindi Berger said Saturday.

Rosie O'Donnell's partner, Kelli Carpenter, has baby girl Saturday November 30, 2002 NEW YORK (AP) Rosie O'Donnell's girlfriend has given birth to a baby girl. Kelli Carpenter, the comedian and former talk show host's longtime partner, gave birth to Vivienne Rose O'Donnell Friday at an undisclosed New York hospital, O'Donnell spokeswoman Cindi Berger said Saturday. ``Mothers and baby are just great,'' Berger said. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and is 19 inches long, Berger said. Carpenter and O'Donnell named the baby Vivienne after the main character in the book ``Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,'' and Rose after...

ROSIE O'Donnell says her talk show lost its appeal after she got into an on-air dust-up with Tom Selleck - and says she's "not that nice." O'Donnell made headlines when, in May 1999, she lambasted Selleck for appearing on NRA ads when he visited "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" to promote his new movie, "The Love Letter." "The first few years I could hardly believe what was happening . . . these big stars like Julie Andrews and Barbra Streisand sitting next to me," O'Donnell tells Isaac Mizrahi in an upcoming interview on Oxygen's "Isaac Mizrahi Show." "Then it got...

Rosie O'Donnell, actress, comedian, newly 'out' lesbian, former daytime talk show host and now former publishing impresario, is nothing if not blunt. Here's 'the Queen of Nice', on why a magazine bearing her name would succeed. 'I knew two million Americans would buy it. How? Because that's how many bought my CD - and I can't sing.' Upon such unvarnished marketing certainties are magazine empires built in modern America. Or so it was once believed. In early 2001, O'Donnell, a stalwart of the 'confessional' mid-afternoon talk shows that dominate US television, signed a deal that would take the mix of...

<p>October 2, 2002 -- Rosie O'Donnell was hit with a $300 million lawsuit yesterday for pulling out of her namesake magazine last month.</p> <p>Gruner + Jahr claims in legal papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court that after Rosie ended her six-year run as a talk-show host, she "began to transform her public persona from the warm, fun-loving ‘Queen of Nice' to a self-proclaimed ‘uber bitch,' and to behave erratically and in defiance of her contractual commitments to G + J."</p>

<p>Rosie O'Donnell's magazine partner, Gruner + Jahr, got dumped. Now all it wants is a good cry, a pint of ice cream, and a supportive group of girlfriends -- straight girlfriends, that is.</p> <p>Apparently, nobody told Gruner + Jahr that when the woman who once meant everything to you dumps you, you should take pause before sending out a revenge letter. Last week's scathing It's over memo, issued after Rosie O'Donnell pulled the plug on her namesake magazine, had all the quivering-upper-lip indignation of a psycho ex-girlfriend: "It is truly shocking and disappointing [translation: We feel so betrayed!]. . . . It is unfathomable to us [The selfish bitch!]. . . . Rosie cannot simply ignore that obligation [This can't be happening!]."</p>