Was Star Jones (left, with her dog on the Emmys red carpet) pushed or did she jump? I don’t really care, I’m just relieved that she won’t be anchoring the red carpet coverage for E! anymore. (Her low point last week: asking Lost‘s Terry O’Quinn about his past as a bodyguard and a boxer, prompting a puzzled reaction from the actor, who was neither.) For future awards shows, I’d be happy to see Kathy Griffin move up to greeter-in-chief, but it’ll probably be a long time before E! forgets Griffin’s Dakota Fanning fiasco and lets her come into contact with actual celebrities. So PopWatch will put out the call: Should E! call Joan and Melissa Rivers back from TV Guide Channel purgatory, or is there someone else who should chat up the arriving stars for E!’s awards pre-shows?
Sep 30
2005
07:43 PM ET
Who should be E!'s next Star Jones?
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I’d only tune in for The Muppets doing interviews. Well, maybe there’s a good person I haven’t thought of yet… but so far my request is for the Muppets.
Oh, and I watch TV Guide Channel more than E!… is it really purgatory?
thank god that grimace (aka star jones in a purple dress) will no longer be out there…
Star Jones, Melissa & Joan and Tyra – the quartet of evil. They should get David Spade to work the carpet, he is funny and obviously knows his goss.
Give Kathy Griffin the job. She would be funny and alot more entertaining then what we will probably see on the actual Academy Awards Show!
1. Kathy Griffin
2. Amy Sedaris (as Jerri Blank)
3. Janeane Garofalo (the anti-fashion queen covering fashion!)
Here’s another vote for Kathy Griffin. She’s proven she’s funnier than anyone else on the job.
Then again, NO ONE would be worse than Star Jones. We can only go up from here.
kathy griffin, dammit! i would watch her do anything. asking kanye what the last thing he ordered at the olive garden? priceless.
Add another vote for Kathy Griffin. At least she tries to be different from the normal banality that accompanies the red carpet coverage. She catches celebrities off guard, and her questions are often priceless. I would rather see someone host the show who recognizes how completely idiotic and unimportant the whole thing is. I personally don’t care what celebrities are wearing – I want to see which celebrities possess a sense of humor and which ones wouldn’t know a joke if it hit them square in the face. Instead of talking about your Versaci dress, discuss the difficulties Dakota Fanning is bound to face when she finishes her stint in rehab
Not Kathy Griffin. She may be funny, but she has no more class than Jones or Rivers, and she’s actually quite hateful and full of herself despite masquerading as a self-parody. Here’s an easy litmus test for a new commentator: she should be nip/tuck-free. That weeds out all the trash!
The Muppets is a great idea, Josh!
I second the vote for Jerri Blank!
Kathy Griffin is the only person for this job. Her sense of humor may be missed by many celebrities, but it plays so well in context and on television, I can’t imagine viewers missing the parody, though obviously some celebrities have. It’s just too some stars don’t have a better sense of humor. Tom Cruise, Renee Z. and Dakota Fanning(‘s parents)…
Who cares – as long as that fur-wearing, materialistic, self-centered, self-important, vapid, narcisstic, self-promoting, used-to-be-a-cow-but-is-now-thin-but-just-as-hideous, ass-kissing, gay-man-marrying, tranny-looking bitch is off my TV screen…
Did I mention I loathe Star Jones?
Ding Dong the witch is dead! Thank goodness Star is outta there….she was PAINFUL to watch. I think Kathy Griffin and/or David Spade would be a fine replacement. Whoever they choose, you needs someone out there who actually KNOWS who these folks are and asks the kinds of questions we at home would love to ask.