Billed as an "Oprah Winfrey for Generation X," Ricki Lake has a career and well-publicized personal life that have run parallel to those of rival Winfrey. However, whereas Winfrey has acted in movie adaptations of Toni Morrison and Alice...

Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American actress and tabloid talk show host, perhaps best known for her long-running Ricki Lake talk show and starring in the original version of the film...

There's nothing like your first time. “I’m not going to go into mine,” actress Keri Russell told us last night, referring to the birth of her son, River Russell Deary. (What did you think we were talking about?) She paused, flashed a toothy grin and...

Today is Friday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2007. There are 101 days left in the year. The Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, begins at sunset.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 21, 1938, a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing...

“I feel like this film is very much my third baby, and it’s crowning right now, and I’m pushing!” cried former talk-show tootsie and original Tracy Turnblad Ricki Lake, referring to the new documentary The Business of Being Born, which she executive-produced and will screen...

9:30 a.m. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Edrogan will ring The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange at Exchange and Broad streets. 10 a.m. The 2007 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting will open at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, 811 7th...