Donald Trump

Lunch: The Lo-Cal Edition with Ron Perelman - Posted July 8, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE Now that summer is in full swing, the usual mix of movers and shakers at Michael's was a bit on the light side today. But Ron Perelman was there, proving this is no time to slack off if you're a true mogul. Frank Gifford and Charlie Rose were in... [FishBowlNY]

Miss California Debuts On Fox|Roxana's First Interview|Boston Globe Unions Ratify Contracts|Observer Interim Editor Knows How To Merge Print And Electronic - Posted May 27, 2009
TVNewser: Fox & Friends had a special guest host today: Miss California Carrie Prejean. Donald Trump predicted we'll be seeing more of her on Fox. FishbowlDC: Freed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi will give her first post-prison interview to NPR tomorrow. AgencySpy: Another example of magazines looking for ad dollars wherever they can... [FishBowlNY]

Miss California Debuts On Fox|Roxana's First Interview|Boston Globe Unions Ratify Contracts|Observer Interim Editor Knows How To Merge Print And Electronic - Posted May 27, 2009
TVNewser: Fox & Friends had a special guest host today: Miss California Carrie Prejean. Donald Trump predicted we'll be seeing more of her on Fox. FishbowlDC: Freed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi will give her first post-prison interview to NPR tomorrow. AgencySpy: Another example of magazines looking for ad dollars wherever they can... [FishBowlNY]

Miss California Carrie Prejean Hosts Fox & Friends: How Did It Go? - Posted May 27, 2009
Miss California Carrie Prejean filled in as host of the first hour of Fox & Friends this morning, discussing the Prop 8 ruling yesterday and tussling co-host Brian Kilmeade's hair. What else? She interviewed Donald Trump (who predicted we're "going to see her a lot on Fox"), interviewed a bible study... [TVNewser]

Trump Magazine Folded? - Posted May 18, 2009
There are reports that the newly relaunched Trump magazine has stopped printing. Michael Blankenheim of the inVocus media blog said the magazine's publisher, Lauren Bogage of Niche Media, confirmed the magazine's death in an email. We have reached out to Bogage but have not yet received confirmation from her. Niche Media, which... [FishBowlNY]

Trump Magazine Folded? - Posted May 18, 2009
There are reports that the newly relaunched Trump magazine has stopped printing. Michael Blankenheim of the inVocus media blog said the magazine's publisher, Lauren Bogage of Niche Media, confirmed the magazine's death in an email. We have reached out to Bogage but have not yet received confirmation from her. Niche Media, which... [FishBowlNY]

Ashleigh Banfield Channels Her Inner Lesbian - Posted May 14, 2009
truTV anchor Ashleigh Banfield was filling-in on Air America Tuesday around the time the cable news channels were airing the Donald Trump/Carrie Prejean news conference. While commenting on the wall-to-wall coverage, Banfield blurted out, "I'd hit that! And I'm in an opposite marriage." The married mother of two says, "It was very liberating!... [TVNewser]

Shanna Moakler Resigns From Miss California In Protest - Posted May 13, 2009
At Donald Trump's press conference yesterday- where he defended Carrie Prejean's stance on gay marriage and announced that, despite the revealing photos that recently surfaced, she would keep her Miss California crown- Shanna Moakler sat by and smiled politely. Because it was her job. And listening to Trump blither like an... [FishBowlLA]

Shanna Moakler Resigns From Miss California In Protest - Posted May 13, 2009
At Donald Trump's press conference yesterday- where he defended Carrie Prejean's stance on gay marriage and announced that, despite the revealing photos that recently surfaced, she would keep her Miss California crown- Shanna Moakler sat by and smiled politely. Because it was her job. And listening to Trump blither like an... [FishBowlLA]

MSNBC's Dayside Anchors Debate Carrie Prejean Coverage: "Can I Vomit Right Now?" - Posted May 12, 2009
After the wall-to-wall coverage of the Donald Trump/Carrie Prejean news conference, MSNBC's dayside anchor team of Contessa Brewer, Tamron Hall and David Shuster had a, let's call it, lively discussion about what had just occurred. After Shuster called Prejean "clearly not very smart," Brewer said, "I think this is a great... [TVNewser]

