In recent years, Joan Rivers has done a good job of reintroducing herself to a younger audience who probably only knows her as the mean woman on red carpets if at all. First there was the documentary, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, which showed a surprisingly human and sympathetic side of the iconic comedienne. Then there was her amazing appearance on Louie this past summer. What else could cement her image as an older person cool enough for the kids to like? How about 10 minutes of her getting super high on TV?

As the news that Osama bin Laden is dead begins to sink in, other, less weighty stories can begin to waft over, or wriggle under, that steel media curtain. The bin Laden story blotted out the usual post-White House Correspondents Dinner fluff, but in its cooling embers, we can now marvel at Joan Rivers‘ prime example of that sweetest of celebrity truffles, the pre-gamin’ red carpet political rant. The veteran comic (and former contestant on Donald Trump‘s Celebrity Apprentice) had some choice words when asked about President Obama, imploring him to “stop campaigning,” and “Take care of the f**king country!”

The ladies of The View discussed Gilbert Gottfried’s recent Japan jokes, with Joy Behar chiming in with… this:

I don’t know, maybe people who just need relief from the terror of it all. I don’t know, but I mean, I’m sure people in concentration camps made jokes about each other, about the Nazis, about their situation. That’s the way people relieve stress.

Comedian Joan Rivers is often willing to say or do anything for a laugh and last night on her reality show Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? she allowed her grandson, Cooper, to torture her . . . literally. After Cooper and his friends laid Rivers down on the “grass of death” and put a towel over Rivers’ face, Rivers quickly yelled out “I confess” when water was poured on her.

Who would have thought that the harshest critic of the Obama administration on MSNBC lately would be Joan Rivers? The entertainment icon was on The Last Word tonight to talk about her recent reemergence during the Super Bowl but took a detour to evaluate the President, and Rivers is not happy– though at least, apparently, sees the President himself as an object of pity.

Comedian Joan Rivers appeared with her daughter Melissa on The Joy Behar Show last night to promote her new show Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? on the WE Network. Besides defending comedian Ricky Gervais, Joan really wanted to discuss her current “feud” with Sarah Palin and the reason why she was banned from Fox News (as she alleged yesterday) or was meant to have her appearance rescheduled.

Willing to say anything comedian Joan Rivers was caught unleashing a slew of jokes, or insults depending on one’s perspective, at Sarah Palin. Rivers said Palin’s website encourages violent behavior and that Palin is an amazing woman who “should go to another planet and get out of our face.” Rivers also thinks the media is right to blame Palin for the shooting because “this woman is just stupid and a threat.”

Anderson Cooper is, perhaps, the bravest man on television. He’s traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan in the midst of war, turned the world’s eyes to Haiti after it was rocked by a massive earthquake, and ventured to a New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina. All that to prepare for this: interviewing not just his New Year’s Eve co-host Kathy Griffin, but also comedians Joy Behar, Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers – who had a little gossip to share concerning none other than Oprah.

Comedy Central just announced that their popular roast series has chosen a new target: Donald Trump. Whether this impacts any plans to run for President is unclear, but Trump is already game and ready for the fun, saying in the Comedy Central press release, “I’ll show up to the Roast because Comedy Central is paying me a lot of money, but I’m confused as to how anybody could make fun of me.”

New York’s local affiliate is dealing with a lot these days – taking breaks from non-stop Olympic coverage and trying to keep the Tri-state region abreast of the deadly snowfall. Yes, deadly, as it appears that the vast amounts of snow felled a tree near Central Park yesterday, tragically killing a man in his 50′s. Really sad, right? Not according to WNBC studio guest Joan Rivers, who was moved to shout “who cares?” after anchor Chuck Scarborough reported the casualty.

On last night’s Larry King Live, Joan Rivers was not pleased about her treatment at a Costa Rican airport. Thanks to a mixup at the ticket counter, she was held back by airport security while her family flew home to the US. Rivers wasn’t afraid to show her indignation: she called the agent who detained her a “moron idiot” and speculated that the woman was “premenstrual.”

A few weeks ago, Comedy Central televised a roast of Joan Rivers, hosted by Kathy Griffin and featuring a whole host of foul-mouthed comics cracking jokes about Joan’s various facelifts, how old she is, and how old her vagina is. One of those foul-mouthed comics was Donald Trump, a.k.a. her new boss after Rivers was [...]

Day jobs are annoying, if for no other reason than because they steal you away from the best moments on television.  No, not the season finales of primetime shows or the elimination challenges on reality programs – weekday cable news!  The stuff you miss whilst sitting behind a desk is both funnier and sadder than [...]