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Piers Morgan Already Banning Guests From His New Talk Show

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Piers Morgan has only just taken over for Larry King as the resident celebrity interviewer on CNN, but he’s already taking pains to do the show on his terms and he doesn’t care who he offends. For instance, Morgan has created a list of guests who are banned from his show for no real reason except that Morgan just doesn’t like them. The show premiered last night and Morgan’s first guest was none other than interview queen Oprah Winfrey, but she’s one of the few people it seems Morgan can tolerate. Check out the list of diverse celebs Morgan refuses to invite to Piers Morgan Tonight and the actual reasons Morgan cites for blacklisting each person below:

Banned: Madonna.
Reason
: “She is so boring. She’s too vegan for TV. We have Lady Gaga now so Madonna is banned from my show.”

Banned: Keith Olbermann.
Reason
: “Just because it would really annoy him. It’s a temporary ban, designed to confuse and bemuse him, and hopefully engender a violent reaction.”

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Health Dating: Who’s Sicker? Howie Mandel Or Mariska Hargitay?

NBC’s prime-time line-up had a scare this week, as Deal Or No Deal host Howie Mandel and Law & Order: SVU actress Mariska Hargitay announced they’d been sent to the hospital with serious ailments. Hargitay’s rep told Access Hollywood that she’s suffered a collapsed lung, but that—while it kept her from Sunday’s Golden Globes—she won’t miss any episodes of SVU.

Mandel’s medical emergency followed the discovery of an irregular heartbeat on the set of his new show, Howie Do It! According to TMZ, Mandel received medication for the condition that was not to be taken on an empty stomach. Naturally, he did just that. The comedian is expected to be back at work today, and did not suffer a heart attack. Get well soon, guys! NBC can’t afford to lose anyone popular right now.

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