MSNBC's Dayside Anchors Debate Carrie Prejean Coverage: "Can I Vomit Right Now?" - Posted May 12, 2009
After the wall-to-wall coverage of the Donald Trump/Carrie Prejean news conference, MSNBC's dayside anchor team of Contessa Brewer, Tamron Hall and David Shuster had a, let's call it, lively discussion about what had just occurred. After Shuster called Prejean "clearly not very smart," Brewer said, "I think this is a great... [TVNewser]

T&A In the Middle of the Day? Of Course We'll Take It Live - Posted May 12, 2009
The four cable news networks carried the news conference this morning fronted by this century's P.T. Barnum, Donald Trump. Riding the wave of the successful finale of Celebrity Apprentice 2 Sunday night (8.7 million viewers, ranking NBC #2 for the night), the Donald called a news conference to announce whether Miss... [TVNewser]

T&A In the Middle of the Day? Of Course We'll Take It Live - Posted May 12, 2009
The four cable news networks carried the news conference this morning fronted by this century's P.T. Barnum, Donald Trump. Riding the wave of the successful finale of Celebrity Apprentice 2 Sunday night (8.7 million viewers, ranking NBC #2 for the night), the Donald called a news conference to announce whether Miss... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Quinn, Willard, Trump... - Posted April 13, 2009
> Former ABC News correspondent Matt Quinn, who spent more than a decade at WFAA-TV, died last week in the Texas wildfires. Quinn, 80, had been retired for several years. > FBN's Cody Willard is profiled in the Los Angeles Times. He describes his first NYC job (Starbucks barista), most... [TVNewser]

TVNewser Summit Roundup - Posted March 11, 2009
A quick shout-out to everyone who came out for the first TVNewser Summit yesterday. And not to go all Donald Trump on you, but it was huge. It was a half-day packed with news, information, advice and debate about where the TV News industry is heading. • Portfolio.com's Jeff Bercovici wrote about... [TVNewser]

TVNewser Summit Roundup - Posted March 11, 2009
A quick shout-out to everyone who came out for the first TVNewser Summit yesterday. And not to go all Donald Trump on you, but it was huge. It was a half-day packed with news, information, advice and debate about where the TV News industry is heading. • Portfolio.com's Jeff Bercovici wrote about... [TVNewser]

Erin Burnett Sees "Real Time" on "Celebrity Apprentice" - Posted March 9, 2009
Erin Burnett was a guest on NBC's Meet the Press yesterday, but there were a couple other appearances from this weekend by the CNBC host as well. On Friday night, she joined Newark mayor Corey Booker on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher for nearly the full hour. "Why didn't anybody... [TVNewser]

Erin Burnett Sees "Real Time" on "Celebrity Apprentice" - Posted March 9, 2009
Erin Burnett was a guest on NBC's Meet the Press yesterday, but there were a couple other appearances from this weekend by the CNBC host as well. On Friday night, she joined Newark mayor Corey Booker on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher for nearly the full hour. "Why didn't anybody... [TVNewser]

Scene in Oxford, MS - Posted September 26, 2008
A TVNewser tipster sent this along. Not sure who Jim Whelan is, but on his Website he calls himself a "MAGNET for FREE Publicity that Paris Hilton would envy." He also poses with Donald Trump in a "rawhide cowboy hat and $14,000.00 tuxedo."... [TVNewser]

Scene in Oxford, MS - Posted September 26, 2008
A TVNewser tipster sent this along. Not sure who Jim Whelan is, but on his Website he calls himself a "MAGNET for FREE Publicity that Paris Hilton would envy." He also poses with Donald Trump in a "rawhide cowboy hat and $14,000.00 tuxedo."... [TVNewser]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted March 26, 2008
Rabbi Rushfield Quotes Hardy: We are totally and completely in love with Rabbi Richard Rushfield and his ever-weirder recaps of American Idol. This week, he quotes Thomas Hardy's poem Convergence of the Twain and generally makes us wonder whether he's writing under the influence of God or scotch. Kiss of Death: Richard... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: Above and Below - Posted October 23, 2007
CBS canceled Viva Laughlin after two episodes. Just because it's on British TV doesn't mean it good. The BBC just bought Dragons' Den a reality series with aspiring entrepreneurs pitching their ideas to various millionaires. See above. Donald Trump is in talks with Reville and Fox for a daytime syndicated show. The... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: Queens with Comb-Over, Home Do-Over, Mind Reading, Mind Blowing - Posted September 27, 2007
MTV offers a new reality series--Pageant Place--Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA will room together for a year in an NYC apartment. Donald Trump will stop by, hoping to catch the girls in their underwear. HGTV has The Fixer, with contractor Peter Marr in charge, will help homeowners who've... [FishBowlLA]

