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    Diana Ross: ‘Beyond Thrilled’ to Be First-Time Grandma

    November 3rd, 2009

    You can’t hurry grandkids, as Diana Ross learned this year.
    But now that the pop legend has finally got one, she’s tickled pink.
    So reports her daughter, Rhonda Ross Kendrick, whose dad is Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.
    Interviewed tonight on Timothy Hodge, Rhonda chats about giving birth to her son, Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick, on Aug. 7, and [...]

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    Bill Cosby Reboots Hip-Hop’s Social Conscience with Live Town Hall Special

    October 19th, 2009

    Bill Cosby has long been instrumental in instilling pride, self-respect and peace in America’s young people.
    So it comes as no surprise that he’s now helping rekindle hip-hop’s socially-conscious flame.
    Today at 7pm ET, the legendary comedian takes to the Internet with a virtual town-hall meeting that tackles such issues as peer pressure, abuse, education and, last [...]

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    Josh Golden: Radio Disney’s Next FRIGID Thing

    October 16th, 2009

    To millions of adoring tween girls, crooner Josh Golden is the hottie of the moment.

    After all, the 15-year-old Missouri native is a favorite to win Radio Disney’s Next Big Thing competion.
    What’s more, his Small Town, Big City single has gone into heavy rotation on stations nationwide— and MTV’s Buzzworthy Blog has given him [...]

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    Kevin O’Leary on Fellow ‘Shark Tank’ Shark Barbara Corcoran: ‘She Is One Nasty Beast!’

    October 15th, 2009

    Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary is holding nothing back in his assessment of Barbara Corcoran—the hit reality series’ only female shark.

    Interviewed on TV Talk, the self-made billionaire bashes the real estate mogul big-time.
    “She is one nasty beast! I really want to send her for psychiatric evaluation, no question,” Kevin tells host Shaun Daily.
    “Because her deals [...]

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    Kevin Schmidt on Fellow ‘Y&R’ Star Eric Braeden: Lots of ‘Restless,’ Not Much ‘Young’

    October 14th, 2009

    Does Kevin G. Schmidt think it’s time for TV granddad Eric Braeden to hang it up?
    Maybe—if we’re hearing him correctly.
    Interviewed on Mr. Media, Kevin weighs in on the controversy surrounding Eric’s departure last week from The Young and the Restless.
    Eric, 68, who has played Victor Newman since 1980—and took a voluntary pay cut two [...]

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    Happy Birthday, John Lennon! (with Love, May Pang and Pals)

    October 9th, 2009

    Had he not been senselessly gunned down 29 years ago, John Lennon would have turned 69 today—though he’ll always be immortal in the hearts and minds of fans across the universe.
    So to celebrate the Beatle’s music and spirit, his ladylove, May Pang, is launching her weekly BlogTalkRadio

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    ‘Reba’ Star Melissa Peterman: Reba McEntire Is No Match for Me at Karaoke (at Least Not After I’m Plastered)

    October 7th, 2009

    When it comes to impersonating Reba McEntire, no one does it better than, well, the Grammy-winning country-music star herself.
    So reveals Melissa Peterman, host of the CMT karaoke game show, The Singing Bee.
    Interviewed on Somewhere in Vegas, Melissa, who co-starred with Reba on Reba, which wrapped in 2007 after a six-year run, recalls working with her [...]

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    ‘Baywatch’ Babe Alexandra Paul: My Jailed Brother Teaches Spinning in the Big House

    October 5th, 2009

    Former Baywatch star Alexandra Paul’s brother, Jonathan Paul, is making the most of his four-year prison stint—by whipping his fellow inmates into shape.
    Interviewed on BlogTalkRadio, Alexandra, 46, delivers an upbeat update on her radical-environmentalist sibling.
    “My mother just saw him last weekend. I saw him a couple of weeks ago. And he can call his wife [...]

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    Brett Ratner Clarifies ‘Corrupt’ Remarks in Roman Polanksi Case

    October 2nd, 2009

    Brett Ratner didn’t mean to diss California’s legal system—as he tells us himself.
    On Sept. 29, the New York Post ran a story about Movie Geeks United’s interview with the Rush Hour director.
    That interview, which will be featured in The Geeks’ Oct. 4 Roman Polanski special, was conducted by host Jamey DuVall on Sept. 26, just [...]

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    Soon-to-Be-Wed Justin Guarini: ‘Thanks to All My BlogTalkRadio Listeners!’

    September 25th, 2009

    Justin Guarini’s bachelor days are numbered. Ah, make that “houred.”
    For tomorrow afternoon, the pop star will finally say “I do” to his longtime love, Reina Capodici.
    But Justin—who joined the BlogTalkRadio family in June 2008, and three months later announced his engagement on his show— couldn’t be happier. Or more appreciative.
    “Thanks to all my BTR listeners! [...]

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