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  Kathie Lee Gifford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kathie Lee Gifford (born Kathryn Lee Epstein on August 16, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, famous for her stint on the television talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin for 15 years.
Kathie Lee Gifford was born in Paris, France to Aaron Leon Epstein and his wife, Joan.
Gifford's career took off in the 1970s (during her first marriage to Paul Johnson) as a vocalist on the game show Name That Tune with Tom Kennedy (she performed the "sing a tune" segment).
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 Kathie Lee Gifford: LIVE! with Regis & Kathie Lee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gifford's training in performing arts began early, as she and her siblings were constantly staging some backyard theatrical activity, typically casting their beloved family dog in the starring role.
Gifford's singing career continues to skyrocket, as witnessed at the 1995 Superbowl with her sparkling rendition of the national anthem.
Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford were blessed with a baby boy, Cody Newton, on March 22, 1990.
www.wchstv.com /synd_prog/kathielee.html   (898 words)

  
 Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kathie Lee Gifford: Just in Time for Christmas, her third annual holiday special for CBS, was relatively painless and rarely seemed to call for the rending of oneâs garments or the gnashing of oneâs teeth.
Gifford burst from the wings at the outset braying the opening notes of "The Christmas Waltz," and when she finished the song, the first shot of the audience was of her lumpy husband Frank sitting in an aisle seat and applauding.
Somewhat sadistically, Gifford insisted on reminding the Oklahoma audience of the terrible terrorist bombing there in 1995 and at one point compared the loss of life in the tragedy with the death of one of her friends by cancer.
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According to Kathie Lee, when she left the show, people thought she had elaborate plans for what she was going to do next.
Although she continued to make TV and public appearances, Kathie Lee enjoyed being able to stay home and have dinner with her family, tuck her kids in bed at night, and even write and record songs in her home studio.
Kathie Lee also states, "I believe life is a journey and God is not so concerned with the Oscars or Emmys or anything else we get along the way, but it's what we do with what we've been given by God, and our expressions of Him throughout every part of our life, that matters."
www.cbn.com /cbnmusic/artists/gifford_kathylee.asp   (1024 words)

  
 Kathie Lee Says Farewell - CBS News
Gifford told CBS News' The Early Show on Friday morning that one of the reasons Live has been so successful for her is because she makes sure to share her heart with viewers.
Gifford announced Feb. 29 she would leave with the expiration of her contract at the end of July, saying she wanted to spend more time with her two children and family.
Gifford said one of her favorite moments from the show was a day when everything was going wrong.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/07/28/entertainment/main219686.shtml   (923 words)

  
 ADL TROUBLED BY KATHIE LEE GIFFORD'S REMARKS ABOUT JEWS
Gifford, when taking about how she was more in touch with Middle America than the executive producer of her TV show, Michael Gelman, told Charles Grodin on his CNBC show that, "He's a male, Jewish, single guy, living in New York City.
Lee reminding her that "the charge that Jews are responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus had been used countless times over many centuries to justify anti-Jewish persecution and violence.
Gifford to acknowledge that her comments were problematic and to commit herself to show great sensitivity in the future.
www.adl.org /PresRele/ASUS_12/2613_12.asp   (289 words)

  
 Kathie Lee On 'The Insider', Back On TV As Special Correspondent - CBS News
Gifford, who has been involved in writing and producing for musical theater, says it is important to pay attention to the live arts.
Gifford's first assignment was an interview with Cybill Shepherd, who is starring in the CBS movie "Martha Behind Bars." The movie is the second unauthorized drama about Stewart.
Gifford sat atop the morning talk show arena as co-host of the highly rated, "LIVE with Regis and Kathie Lee" for 15 years before she decided to leave.
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 USATODAY.com - Kathie Lee Gifford returns to morning television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gifford, former co-host of Live With Regis and Kathie Lee, talked about the musical career of William Hung, whose spirited version of Ricky Martin's She Bangs got him booted from American Idol auditions — but made him a fan favorite.
Gifford said she and her former co-host, Regis Philbin, have remained friends.
Gifford, who sat next to Philbin on their morning talk show for 15 years, left the show in July 2000.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-04-14-kathie-lee_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA   (237 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Gentle Grace: Reflections & Scriptures on Gods Gentle Grace: Books: Kathie Lee Gifford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kathie Lee Gifford’s message of inspiration and encouragement are presented beautifully through the original devotions, song lyrics, personal photographs and carefully selected Scripture verses found in this special keepsake book.
Kathie Lee's "Gentle Grace" is a beautiful work of inspiration and hope...it is a companion to her fabulous CD by the same name.
Kathie Lee has always been a talented, special celebrity but first and foremost she is a woman dedicated to the Lord, to her faith, family and friends.
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 Walt Disney Records: Bio of Kathie Lee Gifford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After high school, Gifford studied communications, drama, and the arts in college, then headed straight to Los Angeles at the age of 20.
In 1977, Gifford became the featured singer on the game show Name That Tune, and later was a costar in the musical situation comedy Hee Haw Honeys, a spinoff of Hee Haw.
Kathie Lee and husband Frank Gifford have two children, Cody Newton and Cassidy Erin.
disney.go.com /DisneyRecords/Biographies/Gifford_Bio.html   (340 words)

