lauren, off to you first. she never really says no there. why do you think she kind of dodged the question in that palinesque way that she did and not give an emphatic no? >> the lawyered question. i love how she didn't say yes, she didn't say no. because you know what, she's entertaining all offers and all possibilities right now. we don't know where this book is going to lead her. and the way people are all up in arms, trying to get their hands on this book, i would not be surprised if we saw miss palin having her own talk show one day in the near future. >> i think she's definitely leaving her options open, certainly, by the way she's answering the questions. kim, what do you think? >> definitely. i think she would make a great talk show host. look at the way people are talking about her this week. she's the lead story on every single show because she's doing a few interviews. no matter what she does, whether she twitters something about death panels or says something about levi, people gravitate towards everything that she says. a talk s

. >> lauren lake, off to you first. i'm thinking that he should be thinking about her, because basically it's the only reason he's famous. >> right. i mean, he is thinking about her. the bottom line is, he is using this entire situation to build his brand. i'm not sure what it is yet, but it's a naked brand, so far, but a brand, nonetheless. and he's extending his 15 minutes of fame to 20 to 30 right now. >> carlos, to lauren's point, levi is milking this for all it's worth, isn't he? >> yeah. but to defend him very quickly, the question was asked, what does sarah palin think about you posing nude? i don't want to hear anything about my possible mother-in-law and nude in the same sentence, so maybe he was just kind of blowing that office. b but, yeah, he needs to milk this as much as possible. >> every time we see pictures of him, we're looking at video of him with the big aviator glasses, playing the part of the star with the bodyguard. this is the guy that told "vanity fair" he never wanted anything to do with a life

lauren, hyla, let's begin with brangelina. want you to take a look at the headlines today on all the celebrity weekly magazines about brad pitt and angelina jolie. "life & style" weekley with the headline, a total fake. "star" has "mind games" with a picture of jennifer aniston and angelina jolie. we've seen this before. lauren, more of the same here, what we have been seeing, or does this raise a big red flag? >> oh, no red flag at all. these magazines, of course, they're trying to sell their magazines right now. what if they put "brad and angie in love"? yeah, that wouldn't sell. they're completely a couple. they were just at an event together on saturday, and they didn't walk the red carpet, but there were cameras inside the event, and they have this little loving touch you see. there's no truth to these rumors. i think the magazines are just trying to get out there a little bit. >> just trying to get those magazines to fly off the shelves. speaking of their public appearance, it really would see that nobody told brad and a

lauren sanchez, megan alexander, thanks.d to see you. >>> tonight, chaz bono speaking out about becoming a man. >> this was a very difficult decision to make, but it's the best decision i've ever made. >> chaz used to be chastty is the daughter of cher and the late sonny bono. you've got to hear this amazing story of going through a sex change. now the "showbiz news ticker," more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news right now.           e >>> all right. oprah makes it official. after a quarter century on the air, she'll walk away from her daytime talk show. once she steps down, what is a queen of talk to do? >>> and the man caught on a hotel video now formally charged with raping and murdering little shaniya davis. >>> also, a phoenix church isn't allowed to feed the homeless. the city says the church is violating an ordinance by helping the hungry. with thanksgiving just around the corner, do you think the city's going too far? >>> happy friday. take a nice big breath. you can relax a little bi

doctors can't seem to figure out what's wrong with lauren.the "today" show, dr. nancy snyder said it could be some sort of involuntarily tick. we wish lauren well. >>> back to "showbiz tonight." i'm brooke anderson in hollywood with a.j. hammer in new york. tonight, caught on tape, people cheating death. this is absolutely incredible. by now, you've probably seen the shocking video of the woman in boston who fell on to train tracks and survived with only a few scratches. amazing amazingly, there have been a lot of people in the past year or so who have been caught on tape nearly being killed and they all involve trains. here's cnn's jeanne moos for "showbiz tonight." >> reporter: it gives every commuter the willies. who hasn't contemplated their own demise while waiting for a train. only in this case, the woman says she was drunk, trying to stamp out a cigarette, she lost her balance and fell to the tracks of the boston subway. looking up to see the headlights of an oncoming train. this is what the train operator saw. people frantically wavin

woman. >> i'm lauren stineheist and the breakthrough i nominate is marianne. marianne's a member of the greatest generation and her whole life was filled with breakthrough moments. she was my mother. my mother always told my i could do anything and she blazed a trail for me to follow with her own breakthrough career into a man's world of journalism. i always wanted to be a writer like my mother. the first female newspaper wire service editor, ap, 1942. i'm proud that she held the equivalent rank of brigadier general. she was passionate about what he believed in, a civil rights activist, and a hard-hitting investigative reporter. she opened doors for me, for all women, by breaking through the pink-colored ceiling, one achievement at a time. i'm robin meade. hope you enjoyed an extra hour of sleep, many of you, last night. here's what we're working on for the week ahead. we're going to find out tuesday if a presidential endorsement will impact the governor's race in virginia. president obama has personally campaigned for the democratic candidate and some republi

