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Damage Unknown as Joan Rivers Brought Out of Coma

Family threatening to sue NYC clinic Yorkville Endoscopy

(Newser) - As doctors bring Joan Rivers out of a medically induced coma, there's some concern the comedian could end up "either a vegetable or in a wheelchair," the New York Daily News reports. That news has her family considering a lawsuit. Whether or not Rivers, 81, has suffered...

Joan Rivers on Life Support: Report

Comedian 'completely reliant' on machines to stay alive: sources

(Newser) - Joan Rivers is on life support and sources are telling TMZ that the 81-year-old is "completely reliant" on machines to stay alive. Rivers was initially put in a medically induced coma, and daughter Melissa Rivers described her as "resting comfortably ." Sources say the family "remains hopeful"...

Joan Rivers 'Resting Comfortably': Daughter

'Keep her in your thoughts and prayers,' says Melissa

(Newser) - Joan Rivers is "resting comfortably" in the hospital with family, daughter Melissa announced late yesterday. But amid reports that the 81-year-old comedian has been placed in a medically induced coma , Melissa Rivers offered no further details about her mother, who reportedly stopped breathing during a routine throat procedure. "...

Joan Rivers in Critical Condition
 Joan Rivers 
 'Stable but Critical' 
UPDATED
Aug 28, 2014 7:08 PM CDT

Joan Rivers 'Stable but Critical'

She stopped breathing during throat procedure, say reports

(Newser) - Joan Rivers stopped breathing during a throat procedure this morning and is in "stable but critical condition," reports E! Online . The 81-year-old comedian is now at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, but the hospital isn't saying much. The Daily News reports that Rivers has been placed in...

Joan Rivers Storms Out of Interview

She's no fan of CNN host's line of questioning

(Newser) - Note to reporters thinking of interviewing Joan Rivers: Don't ask her to defend her edgy humor or her affinity for fur. After CNN Newsroom host Fredricka Whitfield did just that Saturday night, Rivers angrily cut the interview short. "This whole interview is becoming a defensive interview," she...

Cruise Line Boots Joan Rivers Over ... a Joke

Quip about Cleveland kidnapping victims still haunts comedienne

(Newser) - Joan Rivers still knows how to offend people, and half way around the world no less. The Norwegian Cruise Line has canceled her July booking with daughter Melissa over an off-color joke the comedy queen made the other day , the New York Post reports. The comedienne quipped that living arrangements...

Joan Rivers Angers Ohio Women Held Captive

They want apology for joke

(Newser) - The women freed almost a year ago after a decade of captivity in a Cleveland home aren't happy about Joan Rivers joking about their ordeal. Lawyers for two of the women say Rivers should apologize for saying, "Those women in the basement in Cleveland had more space" when...

11 Bad Habits of the Stars
 11 Bad Habits 
 of the Stars 
Jul 20, 2013 12:54 PM CDT

11 Bad Habits of the Stars

Rich, famous, but not always healthy

(Newser) - Not all celebrities are like Gwyneth Paltrow, existing on air, kale, and good vibes alone. No, quite a few of them indulge in some distinctly unhealthy habits, from smoking to chowing down on junk food to spending too much time in the sun. The Stir rounds up 11 of the...

9 Stars Who Still Live With Mom

Even though most of them could probably afford their own place

(Newser) - He was once named the Sexiest Man Alive , but Bradley Cooper is not above bunking with his mom. As he revealed earlier this year , his mom moved in with him in 2011 after his dad died. And he's far from the only star with such a living situation. Perez...

Joan Rivers Ripped Over Heidi Klum-Holocaust Joke

She's predictably unfazed by the outrage

(Newser) - Joan Rivers managed to get herself on the Anti-Defamation League's bad side ... with a butt joke. Speaking about how Heidi Klum looked in her Oscars dress, Rivers noted on her show Monday: "The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the...

Rihanna in Twitter Feud With ... Joan Rivers

Plus, she's moved on ... to Rob Kardashian?

(Newser) - Joan Rivers likes to pick fights on Twitter , and this time she's engaged Rihanna. Rivers called Rihanna an "idiot" and said she wanted to "slap her" after the singer told Oprah Winfrey she still loves Chris Brown . Rihanna's first response, which she ultimately deleted: "wow...

Joan Rivers Protests 'Nazi' Costco...

