Barbara Walters gets the Barbara Walters treatment in new documentary
'Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything' explores Walters’ personal life as well as her career, highlighting a vulnerable side the public rarely saw
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Books How Barbara Walters changed the world
Interviewing the likes of Vladimir Putin, Monica Lewinsky and Fidel Castro, the groundbreaking journalist remade television in her own image
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Culture How the iconic Barbara Walters led the charge against antisemitism and social injustice (sometimes)
The first Jewish co-host of a news program spoke out against Spiro Agnew's bigotry, but seemed to give others a pass
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Life How I Learned My Opinions Matter
Frimet Goldberger and her children at her graduation from Sarah Lawrence College Three weeks ago, I learned that Barbara Walters gets her gumption from my alma mater, Sarah Lawrence College. The legendary female doyen of American media made a surprise appearance to rousing applause before Fareed Zakaria’s keynote address. In her two-minute speech, Walters quoted…
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The Schmooze Bye Bye, Barbara Walters
Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton were among the surprise guests who showed up to say goodbye to Barbara Walters during her last taping of “The View” on Friday. The journalist filmed her final appearance on the ABC talk show, celebrating a career of more than 50 years in TV news. The question now is, who…
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The Schmooze Barbara Walters Defends Woody Allen
On a recent segment of “The View,” Barbara Walters aggressively defended Woody Allen against the sexual abuse allegations put forward by adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in a recent open letter to the public. I know Mia, I have a good relationship with her,” Walters explained. “But I’ve been with Woody many times with his two…
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The Schmooze Barbara Walters Interviews The Tribe
TV journalism matriarch Barbara Walters will be hanging up her mic in May 2014. Over her 52-year career, she’s interviewed every US President and First Lady since Richard and Pat Nixon, Hollywood icons, world leaders, dictators, Justin Bieber, and even a member of the tribe or two. Here’s a look back at some of her…
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The Schmooze Barbara Walters Is Retiring
39 years after she first got behind an anchor’s desk at “The Today Show,” sources have confirmed that Barbara Walters will be retiring in May 2014. A number of specials and send-offs are in the works to celebrate the grande dame of television’s 52-year-career. Walters will also be leaving her show “The View,” along with…
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