Joan Rivers

As sad as I am when I heard of comedy icon Joan Rivers passing, I will always remember one specific on-screen cameo she made. I grew up in a house where we had HBO. In the early days, it was channel 5 out of the 13 available. Okay, so we watched a lot, and I mean a LOT of movies on HBO. One of the best was the third Muppets movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan. Yes, we were introduced to the 'Muppet

A trailblazer and larger-than-life influence for a host of comics that came after her, Joan Rivers has passed away at the age of 81.

Joan Rivers new book, I Hate Everyone  . . . Starting with Me, is hilarious.  I picked it up because I wanted something fun and light to read while I was lounging by the pool on vacation.  And Joan delivered with 242 pages of raucous, laugh-out-loud one-liners.  In the book, Joan takes on virtually anything and everything you can think of . . . including country music stars, who get a big shout-ou

  Celebrity Apprentice is my FAVORITE show on television.  And I will admit that I was secretly hoping that Donald Trump would give up his run for the presidency just because I didn't want him to quit doing this show.  I know that sounds ridiculous and isn't exactly civic-minded of me . . . but Celebrity Apprentice is GREAT!  And here's why.  You take celebrities with giant egos, throw them