"I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows until you come home." -- Groucho Marx. view link

Greetings, darlings! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are now ready to gobble up some gossip. I assure you it will be low-calorie but not high brow (unless you include all the eyebrows that may be raised at some of the shenanigans I’m about to report).

Anyhoo, Thanksgiving brings up turkeys and that reminds moi of Rosie O’Donnell’s new variety show that premiered Thanksgiving night. Because it was such a turkey it was cancelled before the final credits rolled – so “Rosie Live” is now dead as the proverbial doornail. It was bizarro from the get-go with Rosie done up in waaaaay too much make-up --- I’m all for eye shadow and lipstick darlings, if it is your style... but O’Donnell looked like a caricature of herself playing dress-up.

And her show, which included guests Alanis Morissette, Alec Baldwin, Clay Aiken, Ne-Yo and Liza Minnelli, was supposedly conceived to be a throwback to the likes of “The Carol Burnett Show” of yesteryear. But it was more like a makes-us-want-to-throw-up-this-is-soooo-bad lame excuse of entertainment.

Hey, it’s not just ME, sweeties. Hollywood Today wrote the show was a bunch of “poorly timed skits and awkwardly placed dance and acrobatic acts... O’Donnell’s attempts at self-deprecating humor also fell flat, as did NBC’s blatantly inserted cross-promotions.”

Another cancellation, of sorts: The Donald’s pre-Marla Maples ex-wife, Ivana Trump, is divorcing 35-year-old Rossano Rubicon. "Rossano wants to live in Miami and work in Milan," Trump told reporters. "But, I am a New Yorker and my family, friends and businesses are here. As the beautiful song says, `Que sera sera!'"

Ivana , who is 59 , by the by, married Rubicon – her fourth husband – last April at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach resort. She claims they actually separated 3 months ago but she didn’t tell anyone because she didn’t want to screw up his attempt to land on the Italian version of "Survivor". How on earth Rossano being married to a 24 year older cougar would make him a more desirable "star" for that show is beyond me ... unless they are doing a "Survivor of Doomed Marriages" version.

Good news: Despite tabloid reports to the contrary, Patrick Swayze is still alive and planning on staying that way. In fact, he’s doing remarkably well in his fight against pancreatic cancer and just wrapped shooting on the first season of his new series, “The Beast”.

You can see how he looks for yourself in January when an interview airs featuring Patrick and his wife, Lisa, talking to Baba Wawa. The interview is scheduled to take place at his California ranch . In a statement just released to the press, Patrick said, " Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease and from the moment I was diagnosed, I knew I was in for the fight of my life. It's a battle, and so far, I've been winning. I'm one of the lucky few that respond well to treatment.” He’s one brave dude and we all wish him much strength and continued success in his battle...

Now, from the Not-Ready-For-A-Final Frontier files: William Shatner is at it again. No, not feuding with George Takei ( although I think that is still going on). Shatner just finished his Emmy-winning performance as randy attorney Denny Crane on ABC's "Boston Legal" and he’s already back with a new series.

Shatner's "Raw Nerve", a talk show, believe it or not, just premiered on cable's Biography Channel. The half-hour, 13-episode series features the former Captain Kirk supposedly getting up close and personal ( translation: "in their faces and probably obnoxious") as he probes areas that touch “raw nerves” in celebs ranging from Valerie Bertinelli talking about her food and drug addictions and divorce from Eddie Van Halen to porn star Jenna Jameson discussing her childhood and Kelsey Grammer revealing his problems with alcohol.

Supposedly, Shatner has invited actor George Takei, another former "Star Trek" star, to guest on his show but don’t hold your breath. "Here's a guy in whose company I've been not too many times who doesn't seem to like me, so it's only like a curiosity, what did I do?" Shatner told reporters.

Uh, Bill, darling.... maybe you bashed George one too many times , including on that interview posted on Youtube..

Did someone mention William Shatner and Youtube? Oh, I think I just did.... if you have never seen the pee-in-your-pants it’s so funny performance of “Rocket Man” by Shatner at the l978 Science Fiction Awards ( or something like this), here it is.... view link

And do you think that’s a REAL joint he’s smoking or what? hahahahaha... I just watched "Rocket Man" again and I’m still laughing.

Like, psychedelic, man!

Anyhoo, that’s it for this week’s edition but I’ll be back soon with more this, that and some more of the other dishy stuff. So jump right on here with YOUR comments and disses. And if you haven't joined Gossip Au Go Go yet, get your cute gossipy butt in gear and do it RIGHT NOW, darlings: view link

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