Barbara Walters

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• Barbara Walters makes it official: Leaving next summer

  Walters -- who is clearly in no hurry to find the exit -- finally announced a little while ago that she will leave "The View" and her multiple other gigs "next summer."Yes, a year away (and always time to change one's mind, too).I am very happy with my decision   Read more »

• Barbara Walters on retirement: No comment, but no denial either

  Walters arrived back on "The View" from a short break Monday -- the papps buzzing madly in her wake -- and while she'd didn't deny all those reports about her retirement last week, she'd didn't confirm either.Which is sort of longish way of saying: She declined   Read more »

• Barbara Walters returns to 'The View'

  Walters, looking, well, pretty darned good, retuned to "The View" Monday morning, revealing a scar on her forehead and relating a story about an unnamed star who gave her the chicken pox that kept her off the air for the past month and change.And yes, this   Read more »

• Barbara Walters to return to 'The View' Monday

  great and powerful Barbara Walters is back! Or will be! Monday. Mark the calenders. After more than a month away - in Barbara Walters' time, that's like five years for the rest of us - she told her colleagues via telephone at the top of this morning's show,   Read more »

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• Jason Sudeikis Says He's Still Undecided About Leaving 'SNL' (Video)

  her own announcement that she's retiring next year, Barbara Walters grilled Jason Sudeikis about reports that he's leaving NBC's "Saturday Night Live" when he appeared on Thursday's "The View." "Yeah, well, I mean... You never leave the show," Sudeikis, who 5/23/13 from MSN Entertainment Read more »

• Jason Sudeikis on Leaving Saturday Night Live: I'll Stay If Barbara Walters Doesn't Retire

  friends that are definitely leaving," he added, "and get that out of my head and go on vacation a little bit and mull it all over." Walters told him that she hoped he would stay, and he told the veteran newswoman, who announced that she'll be retiring next 5/23/13 from E! Online Read more »

• Brooke Shields beats fear of talk shows

  linked with a spot on US morning chat show 'The View' after current host Joy Behar recently she was leaving after 16 seasons. Barbara Walters, who is at the helm of the series, reportedly thinks Brooke, 47, would be a great addition and is eager for her to 5/23/13 from Celebrity Balla Read more »

• The Buzz: Toby Keith in Okla., Brad Pitt in Esquire Magazine, Cannes and more

  - Toby Keith has arrived in his hometown of Moore, Okla. - Brad Pitt's interview with Esquire Magazine - Barbara Walters' daughter is arrested - Cannes - Catherine Zeta-Jones is out of rehab - Kellie Pickler wins DWTS   from WHAS11.com Read more »

• “The View”: Hasselbeck Will Make Exit Announcement in June

  in case you were wondering changes at “The View” are not over. Joy Behar is leaving, Barbara Walters will retire in a year. But more is afoot. As I told you months ago, Elisabeth Hasselbeck is still leaving. “She will make her announcement in June,” says a   from Show Biz 411 Read more »