>> guest: weblog is called gladly lauren gladly page which is describing as you probably know but the way to get to the sec is at johnvfleming.com and has a blog reference. >> host: one of your neighbors george kennan, the great diplomat, and he was part of the history of this turning on the cold war. i worked the council on foreign relations and he wrote his famous essay sources of soviet conduct for our periodical foreign affairs and i believe 1947. >> guest: yes indeed. >> host: what did that and say say? >> guest: well, cannon, who i knew if reasonably well because we were members of the same church, tannin net route while he wrote all sorts of the famous things but the famous long telegram you know about and then the famous article and what he said was she agreed that soviet aims were the traditional ames of the tsar in pure realist russia for ever, that what was his wonderful phrase, they are unimpressed by the force of logic but they understand the logic of force i think is the way he put it and that the united states should contain, that is confront at every point the expansio

carlos diaz and lauren lake. >> big news breaking. the michael jackson suicide shocker. this is startling. as a major figure who caused big trouble for jackson kills himself. what really happened? the unbelievable ryan seacrest smack down. >> what do you say to your fans who are desperate to know about and you your costar? >> it's his costar. it's a fair question. >> i was cutoff for the first time ever. >> this is incredible. he is one of the hottest stars around and you have to see what happened when he asked the new moon star if he is dating kristin stewart. they are on the cover of every magazine. the nasty carrie prejean porn war. carrie's dramatic threat over her solo sex tape. can she stop it from getting out. >> the news ticker. these are more stories from the newsroom making news right now. >> did you see this? the cat who made friends with a cop during a traffic stop. check out this vish caught on dash cam. a texas police officer pulled over a guy and the cat climbed up the cop's leg on to his shoulders as he wrote out the tick et. i have to give him credit. he

. >>> tonight hollywood's a list, lauren bacall gets an honorary oscar. they presented oscars off camera over the weekend in a ceremony month as head of the ceremony in march. governor's awards event. "showbiz tonight" caught up with lauren bacall and asked her how she felt when she found out she was getting the award. >> i was in shock. i thought they made a mistake. i hadn't expected it at all. then i welcomed it. so there you are. you never know how you are going to respond to these things. >> >>> i truly wanted to sock her. and i truly wanted to sock her. >> that was mike tyson on oprah talking about wanting to hit robin givens that moment spelled big controversy for oprah and a big apology. tonight oprah apologizes to robin given as but her interview with mike tyson. a few weeks ago oprah interviewed tyson. he was once married to robin and admitted on oprah that the relationship was abusive. if you notice the audience laughed after the first time mike said he wanted to quote, sock her. he and oprah were talking when mike and robin sat down with barba

maybe bradley cooper is the it man of the moment. >> no, lauren, you don't agree? >> no. it was definitely between i think -- i don't know. it was robert or johnny. it had to be. >> hear to be one of the two? >> yes. next year he will get it. promise. >> not everybody is a fan. including tween sensation miley cyrus. she was bashing the twilight series saying i have never seen it nor will i ever. i don't believe in it. i don't believe in it. she went on and on. listen. >> i don't like vampires and don't like any of the stuff. i don't like the wolfs that pops out on the scene when i'm watching my tv at night. i don't don't want anything to h it. people always fall in love with the characters. it makes me -- i'm not into it. >> that's all right. >> miley realizes she has made a bone-headed move. we will leave it there. >> tonight, bono speaking out about becoming a man. >> this was a very difficult to make. >> chaz used to be chastity. you got hear this amazing story. now the "showbiz" news ticker. more stories from the newsroom making news right now. >>> you are watching "s

lauren johnson says she caught a cold two weeks ago but hasn't been able to shake the sneezing, she saysing to take it in stride. >> it was -- different and i just -- kind of got -- went with it -- thinking that it wouldn't last as long but it's been two weeks now -- and just hasn't stopped. >> i know she's miserable and this is terrible for her. >> her family says the only time she doesn't sneeze is when sleeping. a neurologist says she could have a rare disorder triggered by stress. >>> a history making night at the country music awards last night. isn't she great? 19-year-old taylor swift became the youngest ever to win the entertainer of the year award. >> i'll never forget this moment because, in this moment, everything that i have ever wanted has just happened to me. >> how can you not be happy for her? she also won album, video and best female vocalist and no kanya sights. >>> a new jersey woman put her wedding ring in a cup and her husband tossed it in the garbage not realizing what was in it. when they figured out what happened they called the town's sanitation supervisor. three