By handcuffing herself to a stranger's cart, yelling about 'Indians'

(Newser) - Joan Rivers created quite a scene at Costco yesterday, yelling through a megaphone that the store is "like Nazi Germany" and will probably start "burning the Bible" next, before handcuffing herself to a shopper's cart. Rivers staged the protest at a California store because, she claims, Costco...

Groupon's Tibet Ad Enrages; Other Hits, Misses
 Groupon's Tibet Ad 
 Enrages; Other Hits, Misses 
Super Bowl Ads
Feb 7, 2011 7:51 AM CST

Groupon's Tibet Ad Enrages; Other Hits, Misses

'Can anyone be more stupid than Groupon?' wonders one blogger

(Newser) - Man, isn’t the plight of the Tibetan people hilarious? Groupon hit a real nerve last night with a Super Bowl commercial that seemed to exploit said plight for yucks. “The people of Tibet are in trouble. Their culture is in jeopardy,” says narrator Timothy Hutton. “But...

Joan &amp; Melissa an Embarrassment
 Joan & Melissa 
 an Embarrassment 
tv review roundup
Jan 25, 2011 1:32 PM CST

Joan & Melissa an Embarrassment

Critics: New reality show 'upsetting,' 'uncomfortable'

(Newser) - Joan Rivers’ new reality show on WE, Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?, follows the 77-year-old comedian as she moves in with her daughter in Los Angeles. It’s as artificial as the botox Rivers extols:
  • The show is “upsetting,” writes a pained Linda Stasi in the New
...

Joan Rivers: Fox News Banned Me for Palin Diss

Fox denies it, but Rivers says they're just doing 'damage control'

(Newser) - Did a Sarah Palin insult get Joan Rivers kicked off Fox News? Depends who you ask. It all started when Rivers told TMZ that Palin is “stupid and a threat,” and that those who blame her for the Tucson shootings are “right.” Rivers and her daughter,...

Sam Jumps to Defend LiLo From ... Joan Rivers
Sam Jumps to Defend LiLo From ... Joan Rivers
twitter wars
Jul 12, 2010 8:29 AM CDT

Sam Jumps to Defend LiLo From ... Joan Rivers

Hey, at least no one's throwing drinks

(Newser) - The bad news: Lindsay Lohan is going to jail. The good news: Her pined-after ex, Samantha Ronson, is back on her side. Ronson recently defended Lohan against a stream of hilarious—er, mean— tweets from Joan Rivers. Samples: “Lindsay Lohan said she wouldn't mind being under oath because she...

Kate Gosselin on Dancing With the Stars and 8 More Reality TV Temper Tantrums

 Nine Best 
 Reality TV 
 Hissy Fits 
inspired by kate
Apr 4, 2010 10:28 AM CDT

Nine Best Reality TV Hissy Fits

Kate Gosselin isn't even the worst

(Newser) - Kate Gosselin is the latest in a long line of “celebrities” throwing temper tantrums on national television. E! rounds up eight more reality show meltdowns—watch the videos in the gallery:
  • Kenley Collins, Project Runway: She flips out when judges say her final creation looks like a “pink
...

Rivers, Barred From Flight, Explodes

Her name didn't match the boarding pass

(Newser) - It's going to be a long, excruciating year for airport security guards if every passenger reacts to safety concerns the way Joan Rivers did recently. Rivers lashed a female guard as a "moronic idiot" and "premenstrual" after she was barred from boarding a Newark-bound flight from Costa Rica...

Joan Rivers: Move In, Gadhafi!
 Joan Rivers: Move In, Gadhafi! 
Aug 31, 2009 11:44 AM CDT

Joan Rivers: Move In, Gadhafi!

Libyan dictator liked her apartment, but changed his mind

(Newser) - Joan Rivers was heartbroken to learn that Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi decided not to rent her $25 million New York apartment, she tells the Post. “The Libyan ambassador called and offered over $200,000 a week so he could use it for entertaining. I thought it was great. I...

Mom Fears for Rihanna's Life
 Mom Fears 
 for Rihanna's Life 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 5, 2009 11:56 AM CDT

Mom Fears for Rihanna's Life

Singer wants restraining order against Brown gone

(Newser) - As Chris Brown awaits sentencing today, Rihanna is again trying to squash a court order requiring him to stay 50 yards away, her lawyer tells People. Meanwhile, her mother is afraid she’s “playing Russian roulette with her life” by allowing Brown to keep his “power over her,...

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