At last, the nominees for this year’s Daytime Emmy Awards have been announced! Of course, some of our favorite talk shows and talk show hosts have been nominated so here is a list of some of the categories and nominations.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show has by far taken the crown for the most amount of nominations this year with over six of them! Rachael Ray and Dr. Phil got a good amount as well. Who are you rooting for? I have no idea who’s going to win for Outstanding Talk Show. It’s quite a close match, so it should be interesting to see who takes it!

This year Vanessa Williams will be hosting the awards show! Make sure to catch the event on August 30th at 8 pm E.T on the CW Network!

OUTSTANDING MORNING PROGRAM

• “Good Morning America”
• “The Early Show”
• “The Today Show”
  

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW / ENTERTAINMENT

• “Live With Regis and Kelly”
• “Rachael Ray”
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”

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Joy Behar, one of the co-hosts on daytime talk show, The View, has revealed that she might get married to her long-time boyfriend, Steve Janowitz. 

On the SIRIUS XM Radio show of fellow co-host, Barbara Walters, Joy said "I have been with a guy for 26-and-a-half years…  Somebody that I know lost her partner.  They were gay women. And the partner was in the hospital, and she had to pretend that she was her sister in order to really deal with stuff.  I don’t want that to happen to us … and I also just feel that I want to."

When they started talking about actual wedding plans, Barbara stunned her co-host by saying "I could give you the wedding… How many people do you want?"  Ever the comic, a surprised Joy replied "I don’t know. How many can you afford?"

The ladies brought it up today on The View.  Joy elaborated on her reasons for wanting to get married after all this time.  Watch it here:

Yesterday on their “Hot Topics” segment, the ladies on The View started their discussion by talking about the controversial comments made by radio talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, who has actually said that he wants President Barack Obama to fail.  Was Rush out of line to make those comments?  Watch this video and decide for yourself.

Another thing that they talked about are the rumors that Rihanna has taken her boyfriend, Chris Brown, back after he allegedly assaulted her.  Specifically, they mentioned that Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, has decided to stand behind any decision she makes.  I have to admit that I’ve been bothered by her choice to even go near Chris Brown.  I think he should be charged to the fullest extent of the law.  Do you agree?

Fans of the Jonas Brothers will be thrilled by this announcement!  The group is set to appear on Barbara Walters Oscar Awards special. 

The show, which airs on February 22, 2009 will feature some other high-profile guests including Oscar nominees Mickey Rourke (best actor for The Wrestler), Anne Hathaway (best actress for Rachel Getting Married) and People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” Hugh Jackman. 

Make sure you tune in to ABC on Feburary 22^nd at 7pm EST to watch the special!

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Barbara Walters was spotted at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) this weekend.  She was in town to attend the 2009 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

Barbara seems to be in good spirits and I like the red jacket that she chose.  It’s so interesting to look at pictures in Los Angeles (for me, at least).  You will see someone wearing a jacket and scarf like Barbara while there are other people wearing t-shirts (like that man pushing his luggage).  Anyway, I hope she had a great time!

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This morning on The View, host Elisabeth Hasselbeck talked about her visit to the White House and showed pictures of her children interacting with President Bush (one of her kids headbutted the president).  Barbara Walters and Elisabeth both talked about how they hope people can be respectful of Bush as he prepares to leave office.  There was some humorous banter about Barbara stealing things from the White House. 

Whoopi Goldberg also talked about the fact that Paul McCartney will be on the show later this week and they mentioned how rare it is for him to do live interviews. 

The women also talked about last night’s Golden Globe awards (Barbara was happy that Mad Men won) and Sherri Shepherd asked them to show the clip of Tina Fey’s acceptance speech when Tracy Morgan took over and explained that he would be the new face of “30 Rock” since Barack Obama had won the US presidency.

They also talked about Kate Winslet, who was visibly shaken after winning twice at the Golden Globe awards.  It was truly charming (I loved her last night). 

The women brought up Patrick Swayze, who is currently in the hospital with pneumonia.  He’s been battling cancer while filming and promoting his television show The Beast.  I sincerely hope he gets better and I know he means a great deal to Whoopi since they co-starred together in Ghost (1990).

Barbara Walters talked, on The View, this morning about the special, "What Is a Man, What Is a Woman? Journey of a Pregnant Man,” which airs on Friday (tomorrow night) on 20/20 at 10pm EST.  She interviewed Thomas Beatie and his wife, who made headlines earlier this year, because Thomas was born a woman but became a man and, after his wife had a hysterectomy, he chose to carry their child since his female reproductive organs are still intact.  Confused yet? 

Naturally, the pregnancy raised a number of questions but, following the birth, I didn’t hear too much about it.  Now, Barbara has announced that Thomas is pregnant again and the audience didn’t seem to know how to react.  Elisabeth Hasselbeck seemed disturbed by it and was quick to point out how difficult it’s going to be to have babies that are barely more than a year apart (wow, people have babies this way all the time and manage to survive…).

Watch the segment from this morning’s show:

If you are a daytime talk show watcher, you probably have heard about the fights that have been happening on The View between the very conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck and her more liberal co-hosts.  Rumors have been flying about her leaving the show and finally, View creator, Barbara Walters set the record straight: “I have heard that Elizabeth is leaving. I have heard that Sherri is leaving.  No one is leaving. I want everyone to stay and everyone is.”  For extra reassurance she added: “We’re all very happy with each other,” she said. 

She also talked about the fact that they are all intelligent women who aren’t afraid to argue.  Watch what Babs said to Access Hollywood:

The women of The View cracked me up as they discussed losing at the Daytime Emmy Awards last Friday.  The best part was when they showed footage of the loss and poked fun at Barbara Walters‘ fake smile.  It had me rolling!

They candidly talked about how they weren’t even nominated in the “most informative” category and wondered aloud how the Tyra Banks Show could ever be more informative than they are.  Watch the clip here:

Barbara Walters was on the Ellen show this morning where she talked about her new autobiography, “Audition” which has just been named a “bestseller.”

Something she revealed that I didn’t know about was that she doesn’t know how to drive.  Isn’t that incredible?!  I would never have believed it. 

She also talked about the lovers she had over the years (yet, they only take up about 5 pages in the whole book!) and how she is enjoying having people see a different side of her. 

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