Read more Barbara Walters stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1477/barbara-walters.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:24:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74420/levi-youre-the-buffoon-of-my-dreams.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLevi Johnston may be an “opportunistic buffoon” and a “grammatically challenged, Playgirl-posing, pistachio-shilling media pawn,” but he’s also a guilty pleasure. He’s hot, he’s cute, and his "unverifiable claims" about Sarah Palin are fascinating, writes Meghan Daum of the Los Angeles Times . Listening to him is like “popping an enormous...http://www.newser.com/story/74420/levi-youre-the-buffoon-of-my-dreams.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:03:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74222/palin-to-walters-2012-not-on-my-radar-but.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin says that a 2012 presidential bid is "not on my radar," but wouldn't rule out playing some role in the next presidential election. "My ambition, if you will, my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict what that will...http://www.newser.com/story/74222/palin-to-walters-2012-not-on-my-radar-but.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 9:35:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74037/5-goals-for-sarah-palins-book-tour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin's book is already a sensation, and she hasn't even appeared on Oprah's couch yet. No question it will sell, but what other purposes might it serve for the self-styled rogue Republican, Andy Barr wonders in Politico . Herewith, his benchmarks to measure the book tour and media frenzy: Build...http://www.newser.com/story/74037/5-goals-for-sarah-palins-book-tour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 8:01:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72174/americas-most-powerful-octogenarians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetirement? Bah! Slate’s annual 80 for 80 list ranks America’s mightiest octogenarians, giving extra credit for post-80 achievements, and “being really, really old.” The top: Thomas Monson (82): As the head of the Mormon church, 13 million people think he’s a prophet “in the same way they view Abraham, Moses,...http://www.newser.com/story/72174/americas-most-powerful-octogenarians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62517/fawcett-oneal-to-wed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere’s one bright spot in Farrah Fawcett’s struggle with cancer: She and Ryan O’Neal are finally tying the knot. The 68-year-old O’Neal, who has dated Fawcett, 62, since 1980 and “used to ask her to marry me all the time,” popped the question again recently and she said yes, he...http://www.newser.com/story/62517/fawcett-oneal-to-wed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 13:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59619/glenn-beck-a-sack-of-dog-mess-whoopi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhoopi Goldberg unloaded on guest Glenn Beck on The View today over an alleged fabrication involving Amtrak and reserved seats, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “You were a lying sack of dog mess,” Goldberg told the Fox News personality. Barbara Walters said she and co-host Goldberg did not have reserved seats,...http://www.newser.com/story/59619/glenn-beck-a-sack-of-dog-mess-whoopi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 13:58:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56238/astor-witness-list-is-star-studded.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Brooke Astor trial could be a who’s-who of New York hotshots: The list of possible witnesses includes Henry Kissinger, Kofi Annan, David Rockefeller, and Barbara Walters, the Times reports. Vanity Fair boss Graydon Carter said he felt “very privileged” to be on the list, provided by the judge to...http://www.newser.com/story/56238/astor-witness-list-is-star-studded.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 9:19:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54326/barbara-walters-calling-it-quits-friends-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarbara Walters intends to retire when her contract is up this summer, sources tell the National Enquirer . Though ABC would apparently like to keep the veteran interviewer, Walters, 79, is “burned out,” and wants to spend more time with her boyfriend. “I don’t want to be 80 and working the...http://www.newser.com/story/54326/barbara-walters-calling-it-quits-friends-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 9:44:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47172/swayze-im-going-through-hell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"Yeah, I'm scared. Yeah, I'm angry. Yeah, I'm all that stuff," Patrick Swayze tells Barbara Walters in a candid interview that airs tomorrow, the first since his pancreatic cancer diagnosis. "I'm going through hell, and I've only just seen the beginning of it." Swayze was determined not only to live...http://www.newser.com/story/47172/swayze-im-going-through-hell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Jan 2009 14:29:35 CST