BARBARA WALTERS has officially announced her retirement to Hollywood news.

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One of the “Most Fascinating People” ever, Barbara Walters, has finally announced her retirement from news reporting.

The 83-year-old talk show host, who started her career on NBC’s  ”Today Show” in 1961 before joining ABC’s “Evening News,” co-hosting “20/20″ and launching “The View” in 1997, will do one last season of the latter before exiting.

Walters says in a statement:

LINDSAY LOHAN talked about her cancelled BARBARA WALTERS interview and her newly-confirmed half-sister during her interview with JAY LENO.

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Lindsay Lohan sat down for another interview… but it’s not the one that she promised Barbara Walters.

The actress made a stop on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and she broke her silence about why she chose to cancel her scheduled interview with Walters (who is probably still fuming about Lindsay picking Leno over her) on such short notice.

LINDSAY LOHAN is set to have an exclusive sit down interview with BARBARA WALTERS, entertainment news has learned.

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We’re sure many of you by now are curious about Lindsay Lohan‘s latest family issues—especially after she got into a violent fight with her own mom and publicly disowned her dad—and a no-holds-barred interview with someone like Barbara Walters seems to be the perfect time to learn more about it.

Queens of talk, OPRAH WINFREY and BARBARA WALTERS are battling it out over the opportunity for an exclusive interview with royal sis-in-law, PIPPA MIDDLETON. Who is likely to emerge the winner?

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The titanic scuffle for exclusive rights to interview the thus-far reclusive Middleton sister has reached a record high bid of $500,000. So we’re guessing whoever has the most money wins? Unless Pippa decides to actually up the ante by asking for more money…or showing her preferences among which of the two she’d prefer to spill her guts to…

Veteran broadcast journalist BARBARA WALTERS effectively put KIM KARDASHIAN and her family on the spot with probing questions about the sex tape that catapulted Kim to notoriety…or fame, if you want to put it that way… back in 2007.

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Leave it to the hard-hitting Walters to grill the reality star about whether Kim thought the sex tape was a good idea at the time. It was actually pitiful seeing Kim flounder and try not to stammer in the face of Barbara‘s withering glare during the family’s interview on “Barbara Walters‘ Most Fascinating People of 2011″ …

BARBARA WALTERS made celebrity news headlines when she told the KARDASHIANS that they “don’t have any talent” during a sit-down interview on ABC for Walters’ “10 Most Fascinating People of 2011.”

Oooh, burn!

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The most prominent members of the Kardashian Klan—namely Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, and momager Kris Jenner—earned a place on Barbara Walters’ annual “10 Most Fascinating People of 2011,” and during their interview on ABC earlier this week, Barbara did not hold back, purposely bringing up Kim’s infamous sex tape and telling the Kardashians that they are talentless. She said: