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Oprah Winfrey doesn’t have a daily talk show anymore. But two years after abdicating her throne, the former talk-show queen is clear who she thinks now wear the crowns: Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan.
Winfrey declared the co-hosts “the reigning king and queen” during a surprise appearance on Tuesday’s “Live with Kelly and Michael.” Winfrey, who now runs the OWN cable network, where she appears on-camera on a less-frequent basis, insisted she doesn’t miss the daily talk-show grind.
She was brought on “Live,” unannounced, by guest Tyler Perry. He is now producing shows for her network. Perry’s new drama, “The Haves and the Have Nots,” was scheduled to premiere Tuesday night. His new comedy, “Love Thy Neighbor,” debuts Wednesday.
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Rob Lowe will portray President John F. Kennedy in a National Geographic film about the former president’s 1963 assassination.
The National Geographic Channel said Tuesday that filming for “Killing Kennedy” would begin next month in Richmond, Va. The film is expected to air around the 50th anniversary of the shooting later this year and is based on the book by Bill O’Reilly.
National Geographic already had a hit earlier this year with an adaptation of another of the Fox News Channel anchor’s books, “Killing Lincoln.”
In addition to Lowe, the movie will feature Ginnifer Goodwin as the first lady and Michelle Trachtenberg as Marina Oswald.
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Kasey Kahl, a former contestant on TV’s “The Bachelorette,” has been sentenced to three years of probation and community service in connection with a fight outside a California bar.
The Fresno Bee reports (http://bit.ly/154kY2y) Kahl was sentenced Tuesday in a Fresno County courtroom.
The 30-year-old Kahl pleaded no contest to a felony assault charge in March as part of a plea deal that saw another assault charge dropped. He was accused of breaking a man’s nose and hitting the man’s girlfriend during a fight in the early morning hours of Jan. 15, 2012, at Club Habanos in Fresno.
Kahl’s lawyer, Gerald Schwab, says Kahl could get the charge expunged if he follows the sentencing rules.
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