Did you love the Rosie O'Donnell Show? Rachael Ray did, so her daytime show decided to bring back the Rosie show for one encore performance. On May 2nd, the "Rachael Ray" show will be transformed into the "Rosie O'Donnell Show." Rachael even brought back Rosie's old sidekick John McDaniel for the special show. Plus, Rosie and Rachael two of them took part in a dance production number to close the show.
The Queen of TV also chatted with Rachael about life since leaving The View, her former co-host Barbara Walters, friend Martha Stewart, the worst guests she ever interviewed and her new crush... and its not Tom Cruise! Here are some Rosie quotes from the show until tomorrow:
On the worst guests she has ever interviewed:

"I had Keanu Reeves once who totally had no interest in speaking either and it was live. So I finally said, "Keanu, I hate to tell you this, but it is a talk show. You have to talk.'"

On visiting Martha Stewart in prison:

"So I walk in looking all sloppy and out she comes looking like she's going to a photo shoot. Her hair is dyed, she's perfect in makeup. "Hey Rose it's lovely to see you.' I'm like in shock. "You know you can use mustache bleach for highlights.' She was totally perfect."

On her "new" Tom Cruise:

"I'm obsessed with Escape to Chimp Eden. There is this guy who's my new Tom Cruise. Tom knows, I wrote him an email. "Sorry it's happened, I didn't think it would.' Send."

On her time at The View:

"This is an amazing medium if you can use it in the right way. But what I learned from this is that it's much better when I'm the boss."

On Barbara Walters:

"I have nothing but respect and reverence for her, for Barbara Walters, and for who she is. A daytime talk show host, a world-renowed journalist. She has talked to every world leader, before women were not allowed to even dream of doing that. She is a hero. She's a feminist hero whether or not she knows that."

AIRDATE: Friday May 2, 2008

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Poor Rachael Ray! She literally can't get a break. Well, that is if you don't count the 75 shows, 6,431 cookbooks and 304 magazines she can claim her own. Radar Magazine has complied a list of the most hated people on the web and Miss Rachael is number 10. The rest of the list isn't that relevant to INO, unless you count "the entire cast of quarterlife" which I find pretty funny. Does that include the grips as well because that just isn't fair! ;)
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I feel terrible for women who decide that they don't want to have children. It's almost as if the world can't understand such a decision and in order to make sense of it all, ask "why" a million times. Perhaps it's because they don't want to.
This is TOTALLY not on the same scale - but I don't drink. And I swear I always get interrogated by a handful of people to figure me out.
"Why don't you drink? You mean you never drink? Do you not drink hard liquor or is it everything?"
UGH! Imagine how women feel when they made the decision to not become a mother, yet need to constantly justify their decision to family and friends. Now think of a celebrity woman. HOW many time are they going to ask Rachael Ray about having children? It is what it is. She doesn't want to. The. End.

"I'm too tired," Ray, 39, says in a new interview with Extra. "I feel like I'm a bad mom to my dog... I have five jobs, and I just don't think I could take on the biggest job of being a parent."