Lorne Michaels: SNL Not Yet Ready For Prime Time Reality TV - Posted July 19, 2007
Late season two comedies loosely based on Saturday Night Live made it onto the network line-up, so it's not too far-fetched that NBC might be interested in enlarging the franchise. And who better to front such an effort than SNL executive producer. Lorne Michaels has confirmed to the Edmonton Sun that... [FishBowlNY]

Trump's Newest Reality Show: Ladies, Tramps, Bad Hair - Posted June 13, 2007
Donald Trump is teaming up with Fox to remake Ladette to Lady aka Lady or a Tramp where party girls sent to charm school. Will Rosie sneak into a casting sesssion? Why not a male version called Tramp or Trump? Oh wait, that's the same thing.... [FishBowlLA]

Be the 'Dopest Wordslinger in Town' - Posted June 12, 2007
On the heels of the paperback release of his 2005 grammar guide, Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Contemporary Style, we put three quick questions to its author, Arthur Plotnik. He responded by playing favorites, copping to a Freudian daddy complex starring Strunk & White, and explaining why blogging shouldn't... [MBToolBox]

Conrad Black Spent $4.6M To Make Park Ave. Apt. 'Habitable' - Posted June 5, 2007
"Did the $12,000 mahogany shaving basin put the apartment in a habitable condition, Mr. Black?" Donald Trump was a no-show, but there was plenty to digest at the Conrad Black fraud trial yesterday. Here's what the jury heard: Black renovated his 4,500-square-foot Park Avenue apartment with $4.6M worth of "fittings" — which Black's... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch at Michael's: Kate White & Her Lethal Blondes - Posted May 23, 2007
After the last few relatively uneventful Wednesdays, we were thrilled to see the dining buzzing with excitement when we arrived this afternoon. Our favorite Cosmo gal Kate White was celebrating the publication of her latest book, Lethally Blonde, with a ladies lunch at Table One comprised of an intriguing mix of... [FishBowlNY]

Trump Mag Bleeding Cash? - Posted May 15, 2007
Trump magazine, the Donald's custom quarterly, is on the verge of a financial meltdown, Radar reports. The title "will likely go on hiatus unless Trump or some other backer comes to the rescue with additional financing. 'Will Donald come in and help reinvigorate it with some personal funds?'" FishbowlNY tracked down former... [FishBowlNY]

Vieira: NBC Made Right Call To Air VT Shooter Footage - Posted April 24, 2007
While Meredith Vieira's replacement on The View spent the afternoon setting the bar at a new low with her expletive-laden diatribe against Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch and the New York Post at yesterday's Matrix Awards, the co-anchor of Today was talking about weightier subjects. When the newly-minted Matrix winner was asked about... [FishBowlNY]

Rosie On Trump @ Matrix: 'My Goal ... To Give A Bald Billionaire A Boner' - Posted April 24, 2007
The 'Boner' we wish Rosie'd been referring to at yesterday's Matrix Awards During a break in the pre-Matrix action yesterday, we poked our heads into the Waldorf Astoria ballroom where recipients of the New York Women in Communications Foundation Scholarship winners were lined up in ready to rehearse their introduction to the... [FishBowlNY]

Partying With The King - Posted April 19, 2007
King and his wife flank the Trumps The short hallway between the "Pool Room" and bar acted as a sort of cosmic, generational media portal last night at the Four Seasons, where a pair of cocktail parties — one celebrating Larry King's 50 years in broadcasting (a.k.a the "old people room"), the... [FishBowlNY]

Media Events: 04.19.07 - Posted April 19, 2007
Parties, panels and other notable media gatherings THURSDAY 04.19.07 WHAT: mediabistro.com's All-Media Party WHO: mediabistro.com hosts with special guest, John Ghazvinian, author of Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil WHEN: 6:30PM to 8:30PM WHERE: Mantra, 986 2nd Avenue NOTE: RSVP here. WHAT: Women, The Media And The Middle East WHO: Host Barbara Walters with Muna AbuSulayman, anchor for MBC's... [FishBowlNY]

