Rosie O'Donnell The New Queen of Chicago
Rosie is bringing her wisdom, talent and brilliant sense of humor (and don't forget NICE!) to the Harpo studio in Chicago - and being met with excitement and open arms!
The out, proud mom of four is ever funny, packed with high-energy and AUTHENTIC - a talk show with a heart - no two days of THE ROSIE SHOW will be alike. Rosie will cover current events, spotlight hometown heroes and newsmakers, showcase the arts, celebrate kids and families, as well as feature well-known and upcoming talent.
Watch for a star studded opening week including a who's who list of stars! Appearances by Salma Hyek, Lisa Kudrow, Gloria Estefan, Roseanne Barr, Sharon and Kelly Osborne, Ricky Lake, Gloria Steinem, Wanda Sykes, the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Kevin Bacon, Fran Drescher , but she still has a wish list of other stars. "Adele has throat issues but as soon as she's up and healthy she'll be on," she says. "I want to have Melissa McCarthy on. Never seen anyone as funny their first time as host of 'Saturday Night Live.' Emma Stone… Ryan Gosling I think is an amazing actor. I have a huge wish list."
"I'm going to come out and do stand-up with a mic. I don't really tell jokes and my stand-up was always more about stories, so I need a mic and a stand. I felt like Henny Youngman [without it]. I'll do about ten minutes of stand up, then take questions from the audience like Carol Burnett did. So we're gonna have a real lengthy sit down interview, not always a celebrity with something to promote. Then we have a human interest segment and we play a game at the end of every show…. This will be more fun than anyone imagined. I cheat, but it's still fun."
And like every other artist and comedian, I talk about my life, so things that pertain to my life are probably going to appear more pertinent than to a host who maybe was not gay. I don't know. I mean, we definitely have had-- you know, it's an entertainment show, so are we going to have gay guests?
Yeah, and we're going to have a gay host. And nowadays it doesn't seem so relevant. In '96 when my show started, not one interviewer even asked if I was gay. Not one. And this was before Ellen came out, this was before "Will and Grace" was on. It's a whole different world than it was in '96 when I started, and it's really inspiring to me as well to see like Neil Patrick Harris win the Emmy Award and host the Oscars and the Tonys, and be so brilliant, and have a husband and a baby, and it’s not a big deal in a way that I could not have imagined when I began my career. So will we have gay people on? Yes. Will we talk about things that include LBGT issues? Yes. Is it going to be a primary focus? No. It’s going to be just one part of who I am, and one part of the show."
"I have tremendous faith in Oprah's ability to do almost anything," she says. "When she puts her mind to anything, it gets down. People ask if I feel pressure. I feel nothing but privilege, really." She lated added, "If you look at the launch of any cable channel, it takes three years. The people are just waiting for us to fill up the programming. Its going to be a huge hit like everything else Oprah touches."
OPRAH SAID, "In 25 years of doing my show, only one competitor ever seriously challenged me in the ratings: Rosie O'Donnell. From the day Rosie took her place among the crowded field of talk show hosts, I knew she had that "It" thing: She was as sharp as she was authentic, as forthright as she was funny. During six seasons of NBC's The Rosie O'Donnell Show, she not only won 11 Emmys—she knew how to use her screen time to truly connect."
There are some scientists and sociologists who are doing studies, saying when you observe anything, it changes its essence. So to try to maintain who you are while performing, and trying to be conversational, not presentational, that’s the biggest challenge.
But luckily, I think, my age is on my side for this. When you’re in your thirties, I think you still don’t really quite know who you are, but as I’m approaching 50 in March, I think I have a much better understanding of who I am and what I’m doing and why.
Since I've been off the air, television has become saturated with celebrities. In America we're addicted in a way that's embarrassing. So it's not going to be all about celebrity. It'll be a celebration of humanity, of connection, of authenticity and love.
Because it's on at 7, we're going to do a hybrid between a late-night show and a daytime show. We'll incorporate the audience. We'll use Twitter. We'll use Facebook. We've come up with a new kind of talk show that mixes the old single-topic format with fun and social media. So it will have a reality feel. We'll have to get the kinks out, but the same way I knew the first one would work, I know this will work."
Whether it's hilarious comedy and game segments, (Rosie LOVES The Price is Right) a live performance by a major recording artist, a celebrity visit, or a discussion of an issue important to Americans, THE ROSIE SHOW's candid exploration of a wide variety of subjects will encourage all of us to laugh, love and live our best lives.
TICKETS are hard to get at the moment but check the site often for updates!
Posted by Gay Travel and Gay News at 10/7/2011 11:56 AM 
Categories: Gay News, Celebrity, Television, Lesbian
Categories: Gay News, Celebrity, Television, Lesbian
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