  
 Kathie Lee Gifford, Ask A Star: Broadway.com Buzz
Kathie Lee Gifford seems to be on a new path, and it has taken her Under the Bridge.
Never one to sit still, Gifford has been busy since leaving the talk show in 2000, but it seems this particular project is closest to her heart.
Kathie Lee responds: I was in the spotlight so long that "behind the scenes" is a welcome relief.
www.broadway.com /Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=506130   (1042 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com - New Kathie Lee Gifford Book, CD a Rediscovery of God's Grace
The “Good Morning America” gig helped prep Gifford for her audition three years later for the role of Philbin’s co-host on “The Morning Show,” which later debuted in syndication in 1988 with its new name, “LIVE with Regis and Kathie Lee.” The rest, as they say, is history.
Following her 15-year stint, Gifford’s departure from the morning talk show came in 2000, when she announced she wanted to spend more time with her family and focus on a music career.
And just one year earlier, Gifford herself had become a tabloid target when labor activists said her Wal-Mart clothing line was produced in foreign sweatshops – news that came as a complete shock to Gifford.
www.crosswalk.com /fun/1263800.html   (1190 words)

  
 Kathie Lee Gifford News :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gifford since she launched her own line of clothing in the mid-1990s are now dogging her soon-to-be-former co-host as he launches his own line of clothing.
Gifford took the news straight to her beloved fans, announcing on today's "Live!" that she'll depart the show in July when her current contract ends.
Gifford says the ambivalence behind her potential departure is driven mainly by personal reasons.
www.hollywood.com /celebs/news/id/189780   (3315 words)

  
 ABC News: Kathie Lee Gifford Returning to TV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kathie Lee Gifford Returning to TV Kathie Lee Gifford Returns to TV As Correspondent for Syndicated Entertainment Show 'The Insider'
Kathie Lee Gifford poses at the theater in New York on December 17, 2004 where her play "Under The Bridge" is being performed.
Gifford will join Pat O'Brien on "The Insider" beginning Sept. 12 as a special correspondent for the syndicated entertainment-magazine show, the show's executive producer said Monday, Aug. 15, 2005.
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 Kathie Lee's Latest Sweatshop Scandal - Sep 22, 1999 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
"Kathie Lee Gifford is a celebrity, a very influential and powerful person," he said.
Bob Adler, chairman of the Kellwood Co. division that licenses the Kathie Lee line, said monitors sent to the Caribbean Apparel factory in Santa Ana could not immediately substantiate allegations of physical and psychological abuse.
Gifford has been true to her word: In December 1997, she blew the whistle to regulators over another substandard factory manufacturing her apparel.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,5344,00.html?newsrellink   (547 words)

  
 Kathie Lee Gifford
"Kathie Lee Gifford" (born "Kathryn Lee Epstein" on August 16, 1953 in Paris, France) is an American singer and actoractress most famous for her stint on the talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin.
Kathie Lee is the wife of Frank Gifford, a former football player and television commentator.
From her current marriage to Gifford, Kathie Lee has two children: son Cody Newton Gifford (born in 1990), and Cassidy Erin Gifford (born in 1993).
www.artistopia.com /kathie-lee-gifford   (284 words)

  
 The Unsinkable Kathie Lee Gifford / From Regis to raging TV diva
Overcoming the tabloids, her sweatshop scandal, her own singing career, the infidelity of husband Frank Gifford and the regular mocking she gets at the hands of late-night comics, Kathie Lee Gifford has gone out and done what she said she would do: pursue acting.
Gifford stars as an aging sitcom star in a fictional hit show called "Whaddaya Want, Mom?," who has become a raging diva prone to tantrums, the abuse of banned substances and plain unruly, uncontrollable behavior.
Not only that, Gifford says this image of being squeaky clean is false and the new movie will in no way shock her loyal fans -- even the religious ones who share her religious beliefs.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/19/DD29327.DTL   (814 words)