Please email rrtickets@kingworld.com for your tickets and tell them I'm Not Obsessed sent you!
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Rachael Ray- First Time Ever Special Kid's Show!
Our show is pleased to invite you and your KIDS to be a part of a very special taping of Rachael Ray!
We are looking for children between the ages of 8 and 12 to attend a taping on Thursday, January 24th, 2008. Each adult is allowed to attend with a total of three kids or less. All adults will be seated in our audience holding room for the taping of the show as only children will be allowed in our studio audience! Please be advised that all tickets are first come, first serve and admission is not guaranteed.
* Taping Location: EUE ScreenGems Studio - “ 222 East 44th Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017
* Show date: Thursday, January 24th, 2008
* Check-in time: 1015am. Please note that admission is first come; first serve as ticket distribution may be in excess of our studio capacity. Admission is not guaranteed.
If you are interested in having your children attend this taping, please email us back no later than Monday, January 21st by 9am as we are booking on a first come first serve basis.
Please email us with all of the following information. Without this information we will not be able to accept your request:
Parental Guardian's Name (Guardian's must be 18 years or older):
Number of children attending:
Exact ages of all children:
Contact phone:
Contact email:
**Please note: We ask you to bring valid identification for all children. (Examples: birth certificate, passport etc)
Once again, we are interested only in children between the ages of 8 and 12.
We will be sending you a ticket to your email address by Monday, January 21st to confirm your request. If you do not hear from us by this date you do not have tickets to this show. Thank you.
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Rachael Ray and Padma Lakshmi both took the time out to signs copies of their new cookbooks for their fans. Rachael's one thousandth hits, 'Just in Time: All-New 30-Minutes Meals, plus Super-Fast 15-Minute Meals and Slow It Down 60-Minute Meals' flew off the shelves at Sur La Table at the Miracle Mile Shops in Las Vegas, Nevada. Is it wrong that all I want to know is how much money this girl has in her bank account?! :) It's well deserved - she revolutionized cooking for the everyday cook.
Over at Borders Books in Torrance, California Padma (my girl crush) signed her latest book 'Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet: A World of Recipes for Every Day'. That title is so fitting isn't it? Padma IS Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet! I need to pick that one up. The last cookbook I bought was Ina Garten's latest. Anyone own Tangy Tart? Is it worth it?

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Rachael Ray and John Cusimano showed their affections for one another at the Lunchbox Auction benefiting Food Bank For NYC held at Saatchi & Saatchi. I've never seen these two so touchy-feely!! Also in attendance were Peter Sarsgaard, Maggie Gyllenhaal. In case you are in the giving mood,  Style.com recapped a list of charities that some celebrities are affiliated with:

• Betsey Johnson, National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, www.natlbcc.org


• David Lauren, Pink Pony, www.ralphlauren.com


• Donna Karan, Urban Zen Initiative, www.urbanzen.org


• Francisco Costa, ACRIA, www.acria.org


• Iman, Keep a Child Alive, www.keepachildalive.org


• Julie Gilhart, The Edible Schoolyard, www.edibleschoolyard.org


• Kenneth Cole, amfAR, www.amfar.org


• Dr. Lisa Airan, Share Our Strength, www.strength.org


• Liya Kebede, World Health Organization, www.who.int/en


• Margherita Missoni, OrphanAid Africa, www.oafrica.org


• Narciso Rodriguez, Aid for AIDS, www.aidforaids.org


• Nicole Miller, Riverkeeper, www.riverkeeper.org


• Simon Doonan, Youth Advocacy Center, www.youthadvocacycenter.org


• Tory Burch, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, www.mskcc.org


• Zac Posen, TeachersCount, www.teacherscount.org

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Hmmmnnn... Rachael Ray was as peppy as ever outside the Good Morning America studios. She's come a long way from those tucked in stretch shirts and waist high jeans she started off with on the Food Network. But what do you think about her all brown outfit seen here?

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Up beat and always cheery Rachael Ray was photographed on her way into 'The Late Show With David Letterman' looking quite cute in a brown dress with matching heels. Unfortunately for her she may not have known that multiple flashes from cameras can make many a dresses become see through. In this case however we see some um...nipple guards in place. Better to be safe than sorry I always say.

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How many times have we heard Rachael Ray say that she is just a waitress from upstate NY who got lucky? Yes, I watch the show (on occasion - ok all the time). Here she is filming a segment for her network morning talk show and getting her makeup done in between takes.
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I was really hoping that this one wasn't true since they seem so head over heels in love. Almost annoyingly so, but that's ok ;-) There had been an Internet rumor that ever perky 30 minute meal maker Rachael Ray and her husband of 2 years were getting ready to split. Us Weekly reports otherwise:

Ray's rep tells Us, "There is no truth to it and it's a non-item....Rachael and John are happily enjoying the holiday week up at their cabin."

I don't know why the marriage rumors always happen as soon as someone becomes super recognizable. Even with the previous rumors of drugs and infidelity, I just did not think these two were splitting up. Maybe I'm just a romantic at heart.