we wish lauren well. welcome back. i'm brooke anderson n hollywood with a.j. hammer in new york.aught on tape, people cheating death. this is absolutely incredible. by now, you have probably seen the shocking video of the woman in boston who fell on to train tracks and survived with only a few scratches. amazingly, there have been a lot of people in the past year or so caught on tape nearly being killed. they all involve trains. here's jeannie moos for "showbiz tonight." >> who hasn't contemplated their own demise when waiting for a train. this woman said she was drunk trying to stamp out a cigarette and looked up to see the headlights of an on coming train. this is what the operator saw. people frantically waiving. >> they said slow the train down and a woman pokes her head up. i it into emergency. >> in the knick of time, the train came to a stop. >> after the fact she came up and i'm like oh, my god! it was scary. >> people got her up on the platform, unhurt. it has been a banner year for people getting run over and having a close call over and over again on tv. there was the

i thank all my colleagues at first strauss, simon, lauren walch, elizabeth karen, and so many others. think my wonderful wife. , sandy st. george who listened to every word many times. i think my daughters who are here tonight. who supported me all the way. i dave think this woman beside e claudette cools and for taking a chance on me. she had never heard of me. why would she do such a thing? and somehow she did and my job in this book was to pull someone who is about to disappear under histories were a out from under their end by god, you know, because of the kurds of these judges. the way it felt for a teenager, not just what happened, but how it felt. we have saved that story and i just can't thank you enough. claudette colbert. [applause] she did what rosa parks did a year before rosa parks did and then she had the guts to sue the city of montgomery and the state of alabama, claiming that the bus segregation laws were unconstitutional and they won. it went all the way to the supreme court. and because of this woman, our lives have changed and it's so often that way. women and chil

lauren f. writes, "oprah for having an alleged wife beater on her show. refused to have chris brown on her show. what a hypocrite." a couple of wild cards there, mark, do you have a wild card of your own? >> i think it's carrie prejean. you know, miss california. this is a woman who has an alleged sex tape. carrie has an alleged sex tape? if there is that sex tape, that is definitely provocative. >> i'll say that qualifies. leslie, how about you? >> i don't know. everybody has a sex tape nowadays. am i missing out on something? i would have to say beyonce. you know, beyonce actually is so provocative the world is freaking out. she has this big concert in egypt, her posters are up and she looks so provocative and those in egypt where the women dress a bit more modestly are up in arms over her being so provocative. >> she may be showing a little bit too much skin for the conservative middle east. there was a fired up debate in our "showbiz tonight" newsroom about this, but the moment has finally arrived. who is "showbiz tonight's" most provocative celebrity

leaves behind parents mark and lori, brother, mark, jr., twin sisters, taylor and lauren and his dog, tootsie. david baker, american hero. to all of our country's veterans, god bless you and god bless our troops at home and abroad. thank you to our guests, but especially to you. and a special good night from friend of the show, ka kay hilliard. her daughter, brooke, celebrating her birthday today. happy birthday, brooke. everyone, i'll see you tomorrow night. until then, good night, friend. >>> coming up, could it be true? it looks like jon and kate will be back together for christmas at least. nothing like a house filled with cheer. not! >>> and serena williams stops by to discuss her new book "on the line" and what happened when she crossed the line. >>> and finally, sarah palin is back in the news and guess what, she was wrong about something. i can't believe it! all that and more next. >>> tonight on "the joy behar show" jon and kate will be together for christmas. maybe santa will drop some mood stabilizers in their stockings. >>> also the guy accused of shaking down david letter

let me share an e-mail with you from lauren. she says -- we have susan holding on the phone calling us from ohio. susan says that a ma'am gram in her 40s is what saved her life. susan, what's your reaction to this? what do you think about the new guidelines? >> caller: i don't think they are very sound advice at all. the lesion that i had i was not at high risk for development of breast cancer. no family history. i couldn't feel it. my gynecologist didn't feel it and my surgeon said if i didn't come to him with mammogram films he would have told me to go home and have a nice life. i would have been dead by age 50. >> i guess are you concerned then that some women may choose not to go get mammograms and they may fall into a situation like yours? >> yes, i am. it is a treatable condition and you can still be a very active member of society and i went out and had another child after i was treated for cancer. >> susan, thank you for your story and your phone call. we appreciate it. elizabeth is holding from florida. one of the thing