We don't shy away from sharing how we feel about certain talk show hosts, and Ellen DeGeneres is one of our favorites. So it's fabulous to hear that the daytime talk show host has won the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' 15^th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

"To get the same award that has been given to people like Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell, it really makes me wonder ... why didn't I get this sooner?" she said via statement, tongue (presumably) firmly in cheek.

The Mark Twain Prize recognizes people who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to novelist and essayist Mark Twain. As a social commentator, satirist and creator of characters, Twain was a fearless observer of society, who startled many while delighting and informing many more with his uncompromising perspective of social injustice and personal folly. He revealed the great truth of humor when he said "against the assault of laughter nothing can stand."

The award will be presented to DeGeneres on Oct. 22 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in Washington, D.C., and later aired on television.

After little more than a year of retirement, talk show host Larry King will return to television in a new talk show this summer.

The talk show, titled Larry King Now, will air on Ora.TV. The digital network, which will air original programming online and on-demand, intended to debut Larry King Now in the fall when the network launched - but King is ready to start now.

According to the Associated Press, King wants to make sure he's in the mix politically, as Republicans and Democrats select their presidential nominees during this summer's conventions.

The show will likely follow a similar format to King's long-running CNN program, Larry King Live. It will run 30 minutes rather than an hour, but because of its online nature can run longer or shorter depending on the guest and interview.

New episodes will be posted on Ora.TV between  5 p.m. and 6 p.m., though they'll be available for viewing whenever the viewer decides.

The bulk of Ora.TV's programming will be talk shows. And you know we'll have more on that as information becomes available!

Fans curious what Katie Couric's new talk show Katie will be like can get a sort of sneak peak this month. Couric is debuting a weekly online talk show titled Katie's Take on Yahoo!

The show - unrelated to her new daytime talk show - focuses on health, nutrition, parenting and wellness. The two- to three-minute show is sponsored by Poland Spring Water.

"I am happy to have found a place in the digital world where I can cut through fads and trends," Couric said in a statement. "I want to introduce people to serious experts who can hopefully help provide real solutions."

Couric's first show, The Skinny on Veggie Chips, takes on snacks and healthy snacking. You can see it here.

It really comes as no surprise that popular radio personality Rush Limbaugh would talk smack about a fellow celebrity. So when the cigar smokin' host recently took aim at daytime talk show host and CNN report Anderson Cooper, the world mostly sighed and moved on.

But not Cooper, which comes as a bit of a surprise. Cooper seems like the last person to respond to such nonsense.

Limbaugh's jibe, while talking about declining ratings at CNN: "That guy is reported more in gossip columns to be at the gym or a bar or a restaurant than he is to be in the studio."

Cooper's retort, in part, delivered earlier in the week on his show's "Ridiculist":

"I can't control what gossip columnists write about me, but I can count on one hand the number of bars I've been to in the last year," he said. "I think Mr. Limbaugh is very talented at what he does. I've never tried to pick a fight with this guy. I really have no interest in doing that now. But because I'm sure Mr. Limbaugh cares about accuracy, I just want to point out to him that I have three jobs. And those jobs do keep me kinda busy. The idea that I'm hanging out in bars and health clubs is, sadly, not true."

Cooper went on to mention that he does regularly go to the gym, however, to keep in shape and stay healthy. Something he encouraged Limbaugh to do as well.

"I'm concerned about heart disease, I've raised money to fight heart disease, my dad died of it. And yeah, I try to take care of myself. Mr. Limbaugh, I can only hope that you're taking care of yourself as well. You might try the gym from time to time. As a matter of fact, most gyms now have TVs. You can prop up reading material on the cardio equipment. So you can put, like, I don't know, <i>The National Enquirer</i> right there on the elliptical, crank up the volume on Access Hollywood, and get your research done, at the same time you're improving your big heart."

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