Nick News Exclusive

From Yahoo - April 10th, 2001

Nick News Exclusive: Nick News to Present First Authorized Television Biography of Kid-Favorite and Kids' Choice Awards Host Rosie O'Donnell

Nick News Special Edition: Lifestory: Rosie O'Donnell, Featuring Exclusive Interviews, to Air Sunday, April 15, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT)

NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As kids around the globe prepare to tune into Nickelodeon's 14th Annual Kids' Choice Awards next week, Nick News will present the first authorized television biography of kid-favorite and Kids' Choice Awards host Rosie O'Donnell, on Sunday, April 15, from 8:30-9 p.m. (ET/PT), exclusively on Nickelodeon. This special edition of Nick News, hosted and narrated by award-winning journalist Linda Ellerbee, will chronicle O'Donnell's childhood, her early days in stand-up comedy and her current success as an actress, talk show host, Broadway performer and businesswoman. The program also will feature exclusive interviews with O'Donnell's friends and colleagues, including actress/director Penny Marshall, director Nora Ephron and actresses Michelle Trachtenberg and Fran Drescher.

``Rosie O'Donnell has a unique way of connecting with kids and has been delighting audiences with her kid-friendly sense of humor for years,'' said Ellerbee. ``We are pleased to give kids a look at what has made Rosie the beloved entertainer she is today.''

In addition to her work as host and executive producer of The Rosie O'Donnell Show, O'Donnell has forged a successful career spanning television, the silver screen and stage. In addition to appearing on Broadway, she has starred in several hit motion pictures since her film debut eight years ago in A League Of Their Own, including Wide Awake, Harriet The Spy, Now and Then, Sleepless In Seattle, The Flintstones, Exit To Eden, and Another Stakeout. O'Donnell is also founder and president of the For All Kids Foundation, an organization that awards grants to help support the intellectual, social and cultural development of disadvantaged children throughout the United States.

Nickelodeon's 14th Annual Kids' Choice Awards-this year celebrating the power of kids in the new millennium -- will be hosted for the fifth consecutive year by O'Donnell and will air live Saturday, April 21, from 8-9:30 p.m. (ET/Tape delay for PT). Backstreet Boys, Destiny's Child, Aaron Carter and Lil' Bow Wow will be this year's featured performers.

The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, now in its 10th year, is produced by Lucky Duck Productions, headed by Ellerbee and Rolfe Tessem.