. >>> police in our area is on the lookout for an alleged thief that goes by kathy griffin. what she is doing is no laughing matter. andrea mccarren fills us in on this in northwest dc. >> reporter: when a woman calling herself kathy griffin showed up at this home, she already paid for a one-night stay. had no luggage and asked about the alarm system. >> well, one thing i thought was strange because nobody has asked me that was right up front she says will you tell me the security code. >> reporter: before the middle aged brunette even stepped inside, she seemed to know the floor plan. >> she said what about this bedroom and that bedroom, and i just thought that's odd. >> reporter: helen has rented a home in her room to senators, world bank employers and others and she has never had anything like this. a laptop computer and $100 in cash disappeared from her home as quickly as the renter. when she was gone, helen also noticed the tabs holding in her screen had been moved. >> there are six of them and i found them here. >> reporter: the back door had been unlocked. >> it was c

kathy griffin reveal what's you don't see. >> how can you face me? >> larry: and suzanne somers tells why guests open up. >> if you want to clear things up you go on the "larry king live." >> larry: and some of of the media's iconic moments. the beatles reunion. everybody's going to feel all right >> larry: the marlon brando kiss. >> good-bye. >> larry: all next on "larry king live." >> larry: this is going to be very interesting tonight, folks. wendy walker is the senior executive producer of this program. and the author of what i admit sat terrific new book "producer: lessons shared from 30 years in television." you hardly ever see her on this show and now you'll meet the person who's influence is all over this show. every night. 307 years in 30 years in the business. what was it like to write this? >> it was like going to the shrink i think. it was much harder than i thought. so many people, every time i would talk about our show, your show, people would say, you've got to write this down. eventually i decided to do it, and it took a lot more work

. >>> and the jokes that have kathy griffin on the defensive. that's next in "the skinny." ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >>> miley cyrus cannot get out of the negative spotlight, it seems like. more drama. this time, dealing with some video of her smoking salvia, which apparently has a similar effect to lsd and marijuana. we should point out, it is legal. there you see from the tmz video, she's smoking this. i guess it was five days after her 18th birthday party. this is a party at her house. and so, you know, i mean the whole point, i guess that people are making, critics are saying, she was hannah montana, targeted towards younger kids. and is she is a good role model? and some people are saying she is out of control. and some are saying she could be victim to one of the runaway, hollywood victims. as far as her famous dad, billy ray cyrus. he took to twitter. and billy ray said this, sorry, guys. i had no idea. just saw this stuff for the first time myself. i'm sad. there's much beyond my control right now. i think that sentence says it all. he fe

. >> kathy griffin is doing vh1 "divas salute the troops." she's onstage and doing her typical bit where she makes fun of everyone. then bristol palin comes up. take a listen to what she said and you'll see why people right now are not so happy. >> bristol palin. yeah. she's the only contestant in the history of the show to actually gain weight. no, come on, come on. she gained like 30 pounds a week, i swear to god, it was fantastic. she's like the white precious. >> oh, oh! >> not nice. you can hear the audience, there was booing a little bit. bristol palin has now come out, she said the audience reaction to this comedienne spoke volumes and the decent people i know would probably have booed her too, i hope she doesn't get paid money, nobody wants to hear negativity and criticisms. it's interesting, vh1 producers said when they were editing this whole thing they thought about cutting out that bit. they wanted people to have the experience of being with kathy griffin live. she always makes headlines by having people respond to her. so in a wa

. >>> let's move on to kathy griffin, who is defending what she said about bristol palin. even if you haven't heard about the controversy, you'll understand. take a look. on "chelsea lately." >> what did you say about bristol? that she's a white precious? >> that's right. and i think it's ironic, that someone would call me a bully. there's a big difference between a comedienne and bully. >> if you missed the original comments, kathy griffin was doing a salute the troops sort of thing. and she said she's the white precious. she's the only one i've seen gain 30 pounds throughout the course of the show. and now, she is standing by her comments. and bristol palin is saying, she's awful. people shouldn't be paying money to see her make rude comments like that. so, that's the latest sort of on their squabble. >> well, kathy griffin is known to really speak her mind. look. there's always that fine line with comedy. right? and some people think they cross the line with that. >>> let's talk about nuptials and some breakups. two to be exact. first of all, joel madden and nicole rich

