the pen is mightier than the sword

well, what do you do when you've had a life as interesting as rosie o'donnell's? the way i see it, one (or more) of three things happens:
-you have an episode of e! true hollywood story done on your life
-you have a lifetime original movie made about your life
-you write a memoir about your life

rosie chose option number three. according to the associated press:

Rosie O'Donnell has had "an interesting year," she confided Sunday, and a lot of it will be in her new book, "Celebrity Detox," coming this fall.
Speaking at a breakfast gathering at BookExpo America, the publishing industry's annual national convention, O'Donnell said her long-delayed memoir on fame will not be "vindictive" or "mean-spirited," but will offer a candid look at her very public life, including her brief, battling stint on "The View."

i'm sure elisabeth hasselbeck and barbara walters are shaking with fear over what rosie is going to say in her book. i'm not big on celebrity tell-alls, but i might have to sneak a peek of this one at barnes and noble.

the healing process begins

it's been nearly a week since the infamous heated debate between rosie and elisabeth that caused rosie to leave the view three weeks earlier than scheduled. but who can blame her? i wouldn't want to go back (although i really wish she would, because the view will suck without her).

here's a message from barbara and elisabeth. apparently "the healing process" has begun, and rosie is welcome to come back "whenever she wants".



i think i'll side on team rosie on this one. and maybe sign this petition in the meantime.

(video via tmz on brightcove)

girlfight: the never ending saga between rosie & elisabeth

janette barber was here.

according to the ny post, rosie o'donnell's cheif writer on the view was escorted out of the building for drawing mustaches on pictures of co-host elisabeth hasselbeck that hang in the view offices.

The Post's Adam Buckman reports ABC confirmed in a statement only that "photographs at 'The View's' offices were defaced. Rosie O'Donnell was not in the building. ABC Legal and Human Resources are investigating the matter." Barber is an old friend of O'Donnell who worked with her years ago on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show."

i guess big girls (and their friends) do cry.

girlfight- rosie and elisabeth- UPDATE

in regards to the bitchfest on today's episode of the view, people.com is reporting comments from elisabeth:

"I am fine," Hasselbeck, 29, tells TV's Extra. "We are used to debating things there. You have women who care a lot about things." Despite the harsh words exchanged, there's no lingering resentment, she says: "The best thing about today is that there's no slow boil, none. It's there, it's an issue, it's dealt with and it's over. If there are tensions, [and] obviously there was, it's dealt with in the moment."

meanwhile, rosie wrote this on her blog: a split screen\new heights\ or lows\depending on who u ask

rosie also wrote she will not be in tomorrow because her wife kelli is turning 40. looks like they'll avoid the awkward day at work...for now.

girlfight- rosie and elisabeth, round 157

ever since rosie arrived on the view in september, it became eminent that elisabeth and rosie would square off politically at least once a week. and that's pretty much exactly what's happened. this is the third day in a row (or at least the third day) that they have talked about rosie's comments that led to fox news saying "rosie thinks our troops our terrorists". being that i can't stand fox news and most definitely don't agree with anything that comes out of elisabeth's mouth, i'm gonna side with rosie on this one. if anything because once she leaves, the view is gonna be BO-RING! but anyway, in case you haven't read about or seen this clip in 6,583 other blogs, here you go.

(clips courtesy of BWE)