Former supermodel and almost former talk show host Tyra Banks is getting backlash from disgruntled former employees after announcing the end of her television show. Tyra is allegedly being branded "difficult" and "a diva" by TV insiders. Tyra announced last week that the fifth cycle of her "The Tyra Banks Show" will be the last after five years and two Daytime Emmy Awards. Tyra is planning to concentrate on developing shows and films under her Bankable Studios production company. But a show source told the New York Daily News that working for Banks could be a tough task.The insider tells the publication, "There had been a high turnover of employees for years ... (it's) pretty difficult to work for Tyra. She and the higher-ups on the production staff could be extremely brutal. She really is a diva."When the show moved from L.A. to New York, several staffers weren't even directly told about the change. They heard through the grapevine it was going to move locations. Even so, a lot of those people gave up their lives on the West Coast so they could continue working for the show. Now they're out of luck."
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Supermodel and talk show host Tyra Banks is pulling the plug on her hit television talk show. Tyra is saying the syndicated "The Tyra Show" will end after its fifth season. She is also saying she is staying with the reality show "America's Next Top Model" and is forming a new production studio with plans to make movies. She also promised new digital projects, but wouldn't give any details. In a statement on her Web site, Banks also paid tribute to talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey, who's ending her talk show in 2011. About her own show, Banks told fans: "I've been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past five years."
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Television host Tyra Banks has made Perez Hilton promise to stop writing horrible stories about underage stars and their children after Hollywood star Demi Moore lashed out at the celebrity blogger for targeting her daughter Tallulah. Demi slammed Hilton last week over a set of "inappropriate" pictures of her 15 year old daughter, accusing him of "exploiting" teenagers. Moore claimed the photos of her young child wearing a low cut top and a revealing pair of shorts, compared to "child pornography" and called Hilton a "pervert." It has now been revealed that just days before Moore?s outburst, the gossip king filmed an episode of Tyra's show where she made him vow to stop bad-mouthing stars under the age of 18. In the show, recorded on August 18th, Banks tells Hilton, "When you?re a kid, especially the kid of a celebrity, I don?t feel they should be put in the public in a way to be made fun of. I feel they should be protected." Tyra asked Hilton to rein in his gossip for a year, but the pair compromised with a six-month deal in return for Hilton being offered a guest role on Banks? other show America?s Next Top Model. The show airs on September 8th.
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Tyra Banks along with many other celebrities including Jennie Garth, Sharon Case, Nadia Bjorlin, Brittany Allen, Susan Lucci, Tatyana Ali, Bindi Irwin, Portia de Rossi And Ellen DeGeneres, attended the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. We are very lucky that we have one of the most talented photographers in the world Sara De Boer covering this event. These photos are truly beautiful. We were also wondering why Stacy Haiduk's cat didn't win a emmy. Maybe Next year.

The stars came out in force for the 2009 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California last night. Alicia Keys along with Amerie, Rochelle Aytes, Tyra Banks, Tyrese Gibson, Arsenio Hall, our Times Square Gossip Favorite Taraji P. Henson, Chaka Khan, Beyonce Knowles and many other stars. What we do not understand, is why Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson was there. Shouldn't he be with the family? Just asking....
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Stephanie Jacobsen, Jessica Lucas, Laura Leighton, Katie Cassidy,Taylor Momsen, Ashlee Simpson and many other stars attended the 2009 CW Network Upfront at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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Elizabeth Banks along with Tyra Banks, Katie Couric, Lou Gossett Jr., Arianna Huffington And her beautiful Daughter, Carol King, Eva Longoria Parker, George Lucas, Demi Moore, T. Boone Pinkins, Natalie Portman, Jonathan Rhys Myers With Donatella Versace, Al Roker and many other stars atended the 2009 White House Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. No offence, but I remember when this dinner was just for members in the media. It now seems that every star from Hollywood is here and I do not think that is what this event was supposed to be. We called one network newsperson at home today, and we were told it is because the media outlets try to out-do each other by inviting the biggest stars. As you can see from the photos, there seemed to be very few big media people there, but so many Hollywood stars. I was told this event was supposed to be where the media met the people that run Washington. Now it's just another Hollywood red carpet event.
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The stars were out in New York City last night. Sexy Hollywood actress Jessica Alba along with Kate Beckinsale, Selma Blair,Cindy Crawford, Madonna, Bruce Willis and many other stars attended "The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" Costume Institute Gala, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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