kelly osbourne tied with jennifer hudson for best slim down and courteney cox tied with kathy griffin for best age defiers. >>> and baltimore, maryland, one man won big and decided to give a lot of it away. marco won $250,000 in ta lottery but is not keeping it all for himself. he's actually handing a portion of his winnings over to an organization he rund, affecting the lives of children throughout the world providing dental and medical attention to needy kids. now many more kids will get the care and attention they need and all it took was $1. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today." just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. >>> when it comes to holiday decorations, this puts clark griswold to shame. it took 800 lights and three months to re-create what's being called the world's largest christmas tree. the design is strategically placed along a mountainside in italy where folks use solar panels for power to make the tree greener than usual. >>> for children in the czech republic, jolly old st. nick isn't quite so jolly. on st. nicholas day, children come fa

cyndi lauper, kathy griffin, katy perry. hollywood got involved in twitter land and praised a big step for the country. >> i don't know what was more surprising in that picture of lady gaga, that she looked nude or she had no makeup on. did you see her real face? >> raw, yes. >> okay, so what would be cooler than being 11 years old, singing in your choir, a choir that's already garnered a lot of national attention, and having anne hathaway show up. i want to show you the kids in case you haven't seen them. this has been viewed something like 25 million times on youtube. these are the kids from staten island, new york, p.s. 22. they're in the middle of a performance and all of a sudden they see anne hathaway. they think, how cool. she's here for our annual winter concert. then she says this. >> i am here, along with bruce, to essentially invite you guys to hollywood -- [ cheers and applause ] >> so in addition to flying out to hollywood, they will also be performing at the oscars. how cool is that. like i said, they're alread

>> kathy griffin was a pro the entire time. i can't put anything on her. just the stumbles that come with running a golf tournament. >> i know you chose to do a dinner gala with a concert following by liza minute knell la. >> with two ns by the way. >> i know you spelled it wrong on the brochure and posters? >> we did. we had it spelled wrong the first go-round. >> you learned that the hard way. who pointed that out to you, was that mr. trump? >> i'm glad he did. >> some mistakes were made. >> we're all human, absolutely. >> mr. trump, i have to ask you, are we going to be seeing a president trump some day? i hear you're thinking about running. >> the country is doing very, very poorly. we'll let you know. you'll be the first to know. >> yesterday i heard you say you would like to be up against sarah palin? >> no, i didn't say that. i like sarah palin. she's actually a friend of mine. but something has to happen. the country is not doing well. >> stay tuned for that race. and good luck tonight on the finale. you can catch the season finale, "apprentice" 10

jane lynch presented kathy griffin with their life award. our king cam was on the red carpet and you can see it at cnn.com. >>> we'll talk to a friend and >> caller: i'm wondering, if you do have to go to prison, and i wish you the best of luck, but if you do have to, will. >> keep praying for us, brother. >> caller: will you go in there and try to make a difference with your celebrity and your talent? or will you just want to go in and get the three years done and out of the way? >> well, i'm an artist to the core. and my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art. i don't see that changing. whether i'm out or whether i'm in. and i'm still going to try to fight for justice. >> larry: los angeles. you're next. go ahead. >> caller: mr. king, thank you so much for having me on. mr. snipes, first of all, huge fan. so sorry you're in this situation and i wish you and your family the best. >> keep praying for us, brother. keep praying. >> caller: definitely. mr. meachum, i want to say the late aar

jane lynch presented kathy griffin with their life award. our king cam was on the red carpet and you can see it at cnn.com. >>> we'll talk to a friend and colleague of hers who was at the edwards house this evening. as you new york city elizabeth edwards died today after a long battle with breast cancer. she was just 61. her doctors said treatment would be unproductive, i'll talk to that family friend tonight. also, candy crowley and, of course, you, larry, we'll be joining you at the top of the hour. and keeping them honest on don't ask, don't tell, republican leadership saying there isn't enough time in the current session to debate the legislation. is that really the case? i'll talk to senator joe lieberman who says the session should be extended so senators have the chance to vote. and allegations against bishop eddie long, he said he wanted to fight charges that he'd had inappropriate sexual relations with several male members of his -- young men, male members of his congregation. he's now agreed to mediation. the results of which can b

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