An important landmark for us early on in ET days was the coverage of the Twilight Zone helicopter crash story, in which Vic Morrow and two children, who were actors in the film, died. Everyone used our footage.
As journalists, we keep pushing and pushing.
At these award shows, I love to see what people are going to wear.
I am actually wearing slacks on the show more than I ever have - it is now acceptable, and I like mixing it up.
I can thank Regis for my job on Entertainment Tonight. In 1982, I did four months of a talk show on NBC with Regis.
I can't say I'm happy to be talking about John Ritter and his passing. In my 21 years of Entertainment Tonight, this really was one of the most shocking and sad things to have happened.
I can't think of a major story that we have broken that was incorrect. But we have had to correct some things that were false; we have had to retract things.
I honestly, sincerely love what I do.
I love the people I work with. I don't know how long it will be or how long I will be blessed to be wanted there, but I enjoy what I'm doing now.
If somebody has recently been divorced and neither one of them wanted to talk about it for a long time, you respect that.
In a lot of cases, as in Tom and Nicole's case, the tabloids were about to break the story, so they said just let the news out. And they called organizations such as ours.
It was a very risky venture because at first, nobody really was comfortable with it. The publicists were very wary of putting their stars on the show.
It's nice to help remember somebody who really made a very positive difference in the world.
Johnny Carson, when he and Joanna split after many years of marriage, everybody had it on news. That's big news when big stars have a problem.
Julia Roberts is a favorite. Everybody loves her in the Hollywood community. The public adores her.
Long gone are those days where the studio dictated what they could wear, where they could go, and with whom they could be seen. It was programmed.
Macauley Culkin was on the show a lot. Or Haley Joe Osment.
Many have been with the show for years, and they have sources in the business, so we do know things, but until it is verified, we don't run with the story.
Martial arts just normally would not draw me to the box office.
Our terrific staff was immediately rushed to the office to put together a show for last night, and an entire hour on John Ritter.
People do want to know the personal things. How far is too far to go with personal lives?
People magazine had been around for a short period of time, but nobody had thought about putting entertainment news on a nightly basis on television.
Survivor has been such a hit, and out of that have come so many interesting stories from people that we don't see on the big screen. We have helped make them incredible celebrities.
The Bushes in office now have asked that everybody respect the privacy of their twin girls. We're laying back because they asked for that.
The pressure to be timely with news has increased every year.
The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game.
There are days like any normal human being where I wake up and I don't feel like going to work.
There are people who are very highly paid to cover the truth and who will protect their clients.
There are so many venues in which stars are exposed today, that we just know much more and the studios don't have the control over stars like they used to, in the 30s, 40s, and 50s.
There have been many cases in which stars have come to us first to break the news because they knew the pressure was on. They wanted to have it on the air so that they could give their honest evaluation of the situation.
There have been many times when we have not run stories because we cannot get it verified.
They had an opening. You know, it was one of those deals. I auditioned and got it in '93.
Traffic is one of the most powerful films to come out in recent years. It blew me away.
We all take a very careful look at how it's coming across. We certainly don't want to come across sounding sympathetic to anybody using drugs.
We can't laugh quite as much on camera, but we sure do on the set.
We have 160 people on staff, most here in LA, but we also have a bureau in New York. And they are working round-the-clock.
We will often talk to Liz Smith about couples and relationships because she always has an inside track, too.
When there is a big news story that touches the entertainment business or the news business, we have to cover it.
When you look at what we spend on entertainment, whether it's on CDs, music, DVDs, there is so much money invested in that, people want to know a little more about the stars they're paying to see or hear.
You have to be very careful when you go with a story on the air, that you have your sources backed up and know your facts.
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