Rosie O'Donnell announced this morning that she won't be sticking around for a second season of The View. Sure, the official word is that she wanted $10 million for one year and ABC wanted her to sign for three years, and there's been talk of her getting her own soapbox, er, bully pullpit, umm... make that "show"-- but in light of her most recent outrages (like grabbing her crotch and telling Donald Trump to "Eat me," and her recent decision to stop calling for President Bush's impeachment)-- what do you think?

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Who is oily enough to replace Bob Barker? The field's been narrowed to three in the race to take over as host of The Price is Right.

And there's not a Mario Lopez among them.

VOTE for your choice... after the jump...

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You'd figure at 75 years old, after triple bypass heart surgery, an old guy would want to take it easy for awhile. But not Regis Philbin.

In a move that surely made Jeff Probst, Mark Consuelos and Andy Cooper all say "Damn it!", he phoned in to Live with Regis & Kelly this morning to say he'll be back hosting his show on April 26th (for some reason, a Thursday).

That will be about six weeks after triple bypass heart bypass surgery-- probably on the edge of the doctor's recommended rest period and just before the time the audience will have gotten used to life without him.

And who are you calling "tabloid"? The New York Times reminds us that the last time Reege (or "Reej," if you're a Sanjaya fan) called the show, he complained about not having sex for three and a half months.

Today, he said he was up to ''five times a week.''

(POP QUIZ: Do you believe him?)

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