Imus Snubs Larry King Party - Posted April 18, 2007
One of the more intriguing questions about tonight's Larry King 50th anniversary party in New York has already been answered. Beleaguered radio host Don Imus, a longtime friend of King's, was on the invitee list for tonight's bash, but don't expect to see him. "He's not coming," our inside source says. Here's who... [FishBowlNY]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted March 30, 2007
Fire in the Hollywood Hills. Quinceanera might become a series. Mia Farrow doesn't seem too worried about starring in E.T.: Back on Planet Earth or any other Spielburg opus. John Travolta is ready to move back to the mothership, if global warming gets worse. Courtney Love cares only that her self-esteem is limitless... [FishBowlLA]

Nice And Natural -- That's The LAT Style - Posted March 29, 2007
It's fitting that in an e-mail describing the continuing selling-out of the LAT, ed David Hiller invokes an old hair color ad: Folks, The Los Angeles Times is making an appearance on this Sunday's episode of The Apprentice Los Angeles (10 p.m. on NBC). In the show, the contestant teams compete to create the best advertising preprint... [FishBowlLA]

Donald Trump Comes Out Against White Trash - Posted March 5, 2007
A reader writes about last night's Apprentice: Donald Trump made a really strong stand against the words "white trash" being used last night on The Apprentice. He did not give the potential apprentice a chance to explain why he used the word "white trash" on himself. Donald Trump showed his disgust and... [FishBowlLA]

A Contest that Hot Doug's Could Really Love - Posted February 19, 2007
When we first saw the picture of the giant hot dog, bottles of catsup and mustard bottle built entirely out of cans, we thought, "This is a contest for Hot Doug's!" Alas, the famed eatery is closed today for President's Day, and besides, Hot Doug's owner Doug Sohn is not... [UnBeige]

A Contest that Hot Doug's Could Really Love - Posted February 19, 2007
When we first saw the picture of the giant hot dog, bottles of catsup and mustard bottle built entirely out of cans, we thought, "This is a contest for Hot Doug's!" Alas, the famed eatery is closed today for President's Day, and besides, Hot Doug's owner Doug Sohn is not... [UnBeige]

Mort Zuckerman, Bloomberg Top Most Generous Donor List; Trump, Rupe Absent - Posted February 16, 2007
The list of America's 60 most generous donors is out, and Mayor Bloomberg and media magnate Mort Zuckerman [right] have made the top 20, pledging $165 million and $100 million to charity in 2006, respectively. Warren Buffett tops the list with his $43.5 billion 2006 pledge. Curiously missing from the list are... [FishBowlNY]

Golden Globe Gossip Continues: Rushfield Nails It, E! Tails It - Posted January 17, 2007
Richard Rushfield recounts his Golden Globe experience in Kudos-crasher, for the LA Times. Kudos crasher sounds like he smashes cookies, but whatever. He's the funniest writer in the paper. He overhears Donald Trump bragging about his star to Brian Glazer and P. Diddy telling Mary Lynn Rasjkub from 24... [FishBowlLA]

Golden Globe Gossip Continues: Rushfield Nails It, E! Tails It - Posted January 17, 2007
Richard Rushfield recounts his Golden Globe experience in Kudos-crasher, for the LA Times. Kudos crasher sounds like he smashes cookies, but whatever. He's the funniest writer in the paper. He overhears Donald Trump bragging about his star to Brian Glazer and P. Diddy telling Mary Lynn Rasjkub from 24... [FishBowlLA]

April Winchell Tells All: Kevin Spacey In Honda Civic - Posted January 11, 2007
April Winchell spills some of those five things, one of which follows: When I was 19, I had a tryst with Kevin Spacey in the back of my Honda Civic. FBLA has no words. ... [FishBowlLA]

April Winchell Tells All: Kevin Spacey In Honda Civic - Posted January 11, 2007
April Winchell spills some of those five things, one of which follows: When I was 19, I had a tryst with Kevin Spacey in the back of my Honda Civic. FBLA has no words. ... [FishBowlLA]

Barbara On Trump: 'That Poor, Pathetic Man' - Posted January 10, 2007
Anxiously awaiting Rosie O'Donnell and Barbara Walter's counter to Donald Trump's latest missive? Here ya go. From the opening moments of today's View: O'Donnell: What can you say about that guy? Walters: That poor, pathetic man. [AUDIENCE CHEERING] Walters: He just can't move on. [O'DONNELL HIGH-FIVES WALTERS] EARLIER: To Rosie, From Donald... [FishBowlNY]