Talk Shows (genre)

An Orland Park big box store played a starring role in today’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” when the daytime talk show surprised a Chicago mother and daughter with a shopping spree at the town’s Best Buy on Thanksgiving....

-------------------- The Twelve Tribes of Hattie A novel Ayana Mathis Knopf: 256 pp., $24.95 -------------------- In "The Twelve Tribes of Hattie," first-time author Ayana Mathis walks upon some of the richest thematic terrain our country's history...

Ahoy! Well the new year is here. I know all good boaters have made their new year resolutions, which will be broken before the spring thaw. Oh wait, Orange County harbors do not have a spring thaw, so how many resolutions will be broken before the yacht...

The acting out started early, the horrific memories torturing the subconscious. Those lazy afternoons along the New River were supposed to be a youthful escape from the inner-city life in Fort Lauderdale. They weren't. And only now, after opening up...

A J. C. Penney Christmas commercial featuring openly gay talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has angered a Christian group called One Million Moms, which called for a boycott of the retailer. "JCP has made their choice to offend a huge majority of their...

Ronda Rousey was presented with the first Ultimate Fighting Championship women's championship belt, and it was announced she will defend it by headlining the Feb. 23 UFC card at Anaheim's Honda Center against Liz Carmouche. Rousey, 25, a 2008 Olympic...

What's worse for a distinguished, pro-gun-control Chicago politician who sports a cool goatee and an always-natty wardrobe: Being charged with a felony after allegedly trying to carry a .25-caliber Beretta handgun onto a Chicago plane bound for...

After weeks of speculation turned into confirmation that Ronda Rousey had indeed signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world's preeminent mixed-martial-arts league, verification finally came on Thursday as to when, where and who the face...

"The Doctors" co-host, Dr. Lisa Masterson, joined us live to talk about the rare condition called hyperemesis gravidarum that has hospitalized the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton.  You can watch Dr. Lisa Masterson every day on the emmy winning daytime...

Ahoy! I remember when I started writing about the tidelands tax — the residents with docks on the bay were quiet. Oh, Mike Henn, it is a tax, but I agree with you on no boycott of the parade. I mentioned that once the commercial, marina and...

BURBANK, Calif. (KTLA) -- Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw’s stolen 1957 black Chevy Bel-Air was recovered Tuesday morning, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. McGraw’s car was stolen from RODZ Fabrication Co. repair shop in the...

In February 2003, 450 economists, including 10 of the 24 living Nobel laureates in economics, made a public plea to President George W. Bush not to enact the recent tax cuts passed by Congress. These tax cuts, officially called the Jobs and Growth Tax...