  
 March 23 Bulletin
Gifford met with one of the exploited girls, and said: "I had no idea what was happening, but now that I know I will do everything to help you." Imbued with a sense of personal responsibility, Ms.
Now comes the revelation that handbags with the Kathie Lee label, sold by Wal-Mart, are made in three factories where conditions were among the worst among the 21 factories investigated for the National Labor Committee report.
Kathie Lee Gifford, in countless media interviews, has shown herself as completely sincere about her commitment to eliminate such abuses, starting with the treatment of workers making her own Kathie Lee goods but not stopping there.
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 Kathie Lee, Disney, and the Sweatshop Uproar
Instead, the focus was on the anguish of Gifford, who exuded tearful innocence: "I felt like I was being of all people, being kicked in the teeth for trying to help kids." The program touted Gifford's good works for charities.
The entrepreneur's husband, ABC sportscaster Frank Gifford, responded by rushing to the sweatshop with envelopes of $300 in cash for the mistreated workers.
Kathie Lee Gifford doesn't seem to grasp the extent of the problem.
www.monitor.net /monitor/sweatshop/ss-solomon.html   (734 words)

  
 TV-Kathie-Lee-Gifford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kathie Lee Gifford poses at the theater in New York on December 17, 2004.
NEW YORK (AP) - Kathie Lee Gifford will join anchor Pat O'Brien on The Insider next month as a special correspondent for the syndicated entertainment-magazine show.
Gifford was co-host of the syndicated Live With Regis & Kathie Lee with Regis Philbin for 15 years.
www.recorder.ca /cp/Entertainment/050816/e081611A.html   (169 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Born for You: Music: Kathie Lee Gifford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Best known these days for her daytime talk-show stint with Regis Philbin, Kathie Lee Gifford is an accomplished vocalist, especially on slow, sentimental ballads.
Kathie's voice has a tender, dreamy quality ideally suited to the romantic ballads that dominate this album, just as they dominated the other two albums that I mentioned.
Kathie is less suited to dramatic up-tempo songs like Don't rain on my parade, but some of you will appreciate its inclusion as it provides a change of tempo.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004SCDN?v=glance   (1883 words)

  
 Kathie Lee Gifford MP3 Downloads - Kathie Lee Gifford Music Downloads - Kathie Lee Gifford Music Videos
Kathie Lee seems torn between two images, the woman she is and the woman she wants listeners to believe she is; that is nothing new, but this album is a clear example.
If Kathie Lee wanted to perform a real makeover, someone should have spent as much time on the other tracks as the few that were intended as singles.
The pluckiest song of the year award goes to Kathie Lee for "Make My Day," which is the epitome of Kathie Lee -- as smooth sailing as a ride on Carnival Cruises and as unstoppable as the icon herself.
www.mp3.com /albums/449781/summary.html   (544 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Kathie Lee Gifford returns to TV on 'The Insider'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beginning Sept. 12, Kathie Lee Gifford will appear on The Insider at least two days a week to cover Broadway and to conduct celebrity interviews.
Gifford was co-host of the syndicated Live With Regis and Kathie Lee with Regis Philbin for 15 years.
Kathie Lee returns to TV Beginning Sept. 12, Kathie Lee Gifford will appear on The Insider at least two days a week to cover Broadway and to conduct celebrity interviews.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2005-08-16-gifford-insider_x.htm?csp=15   (266 words)

  
 Kathie Lee Gifford: Celebrity Profile
Gifford developed a clothing line called the Kathie Lee Collection (available at Walmart) with proceeds going to her favorite charitable causes.
She was nominated seven times for an Emmy as co-host of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.
She has a skin-care line called Kathie Lee's Natural Advantage available through infomercials and the QVC shopping channel.
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 AskMen.com - Kathie Lee Gifford information
The Grinch has been known to eat garbage now and then, but going to dinner with Kathie Lee would force us to listen to her spew garbage all night -- the thought is unbearable.
Kathie Lee, on the other hand, would no doubt send us a book of the week and expect us to read it and reply promptly.
Kathie Lee manages to lose yet another lopsided battle against an admirable foe, mind you.
www.askmen.com /toys/battle/31_celebrity_battle.html   (492 words)

  
 Gifts of Speech - Kathie Lee Gifford
Wal-Mart, which distributes Kathie Lee fashions, has prevented some 100 factories in 16 countries from working on their garments because of violations.
For starters, working with Wal-Mart, I plan to implement a plan whereby any Kathie Lee fashion wear will be done in factories willing to submit to surprise inspections by an independent inspector general team.
It becomes obvious to me that while Kathie Lee Gifford Fashions can create an oversight program, it can be easily dismissed by factories who are indifferent to the issue if they have other paying customers under their roof.
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 Playbill News: Christmas In Paris Touches Outcasts in Kathie Lee Gifford Musical, Under the Bridge, Starting NYC Run ...
Gifford told Playbill On-Line that beyond the 12-week Off-Broadway engagement, she hopes the show will find a wider audience, perhaps on Broadway.
Gifford said the script and score are not yet set in stone.
Kathie Lee Gifford is the widely-known actress and talk show host ("Live With Regis & Kathie Lee") who appeared in Broadway's Putting It Together.
www.playbill.com /news/article/89855.html   (1177 words)

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